Opportunities From: STEM School Highlands Ranch

Volunteer: FIRST Robotics Competition Mentor/Coach 2025-26

FRC Team Coach/Mentor Role Description

Position Title: FRC Team Coach/Mentor

Overview: The FRC Team Coach/Mentor plays a crucial role in guiding and supporting high school students as they design, build, and program a robot for competition. This individual fosters teamwork, encourages innovation, and helps develop essential skills in students.

Key Responsibilities:

Team Leadership:

Facilitate team meetings and discussions.Set team goals and objectives for the season.Ensure a positive and inclusive team culture.

Technical Guidance:

Provide mentorship in engineering design, programming, and electronics.Assist in troubleshooting and problem-solving during robot development.Encourage hands-on learning and experimentation.

Project Management:

Help manage the team’s timeline and project milestones.Coordinate tasks among team members to ensure efficient workflow.Monitor progress and provide feedback throughout the build season.

Safety Oversight:

Promote a culture of safety in the workshop and during competitions.Ensure compliance with safety rules and regulations.

Skills Development:

Teach students technical skills relevant to robotics, such as CAD, coding, and mechanical assembly.Encourage the development of soft skills, including teamwork, communication, and leadership.

Competition Preparation:

Guide the team through the competition process, including strategy development and practice matches.Support students in understanding the game rules and scoring system.

Community Engagement:

Act as a liaison between the team and the community, sponsors, and other stakeholders.Promote STEM education and the values of FIRST within the local community.

Reflect and Improve:

After competitions, lead discussions on lessons learned and areas for improvement.Help the team set goals for future seasons based on feedback and experiences.

Qualifications:

Experience in mentoring or coaching students, preferably in a STEM-related environment.Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.Passion for inspiring and motivating young people.Background in engineering, robotics, programming, or a related field is optional.

Commitment:

Availability during team meetings, workshops, and competitions, typically spanning the build season (January to April) and competition events.

Program: STEM Enrichment

FRC Team Coach/Mentor Role Description

Position Title: FRC Team Coach/Mentor

Overview: The FRC Team Coach/Mentor plays a crucial role in guiding and supporting high school students as they design, build, and program a robot for competition. This individual fosters teamwork, encourages innovation, and helps develop essential skills in students.

Key Responsibilities:

Team Leadership:

Facilitate team meetings and discussions.Set team goals and objectives for the season.Ensure a positive and inclusive team culture.

Technical Guidance:

Provide mentorship in engineering design, programming, and electronics.Assist in troubleshooting and problem-solving during robot development.Encourage hands-on learning and experimentation.

Project Management:

Help manage the team’s timeline and project milestones.Coordinate tasks among team members to ensure efficient workflow.Monitor progress and provide feedback throughout the build season.

Safety Oversight:

Promote a culture of safety in the workshop and during competitions.Ensure compliance with safety rules and regulations.

Skills Development:

Teach students technical skills relevant to robotics, such as CAD, coding, and mechanical assembly.Encourage the development of soft skills, including teamwork, communication, and leadership.

Competition Preparation:

Guide the team through the competition process, including strategy development and practice matches.Support students in understanding the game rules and scoring system.

Community Engagement:

Act as a liaison between the team and the community, sponsors, and other stakeholders.Promote STEM education and the values of FIRST within the local community.

Reflect and Improve:

After competitions, lead discussions on lessons learned and areas for improvement.Help the team set goals for future seasons based on feedback and experiences.

Qualifications:

Experience in mentoring or coaching students, preferably in a STEM-related environment.Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.Passion for inspiring and motivating young people.Background in engineering, robotics, programming, or a related field is optional.

Commitment:

Availability during team meetings, workshops, and competitions, typically spanning the build season (January to April) and competition events.

Program: STEM Enrichment

Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Flexible

Zip Code: 80129

Allow Groups: No

Volunteer: Dungeon & Dragon Volunteer Room Monitors

Volunteer Opportunity – Room Monitors for D&D/TTRPG Club

STEM Secondary School has a robust Dungeons & Dragons and TTRPGs Club. We are expecting 100+ students to participate this year! To support the level of interest in the club, we need a strong team of room monitors to help ensure our game spaces run smoothly.

Previous knowledge of tabletop role-playing games is not required. Your role will be to help supervise, provide support as needed, and maintain a safe and fun environment for all participants. Our amazing volunteers and students will handle the teaching and game-running.

The club meets on Thursdays from 3:30 - 5:00 PM.

Note: There is a separate volunteer sign-up for those interested in being trained as a game master. This training is on Tuesdays.


Program: STEM Enrichment

Volunteer Opportunity – Room Monitors for D&D/TTRPG Club

STEM Secondary School has a robust Dungeons & Dragons and TTRPGs Club. We are expecting 100+ students to participate this year! To support the level of interest in the club, we need a strong team of room monitors to help ensure our game spaces run smoothly.

Previous knowledge of tabletop role-playing games is not required. Your role will be to help supervise, provide support as needed, and maintain a safe and fun environment for all participants. Our amazing volunteers and students will handle the teaching and game-running.

The club meets on Thursdays from 3:30 - 5:00 PM.

Note: There is a separate volunteer sign-up for those interested in being trained as a game master. This training is on Tuesdays.


Program: STEM Enrichment

Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Flexible

Zip Code: 80129

Allow Groups: No

Volunteer: Game Master Training - Learn to run table top role-playing games! (copy)

This program will teach students and volunteers the art and science of how to gamemaster (GM) a role-playing session. We will start with a roleplaying safety tip sheet to learn how to identify topics that are or are not appropriate for various game tables, judgment-free; this is a discussion of how to have these conversations, not an endorsement one way or another.


The class will then expand to elements of planning, such as running game sessions, time management, redirecting players, resolving player conflict, and building and maintaining story momentum. We will delve into how to best use digital tools, map-making, encounter balance, gameplay styles, social vs. tactical vs. strategic gameplay, and metagaming.


After the first few sessions, this will become a time for students to plan/prep for their roleplaying games (hopefully, they will run as a GM for their HS and MS classmates during those enrichment opportunities). In addition to planning, it will be a time for GMs to discuss any challenges they might have with their groups for peer (and lead) support in resolving issues.

Meetings are on Tuesdays in Ms. Montour's room.

Program: STEM Enrichment

This program will teach students and volunteers the art and science of how to gamemaster (GM) a role-playing session. We will start with a roleplaying safety tip sheet to learn how to identify topics that are or are not appropriate for various game tables, judgment-free; this is a discussion of how to have these conversations, not an endorsement one way or another.


The class will then expand to elements of planning, such as running game sessions, time management, redirecting players, resolving player conflict, and building and maintaining story momentum. We will delve into how to best use digital tools, map-making, encounter balance, gameplay styles, social vs. tactical vs. strategic gameplay, and metagaming.


After the first few sessions, this will become a time for students to plan/prep for their roleplaying games (hopefully, they will run as a GM for their HS and MS classmates during those enrichment opportunities). In addition to planning, it will be a time for GMs to discuss any challenges they might have with their groups for peer (and lead) support in resolving issues.

Meetings are on Tuesdays in Ms. Montour's room.

Program: STEM Enrichment

Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Flexible

Zip Code: 80129

Allow Groups: No

Volunteer: Secondary Driveline

Help us start and end the day safely for our students by volunteering to assist with STEM Secondary School driveline. It is a wonderful way to engage with students and be a friendly face of the greater STEM community. You will assist by greeting students, directing traffic, monitoring crosswalks, and ensuring the overall safety of our STEM School Highlands Ranch students. 


Please look at the days and times below, and help wherever you can! Thank you for all you do!

Program: STEM School Highlands Ranch

Help us start and end the day safely for our students by volunteering to assist with STEM Secondary School driveline. It is a wonderful way to engage with students and be a friendly face of the greater STEM community. You will assist by greeting students, directing traffic, monitoring crosswalks, and ensuring the overall safety of our STEM School Highlands Ranch students. 


Please look at the days and times below, and help wherever you can! Thank you for all you do!

Program: STEM School Highlands Ranch

Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Multiple Shifts Available

Zip Code: 80129

Allow Groups: No

Volunteer: Middle School Lunchroom Helper

Come join our STEM students during their lunch period. You will spend your time visiting with and monitoring students while they eat lunch and assist in cleaning up after each lunch period. 

Our students and staff do their very best to keep our lunchrooms clean and students safe, but extra hands are always appreciated!

Sign up for shifts below. Thank you for all you do!

Program: STEM School Highlands Ranch

Come join our STEM students during their lunch period. You will spend your time visiting with and monitoring students while they eat lunch and assist in cleaning up after each lunch period. 

Our students and staff do their very best to keep our lunchrooms clean and students safe, but extra hands are always appreciated!

Sign up for shifts below. Thank you for all you do!

Program: STEM School Highlands Ranch

Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Multiple Shifts Available

Zip Code: 80129

Allow Groups: No

Volunteer: High School Lunchroom Helper

Come join our STEM students during their lunch period. You will spend your time visiting with and monitoring students while they eat lunch and assist in cleaning up after each lunch period. 

Our students and staff do their very best to keep our lunchrooms clean and students safe, but extra hands are always appreciated!

Sign up for shifts below. Thank you for all you do!

Program: STEM School Highlands Ranch

Come join our STEM students during their lunch period. You will spend your time visiting with and monitoring students while they eat lunch and assist in cleaning up after each lunch period. 

Our students and staff do their very best to keep our lunchrooms clean and students safe, but extra hands are always appreciated!

Sign up for shifts below. Thank you for all you do!

Program: STEM School Highlands Ranch

Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Multiple Shifts Available

Zip Code: 80129

Allow Groups: No