Advancement Education Materials Updates Now Available
Your National Advancement Program Team has been reviewing and updating many of the currently available educational materials. The completed ones are now available at the Advancement Resources web page at www.scouting.org/advancement. Select “Advancement Educational Presentations” and select the presentation for your specific needs and interests.
Advancement Administrators will want to familiarize themselves with the many resources available. In addition to the advancement educational presentations, advancement applications, and the Guide to Advancement 2019, Merit badge counselors will benefit from the support materials such as A Guide for Merit Badge Counseling and the Worksheet for Building a Merit Badge Counselor List.
Scoutbook
Online Tool for Managing Advancement for all units
As of January 1, 2019 Scoutbook, the Boy Scouts of America online tool for managing and tracking Scouting advancements, is Free. What does this mean for your unit? Units will no longer need to utilize Internet Advancement to enter their advancement records. Rest assured, Internet Advancement will not be going away at this time. The Boy Scouts of America is however, encouraging all Units to setup and utilize Scoutbook as their main unit management tool. Any advancement entered via Internet Advancement will sync to Scoutbook and can be seen by the unit, parents, and Scouts.
BSA will begin upgrading Scoutbook this year. The initial change will include a profile, unit roster, advancement ‘quick entry’ feature, and reports. Additional modifications will be phased in throughout the year and users will have access to both the new and old features using their current login credentials. The current platform will continue to be supported and maintained. As changes are implemented, communication will be posted in the Change Logs on the Scoutbook Forums.