FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Core Values
We are a team. We do the work to get the job done with guidance from our coaches and mentors. We honor the spirit of friendly competition. What we learn is more important than what we win. We share our experiences with others. We display gracious professionalism in everything we do. We have fun. FTC Coach’s Promise As the coach of a FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) team, you are responsible for honoring and communicating FTC core values to team members, team volunteers, and others affiliated with your team. FIRST expects all teams to abide by FTC rules and guidelines as they exist now and as they may be set forth during the season. This handbook provides details of team rules, guidelines, and policies and procedures. FTC coaches will receive updates, additions, participant consent forms, volunteer recruitment, screening, and supervision guidelines for the team via e-mail and/or postings on the FIRST website at www.usfirst.org |
FTC is about teaching students the value of hard work, innovation and creativity. It goes beyond competition by teaching teenagers the importance of working together, sharing ideas and treating each other with respect and dignity.
Are you ready to challenge your mind and compete head-to-head with robots? Then check out the FIRST Tech Challenge! FTC offers students like you the opportunity to build robots, learn computer programming and computer assisted design (CAD) and compete against other teams at the local, regional and national level! You will gain practical, hands-on skills that test the theories and concepts you learn in the classroom. When you join an FTC team, you join a global community of students who are interested in using technology to build a better world tomorrow. There are over 20,000 students from around the globe who design and build robots to compete against one another at FTC Tournaments. Compete locally to earn your way to the annual FTC World Championship! |