Professional Development
Mentoring Educators Teaching Robotics and Innovation in Computer Science (METRICS) Program
Nevada Robotics recently launched a program to teach Washoe County K-5 teachers how to build and code robots while teaching ELA, math, financial literacy, computer science, and engineering. Thanks to the Washoe K-12 Education Foundation, we implemented METRICS in two schools in the 22-23 school year. With additional funding from the Econmic Development Authority of Western Nevada and Nevada Govenor’s Office of Science, Innovation and Technology, we’re continuing this work with 8 new schools across Northern NV into the 23-24 school year!
THE ROBOTICS ACADEMY OF NEVADA
Thanks to the generous, ongoing support of Tesla and Nevada Gold Mines, the Robotics Academy of Nevada (RAN) event is a multiday teacher training for educators to become robotics coaches and to increase teacher confidence to bring more CS-STEM robotics into the classrooms. Teachers experience training workshops in a variety of robotics platforms, learning the fundamentals of designing, building, and programming a robot. In addition to hands-on workshops, participants attend speaker sessions with local robotics/CS-STEM professionals, educators, and experts. The training event is a great opportunity to network with local robotics coaches and educators – new and experienced.
I have found that I LOVE anything put on by DRI. It is always organized, effective, and informational. I feel the food and snacks helped with the “AWE, you care about us” factor.
PAST TRAININGS & DATA
| Year | Teachers Trained | K-12 Students Reached |
| 2018-2019 | 262 | 22, 707 |
| 2019-2020 | 440 | 38, 133 |
| 2020-2021 | 662 | 57, 373 |
| 2021-2022 | 1.195 | 103, 567 |
| 2022-2023 | 1,583 | 137,193 |
| 2023-2024 | 2,076 | 200,000 |