REC Foundation Partnership Opportunities

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ROBOTICS EDUCATION & COMPETITION FOUNDATION

PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

ROBOTICS EDUCATION & COMPETITION FOUNDATION 2024-2025 SEASON

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Welcome

Mission and Vision

VEX Robotics Competition

VEX IQ Robotics Competition

Aerial Drone Competition

Factory Automation Competition

Girl Powered Initiative

Deaf/Hard of Hearing (DHH)

Indigenous Robotics

REC Foundation Mentorship Program

VEX Robotics State Championships

Example Packages

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ROBOTICS EDUCATION & COMPETITION FOUNDATION

“The REC Foundation provides programs that engage and excite students about STEM and prepares them for future careers in the workforce. From Aerial Drone Competitions to land based robotics challenges and industry-leading certifications, we are proud to say that for over a decade, we have inspired millions of students around the world, one robot at a time”.

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Dan Mantz, CEO REC Foundation

At the REC Foundation, we believe that STEM learning is the key to a better future for all. Our programs place the student at the center of everything we do, allowing them to explore, discover, and challenge themselves as they gain skills that are just as valuable in day-to-day life as they are in the workplace. When you partner with RECF, it’s not just about providing resources to help students build a great robot or program the best flight path for their drone. You also create opportunities to find success in teamwork, overcome obstacles that seem insurmountable, and prepare for the future STEM workforce. Your partnership contributes more than money. Your ideas, volunteer power, in-kind support and more helps to build a stronger, more resilient global community.

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MISSION AND VISION

VEX Robotics Competition

The VEX Robotics Competition is the largest middle school and high school robotics program globally. Each year, an exciting engineering challenge is presented in the form of a game. Students, with guidance from their teachers and coach, build innovative robots using the VEX system and compete to qualify for the VEX Robotics World Championship.

The Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation’s global mission is to provide every educator with competition, education, and workforce readiness programs to increase student engagement in science, technology, engineering, math, and computer science. We see a future where every student designs and innovates as part of a team, overcomes failure, perseveres, and emerges confident in their ability to meet global challenges.

Investment

Supports

Includes

One RETURNING High or Middle school robotics team for one season

Team Registration, Game Elements, and a kit of returning team parts

$2,000

One NEW High or Middle school robotics team for one season

Team Registration, Game Elements, and a new competition robotics kit

$4,000

One Event Partner with equipment to host multiple competitions

$10,000

Full equipment package included

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Aerial Drone Competition

The Aerial Drone Competition provides middle and high school students with precision flight and autonomous programming challenges. Students develop teamwork and perseverance skills, and solve emerging problems with confidence. This fun aerial competition is designed to present a challenge, require students to work collaboratively, and encourage innovation. The skills learned and grown during the Aerial Drone Competition help participants prepare for a workforce where skilled drone operators and effective communicators are in high demand.

Investment

Supports

Includes

One Returning Aerial Drone Competition Team for one season

Team Registration, Replacement Drone, and Game Elements

$800

One New Aerial Drone Competition Team for one Season

Team Registration, Drone, Drone Case, and Game Elements

$2,000

Competition Fields, Element, Event Flags and Trophies

$2,500

A New Event Partner to host competitions

A Championship Event Partner to host a Championship Event

Competition Fields, Element, Event Flags and Trophies

$10,000

VEX IQ Robotics Competition

The VEX IQ Robotics Competition (VIQRC) provides elementary and middle school students with an exciting new robotics challenge each year, introducing competition based robotics through fun and STEM-learning. VIQRC teams learn teamwork, collaboration, and STEM essentials in this engaging program.

Investment

Supports

Includes

One RETURNING Elementary or Middle school robotics team for one season

Team Registration, Game Elements, and a kit of returning team parts

$1,000

One NEW Elementary or Middle school robotics team for one season

Team Registration, Game Elements, and a new competition robotics kit

$2,500

A new Event Partner to host VEX IQ Robotics Competition for 5 seasons

$10,000

Full package needed to host the event

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Factory Automation Competition

The Girl Powered initiative is designed to make robotics reflective of the diverse world we live in. We’re committed to conveying how exciting it is to be involved with STEM, showcasing examples of how women are changing the world, providing tools for success, and enabling comfortable environments where all students’ confidence and abilities can flourish. We provide teachers, coaches, event partners, and mentors with resources to host Girl Powered Workshops which are aimed at engaging and educating young women about STEM and robotics. Girl Powered Initiative

The Factory Automation Competition (FAC) is a classroom-based competition that provides students with essential foundational skills needed for today’s advanced manufacturing careers. Students progress from education to workforce and by engaging in hands-on curriculum using the VEX V5 Workcell. The focus of this program is to offer a comprehensive and scalable competition that helps change attitudes toward advanced manufacturing careers, teach critical workforce skills, reduce the growing skills gap, and ultimately create a stable pipeline of employees.

Investment

Supports

Includes

Investment

Supports

Includes

One RETURNING RECF Girl Powered team

Team Registration, Game Elements, and a kit of returning team parts

Supports one NEW Factory Automation Competition team

$800-$2,000

$3,000

Registration and equipment

Team Registration, Game Elements, and a new competition robotics kit

$2,000-$3,000 One NEW RECF Girl Powered team

Support a classroom of NEW Factory Automation Competition teams (10 kits and registrations)

Registration and equipment for a classroom of teams

$30,000

A new Event Partner to provide one Girl Powered Workshop

$15,000

Full package needed to host the event

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On many reservations across the U.S., STEM education is lacking or non-existent. Education that prepares students for the technological workforce is imperative to break the cycle of poverty. The REC Foundation currently partners with native groups in Arizona, Alaska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Wisconsin, but there is opportunity for expansion and inclusion of many more groups. REC Foundation is committed to supporting native communities who do not have access to the robust STEM resources benefitting many areas throughout the U.S. Indigenous Robotics

Investment

Supports

Includes

One RETURNING RECF Indigenous team

Team Registration, Game Elements, and a kit of returning team parts

$800-$2,000

Team Registration, Game Elements, and a new competition robotics kit

$2,000-$3,000 One NEW RECF Indigenous team

A new Event Partner to host an Indigenous Showcase Event

$15,000

Full package needed to host the event

This past season, over 100 Deaf/Hard of Hearing robotics teams participated in REC Foundation programs. Sponsorship at this level will assist in expanding access to Deaf/Hard of Hearing students and the much needed ASL services, allowing Event Partners to ensure that every student’s needs are met. Deaf/Hard of Hearing (DHH)

Investment

Supports

Includes

Team Registration, Game Elements, and a kit of returning team parts

$800-$2,000 One RETURNING RECF DHH team

Team Registration, Game Elements, and a new competition robotics kit

$2,000-$3,000 One NEW RECF DHH team

An Event Partner to provide ASL interpretation at an event

$5,000

Full package needed to host the event

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Example Packages

Regional Workforce Development Support

The REC Foundation Mentorship Program, presented by Google, is designed to engage the existing robotics community to provide resources, mentorship, support, and encouragement to new and novice robotics teams. This framework of peer-to-peer mentorship and community engagement strives to engage underrepresented students in STEM and help them thrive. REC Foundation Mentorship Program

Investment

$50,000 per school

Annual to grow the manufacturing program in middle and high schools near a corporate manufacturing plant (one smaller region)

Supports

Investment

Supports

Includes

• 10 Factory Automation Competition (includes registration) • Opportunities to speak to students and present on manufacturing careers • Direct/Indirect costs • Travel for teacher training

Coach stipends and instructional support

Includes

$1,000

Mentorship of up to 3 teams

Multi-Year Local Robotics Competition Support

Initial Year: $26,000 (drones) - $95,000 (robotics) Sustaining Years: $16,000 (drones) - $60,000 (robotics)

Investment

Local Community Competition Establishment Creation of a sustainable local community of teams and Event Partners.

Supports

• Opportunities to support the local events with volunteers and/or to present relevant career connections

• 24 NEW teams • 2 NEW Event Partners

Includes

VEX Robotics State Championship

VEX Robotics State Championships feature the best competitors from this season - students who have persevered through a season filled with challenging design problems, setbacks, and ultimately an invitation to test their skills against their peers as they vie for a spot at the VEX Robotics World Championships. For many students this is the end of their season, but for the winners, this is just the beginning of their pursuit of being crowned VEX Worlds champion. These elevated events attract hundreds of students, their coaches, and their families from across the state in a lively competition that is sure to excite every attendee.

Large Statewide Robotics Competition Support

Investment

$700,000

Annual investment to grow and sustain High School teams all around a large state

Supports

Investment

Supports

Includes

• 125 NEW teams • 200 RETURNING teams • 25 Deaf/Hard of Hearing teams (Or any DEI initiative) • 10 NEW Event Partners • Direct/Indirect costs

• Subcontractors • Teacher training funding • Marketing/recruitment • Opportunities for supporters to volunteer and/or present on career connections

• Fields • Game Elements

Includes

One Event Partner to host a State Championship

• Banners • Trophies • Audio/Video, venue needed to host one state championship

$5,000

Note: Prices are for example purposes only and are subject to change.

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ROBOTICS EDUCATION & COMPETITION FOUNDATION

REAGAN LEATHERMAN Senior Development Manager Robotics Education & Competition Foundation Inspiring students, one robot at a time.

Cell: 216.650.9929 reagan@recf.org recf.org

FOUNDATION REC

Robotics Education & Competition Foundation

Development@recf.org www.recf.org www.robotevents.com

1519 Interstate 30 West Greenville, Texas 75402 Phone: +903 401 8088

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