High Tech Kids is the 501(c)(3) non-profit in Minnesota that works hard to develop an interest and ability in kids to pursue STEM education and careers. Every year, over 900 volunteers reach children at an age when they make decisions (grades 3 – 9) that impact and enable these future citizen to be technologically literate.

Judging for FIRST Tech Challenge can be technical and non-technical. There are various awards team can receive including for engineering, design, community outreach, and sportsmanship.

The Judges role is to:

• – Interview and observe teams in the Judging rooms, Pit areas, and on the playing field
• – Review team’s Engineering Notebook
• – And participate on a Judge Panel to decide team awards recipients for the 9 award categories

The tournaments at this location will run on both Saturday and Sunday, 7:30am-5:30pm each day. You are welcome to indicate which day you prefer to volunteer on.

This role is trained and does require extra online, provided by High Tech Kids once you have submitted a background check. 

If you are interested in this role, please contact Kendra at kendra@hightechkids.org or visit https://hightechkids.org/volunteer for more information.