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DARTdrones’ “Intro to Drones” targets high school curriculum
- DARTdrones new “Intro to Drones: Opportunities, Careers, and FAA Certification Readiness,” is aimed at addressing the lack of educational programs that prepare students for the commercial drone workforce.
- The curriculum is intended to get kids engaged with learning and to introduce them to drone related careers. Four sections of the high school curriculum are FAA Part 107 test prep course, drone flight training, careers in drones, and steps to becoming a drone service provider.
- It’s designed to engage, educate and encourage high school students in a forward-thinking career field, as well as making drone education accessible to high school students.
- DARTdrones is running “Train the Trainer” programs to support teachers with virtual Q&As and access to a learning management system (LMS) to track student progress.
- One of the hurdles for most of the teachers is that they are not drone pilots; therefore, they can’t use drones outside with students. To address this issue, DARTdrones offers training, but it’s an extra step that schools must factor in.
- This comes at a cost to the schools, where $1500 is charged for a 12-student package, $2000 for a 20-student package, and $200 for an individual student's license.
- DARTdrones is positioning itself as a course that teaches real-world drone operations, the kind that professionals use for search and rescue, mapping, and aerial photography.
- The state of drone education in schools suggests that it isn't as popular as programs like coding or robotics. The primary reason is drone's regulatory aspects and liability concerns that schools have to deal with to add drones to curriculums.
- DARTdrones is positioning itself as the alternative – a plug-and-play drone course with a direct career path.
- Schools can benefit from the discount offered with code DRONEGIRL20; it will save $300 on a 12-student bundle and $400 on a 20-student bundle.
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