Robotics Education & Competition Foundation - Overview and Orientation for the RECF Pre-Engineering and Robotics Industry Certifications - REC ...

Robotics Education &
Competition Foundation
     Event Partner Summit 2016
      Matt Conroy and Aaron Parkin
 Overview and Orientation for the
RECF Pre-Engineering and Robotics
      Industry Certifications

Overview of REC Foundation
         Industry Certifications
Intended Outcomes

• Understand the RECF Certifications and their design, curricula content,
  and facilities needed
• Understand the benefits to the student, teacher, school and community
• Understand the many resources available for sample course sequences,
  knowledge and occupational skills information
• Introduce the scoring rubric for the certifications
• Introduce the 3 step purchasing process for the industry certifications
• Introduce proctoring protocols for the two RECF certifications

Industry Certifications
Pre-Engineering Certification      Robotics Certification

• Fundamentals of Engineering      • Required:
  (Required)                          – Fundamentals of
• Students choose two of the            Engineering
  following:                          – Mechanical
    – Mechanical                      – Computer Science &
    – Computer Science &                Engineering (Programming)
       Engineering (Programming)      – Electrical
    – Electrical
    – Chemical                       Note: Students earn both Certifications
                                     when completing Robotics Certification, as
    – Aerospace                      requirements exceed Pre-Engineering
    – Civil Engineering              Certification.
    – Engineering Technology         www.roboticseducation.org/certification
    – Manufacturing Technology

About The RECF Certifications

• Based on 150 hours of high school-level coursework

• Designed to work with a schools available resources for the
  facility, teacher expertise and curricula

• Two certifications –
   • Pre-Engineering
   • Robotics

About The RECF Certifications

• Fundamentals of Engineering exam must be passed for
  both certifications

• Certificates will be issued if the set criteria is met

• Proctors will have access to all certificates and student
  data

• Growing List of Industry Endorsements

Growing List of Corporate Endorsements--Add you Local Industries to the List!

Benefits for Industry Certifications

To the Student:

  • Documents entry level job knowledge and skills

  • Provides opportunity for more educated
    decisions regarding their future educational
    and career choices

Benefits for Industry Certifications

To the School:

  • Documents the Program is Providing Industry
    Endorsed Knowledge and Occupational Skills and
    Preparedness for a Career and Continued Education

  • May Provide Additional Funding in Some States and
    Districts

Benefits of Industry Certifications
 Benefits for the Teacher:

 • Provides a focus and direction

 • Gives credibility to the teacher and
   program

 • In some states—there are financial
   rewards directly to the teacher and
   program

Associated Critical Resources to Industry Certifications –click to link

Knowledge and Occupational Skills
       Exam Resources

Knowledge and Occupational Skills
       Exam Resources

A Suggested Course Sequence

Certification Scoring Rubric

RECF Pre-Engineering Certification
  • Minimum score is 70 Points
  • Must pass Fundamentals of Engineering module
  • Must pass a minimum of two of engineering modules
  • Maximum of 4 engineering modules per certification

RECF Robotics Certification
  • Minimum score is 85 Points
  • Must pass Fundamentals of Engineering module
  • Must pass Mechanical, Electrical and Programming
    modules

How to Order—3 Step Process

1) Submit PO, Check or Credit
   Card

2) Complete Proctor
   Agreement

3) Receive Voucher Codes
   and Instructions

Proctor Agreement
•   Requires a Proctored environment
•   Ensure the security of the examination
•   Verifying the time limits
•   Improper conduct will result in test termination
•   No copying of the test
•   No notes entering or leaving the exam
•   All Certification materials keep confidential and
    secure

Receiving The Proctor Agreement is
   Part of the Ordering Process

Student Registration
• Link provided by the Proctor
• Students enter Name, School, State, Email and Password.
• Recommend the students use a common password such as SCHS, the
student ID number or the proctor’s last name.

Student Login

Enter Voucher Code
• The voucher code is entered by Proctor.
• Each exam take will require a unique 12 digit code XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
• The code require the dashes
• Do Not Enter the voucher code until the student is ready to begin, the
modules have a max time of 90 minutes for fundamentals and 30 minutes
for all other areas.

Begin the Certification-Timer Starts

Certification Interface

Final Score

Engineering Area Modules
• Once the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam has been passed, the
student will now gain access the other modules.

Certification Completion

Certificates
• Final Certificate can be downloaded, printed or emailed

RECF Pre-Engineering Certificate

The 3rd module passed for robotics

RECF Robotics Certificate

Exam Summary and Certifications

Sign In Page
•   The sign in page is the same for proctors and students
•   Proctors enter their Proctor ID in the email field with their
    password to access the Proctor Admin Page

All I ask is to provide me feedback after your workshops on your thoughts--what parts you used etc.

                                            Proctor Registration
           1. Go to www.WEBURL.us/recfa
           2. Type in a Proctor ID (no spaces or special characters). Keep
              this relatively short since it will be part of the URL you will be
              sending your students.
           3. Create a password and enter your school’s name
           4. Select the Register button to create your Proctor account

Proctor Admin Page
•   This page contains a unique URL for each Proctor.
•   This is the URL will be used to register all the students for a
    specific Proctor
•   All registered students and their grades will be displayed as
    well as their overall progress
•   Proctors can with either register the students themselves or
    have the students self register with the URL.
•   Each student is assigned a unique Authentication Code

Proctor Admin Updated

Questions and Answers

               Thank you

 Contact Matt Conroy for information on the
         certifications and content
   Matt_Conroy@roboticseducation.org

 Contact Aaron Parkin to order and receive a
proctoring agreement and test voucher codes
    Aaron_Parkin@roboticseducation.org