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Re: Help! Getting teachers inspired

Our team has found it tough to get other teachers involved too. We are lucky in that two teachers were actually the ones to propose starting a FIRST team at our high school back in '98. They are still involved with the team to this day. We do have other teachers who have helped out but not to the extent of the original two. Our team is affiliated with one school so that also simplifies things.
You do mention that "we have spoken to teachers personally" but does "we" refer to the students or the teachers that are involved? It is great and you are on the right road in that you have put on a presentation for trying to recruit more teachers but also having the teachers already involved speak to the others may also help. As for a teacher being able to moderate one club only does that mean that the school(s) consider your team a club? Also are they getting paid to be on your team? If they are doing this on their own time I don't see how the school board can tell them how to spend their time. Which school is your team based out of or actually work on the robot in? If you're two schools but do all your work in one the other may not feel as part of the team as the main one and thus not give as much support or interest the faculty as much.
I don't have experience of dealing with multiple schools comprising one team but there are teams that have successfully done this. I don't want to nominate other members of the forum but one person on here I feel is good in dealing with situations like this and might have more suggestions or ideas for you. Redhead Jokes is a mentor on team #294 Beach Cities Robotics and they are comprised mainly of two different schools.
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