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Originally Posted by Drew_trak
Hello,
This year was a big transition year for team 599 as our main coach moved up North. Due to this shift, our build season schedule was different and moved around so we struggled as a team to finish on time. I was wondering if any team has an approximation of how many hours or any other reference as to how much time they put in this build season. We would love to see how much time other teams are putting in. Thank you - see you at the competitions!
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Sorry to hear about you losing Mr. Van. Definitely a big loss for the team.
I'm curious why the team schedule was so different and moved around rather than trying to keep it the same.
Having mentored 599 and 1070 for 10 years, I worked with my new team to follow 599's original (from year 2 and on) work schedule to prevent burn out for myself, the teacher, the other mentor, and the students.
We worked 3 days a week for 2 hours and on Saturday from 10 - 4. The only days we went late were Mon and Tues of Bag and Tag. Those were 5 - 10pm and 3 - 11:30pm, I believe. There were a few days where the students had the day off from school and went in for about 6 hours that the mentors were unable to show up. Otherwise, the mentors were there almost the entire time.
Adjustments to the time of day were also made during Finals Week to allow students to have time to study after robotics.