Advancement Overview
 

Our Advancement chairman is Dr. Butch Everson
To schedule a Board of Review click this link. Boards of Review.
Completed merit badge blue cards must be given to Dr. Everson so that they may be recorded and awarded.

General Rules of Advancement

Requirements must be completed as written. They may not be amended nor abridged.

Scouts should be prepared to answer questions when asking for a requirement to be signed-off.

Scouts must allow time for these questions when asking for a sign-off.

Scouts must schedule an appointment for Scoutmaster Conferences with the Scoutmaster or any trained Assistant Scoutmaster.  Leadership time must be signed off by the Scoutmaster, Keith Biegert.

Only registered and trained Scoutmasters (including assistant ones) and qualified senior Scouts may sign off on rank requirements.

Only Registered Merit Badge Councilors and the Scoutmaster may sign off on merit badge requirements.

Guidelines

         Scouts may work on advancements as they like

Parents should not push scouts and turn them off

Parents should encourage, remind, and facilitate

It would be good for scouts to make First Class by 12 months from joining though some Scouts take 18 months or more

Ranks must be earned in order

Achievements may be earned in any order, though some have prerequisites and time factors

Requirements may not be altered, however there is provision for the disabled

Scoutmaster, Assistant Scoutmasters, and qualified senior Scouts sign off on advancements

It is preferred that Scoutmasters not sign off their own children unless it is part of a larger group learning experience or a matter-of-fact advancement
 

Merit Badges

See the Merit Badge Coordinator if you would like to take or teach a merit badge
See the guide for teaching merit badges if you think you might want to be a merit badge counselor

Scoutmaster approval is required prior to a Scout working on a merit badge

Merit Badges are taught and signed off by merit badge counselors who are registered as such

Bluecards are the official record of merit badge requirement completion with the exception of summer camps that use group listings and when a merit badge is offered as a group class within the Troop.

Forms are available to register as a merit badge counselor

Merit badges must be offered to more than one's own son

Merit badges are secondary priority to attaining First Class rank

There are lots of resources on the Internet at US Scouting Service Project

Scouts, please refer to the merit badge information page.
 

Service Hours

Eligibility of service for service hour rank advancement requirements is determined on an individual basis by the Scoutmaster.
Click here for more information on Service Hours