Transcript Troop 82 – Merit Badge Overview

Troop 82
Guide to
Merit Badges
HP Troop 82 – Merit Badge
Overview
The following information is provided for Scouts and
Parents to gain a clearer understanding of the process to
earn Merit Badges for Advancement with the Ultimate
goal of becoming an Eagle Scout.
What are Merit Badges all about, an Introduction.
– http://www.scouting.org/meritbadges.aspx
What are the Merit Badges I need to earn for Eagle?
– http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Eagle_Scout_rank
Plan for Your Son’s Success
21 merit badges required for Eagle
– 13 required
• 11 taught at Troop 82
– Camping and Swimming have to be done at summer camp
• 10 taught at TRJ Summer Camp
– Citizenship in the Community, Family Life and Personal
Management not available – take at Troop 82 or outside
– 8 optional
• Salesmanship earned by selling movie tickets
• Disability Awareness and one more at Carry The Load –
Memorial Day
• Scout camp, Scout and Perot Museums, or outside
– Mix of eagle required and optional badges
required for each rank advancement
A Strategy for Troop 82 Scouts
– Understand WHICH badges to pursue WHERE
• Summer Camp
– Complete Camping and Swimming at Summer Camp
– Go to camp twice and complete 7 eagle required badges
• Troop 82
– Complete one eagle required badge spring and fall, grades
6-8 for 6 badges; can still take badges in high school to
catch up
– Citizenship in the Community, Family Life and Personal
Management are available @ T82 but not TRJ
– Salesmanship badge by selling movie tickets for T82
– Outside sources for remaining badges
• CTL Memorial Day
• Scout or Perot Museum
• Outside on your own
21 merit badges + Eagle Project = Eagle Scout
Realize all Merit Badges are not Created Equal
– Always read the requirements in advance for the badge
your son is working on no matter where he is doing it
• Easy
– Family life, All the Citizenship Badges, Emergency Preparedness, and
First Aid
• Moderate
– Camping, Personal Management, Personal Fitness
• Difficult
– Hiking (extensive requirements), Cooking (2 periods at camp)
– Some badges cannot be completed during the current
semester (personal management, personal fitness,
sometimes cooking)
– Use Troop Master to understand mix of eagle required
and optional badges required for advancement for each
rank and create a written plan (next slide)
Merit Badge Planning Guide
Troop 82 Merit Badge Planning Guide
Year1
Year2
Year3
Year4
Year5
Year6
Year7
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Projected Ranks:
Star
Life
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Projected Ranks:
Star
Life
Eagle
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Projected Ranks:
Star
Life
Eagle
Eagle Palms
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Projected Ranks:
Life
Eagle
Eagle Palms
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Projected Ranks:
Eagle
Eagle Palms
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Projected Ranks:
Arrow of Light
2nd Class
Scout
First Class
Tendefoot
Star
2nd Class
Star
Life
Eagle Required
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Elective
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Eagle Required
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Elective
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Eagle
Eagle Required
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Elective
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Eagle Palms
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Eagle Required Merit Badges
1 First Aid*
2 Citizenship In The World*
3 Citizenship in The Nation*
4 Citizenship in The Community*
5 Cooking*
6 Camping
7 Personal Fitness*
8 Personal Management*
9 Family Life*
10 Communication*
11 Swimming or Cycling or Hiking
12 Life Saving or Emergency Preparedness*
13 Environmental Science* or Sustainability
Bold = Course Taught @ TRJ Summer Camp
Asterisks * = Course Taught @ Monday Meeting
3 Ways to Earn Merit Badges
1. Monday Night Troop Meetings – Eagle Required
Merit Badges are taught by parent volunteers
(required to take youth training (on line) and
merit badge training course (in person))
2. Official Boy Scout Summer Camp, Jamboree or
other advancement gathering
3. Outside Merit Badges – On your own, group,
coach or instructor
1. Monday Night Merit Badge Classes
The troop will teach Eagle required merit badges for First Class Scouts and above for 5 weeks on
Monday Nights in the Fall and Spring.
A sign up sheet is passed out to the Scouts 3 weeks before the class asking them for their top 3 choices
for Eagle Required badges they have not yet completed. The badges offered are:
Citizenship in the Nation
Citizenship in the World
First Aid
Emergency Preparedness
Personal Fitness
Environmental Science
Citizenship in the Community
Communication
Family Life
Cooking
Personal Management
If merit badge is completed or partially completed, Instructor will sign off and information will be put
in Troop Master.
www.troopmasterweb.com/troop82
Monday Night Merit Badge Sign Up Sheet
Merit Badge Class Sign Up Sheet
FIRST Class AND ABOVE ONLY
Scout Information:
Name:
Company:
Patrol:
Rank:
The following Merit Badges will be offered Monday Nights for 6 weeks this SPRING 2015.
CLASSES START March 2, 2015
You have three choices. Mark your top choice as 1, second choice as 2 and
third choice as 3.
We will make every effort to give a scout his first choice, but it is not always
possible. In some cases it will be necessary to award the third choice, due to
class demand and prerequisites for a class.
Choice # (Select only 3)
Class Offered
Required for Eagle
Citizenship in the Nation
Yes
Citizenship in the Community
Yes
Citizenship in the World
Yes
Communications
Yes
Emergency Preparedness
Yes
Environmental Science
Yes
Family Life
Yes
First Aid
Yes
Personal Fitness
Yes
Personal Management
Yes
Cooking
Yes
A little more about Monday Night Merit Badges
Regular Scout meetings start at 7:30 PM. Merit Badge Classes are from 7:45 PM – 8:45 PM in the assigned
classrooms. Scouts are then dismissed back down to the scout room for meeting announcements and close.
Not all scouts will make all classes and full attendance is not part of completing the badge however we
strongly encourage scouts to make all the classes.
Scouts will be provided a Merit Badge Booklet (require $5 for a deposit) and the badge worksheet. It is
expected the scouts keep up with their worksheet weekly ahead of class BUT class time will be given to
discuss the topics and time to fill in parts of it. The purpose of the class is to teach at a high level the
material and facilitate discussions with the scouts. In essence this is a guided book report with scout
participation in certain requirements.
Some badges have outside requirements or a 13 week activity tracking chart. What this means is that the
scout will not get the badge in the 6 weeks of Monday night classes and they will have to follow up with
their Merit Badge instructor for completion or they can always see me for final signoff. At the end of the 5
weeks, we will take the attendance/tracking log and upload all the information in Troop Master for either
full or partial completion of the badge.
The most important thing for all to remember is that the worksheet is like their scout book, NEVER lose it
as this tracks all your progress. Bring the worksheet and booklet to every class.
2. Summer Camp
For those Scouts choosing to attend Summer Camp in June there are numerous merit badges offered
and taught by Boy Scout of America trained staffers. Typically the Scout will choose 4 – 5 merit
badges for the week.
The troop recommends pursuing eagle required badges at camp. Not all eagle badges are taught at
camp. Click here for a link for TRJ 2016 summer camp offerings.
Eagle badges currently taught at TRJ for Summer 16 are as follows: camping, citizenship in the
nation, citizenship in the world, communication, cooking (2 periods), cycling, emergency
preparedness, environmental science, first aid, hiking, life saving, personal fitness, swimming
Eagle required citizenship in the community, family life and personal management are not taught at
TRJ as of Summer 16.
Completed or partially completed merit badges will be loaded into Troop Master .
3. Outside Merit Badges
Here the scout chooses badges of strong interest to him. There are 2 ways to earn these badges.
1. TheNational Scout Museum, Perot Museum or Jamboree
Obtain a Blue Card for participation from the merit badge desk. The card is required in
ADVANCE of the merit badge class.
2.
The scout may independently pursue under the guidance of a ‘counselor’ who
mentors them through the badge. This counselor may be a parent or a professional
with expertise in the badge subject matter.
• Scouts are required to complete the Merit Badge Worksheet per the badge found
at www.meritbadge.org. and to use merit badge booklet.
• Badge is signed off at the merit badge desk, not by an ASM, although an ASM
can sign off elements of the badge. After it is approved by the merit badge desk
a yellow card will be issued and the badge will then be entered into Troop
Master.
• Obtain permission from the the Troop 82 Scout Master before beginning a badge that is
eagle required. Troop 82 strongly encourages eagle merit badges be done on Monday
nights, at summer camp or through an approved BSA provider.
Boy Scout Required Blue
Card
My Son has a Partially Completed Merit Badge
Happens frequently, whether it is a partial completion from
Monday nights or summer camp.
1. Print out requirements for badge.
2. Got to Troop Master print off the completed
requirements.
3. Bring documentation to show how the scout completed
the requirements.
No partial listed in Troop Master? Bring your completed
worksheet to your ASM or Merit Badge Counselor for sign
off or further coaching.
Other Information
To track the progress of your Scout for Advancement and Merit
Badge Completions and Partials:
http://hptroop82.org/
Go to “Existing Scout Login”
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Harold Hickey
Robert Manley
[email protected]
[email protected]
Jeff Graham
[email protected]
BSA Mission Statement
The mission of the Boy Scouts of
America is to prepare young people to
make ethical and moral choices over
their lifetimes by instilling in them
the values of the Scout Oath and Law.