5 Year Goals
Sustainability
Sustainability
Sustainability
Team Scrap Metal plans to continue to engage with current recruitment sources while expanding to more. Additionally, Team Scrap Metal plans to develop a personalized curriculum for onboarding, teaching, and retaining students.
Fundraising
Sustainability
Sustainability
Team Scrap Metal will continue to engage with current sponsors and organizations by developing a monthly newsletter that updates our sponsors on our progress and how they have impacted our team. We will update the sponsorship packet to be larger, include sponsors, and include our community impact and successes. We will start monthly fundraisers as well.
Marketing
Marketing
Marketing
Social Media
Team Scrap Metal will expand its social media following to over 1,000 on all platforms with bi-weekly posts on Instagram and Facebook with monthly updates on YouTube, alongside any videos that would be made for the team such as robot reveal videos, workshop recordings, match highlights, and impact videos.
Website
Team Scrap Metal has the goal to update the website to keep current information, while also adding sections about awards, previous years, documentation, and outreach.
Merch
Team Scrap Metal plans to have season-specific merchandise available. Students will be provided with two T-shirts, anything additional students will have to pay for. Additionally, buying merchandise will be expanded to people outside of the team.
Identity
Team Scrap Metal will also maintain distinct branding, such that the team becomes recognizable in the local and FRC community with a cohesive presence between media, robots, and teams.
Community
Marketing
Marketing
Team Scrap Metal will continue all previous volunteer activities while starting new initiatives.
Team Scrap Metal plans to start and mentor FLL Teams in the Community and at local elementary schools. Additionally, Team Scrap Metal strives to promote equal access to STEM, so we will develop an annual Women in STEM event for the women on various robotics teams to bond.
Team Scrap Metal will help bridge the divide between more seasoned teams and less experienced teams by publishing FRC curriculum, videos, and workshops. Additionally Team Scrap Metal hopes to host at least one workshop at kickoff every year. Finally, Team Scrap Metal hopes to help over 50 teams through public curriculum and inclusive workshops.
Team Scrap Metal also plans to reach out to elders in our community retirement homes by providing accessible solutions to help them become more independent while providing fun activities for them to show our support and keep their spirits high. We also plan on expanding outreach to the national level by publicly documenting our workshops and contacting teams nation-wide to collaborate with us.
Long Term Goals
Sustainability
Team Scrap Metal will continue to expand where we recruit from while supporting new rookie teams in the area. We also plan to continuously refine our training program(s).
Fundraising
Team Scrap Metal will continue to raise money through sponsors; maintaining relationships with previous sponsors and actively search for mote opportunities. Additionally, Team Scrap Metal will expand fundraising for specific team initiatives.
Marketing
Social Media
Team Scrap Metal will expand its social media following to over 10,000 on all platforms with weekly posts on all social media platforms.
Merch
Team Scrap Metal plans to have season-specific merchandise available. There will be additional options for merchandise such as hats and water bottles which will all be available to buy on a website accessible year-round.
Community
Team Scrap Metal will continue all previous volunteer activities while starting new initiatives.
Team Scrap Metal hopes to host a workshop at the FIRST World Championship. Additionally, to stay engaged with the younger community, Team Scrap Metal plans to start and mentor a community FTC team. Additionally, Team Scrap Metal hopes to host an FLL competition while volunteering at other FIRST events in the community.
To engage with the community outside of FIRST, TSM plans to host STEM Camps for elementary and middle schoolers with custom STEM projects and challenges.
Team Scrap Metal will also create new initiatives to spread STEM internationally.