I read in one of chain emails about selection criteria for Kids, Is there really any kind of criteria setup for team selection? On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 12:23 PM, Vinayak Arumugam < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Like others have already suggested, forming a second team is a good idea > (probably the best!). Overall, > > > 1. Ten members is a big size for one team though accepted by FLL. They > may not get as much value out of it compared to two small teams. > 2. I thought only those on the team could help with the competition > preparations. Thus if only 10 can be part of a team then any help from > others may violate the FLL rules. Please check the FLL rules on this one > and couple of other points below. > 3. Encourage (or rather demand) other parents to step up to coach and > volunteer. I recall that you have to have at least two coaches identified > and have passed the background checks by FLL to even register your team. > 4. If you manage to form 2nd team then perhaps same two coaches could > coach both teams. Though coaches effort may increase, kids will benefit > more with two teams. Ideally, you should aim for 2 teams of 5-7 kids with 2 > coaches each. > 5. FLL is not about Robotics. Project and Core Values are equally > important and scored in the competition. All parents, not just coaches, can > help with these two other activities. > 6. I am not sure if you will be able to do any rational selection > process without upsetting the parents. I think easiest would have been to > go by first-come-first-serve basis. > 7. Finally, before your first parent meeting you might want to > communicate clearly that a) you will likely have to form 2 teams and hence > will need more coaches and b) may have to eliminate some kids if not > coaches available and c) clearly identify the elimination process (e.g. > order in which you received their request via email/phone/in-person). > Otherwise, it could turn out to be a very chaotic and unpleasant parent > meeting! > > > > All the best! > > > > Best Regards, > Vinayak > > > > > ------------------------------ > Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 11:26:25 -0400 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [VADCFLL-L] Getting the team down to 10 > To: [log in to unmask] > > > I should have mentioned that. We are trying to encourage a parent to step > up and coach a second team. So far none have accepted, but there's still > time. That's actually our first choice, and we are going to push that > pretty hard. > > > . > > > On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 11:18 AM, Fredrik Nyman <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > Is forming a second team an option? In my experience, a large team is hard > to manage. > > If you can get some parents to volunteer as assistant coaches, you might > want to form two teams of 6-7 and give everyone on the teams a > substantial set of responsibilities. > > > On Tuesday, July 22, 2014, Skip Morrow <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > I guess the forum is still broken?? > > I am pretty sure we will have more than ten kids that will want to be on > our team. I have read about some things that teams have done using some of > the extra kids to help out, with the understanding that they won't be able > to compete. Assuming that there isn't any interest in that, what can I do > to get my team down to size? We have a parents and kids meeting scheduled > soon, which will be my only chance to meet with them all before we do team > selection. What would you look for? Are there some activities that we could > do to help us make the selections? Should we go for the smartest & > brightest, or something less tangible like personality? > > Skip > > . > ------------------------------ > To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit > https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or > leave the list". > VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. > Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-announcements-l.html to > subscribe. > > > ------------------------------ > To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit > https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or > leave the list". > VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. > Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-announcements-l.html to > subscribe. > ------------------------------ > To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit > https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or > leave the list". > VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. > Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-announcements-l.html to > subscribe. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave the list". -- VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-ANNOUNCEMENTS-l.html to subscribe.