FOR COACHES (FLL)

G-REC Coach's Corner for FLL

Team Preparation

Youth Protection Program: Coaches must register and complete the Youth Protection Program at http://www.firstinspires.org.
Fingerprinting: All GPS coaches must be fingerprinted. You should have been contacted by the school system to schedule a time. There is no cost to the coach; Glastonbury Public Schools is covering the cost.
Robot Game Table: Most teams have their tables from previous years. New coaches need to pick up the table from my house.
Materials Pick-up: Every team is provided a Chromebook, Robot, and Field Kit. These must be picked up from Mary LaChance's house.
Meetings: Determine when and where your teams will meet. If you want to meet at the school, let me know via email.
Field Kit: Build the field models.
Volunteer Match: Some companies will donate money to G-REC based on the number of hours you volunteer. Please consider submitting your hours for a match. Here's a document that shows how to submit for many of the large companies in the Hartford area. Email me if you need our EIN to submit a match.

Coaches' Training Information

Coaches Training will be held on August 1 and August 9. New coaches should attend one of the sessions.
Here is a link to the Coaches' Training presentation.
Here is a link to a sample schedule (from last year) for September, October, and November.
Please try to have at least one coach attend the CT Coaches' Training in September (usually the second weekend). It's an all day event on Saturday at Central Connecticut State University. It's a great opportunity to meet new and experienced coaches and to learn tips on the season. I suggest buying a lunch when you sign-up as most coaches do this and they use the lunch time to get to know each other. G-REC will cover the cost of the training.

Important Links for Into Orbit (this season)

INITIAL FUNDING FOR G-REC WAS PROVIDED BY A GRANT FROM THE GLASTONBURY EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
GLASTONBURY PUBLIC SCHOOLS PROVIDES PARTIAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS.