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The first year we had no clue what we were doing, so it was "do whatever it takes!" The second year, we had so many kids come out for the team that I decided to weed out those that wanted to just travel. So, I had the engineers from our team interview each student. The students had to fill out a one-page application, write a cover letter, get three teacher recommendations, then go through the interview. Just because of the process, I lost 25 kids! They were too lazy to go through it. The students had to decide what team they wanted on and interview for that position. We have the chairman's award team, the animation team, and the manufacturing team. This year I will add the CAD team. I also have a team captain...and that is predetermined. (We pick a senior that has put in a lot of time and will be willing to do a LOT of public speaking with me.)
This organizational method has been great! Everyone knows what they need to do and they do it. Once they are on a specific team. they can pretty much run with the ideas they have. (We are not a real strict team by any means!)
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