New Advisors
Imagine a classroom with motivated students who are fully engaged in learning and captivated by the lesson; students buzzing with excitement. NYFPS, an organization that teaches creative problem solving and prepares emerging leaders, is your dream education partner.
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For decades, NYFPS has helped teachers make their teaching more fun and rewarding. We give them the inspiration to push their students to excel and the satisfaction of seeing them achieve success.
Steps And Resources
If you’re interested in bringing NYFPS to your school, we look forward to working closely with you.
Follow the below steps and resources to help you get started. Click on each to access the resource:
Discover why you should be an advisor. Learn your roles and responsibilities to begin developing your philosophy.
Ready to create a team? This checklist can serve as a quick guide to the steps typically needed to establish a team or club.
Stay in the loop by following NYFPS on Facebook and Twitter. Engage with the broader NYFPS community.
Learn about how FPS meets educational needs and understand the educational value-add behind teaching FPS.
Now that you are ready, we have virtual resources to help you set up, recruit members, and run your team.
Decide on an efficient method for holding meetings and to prepare your team for the competitions.
Learn how to integrate NYFPS into the classroom. Choose to do non-competitive or competitive components.
With your team or club set up, remember to register your teams for the components online on our website.
Meet and exchange advice with the broader community of New York educators also in this essential role.
Getting started can be overwhelming. Guide your first year with our suggested list of activities for each month.
Be aware of the competitive components' submission deadlines and prepare for the upcoming conferences.