Timeline for High School Visits

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Timeline for High School Visits

• Telephone calls to schedule visits to schools
  need to be made by mid-October.
• SCHOOL CALENDERS FILL UP FAST!!!!!!!
• High School visits need to be completed before
  the start of next semester
• THANKSGIVING OR CHRISTMAS BREAK ARE GOOD TIMES TO
  VISIT!

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Phone Training

• All of the high school contact names and phone
  numbers are listed in the Ambassadors phone book.
  (Light Blue Binder)
• Use the telephone in the corner of RA 1056 to
  make long distance telephone calls to high
  schools
• Once you have made your telephone call please log
  it into the phone log. (Brown binder)
• Make sure that you have all of the necessary
  information to make your visit.
• Fill out the initial contact report on the web.

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Phone Training (What to Say)

• When someone answers the phone first explain who
  you are and ask to speak to either your contact
  person or a Jr or Sr Math or Science teacher
• If your contact person is not available ask for
  their planning period and call them back then.
• When the teacher comes to the phone, tell them
  your name and that you are an Engineering
  Ambassador and that you would like to visit their
  class to explain Engineering
• Answer all of the questions on the Initial
  Contact Report

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Phone Training (What to Say)

• Turn to a partner and practice introducing
  yourself as you would if you were calling a high
  school.

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Phone Training Tips

• Speak slowly and clearly
• Talk to a teacher, not a counselor or principal
  so that your visit is not mistaken as an
  official visit from the university
• Make sure that you have a telephone number for
  the school in case of bad weather
• YOU MUST BE ABLE TO CONTACT THE SCHOOL IF YOU CAN
  NOT MAKE THE VISIT

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High School Presentations

• The purpose of the high school visits is to
  inform students in upper level math and science
  classes about Engineering. Then to tell students
  about the wonderful opportunities that that
  K-State Engineering offers them.

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Before the Presentation

• Dress for the visits is business casual (no suits
  and ties but also no blue jeans and sneakers)
• Call to confirm that you are coming for the visit
  a few days before.
• All of the necessary supplies for high school
  visits will be posted in the storage closet in
  Rathbone 156. Make sure that you know how many
  students are in the class, so you know what you
  need to take.
• Try to arrive at the school 10 to 15 minutes
  before the presentation.

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Getting Started

• Introduce yourself. Tell them your name, major,
  and where you are from.
• EXAMPLE HI, I AM AMBER SEBA, SENIOR IN
  BIOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING FROM
  KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY. I GRADUATED FROM LARNED
  HIGH SCHOOL IN 1998. I AM HERE TO TALK TO YOU
  ABOUT ENGINEERING.

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Breaking the Ice

• Next, you want to explain what Engineering is to
  the students. There are several ways to do this.
• You can walk the students through several
  applications of Engineering with one product.
• Example An Alarm Clock
• You could show the students that everything they
  did this morning involved Engineering.
• Example A mechanical Engineer designed the car
  that you drove to school in. A civil engineer
  designed the roads that you drove on. ETC..
• You can ask for volunteer to explain what
  Engineering is, and reward them with candy. (ASK
  FOR PERMISSION IF YOU ARE GOING TO BRING CANDY)

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Breaking the Ice

• Turn to a partner and discuss how you would
  break the ice. Try to personalize it, to make
  it more interesting.

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K-State Engineering

• Introduce all of the different majors offered,
  and explain what you can do with that degree.
• We will be introducing each department to you
  during later meetings.
• Be sure to mention some of the rewards that the
  department has received.
• Example AIChE, Chemical Engineerings
  professional society has won outstanding chapter
  for the last 6 years
• Be sure to introduce all of the majors, and not
  to make any one of them seem better or worse than
  any of the others.

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Project/Video

• You can use either the project, which we will be
  introducing to you later, or the video to explain
  more about Engineering.
• The project is usually better, because it allows
  the students to do something hands on. If you
  have a very short class period ( less than 30
  minutes) then you may want to consider using the
  video.
• If you are going to use the video, please watch
  it first and use only the applicable parts. It is
  slightly outdated.

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Wrapping Up the Visit

• After completing the project, be sure that the
  students understand how it relates to
  Engineering.
• Be sure to remind the students of the dates that
  scholarships are due, and the dates of the Open
  House.
• Encourage students to visit campus.
• Take any questions that the students might have.

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Tips for Taking Questions

• If you dont know the answer to a question, jot
  it down and ask Doris to find more information
  for students when you get back. Do not make
  something up, it will reflect poorly on us when
  the student discovers the truth.
• Personalize your answers! Tell students what you
  did when you were an incoming freshmen.
• Be positive when you answer questions!

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Preparing for the Visit

• If you have not given a visit, it is a good idea
  to plan out your visit. (You may want to practice
  giving some of your presentation to a friend.)
• Do not prepare every word you are going to say!
• Be sure to look at the class, not your notes or
  the floor.
• Be sure that you have the address and phone
  number of the school in case something comes up.
• Review all of the material given in the packet
  about Public Speaking and Presentation Dos and
  Donts

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After the Visit

• Fill out the visitation report on the Ambassadors
  website.
• www.engg.ksu.edu/ENGGAMB
• Return all unused supplies to Rathbone 156.

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Reminders

• Phone calls are due by mid-October.
• Presentations need to be complete by the start of
  spring semester.