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Robotics in the Curriculum - Community College Class

Our HS has offered a Robotics class for 2 years now, with mixed success. Unfortunately, our instructor is retiring and the principal is replacing our robotics/shop/drafting program with art classes.

Being a rural community with few mentoring resources, we know that without a formal structure in place (a class or a strong 4-H club nearby) our team will likely wither and die.

I have been a 4-H leader, so familiar with how that all works...we also have an offer of a space at the fairgrounds that is adjacent to our school. However, moving the club from our HS to 4-H is going to be a huge task. I don't see a lot of adult mentoring support coming forward to help.

On the heels of all this, is the fact that our HS is transitioning to a new "Expanded Options" provider, Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT.) They are actively recruiting instructors in our HS to teach classes they will offer college credit to HS students for. I am seriously thinking this may be the answer to our dilemma, offering an Introductory Robotics class may give us the students, framework and support we need.

I have been a FIRST mentor since 2007, have taken lots of undergraduate engineering courses, and have worked as an engineering technician off and on for 10 years. However, I am a HS librarian. Understandably, I'm feeling a bit intimidated about teaching the course. I would have help (as in creating the course syllabi, tests, etc.) from a math and physics teacher and would recruit all the guest speakers I can, but wondering if anyone else has been through this and can offer advice.

thanks in advance for your replies, Liz
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