Air Force Leadership Experience & West Valley Results

Eighth Annual U.S. Air Force/FIRST Leadership Experience for

FIRST Teachers and Mentors

For the eighth year, the U.S. Air Force is offering a unique three-day leadership program providing FIRST mentors with hands-on leadership training taught by Air Force personnel. Throughout the three-day experience, mentors will attend lectures, take part in team building exercises, and tour a local Air Force Base. The Air Force will select a group of 24 teachers and mentors from FIRST^® Tech Challenge and FIRST^® Robotics Competition teams who are helping inspire today’s youth to become the technical leaders of tomorrow.

When:  July 14 – 18, 2019. Dates could be subject to change based on Air Force operational missions/priorities.

Where:  Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.

Who is Eligible: FIRST Tech Challenge and FIRST Robotics Competition mentors who are K-12 teachers and live within the continental United States.

How to Apply:

• Complete the online application. 
• Applications must be submitted by Friday, May 10, 2019.
• As part of your application, you will have the opportunity to describe in 300 words or less how you have found a better way to get students excited about science and technology, and what innovative techniques you use to help kids learn and stay motivated. 
• Chosen applicants will be named by Friday, May 24, 2019.

For questions, please contact Brittany Keegan at brittany.keegan@gsdm.com.

***Christine: "I got to do last year's training and it was AMAZING!!!! Some of the best and most interesting professional development I've ever done - I highly recommend applying!!!"***

FIRST Tech Challenge HQ Engineering Internship Opportunity

Calling all graduating high school seniors or university level students! FIRST Tech Challenge has an engineering internship opportunity at our headquarters in Manchester, NH! Check it out here. We'd love to hire a FIRST Alum, so help us spread the word!

West Valley Event Results

Congrats to all the teams that competed in Chandler, and thank you to FTC Team 14624 Cat-astrophic Byte for putting on such an awesome event!

Inspire Award: 3666, Hawks Robotics

Winning Alliance: 8995, Jaegers & 12568, Vibrant Robotics & 2844, Valley X

Finalist Alliance: 7156, Wolves Robotics 2 & 6174, Automatons & 11980, Team Viper

Think Award: 6174, Automatons

Connect Award: 10523, Dragons

Collins Aerospace Innovate Award: 12889, Wyverns

Design Award: 8995, Jaegers

Motivate Award: 13517, CPR

Control Award: 10369, Robosapiens
Judges Award: 8784, Sprockets

Teams Advancing to the Championship: 

13517, CPR
7156, Wolves Robotics 2
12889, Wyverns
10369, Robosapiens
12841, +3 Robotics
14624, Cat-astrophic Byte