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Team Values

KnightKrawler’s mission is to foster future generations of business and STEM leaders through participation in FIRST. We provide an avenue for students to develop critical thinking, innovation, leadership, and collaboration skills while demonstrating Gracious Professionalism both within and outside the team. Below are the values our team follows. Robotics can seem very different from other sports so take a moment to read through these…

Gracious Professionalism

Gracious Professionalism is where everyone is treated with respect and kindness, even when in direct competition. Gracious Professionalism is not something that we practice only at competition. It is an approach to learning and life where we value everyone’s contributions and work together for progress.

Dedication

A Dedicated person strives to be at every event and meeting. Not only do they attend, but they contribute meaningfully. Dedication is something that KnightKrawler students learn early on and will take with them for the rest of their high school career and beyond.

Innovation

A team that Innovates tests out multiple solutions to find the best way to solve a problem – from robot building to team communication. KnightKrawler is committed to innovating for our team in all forms. From working towards equitable solutions to student leadership and subteam structures.

Structure

A team with Structure is organized and communicates well. Students should always know what to do next and how to ask for help. Every other element of being on this team is reinforced by structure. Our leadership system, communication, and design process rely on consistency and we deliver this through structure.

Unflappable

A person who is Unflappable stays cool under pressure. They solve problems quickly while being constructive. To be unflappable is to be flexible in your approach to conflict and stresses. The road to progress and learning is not without twists, turns, and detours. In order for us to navigate them, we have to remain unflappable.

Equity

Equity is more than fairness or equality. Equity means we meet our students and our community where they are in a way that allows all of us to thrive. It means having an adaptable approach with each generation of students & families to facilitate the team working together successfully. We demonstrate our commitment to equity including by facilitating transportation, keeping fees optional, and in how we approach our fundraising.

2052 Volunteers Vision

The KnightKrawler volunteers aim to support the teams pursuit of their values. We envision creating a KnightKrawler support community that is as strong and engaged as the students themselves and through this setting an example which other FIRST teams can build from. With a team of 50+ students our volunteers (parents, families and community experts) are one of our most important assets. We contribute to upholding the team values by…

• Gracious Professionalism: We treat all volunteers with respect and kindness. We invite participation rather than expect it. We value everyone’s contributions no matter how small and collectively work together for 2052’s progress and the FIRST community, not just our student.
• Dedication: While volunteers likely can’t come to every team meeting or every team competition, we honor our commitments to the team. We show up when we say we will and help create and preserve knowledge that will help the team in the future.
• Innovation: We actively seek out new and better ways to engage our community and communicate with them. KnightKrawler volunteers are committed to innovating for our team in all forms.
• Structure: A volunteer community with structure is organized and communicates well. Parents, families, and community experts should always know what to do next and how to ask for help. Every element of volunteers should be reinforced by structure. Our volunteer leadership, communications, documentation process rely on consistency and we deliver this through structure.
• Unflappable: As volunteers we stays cool under pressure even when things don’t go as planned. We solve problems and ask our fellow community members for help. We stay flexible in our approach to conflict and stresses. We adapt to changing needs.
• Equity: Equity in volunteer engagement means having an adaptable approach and creating opportunities for engagement that fit each person’s time, energy and financial budgets. We demonstrate our commitment to equity by making our communications more accessible, asking how people want to be included, and keeping equity in mind when planning our community asks.