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The RoboDawGs [216/244/288] have a bit of an interesting setup. To start with, we have 3 teams at one school.

Due to having 3 teams, we have 3 pairs of kids to be captains/co captains at the head of the team [picked by our coaches, one of the many jobs they do for us]. our 60 kids are split among the 3 teams [again, sorted by our mentors]. From there, it is up to the team captains like Teddy and I to determine jobs amongst our team.

For example, our first 2 weeks or so of build season is prototyping. Teddy and I break our 20 kids up into groups of whatever we see that the game might require. We pick "leaders" of those groups, who report to us. Teddy and I walk between them, seeing that work gets done and that everyone is getting hands on and is learning all parts of the robot. We change groups up frequently and let everyone who wants to take charge take charge at some point.

One of the things that our team does is making sure that the new students [I wont say freshmen, we had more new sophomores, juniors, and seniors than freshmen this year] get lots of experience, and the hope is that by the end of season, everyone on our teams can be asked about electronics, mechanical, or programming and be able to give you a full explanation or have a very good idea of what is going on. We give everyone a chance to drive and rotate most of the drive team on the field. The only stipulation is that we have one team captain anywhere on the field.