An Important Message from Our New Children’s Division Director

Meet our new Children’s Director, Julie Chriswell. Julie comes to us from Humble, Texas, where she was most recently a Teaching Leader and an Elementary Instructional Specialist with the Humble Independent School System in the Houston area. We are thankful for Julie’s addition to the Headquarters staff. Julie has a very important message for you as classes begin. Please view this timely video message. We are thankful for your investment in the next generation with our BSF Kids and Students (formerly known as BSF Preschool and School Program). May God bless you and provide everything necessary as you serve Him this year. Your Headquarters staff is regularly in prayer for you.

Children’s Attendance (CP 106)

Because children’s attendance is entered directly into MyBSF, attendance records (hard copies) are no longer generated by the database or required for retention in the Class or TL File. However, a printed attendance roster is useful to ensure classroom security, especially when moving preschool-age children to play areas or practicing emergency drills.

• Preschool CSs, ACSs, or ALs can help CLs create a hand-written Children’s Enrollment (CP 106) for their preschool classrooms, which is available in the Resource Library for SECURITY purposes only (Keyword Search: CP106). 

Optional: Classes may print the Attendance Record Child Report from MyBSF for each class by going to Reports > Class Report > Attendance > Attendance Record Child Report. This report must be reprinted when new children are placed in classrooms.  

• The CP 106 (Attendance Record Child Report) is not retained in the Class File because attendance is entered directly into MyBSF each week. (Note: This is a correction to the Class Staff Resource.)
• Students do not typically leave the classroom as much as preschoolers because they have longer attention spans and greater self-control. However, you may use the CP 106 if needed for students. 

Note: CS/ACS should print and keep a copy of Child Emergency Contact Listing by Classroom – Parent Guardian Report if unable to access this report digitally. Child Emergency Contact Labels should be added to the back of child nametags to provide BSF Adult information or information can be handwritten.

Tracking Volunteers (CP 119) 

BSF Kids (Preschool) and BSF Students must use the Volunteer Tracker (CP 119) to track volunteer participation in a BSF Children’s Program. The CP 119 is available in the Resource Library (Keyword Search: CP119). The CP 119 must be retained in the Class File for seven years. (Note: This is a revision and addition to the Class Staff Resource.) 

CP Checklist Maintenance

Please make sure your CP Checklist is up to date in MyBSF as your AP begin reviewing and validating compliance. For leaders or regular volunteers to serve with children, they must have the required background screening and annual recertification in place (based on the requirements for your area).

MyBSF will mark your leaders and volunteers as Eligible or InEligible. Please address class members who are marked InEligible by completing the requirements and adding the screening or recertification dates. If you have class members who no longer volunteer in your Children’s Program, remove them from the CP Checklist by selecting Hide from CP Checklist. The CP Checklist should be free of class members that are marked InEligible. Thank you for protecting the children and students in your class.

Tiered Support for CA, D-AOTs, and CSs

Tiered support is available to CAs, D-AOTs, and CSs as follows: 

Note: Great collaboration, sharing, and problem-solving are available on the CA and CS Facebook pages, which are not sponsored by BSF HQ because not all CAs and CSs participate in social media.