Student Teacher Background Checks
Use the legal name found on a valid government-issued driver's license, identification card, social security card, or passport. If you are married and have already changed your name on your government-issued ID, use that name. If you have not changed your name, use your maiden name.
School IDs will not be considered as proof of legal name.
School IDs will not be considered as proof of legal name.
If you need to change your legal name on your profile (old registration/correction), fax proof of your legal name to the Criminal History Unit (208-332-7991). Include your date of birth.
Use any of the following as proof:
If you are not able to fax proof of your legal name change to the Criminal History Unit, notify the fingerprinting clerk when you come to the office for your background check and fingerprinting.
Use any of the following as proof:
- Marriage license
- Valid government issued driver's license, identification card, social security card, or passport
If you are not able to fax proof of your legal name change to the Criminal History Unit, notify the fingerprinting clerk when you come to the office for your background check and fingerprinting.
- Fill out the application.
- Go to the website https://chu.dhw.idaho.gov/
- Click New Registration
- Register as an applicant to create your personal user name and password. Write them down and keep them in a secure place - you will use them several times.
- Next, you must log on with your personal user name and password that you just created.
- Choose Complete Application from the menu on the left.
- Fill in the information page after page. Clicking the Next button at the bottom of each page will take you to the next page.
- You must know the Agency ID number and enter it when asked. Please ensure that you have that information on hand before you apply.
- When done, click the SUBMIT button
- Now, you can follow the instructions to schedule your fingerprint appointment.
- 10. Print your application. It will be at least three pages.
- Bring a government issued ID to background check.
- The school will issue you a 999- number. This is a "temporary" Social Security number to use as a student or Homeland Security has approved international students to work in the United States until they can receive a permanent number or become naturalized.
- Complete all addresses for residency in the last five years. When you get to the part regarding residency in the last five years, just add in all the addresses.
- Do not edit the mailing address. Do not change the mailing address already listed unless it must be edited for a misspelling or typo error.
- If the mailing address is the same as the residential, just add in the address again as an "application" address.
- Additional charges:
- Arkansas: $10.00
- Colorado: $28.00
- Kansas: $10.00
- Kentucky: $10.00
- Minnesota: $20.00
- Pennsylvania: $8.00
- South Carolina: $8.00
- Virginia: $10.00
- Washington: $20.00
- Wyoming: $10.00
(If state not listed no additional charge)
All student teacher background checks are good for three years.
Tuberculosis Testing
There are several places on campus and in the Rexburg community where you can complete a tuberculosis test. Visit the BYU-Idaho Student Health Center, Walgreens, Community Care, or other community medical locations.
It only takes a few minutes for the TB test to be administered, then you have to return 48 hours later to get it read, which, again, only takes a few minutes.
Tuberculosis and CPR certifications are good for two years.
Student Teacher Resources and Lesson Plans
Access the "R" Preschool Resources website, where you can review a resource list of everything available in the Child Labs.
- BYU-Idaho Child Labs maintains a lab Pinterest page you can follow. Our username is rchildlabs.
- In RR2 are plenty of books with activity ideas.
- Contact your supervisor, who may have resource binder with examples of past lessons.