Question: Please make suggestions as to the stipend amounts, based on the following discussion.
Our team has worked for at least two years on this issue of institutionalizing these programs. It has led us to briefings to the Congressional Robotics Caucus, U.S. Senators, U.S. Congressmen, state and local politicians including the Governor, state school superintendent, and so on and so forth.
What we are working on right now is a highly specific proposal to attempt to introduce into the budget process.
We are working on a model for FLL, FTC/VEX, and FRC programs. For each program, there needs to be at least two items. a) stipend amount, b) time/effort requirements for the teachers to fulfill. We will initially introduce this into the Cobb School District. I'm not suggesting we are going to get anywhere with this in the near future, but eventually this has to be done. That's about all there is to that, IMHO.
For a comparative analysis, the stipends for other CCSD programs are listed in these tables.
Academic Supplements
Athletic Supplements - Asst Coaches
Athletic Supplements - Head Coaches
JROTC Supplements
Middle School Intramural Supplements
Music Supplements
We also want to build a model that has a) one teacher, and b) two teachers.
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