Award System

Goal: Improve participation by rewarding attendance and engagement

Pins & Certification

Symbols
- Skill Pin - what skill you have
- Rank Pin - what experience you have (based on skills pins collected)
- Skill Level - how advanced is your skill
Set-Up
- Each member receives a lanyard
- Attach skill and rank pins to the lanyard
- Mark which level of skill using a sharpie
- More marks mean a higher level
Subteam Pins (*except for Operations)
- Each subteam has 5 ranks*
- To earn a rank, one must collect the respective skill pins
- Start from the 1st rank and work up to the 5th rank*
- Every member must earn the first rank of each subteam*
Fall Training with Subteam Pins
- Track skills with virtual checklists
- Track ranks with virtual certifications
- Award pins at Kick-Off
Participation Points (PP)
- Each skill is worth 5 Participation Points
- Each rank is worth an additional 20 Participation Points

Each meeting is worth 1 Participation Point each for accurate TeamSnap availability and attendance
Each outreach event is worth 15 Participation Points
Each match scouted is worth an additional 5 Participation Points

Collect the most Participation Points
Top Three in each grade and subteam
- Special Gifts (Ex. wireless headset)
Biggest Gainers each day
- Personal Thank-You’s at Stand-Ups
- Drive Time with the bot at the next meeting

These pins have special Participation Points allocations

Name

Description

Award

Love Safety

Member of safety team

50 Participation Points

Safety Pin

Savior

Fixing a mechanism right before a match

5 Participation Points

Hero Pin

Fred

Is Fred at a competition for 1+ hours

10 Participation Points per hour

Fred Pin

Volunteer

Volunteering at a FIRST event

20 Participation Points per event

Volunteer Pin

Field Support

Help make field pieces

10 Participation Points

Field Support Pin

Mentor

For Mentoring

Team Love

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