Lead Coach/Mentor 1 & 2 tasks:

• Team has both a Lead Coach/Mentor 1 and 2 listed on the Team Dashboard.
• Both Lead Coach/Mentor 1 and 2 have electronically signed their FIRST HQ Consent/Release form (indicated on the individual’s FIRST Account).
• Both Lead Coach/Mentor 1 and 2 have completed the FIRST Youth Protection background screening (indicated on the individual’s FIRST Account).
• If your team has “Not Event Ready” in the “HQ Event Ready” column of the Michigan FIRST LEGO League Challenge Team List (updated every 2-3 days), please review the above items for completion.
• Officially register all team members to your team
• Express Enrollment path: Refer to the ‘NEW Express Enrollment Youth Registration’ section of the FIRST HQ Youth Registration website page.
• Traditional path: Refer to the ‘Lead Coach/Mentor’ section of the FIRST HQ Youth Registration website page.

Team Member Parent/Guardian tasks:

• FIRST HQ requires all youth team members to be registered with the team.
• Express enrollment: Parents use the web link or QR code from the lead coach/mentor to register their youth to a team in a few simple steps – see Express Enrollment Parent/Guardian Instructions
• Traditional path: FIRST Youth Team Member Registration is completed through the FIRST Dashboard. – see Youth Team Registration Guide

The FIRST HQ Consent/Release form is signed electronically by the student’s parent/guardian (for team members younger than 18 years of age) as part of the above process.

• A form is submitted once per season.
• Instructions on signing through a mobile device

NOTE! If you have 3rd graders on your team, you will not be able to register them through the FIRST Dashboard with this usual process. Email angela@firstinmichigan.org for alternate instructions for those students.

Note: The previously used “Team Participation Roster (excel format)” along with the additional FIRST in Michigan SmartWaiver Consent/Release form will no longer be used by FIRST in Michigan starting with the 2023-24 fall season.

Each team coach must email the team’s official roster, downloaded from the FIRST Team Dashboard, to the Event Coordinator by the Monday of your event week. Your Event Coordinator will give you submission directions (email address) in the weeks leading up to your event. All team members participating in the event must be listed on the roster and must have a “green light” indication that their FIRST HQ Consent/Release form has been electronically signed. This must be done for every official FiM FLLC event in which the team participates: once at the qualifying event and then again if a team advances to the state championship.

The Team Roster is used as part of the team “check-in” process for the event and is a required deliverable. How to Print a Team Roster:

• Log in to your Team Dashboard by signing into your FIRST Account at https://www.firstinspires.org/
• Under Team Contacts/Roster, click “Print Roster.”