
Coaches Chat Recording is Live
You can watch the recording or read the slides from the January Coaches Chat here:
Workshop Request and Quiet Room Deadline is Fast Approaching!
I know many teams enjoy hosting workshops at events. As of right now, only 1 team has signed up to host a workshop. The deadline for submitting a workshop request is next Friday so if your team is interested in hosting a workshop, make sure to sign up and submit your slide prior to the deadline! Complete the form via the button below:
Quiet Room
The Quiet Room has been a popular and welcome addition to our events. We are hoping to continue offering quiet rooms at our events but need help from all of you. We need to change how our quiet rooms are staff to ensure that the volunteers have gone through youth protection screening so they will now need to sign up as a quiet room volunteer through their dashboard. The Volunteer Coordinator for the event(s) your team signs up to host, will communicate with your point person to share contact information for the people that volunteer for that role (they should be the people your team is recruiting). As of right now, we have only had one team sign up to be a quiet room host. Especially with the additional layer of coordination, we will be unable to allow quiet room hosts to sign up at the last minute so please be sure to sign up before the deadline if you are interested in hosting/coordinating the quiet room at one of our events. Complete the form via the button below:
Both forms will close Friday, February 7th and we will not accept submissions after the deadline.
Event Accommodation Form
This is likely the last time I will send this out in a blog. Just a reminder, if you have participants on your team that need accommodations, please submit your request via the button below.
We are a small staff. The later you make the accommodation request, the more difficult it is for us to meet your participants needs. It is important to us that all participants get the best experience possible, but we cannot help your team if we are unaware of accommodation needs! It is extremely difficult to make venue changes when an event has already started, so help us help you!
Examples of Accommodations:
- Mobility differences – Maybe your have a mentor that uses a wheelchair or crutches, and you want to confirm the best way for them to navigate the venue.
- Hearing differences – Maybe you have a students who utilize cochlear implants, or students that utilizes an interpreter, and you’d like to discuss how we can better support them!
We cannot always provide the exact solutions requested, but we will have a better chance of providing support if we know ahead of time!
*The examples above are broad generalizations.
We try to use person-first language, and make general examples so coaches and mentors are more likely to identify that they need to complete this form. We understand that everyone’s abilities are personal and will vary. It is always our intent to refer to individuals as they identify. We thank you for your understanding and hope this form helps us make events more inclusive for all!
Important Dates
- February 7: Event Quiet Room & Workshop sign up closes
- February 13: FRC Event Briefing
- March 18: FRC District Championship/Championship Briefing