1. Awards and Judging

2. What you need to think about now
Awards Expert
Engineering Notebook
Community Service Projects
Team Finances
Compass and Promote Awards

3. Awards Expert Needs to be an adult
Needs to read and understand all award rules
Role: maximize FTC Values in student experience
Keep other adults inline with FTC Values

4. Engineering Notebook Should have 1 student & 1 adult Expert
Must know formatting
Role: ensure each student is involved
Document now
Judges want to see the process your team took
Include STEM

5. Community Service Projects
Continually do projects that connect students to community
Have at least 1 project designed and implemented by students
Have a big 1

6. Team Finances Create goals alongside students Keep them updated
Look into all continuity threats

7. Compass and Promote Do them now while you have time
Great team building exercise
Judges like it when you do them

8. Things to think about then

9. Robot familiarity All Students are expected Just the basics
Know all the engineering principles

10. Presentation Practice
Practice with mentors 3 weeks out
Practice with parents and sponsers at least 1 week out
Make sure they get the information out in time
Save time for questions

11. Competition Expectation Talk
Adult Talk
Student Talk
Address what people should be doing
Expected Conduct
Gracious Professionalism

12. Good Resources How to impress the judges (slideshow)
Game manual part 1