Our Mission

The REC Foundation’s model of student-centered learning is aligned with the Foundation’s mission and vision, and provides effective educational benefits to students. This Student-Centered Policy should be reviewed by mentors throughout the season, and should be shared with students and their families.

This policy is intended to increase the awareness of the REC Foundation’s goal of student-centeredness, and to transparently communicate its expectations to students, mentors, and other program participants to maximize the learning opportunities offered by our competition programs. The overarching mandate is that students should use designs, code, and game strategies that are consistent with their abilities and knowledge, and not have an unfair advantage by using mentors' work. Student learning should always be the first priority with all mentor actions.

Students in REC Foundation programs should make all building, designing, and gameplay decisions, as well as doing all of the work of building and programming. If a mentor is making these types of decisions for the team, or is participating in the designing, building or programming in a way that results in designs, builds, or programming that are beyond the students’ independent abilities, they are in violation of this policy. Put more simply, the mentor should not be touching the robot or the code. When in doubt, remember: “Student Led, Student Success!” Additional guidelines are provided in this document.

The REC Foundation has also created a printable set of Behavior Guidelines for Team Adults that Coaches, Event Partners, and others in the community can share with adults associated with their teams and events. Policy