Welcome to theEvent Partner Summit

July 10, 2013

Mission & Vision: What We Do

Robotics Education & Competition Foundation seeks to increase student interest and involvement

in STEM by engaging them in hands-on, sustainable and affordable curriculum-based

robotics engineering programs worldwide.

REC Foundation’s STEM PipelineA Comprehensive Learning Platform from K to College

WorkforceElementary Middle School High School Post Secondary

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Network of Partners

Eventpartners

Curriculumpartners

Extracurricularproviders

Post-secondaryeducation

IndustryGovernment K-12educators

andadministrators

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Largestclassroom-based

robotics competition program in the worldAffordable, Accessible,

Educational,Do-able, Safe,Classroom & Competition,

Life Skills

Over 7,300 teams competing in theofficial 2012/2013

SeasonOver 7,300

schools using theVEX Robotics Platform

Over 4,800registered teams in 2011/2012 season

Over 1,000 additionalteams are using VEX in

other programs

Developingpipeline from middle

school to high school to college

67% of teamsin High School23% of teams

in Middle School6% of teams

in Elementary School4% of teams in

College Challenge

Asian RoboticsChampionship

Latin AmericanChampionship

Pan PacificChampionship

United StatesChampionship

NATIONALBrazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Japan, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Puerto

Rico, Singapore, United Kingdom, USA

REGIONAL(State Championship Model)

LOCAL

April 17 - 20, 2013

VEX Robotics Competition

REC Foundation Sponsors

REC Foundation Program Partners

VEX Classroom Partners

and many more…

News & Program Updates• Adding new regional sponsors, partners and staff• VEX IQ Challenge• State / National / World Championships• Team grants:

– Expanded partnership with Northrop Grumman Foundation

– Texas Workforce Commission Grant• REC Foundation Scholarship Program

– Nearly $1 million and growing – Top colleges, universities and corporate partners

New Resources

• Layout Templates• 2013 Re-cap Video• State Program Book• Awards Certificates• PR materials• More to come…

New Resources

Roboticseducation.orgTeam Grants

Scholarship ProgramEducator & Participant

ResourcesSponsors & PartnersSTEM Hall of FameContact Information

Great OnlineResources:

REC FoundationProvides

RobotEvents.com&Promote STEM events

Serve Multiple ProgramsCommunity ForumsOnline RegistrationOnline Challenges

Global ReachMap Search

Roboticseducation.org

RobotEvents.com

Thank you!

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