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Originally Posted by SuperNerd256
We find that student leadership is very successful for a FIRST robotics team. Not only does it teach students responsibility, but adds a sense of authority to the "leading" students.
Here is how we on 256 set up things:
-We have 1 entire team leader, the captain, leader, president, etc. (yours truly)
-Each "subgroup" has a leader. Note: The team leader can be a leader of a subgroup, but also shares the responsibilities of every other group.
The subgroup-leads report to the team leader, and everyone else reports to their respective sub-group lead.
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This is very similarly to what we do. We have 2 captains (share the load equally) They are expected to pretty much do anything and everything needed to keep our team "on track". They are seniors. We have 2 co-captains under them. They are juniors. The 4 of them oversee minutes of meetings and financial things similar to a Pres, VP, Sec, Treas. set up, but with a shared accountability.
Under them we have area specific leaders that lead students in specific areas of the team, whether design, electronics, outreach or whatever. It works for us. We tweak it a little each year. Our captains will step in with build if needed there, or they will sweep the carpet if needed there. They try to help the team find direction, stay on task and accomplish our goals.