First Leadership Award

Each FTC team can nominate up to two outstanding 10th or 11th grade students as FIRST Tech Challenge First Leadership Award
semi-finalists. Additional program information and past winners can be found on the FIRST website: https://www.firstinspires.org/resources/library/ftc/leadership-award

Candidates

How to Nominate

The nominating mentor logs into the team dashboard. Complete the student information and answer the question prompts. Detailed instructions are available in the: TBD

Nomination tips:

• Prepare the question answers ahead of time to avoid losing information if the system times out.
• Provide as much detail as possible with specific examples.
• Use the entire character limit.
• If the student participates in both FTC and FRC, only include contributions and examples specific to FTC.

Interview Event

Nominated candidates will be assigned a ten minute interview time slot the evening of TBD. Interviews are held via video conference.

How to volunteer as Interviewer

To volunteer login or create an account at https://www.firstinspires.org/

• User guides:
  • Volunteer Registration User Guide - A detailed guide of how to apply to volunteer at an event
  • Volunteer Screening Guide - Information about the volunteer screening process.
• Under Volunteer Registration
  • Select Event Volunteering
  • Select: Program=FIRST Tech Challenge, Location=Illinois,
  • Narrow dates to February
• Click on "FIRST Tech Challenge IL Leadership Award Interviews" event
  • Select "First Leadership Award Interviewers" and click next
  • If you are associated with an Illinois team, add their team number
  • Click Complete

When are winners announced

Illinois First Leadership Award Finalists are announced at the Illinois Championship event.