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Originally Posted by Fusion_Clint
FTC is missing the boat; they need a legit curriculum asap. From what I have seen a lot of the really successful FTC teams are home schooled. Which is parents and students wanting to learn. If FTC really wants into the public schools they need to help the teachers.
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Absolutely spot on!!
And it also applies to FRC. FIRST needs to make the value proposition for teachers, schools , and school systems tangible and measurable. Right now FRC and in many instances FTC are just add on activities that take place at the school. VRC is in the classroom, it is on the teachers desks, it makes students earn a grade.
FIRST needs to make teachers lives easier. Right now all it does is ask for teachers to just donate tons of time with no way to get anything back from their leadership in terms of career. I know this is a blanket statement and that many teachers have figured out a way to make money off of the time they put it, but for many, all they get is ata-boys from their principal.