[Mike Martus]

At Chief Delphi we have used the application and interview process from the very start 8 years ago.

The application will allow you to gather important information about the person and facilitate the team selection process.

Our team has several basic requirements a student must meet before they apply. These are verified on the application.

They must have at least a 2.5 grade pt avg. cummulative
They cannot have any "E" in any class, any time.
They must have good school attendence
They must not have any discipline referrals
They must have three recommendations from current teachers
They must have a parent recommendation and commitment to participate and assist the team

After the information is checked the student is given an interview by the coaching team. Here questions regarding personality, effort, time and skills to bring to the team are discussed. This takes about 10 to 15 min each student. Time and effort well spent.

At that point the coaches review and decide who makes the club phase. This all happens in the spring following the nationals. In the fall we open up applications for 9th graders and new students that come to the school.

We have students that transfer to our school just to apply to the FIRST Team.

I will post the application in the white papers as soon as I can.

As do the Techno Kats #45 we also have a Team Hand Book. I will also post the generic version so that it can be a starting point for other teams.