Agreed that this is promising! From my perspective in the outreach space (high school teacher, SPEAR/ESPR instructor, had lots of conversations about this at EAG with people running other outreach), this is generally well-accepted, though afaik debate and non-math but still STEM competitions haven’t been implemented yet*, and I’ve been pushing for that.
There’s few enough people in these competitions (especially in UK/US, which Richard Annilo may not have been talking about) that I think there’s a definite risk of over reaching out to the same people (and generally coming on too strong), so I’d recommend communication before action, but I think if folks have specific connections to the relevant communities, they should definitely make that known and they might be the right liasons for suggesting summer programs/readings/internships through the competitions themselves or through the social networks that come out of them.
If someone has these connections, I’m super happy to talk to anyone considering doing this kind of outreach (or can recommend other people to talk to). Just message me through my profile here.
*I’ve been in touch with a science bowl and mock trial student who is running an EA related science bowl and considering doing some outreach at mock trial national competitions. It’s definitely possible there’s other outreach I don’t know about.
Agreed that this is promising! From my perspective in the outreach space (high school teacher, SPEAR/ESPR instructor, had lots of conversations about this at EAG with people running other outreach), this is generally well-accepted, though afaik debate and non-math but still STEM competitions haven’t been implemented yet*, and I’ve been pushing for that.
There’s few enough people in these competitions (especially in UK/US, which Richard Annilo may not have been talking about) that I think there’s a definite risk of over reaching out to the same people (and generally coming on too strong), so I’d recommend communication before action, but I think if folks have specific connections to the relevant communities, they should definitely make that known and they might be the right liasons for suggesting summer programs/readings/internships through the competitions themselves or through the social networks that come out of them.
If someone has these connections, I’m super happy to talk to anyone considering doing this kind of outreach (or can recommend other people to talk to). Just message me through my profile here.
*I’ve been in touch with a science bowl and mock trial student who is running an EA related science bowl and considering doing some outreach at mock trial national competitions. It’s definitely possible there’s other outreach I don’t know about.