teacher-coaches

September

• get a group of students together
• develop a project or project theme (e.g. green school, mechatronics)
• develop a team identity; "company" name, logo and mission statement (see Current Teams)
  note: marketing your team will be an ongoing task from this point on, perhaps a sub-team can be dedicated to this aspect of the team.
• distribute and collect media waiver forms
• begin working with SAMPI on program assessment according to the evaluation guidelines: distribute evaluation surveys to students to obtain their parents' signatures; collect and return the surveys to SAMPI
• complete pre-program surveys (for coaches)
• participate in Adobe Connect Pro meetings (ongoing activity for coaches)

October

• decide on project, goals and outcomes
• develop a project timeline for this year (and beyond, in some cases)
• develop a project budget (by using the budget template)
• start project work, ordering, design, prototyping, tracking and communicating progress
• document project/team work with pictures, videos, written documents, etc.
  note: e-mail bi-monthly Web updates to Felicia

November

• continue with project work and documentation
  

December

• re-examine project goals & milestone before semester break, re-define if needed
• start preparing mid-year summary report
  

January

• submit mid-year summary report
• continue with project work and documentation
  

February

• continue with project work and documentation

March

• continue with project work and documentation

April

• complete travel arrangements for Expo (permission slips, lodging, travel, etc.) with assistance from MTU HSE program
• prepare display and presentations for Expo
  MTU Undergrad Expo (15 APR 2010)

May

• continue project work, lay plans for end of year and continuation for next year
• develop presentations for community groups - middle and elementary schools, service clubs, board of education, booster clubs, industry audiences
• give presentations to community groups
• Complete post-program assessment via SAMPI
• start preparing YES (Year End Sypnosis) report

June

• make summer plans for the team
• put plan in place to start in SEP
• submit YES (Year End Sypnosis) report

June/July/Aug

• carry out summer HSE team plans
• attend summer workshop (for coaches)