FIRST Badges Mentor Resource Page

Participants / Students partner with their team mentors to earn FIRST Badges.  For Level 1 and Level 2 badges, team mentors will determine when a participant has earned a badge.

Level 3 and 4 badges will have a participant login link.  Each participant/student will upload a completed portfolio for consideration of badge achievements.  Mentors and participants will be notified after the portfolio submission has been reviewed.  If successful, the participant will be awarded the badge through Credly.  If more detail is necessary, the mentor and the participant will be notified via email.

FIRST Badges privacy policy can be found here.

Evaluating Level 1 and Level 2 badges – or “How do the participants earn the badges?”

FIRST Badges uses rubrics to determine whether a student has completed the task or requirement.  A rubric is used to measure a performance, behavior, or quality.  For each of the badges and levels, a rubric is defined and viewable by the mentors in the downloadable mentor resources.

Getting Started with FIRST Badges

Downloadable mentor resources


Resources include a downloadable spreadsheets for team mentors to use to track participant progress, individual resource pages, rubrics and completed badge spreadsheet.

BadgeIndividual Participant Resource SheetTeam Participant Progress
Computer Aided Design Level 1 CAD Level 1 2016 Resource Sheet  
Computer Aided Design Level 2 CAD Level 2 2016 Resource Sheet  
Communications Level 1 Level 1 Resource Sheet   All Levels Team Progress Spreadsheet for Communications
Communications Level 2 Level 2 Resource Sheet
Communications Level 3Level 3 Portfolio Template
Communications Level 4Level 4 Portfolio Template
Electronics Level 1Level 1 Resource Sheet  All Levels Team Progress Spreadsheet for Electronics
Electronics Level 2Level 2 Resource Sheet
Electronics Level 3Level 3 Portfolio Template
Electronics Level 4Level 4 Portfolio Template
Engineering Design Level 1Level 1 Resource Sheet  All Levels Team Progress Spreadsheet for Engineering Design
Engineering Design Level 2Level 2 Resource Sheet
Engineering Design Level 3Level 3 Portfolio Template
Engineering Design Level 4Level 4 Portfolio Template
Machining Level 1Level 1 Resource Sheet  All Levels Team Progress Spreadsheet for Machining
Machining Level 2Level 2 Resource Sheet
Machining Level 3Level 3 Portfolio Template
Machining Level 4 Level 4 Portfolio Template
Participation and Leadership Level 1 Level 1 Resource Sheet  All Levels Team Progress Spreadsheet for Participation and Leadership
Participation and Leadership Level 2 Level 2 Resource Sheet
Participation and Leadership Level 3Level 3 Portfolio Template
Participation and Leadership Level 4Level 4 Portfolio Template
Safety Level 1Level 1 Resource Sheet
Safety Level 2Level 2 Resource Sheet