Kohala High Electric Car Team

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Kohala High Electric Car Team
Recipe for Roping in S-U-P-P-O-R-T
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Ideas from group discussion
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S-U-P-P-O-R-T

• S Students
• U Unconditional commitment
• P Parents --gt informed/ involved
• P Partners --gt expertise
• O Openness--gt share the struggles/successes
• R Remember--gt recall
• T Togetherness --gt Team spirit

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Source HECO letter to schools July 2002
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• a) Enhancing student knowledge and understanding
  of electric vehicle technology and to foster
  student literacy by providing the basis from
  which participating vocational and academic teams
  can find ways to support and promote integration
  and application of concepts and skills from both
  academic (math, science, and language arts) and
  vocational areas.

Source HECO letter to schools July 2002
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Source HECO letter to schools July 2002
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Electron Marathon Projects Defining verbs Key
words

• Development
• Documentation
• Applied Academics
• Opportunities

• Involving
• Enhancing
• Integrating
• Providing

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Support from teachers in our school

• Recognize their strengths
• Partner - return support
• Honor teaching requirements
• Keep commitment reasonable
• Dont expect too much
• Ask them how they see the fit
• Communicate- Keep students in line

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How to get Community/ Business

• Increase awareness/ understanding
• Recognize their contributions constantly
  regardless of amount or size
• Have students make the calls/ visits/
• Hold everybody meetings
• Make follow-up calls /stay in touch
• Thank them publicly privately

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What doesnt work
Forgetting

• Thinking stupid..thinking its all about you
• Thinking in a box
• Thinking its your way or no way
• Thinking the program wont fly without you or a
  mentor or a member

Thinking stupid
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What else doesnt work

• Forgetting what worked before (build on the good
  things)
• Forgetting the students
• Forgetting the parents/ family
• Forgetting partners
• Forgetting mentors
• Forgetting administration
• Forgetting your own family

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What does work

• Thinking smartspecifically respond rather than
  react
• Thinking with confidence trust
• Thinking its the greatest integrated project to
  be involved in
• Thinking its okay if everythings not exactly as
  you want it

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What else really works

• Remember its all about the students
• Remember to communicate constantly
• Remember the parents, partners, participants and
  people who just check in
• Remember E/M has been here for awhile and will
  likely still be here after you
• Therefore remember to leave your program better
  than you arrived.

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If you can gather good folks, good fun and good
ideas Put in Kokua to taste Equal portions
of parent involvement Stir them up with
enthusiasm
Tenderize teens with straightforward honesty
Model keeping your word commit to the overall
learning and integration
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• S Schoolwide share the kuleana
• U Understanding
• P Paina
• P Plenty of aloha
• O Ohana
• R Repeat calls, visits
• T Take no in stride/with grace

Think smart Avoid thinking thin Remember rather
than 4get
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