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Originally Posted by GeeTwo
Your first step here is to find additional mentors. While every team is organized a bit differently, we find that we work well with about a 7:1 team member to mentor ratio. We currently have a head coach, a utility mentor (officially programming, but I'm prone to wander), a programming mentor, a controls mentor, two mechanical mentors, a paperwork/logistics mentor, and a "mental health" mentor, in addition to a number of occasional mentors. A setup like this helps reduce burnout, as well.
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Yup, that's definitely our ideal, but we've only existed for about two years and have failed to attract any other mentors. Part of the reason we're presenting is to try and attract some of the teachers to be mentors.