Team Development / Support
Growing FIRST Programs and STEM Opportunities for Students
Growing Teams to Create STEM Opportunities for Students:
Located outside a metropolitan market, students in rural communities have fewer opportunities to encounter advanced STEM curriculum and resources. Addressing this need in our region, LHER, Inc. strives to provide the resources necessary to develop the next generation of the STEM workforce and broaden impact by growing more teams.
Remove Barriers by Providing Resources:
By providing resources for STEM robotics programs in rural and/or high-poverty communities, LHER, Inc. creates greater opportunities to reach underserved, underrepresented, and vulnerable students. Strategically providing resources enables the growth of new teams and allows students, coaches, and mentors to concentrate on robotics.
LHER Has Helped Launch:
FIRST TECH CHALLENGE TEAMS (7th - 12th grades):
- FTC Team 8645—Robotic Doges (Hollsopple, PA)
- FTC Team 13535—BrainBotz (Salisbury, PA)
- FTC Team 14382—CC4H Flex Force (State College, PA)
- FTC Team 15280—Johnstown High Robotics (Johnstown, PA)
- FTC Team 16564—Digital Devils (Central Cambria, PA)
FIRST LEGO LEAGUE TEAMS: (4th – 8th grades)
- FLL Team 5119—Senõr Roboto (Hollsopple, PA)
- FLL Team 3900—Brain Storms (Hollsopple, PA)
- FLL Team 27681—Zap Squad (Nanty Glo, PA)
- FLL Team 30797—Masterminds (Meadville, PA)
- FLL Team 33726—Kingdom Techs (Bedford, PA)
How LHER Helps Launch Robotic Teams:
Help with Experience
LHER, Inc. shares what their teams have learned to help FLL students transition to FTC.
Help with Funding
LHER, Inc. directs coaches in the FIRST grant process and share how their teams have obtained funding from other souces.
Help with Parts
LHER, Inc. uses their established relationships with robotics vendors to help new teams make connections to obtain gift certificates or free parts from completing FTC registration.
Help Navigate the Season
LHER, Inc. comes alongside new FTC teams to help them experience success. Their team's coaches and students can answer questions, share lessons learned, practice together, provide guidance and tips, and do everything possible to help new teams experience the same levels of success that their teams have had, and beyond.
