Rebecca Whitaker
Program Delivery Partner
- Role
- Program Delivery Partner, First Tech Challenge in Iowa at First
- Location
- Iowa City, IA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Rebecca Whitaker
I enjoy working with students, teachers, volunteers and parents to inspire the young…
Experience
Program Delivery Partner, First Tech Challenge in Iowa
Feb 2009 — Present
Recruit and be the first point of contact for FTC teams, students, coaches and volunteers in Iowa-Coordinate and manage 80 events per season, between the months of August to March-Be as a point of reference and share best practices/lessons learned for other Program Delivery Partners across North America-Coordinate the league system for the FTC teams in Iowa - including forming leagues, providing resources for local events (virtual and in-person meets), coordinating league championships (virtual and in-person), and the FTC-Iowa Championship Event-Coordinate the North Super Regional Event for 5 years: an event with 72 teams (800+ student participants,~200 volunteers and spectators) representing 13 states. Consisted of securing a venue, planning a menu, recruiting and training volunteers, organizing the schedule of events, working with sponsors, process team registrations, etc.(March 2014- March 2018)-Host a multi-day virtual Professional Development for teachers (August, 2020)-Collect registrations and process payments for teams, including invoicing-Recruit and train volunteers-Maintain website, social media and newsletter and other materials for distribution-Seek and apply for external funding for FTC-Conduct end-of-season analyses of FTC program in Iowa-Be an advocate for FTC teams in Iowa-Manage the Iowa STEM Scale-Up funds for the FTC program, as titled \"Service Provider\".
Education
University of Iowa
BA
1997 — 2001
Skills
- Student Leadership
- Social Media
- Community Outreach
- Program Management
- Event Planning
- Data Analysis
- Student Development
- Editing
- Higher Education
- Microsoft Office
- Service Learning
- Student Affairs
- Science
- Event Management
- Public Speaking
- Grant Writing
- Volunteer Management
- Fundraising
- Program Development
- Research
- Student Engagement
- Stem
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