Everything you need to be a fully on-boarded member of Raptacon 3200 this season - what you need depends on your role. Most items check themselves off automatically from the team roster; the rest a mentor signs off.
Name:
Join the Team
Sign up with Raptacon
Fill out this season's Raptacon sign-up form for your role (new or returning).
➤ Checks itself off from the team roster
Every season
Mentor / Volunteer sign-up form
Paperwork
Read and sign the team handbook
Read this season's Raptacon handbook and submit the acknowledgment form (no Google account needed). Students and their parent/guardian each submit one; a parent with two students submits once per student. Can't do it online? Sign the paper page and hand it to a mentor.
FIRST's Youth Protection Program screening for adults working with students.
➤ Do it, then tell Lead Mentor (Chris Hirsch) - they confirm it
Every seasonMentors onlyAfter: Registered in the FIRST Dashboard
FIRST mentor training
➤ Do it, then tell Lead Mentor (Chris Hirsch) - they confirm it
Every season
School District (CCSD)
CCSD volunteer forms
➤ Do it, then tell Lead Mentor (Chris Hirsch) - they confirm it
Only if: Registered as a CCSD school volunteerEvery seasonMentors only
CCSD fingerprinting
Becomes available after 150 volunteer hours.
➤ Do it, then tell Lead Mentor (Chris Hirsch) - they confirm it
Only if: Registered as a CCSD school volunteerOnceMentors onlyAfter: CCSD volunteer formsAfter: 150 volunteer hours
Background check complete
➤ Checks itself off from the team roster
Every seasonMentors only
Safety
Safety test passed
Students and mentors take the same test.
➤ Do it, then tell Safety Mentor or Lead Mentor (Chris Hirsch) - they confirm it
Every season
Safety test (Schoology)
Shop safety orientation
Walkthrough with a mentor: PPE, e-stops, fire extinguisher, first aid, hair and loose clothing, shop rules.
➤ Signed off by Safety Mentor or Lead Mentor (Chris Hirsch)
Every seasonAfter: Safety test passed
Get Connected
Join the team Discord
➤ Check it off yourself
Once
Subscribe to the team calendar
➤ Check it off yourself
Once
Join Remind for team texts
Text @3200rapta to 81010.
➤ Check it off yourself
Every season
GitHub account linked
Create a GitHub account with your first and last name as the username - firstnamelastname, e.g. janedoe (add a number if it's taken). It's easy for the team to find and looks good on a resume later. Then add it to your sign-up form (returning members: use the "Updated GitHub username" question). This is also the first step of the Kanban tree.
➤ Checks itself off from the team roster
Once
Help the Team
Approved to sign off a tree
Lead mentor approves you to verify skills in one or more trees. Recorded per tree; this is what lets you sign students off.
➤ Signed off by Lead Mentor (Chris Hirsch)
OnceOptionalAfter: FIRST Youth Protection screeningAfter: Safety test passed