Recruitment of students allows for the program to grow and be diverse. Diversity helps strengthen the program. Here are the ABC’s of growing your STLP…

Below are ways to recruit:

  • Announcements first weeks of school
  • Be flexible with student schedules
  • Continuously sign up students (open enrollment)
  • Dance sponsored by STLP
  • Everyone has a chance…Everyone is included
  • Flyers around building
  • Grade level talks
  • Help in classrooms
  • Interest levels shape the program
  • Join Lego, robotics, programming, RCX or other related contests
  • Kid-vine (let the kids tell the kids)
  • Level Up and use gamification concepts to engage students
  • Multi ways to meet
  • Newspapers and posters
  • Organize program early in year to capture students
  • Parent recommendations
  • Question students about their vision for STLP
  • Recycle old devices
  • Social Media – engage parents, community, students online
  • Teacher recommendations and advisor/advisee groups
  • Uniform T-shirts
  • Very pretty certificates and logo lapel pins
  • Web links to invite students
  • Xtra attention, nametags, duties
  • Yearly awards and rewards
  • Zero in on technology literacies