I hope you've had a great off season and that you're itching to get going with the new season of FLL, World Class! It should be a great year of figuring out how we can improve on the way we learn/teach/grow.
In this email you will find two important items:
- NEW REGISTRATION PROCESS
- FLL AMBASSADOR TEAMS
- FLL ONTARIO BLOG - FOLLOW US!
- Once you have created your profile, registered your team, paid your Team Fee ($225 USD to FIRST HQ), and had two coaches pass the screening process, you will get access to purchasing your Field Setup Kit (FSK) and your FLL Robot through a phone call to Spectrum Educational Supplies. Here's a video detailing how to order your materials
For further information on this, please see this archived Team Blast from HQ.
- In the early fall (or sooner if you want) you can update your team roster and get the parents all signed in and consent forms done electronically this year. Ya! Here's a video outlining how to use the Team Roster http://screencast.com/
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- Register your team for an event and pay the Tournament registration fee. This registration takes place in the fall in early October. More details to follow later.
**NEW REGISTRATION PROCESS!!**
FIRST LEGO League Headquarters has created a new system for registration this year which has many changes over previous years. One of the impetuses for this change was their new Youth Protection Plan which is a great initiative to keep our kids safe while participating in FIRST programs. We take children’s safety VERY seriously and this is a positive step in the right direction toward that goal.
You may wish to hold off for a few days to register so that we can work out all the bugs with new system but for those who are anxious to get their team registered and want to test the system for everyone else we've created some helpful steps.
To help with the registration process we’ve outlined the steps you must follow for successful registration and product ordering this season.
Step 1: Coaches create a profile at this link on May 5th : https://my.usfirst.org/fll/
Here's a video walking you through the process of setting up your user id and password:
You will be asked to login into TIMS with last year's TRE account username and password, or create a new account. There is a process to renew or change your password if necessary. This will require a new profile to be filled out. The profile process may seem somewhat lengthy for FLL teams as we are starting anew in the TIMS system. However, once the user profile is completed for this 2014 season it will carry over to next year where only a verification of the existing data will be required. The former TRE link will direct you to the TIMS system.
Team registration payment questions should be directed to:
200 Bedford Street, Manchester NH 03101
Step 2: Coach uses the login info created above to register a team.
Here's a video walking you through that process of registering your team.
NOTE: two coaches MUST be listed on the registration and EACH of those coaches must indicate TWO references who will be called. Coaches may NOT order their Field Setup Kit or their Robot until both coaches’ references have been contacted so please choose contacts that will be able to answer the phone.
NOTE: payment for team registration this year will be made to US FIRST and will be $225 USD.
Step 3: Order your materials through Spectrum Educational
NOTE: ALL registration issues should be addressed to FLL HQ by phone at +1 (603) 666-3906 OR 1-(800) 871-8326 (US Toll-free).
NOTE: All questions related to ordering materials should be directed to Spectrum at Tel: 905-898-0031 OR Toll-
Any other questions can be sent to Christine Bibic at christine.bibic@
Step 4: Follow up tasks
Summary of videos in this email:
Setting up your profile: http://screencast.
Registering your team: http://screencast.com/t/
Ordering your materials: http://screencast.
Using the Team Roster http://screencast.com/
Hope all of that helps you to navigate this new process. Thank you for your patience as we transition through this year. I apologize in advance for any inconvenience.
**FLL AMBASSADOR TEAMS**
I sent an email out previously asking our FLL teams across Ontario to become Ambassador teams to the international teams competing in our Open Championship event in June. If you are interested in being one of those teams, please fill in this form and we will connect you with one of the teams. You can see a list of the teams going to the Open here.
This is a great opportunity for your team to interact with another FLL team from another part of the world and to help them as they prepare to come to Toronto for the Open. PLEASE consider joining this initiative!
**FLL ONTARIO BLOG - FOLLOW US!**
All email sent by me regarding Ontario details throughout the season will be archived and can be found here:
http://fllontario.blogspot.ca/
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