UAV Coach Partners with PCS EdVentures to Support the Use of…

Here at UAV Coach we’re proud to announce a brand new partnership with PCS Edventures!.com, Inc., (PCSV) a number one supplier of Okay-12 Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) packages.

Through the partnership UAV Coach will likely be providing Drone Pilot Ground School, our flagship distant take a look at prep course for the FAA’s Part 107 examination, to PCS Edventures educators and college students.

Promoting a secure and constructive drone neighborhood has all the time been a core a part of our mission, and we’re joyful to have discovered like-minded companions in UAV Coach. Through Drone Pilot Ground School, each college students and educators have the alternative to additional their drone schooling and earn business certification by way of the FAA.

– Michelle Fisher, Director of STEM Development for PCS Edventures

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By supporting pupil pursuits by way of scholarships and coaching packages, PCS Edventures and UAV Coach are working collectively to assist advance STEM schooling and drones in the classroom. According to a current Goldman Sachs analysis report, the drone business is predicted to exceed $100Bn by 2020, and presently, highschool college students with drone operator coaching and a Part 107 license are incomes over $50/hour in summer time jobs, indicating the extraordinary demand for these ability units.

We’re excited to work with PCS Edventures to assist convey extra small unmanned aerial methods (sUAS) into the classroom. Drones are a wonderful means to get college students engaged and likewise provide a novel profession alternative in a myriad of industries.

– Alan Perlman, CEO and Founder of UAV Coach

The partnership will even assist highschool college students study extra about and apply UAV Coach’s scholarship for Drone Pilot Ground School, the High School STEM Scholarship for Aspiring Commercial Drone Pilots.

Scholarship recipients get free entry to Drone Pilot Ground School ($299 worth) to assist them put together for the Part 107 take a look at. The first 100 scholarship candidates who end their finding out and take the FAA Aeronautical Knowledge Test will even have their FAA take a look at charge ($150) lined by the scholarship. There are a vast variety of scholarships out there, and college students are accepted on a rolling, case-by-case foundation.

There isn’t any software deadline, however to apply you have to be:

  • At least 16 years outdated
  • Currently enrolled in highschool
  • Live in the United States

Learn extra about our High School STEM Scholarship for Aspiring Commercial Drone Pilots at https://uavcoach.com/drone-stem-scholarship/

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Drones in STEM

More and extra, drones are getting used to assist college students study—and get enthusiastic about—STEM topics in center, excessive, and even elementary college (STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics).

Across the U.S. drones have turn out to be part of robotics lessons, coding lessons, and even classes on longitude and latitude. New platforms like DroneBlocks even present curricula supplies for educators who need to use drones in the classroom.

Earlier this yr the Atlantic reported on college students in the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative taking part in a contest the place they designed, constructed, engineered, and examined their very own drones.

The competitors got here at the finish of a year-long highschool class in aerospace and aviation, by which drones figured prominently as alternatives for college students to study numerous facets of aerospace engineering and design.

Scenarios like this are cropping up all through the U.S., and the mixture of drones and STEM schooling is well timed, since jobs in STEM fields have been forecasted to develop at an exponential charge over the subsequent a number of years.

Drones provide an attractive entry level for STEM research, in that college students usually understand them as cool and enjoyable. Students who begin out merely interested by flying could find yourself enthusiastic about STEM research, and both pursuing a future profession in a STEM area—of which there are a lot of—or in the rising drone business itself.

Along with jobs in STEM fields, the drone business itself is rising, and there promise to be many new jobs on the horizon for drone pilots who maintain a distant pilot license, from aerial cinematography to work in agriculture, forestry, mapping, and way more.

Watch this video to study extra about how PCS Edventures helps academics incorporate drones into their STEM curricula:

About PCS Edventures!

PCS Edventures!.com, Inc. (OTCPK: PCSV) is a Boise, Idaho firm that designs and delivers technology-rich services for the Okay-12 market that develop 21st-century abilities. PCS packages emphasize experiential studying in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) and have been deployed at over 7,000 websites in all 50 United States and 17 international international locations. http://www.edventures.com.

About Drone Pilot Ground School

Drone Pilot Ground School is UAV Coach’s on-line coaching and take a look at prep course for the FAA’s Part 107 business certification course of. We have skilled over eight,000 U.S. drone pilots, from solo drone operators and small groups to police and hearth departments and enormous organizations. Over 99% of our college students go the Part 107 examination on the first attempt—study extra at https://www.dronepilotgroundschool.com.

Zacc Dukowitz

Director of Marketing

Zacc Dukowitz is the Director of Marketing for UAV Coach. A author with skilled expertise in schooling expertise and digital advertising and marketing, Zacc is captivated with reporting on the drone business at a time when UAVs will help us stay higher lives. Zacc additionally holds the rank of nidan in Aikido, a Japanese martial artwork, and is a broadly revealed fiction author. Zacc has an MFA from the University of Florida and a BA from St. John’s College. Follow @zaccdukowitz or try zaccdukowitz.com to learn his work.

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