We just dont care to double record and we dont care to record at that level. Units that already use scoutbook wont be charged when they renew their subscription on or after sept. The unit advancement chair or designee accesses internet advancement in one of four ways. Unit advancement reports are kept on file for seven years. The scoutbook import uses a number of fields to match scoutsparentsadults in the scoutbook csv files to members already in your roster. Advancement is one of the eight methods used by scout leaders to help youth fulfill the aims of the bsa. Enjoy watching thousands of scouting videos, news updates, forums, blogs and more. From the scout page select reports, there you will find the scout history report, individual advancement record and the eagle rank application. Jun 22, 2019 craig there are several things at your disposal in scoutbook. Click the browse button to find the scout advancement file that you exported from scoutbook. Time in leadership, required merit badges and all is correct. It allows me great visibility across the dens, and i can use the report it generates to allow my advancement coordinator to have an easy source of record to use to create the advancement report in scoutnet.
The scoutbook unit admins have been notified and given instructions on how to activate this sync by december 31, 2017. Scoutbook now automatically syncs with bsa advancement. Scoutbook advancement record sync with internet advancement. Enter advancement records by clicking on roster from the menu on the left, then selecting a scout and record advancement. Scoutbook users are about to love scoutbook even more.
For now, i prefer to keep scoutbook as the primary source. Policy on unauthorized changes to advancement program. Scoutbook reports scoutbook reports sb scoutbook has a lot of reports available to units. There are limited exceptions relating only to members with. Scoutbook mobile brings the world of cub scouting and scouts bsa to your mobile device. However, it can be frustrating if you cant get your data out in a format that you need it. Another option is to download the eagle application. The book contains the authorized signers signature.
Scoutbook now automatically syncs with bsa national advancement database. There are subscriptions families can purchase to include more scouts and adult connections. Quickly look up rank requirements, awards, electives, achievements, academic and sports belt loops and pins, merit badge requirements, lds duty to god, faith in god, and much. When purchasing all rank badges, except for the rank of eagle scout, merit badges, and venture and sea scouts awards the scout shop will only accept printouts from internet advancement 2. A unit and scout advancement tracking system owned by the bsa and directly linked to akela, the national advancement and training databases. The old individual advancement report in internet advancement has been reformatted and renamed the advancement history report in the new version of internet advancement. Scoutbook reports archives scoutbook knowledge base. Scoutbookbsa internet advancement hawk mountain council. The bsas official web app has always been a great tool for tracking a scout s advancement. Before submitting this re cord, make certain that full and correct information for each cub scout or webelos scout is given, and that he is actually a registered member of your pack and is qualified as to grade or age to. Great alternative to a cub scout tracking spreadsheet. Our troops view is its busy work to record the lower level requirements and its the scouts job to keep their book and drive the details of advancement. Previously, an admin would run the advancement report and hand it to the scout. One thing most scoutbook admins are asked to produce is advancement reports for scouts, particularly when a scout is working on becoming an eagle scout, or needs to show requirements for a rank or merit badge.
Most units in our council have been set up in scoutbook to track advancements and to print reports when ordering badges and patches from the scout shop. Advancement is one of the methods used to achieve the aims of scouting in all four phases of the scouting program cub scouting, boy scouting, varsity scouting, and venturing. Scoutbook individual advancement report for sea scouts. Both internet advancement and scoutbook produce advancement reports that are accepted by scout shops. If i am in the ship or crew area and look under reports, the individual advancement report defaults to scouts bsa. A similar report is also available for boy scouts, venturing, and sea scouts.
How to print out the report to bring to the scout shop so you can purchase advancements and restricted items. The guide to advancement 2017 and 2018 boy scout requirements are the official boy scouts of america sources on boy scout advancement procedures when there is a conflict between two published lists of requirements, such as boy scout requirements bsa publication no. Then click on either save and approve another to record another advancement for the selected scouts, or approve and finish to return to the roster so you can select other scouts or finish up. Welcome and thank you for using internet advancement from the boy scouts of america. I am a former cubmastercub advancement chair that has followed scoutbook from the cub scout side to the boy scout side. There is no need to discuss or resolve discrepancies in a nonauthoritative duplicate tracking database. Cub scout advancement report now available scoutbook. The boy scout history report is also a good summary report to use when preparing a scouts eagle scout application. Internet advancement lets unit leaders pack, troop, team, crew record youth advancement to their bsa member records at any time throughout the year. Begin by exporting the scout advancement file from scoutbook. Advancement report for scout shop from internet advancement ia. Advancement patriots path council boy scouts of america.
In internet advancement, select the scout s name then click on run report advancement history. Sep 12, 2016 our troop doesnt use it for detailed advancement as thats in the scouts paper book. This report has been approved by bsa advancement for you to give to your scout shop. It replaces the tracking charts and trail records in the back of handbooks as well as the spreadsheets, paper records and pcbased packtroop management packages typically used by leaders. Review, update, or add ranks, merit badges, andor awards. This report has been approved by bsa advancement for you to give to your scout shop to show you have reported advancements to your council so you are able to purchase advancements. A new incomplete merit badges report has been added to scoutbook. Scoutbook is the bsas online unit management tool and helps scouts, parents and leaders track advancement and milestone achievements along the scouting trail as of january 1, 2019, scoutbook subscriptions are free to all scouting units. December 7, 2017 bryan wendell advancement, boy scouting, cub scouting, scouting tips 9. No council, committee, district, unit, or individual has the authority to add to, or subtract from, advancement requirements. How do i get to the advancement and recognition reports. Run a report for the scout shop by selecting run report, then scout shop report. Advancement is not officially recognized until it has been submitted to the council on an advancement report. Calling all unit leadersthe scoutbook youth advancement sync is officially underway all scouting units with active scoutbook subscriptions have recently been invited to complete the scoutbook youth advancement sync with scoutnet.
Im trying to look at advancement of the girl in scoutbook. Advancement reports may be picked up in either a council service center or they can downloaded from. Scout shop staff will know that the advancement report from scoutbook and the advancement report from internet advancement are both certified, and either should be accepted. You may need additional forms to purchase special awards, such as emergency preparedness, world conservation, outdoor activities, religious emblems, etc. May 27, 2015 scoutnet provides pdf reports formatted for the scout shop. Scoutbook is a scouts advancement record in the cloud and is directly connected to the bsa national advancement database. Reports from scoutbook or ia2 are required to purchase advancement related awards. Thats the official record for scouts, and at least in theory youre required to bring a printout of that with you to the scout shop to buy advancement related items such as rank patches. An advancement report must be sent to the council service. Im in love with the purchase order function which you can use as a shopping list by printing and taking it to your local scout shop and then, the bsa advancement report 34403. Scoutbook is an incredible online tool to track your sons scouting journey. The list of changes on the inside front cover of the new edition of scouts bsa requirements identifies changes to the alternate requirements for the ranks of scout, tenderfoot, second class, and first class, changes to 18 merit badges, and changes to 4 of the special opportunity awards. Units that continue to use 3rd party software can upload a txt file to ia2 contact your software provider to confirm the format is compatible with ia2 and then provide the purchase order advancement report from ia2 in order to purchase advancement related.
If you run the scoutbook import feature for the first time and you are not matching a lot of members. We will begin implementing a limited number of pilot units next week. The musselman scout shop needs either internet advancement advancement report or scoutbook advancement report even viewed digitally. Includes full details for all rank requirements, completedpartial merit badges, special awards, leadership, training, order of arrow, and more. Scoutbook is a secure platform that provides a safe way for parents, scouts, and leaders to record, track, and manage their scouting experience. Advancement report for scout shop from internet advancement. Select the type and the advancement or award to record, and the date. The primary concern is validation of the requirements.
Internet advancementcub scout packs, scouts bsa troops, varsity scout teams, and venturing crews can process their advancement on internet advancement. The advancement report is under reports in internet advancement and looks a little different, see the example below. Click generate report to get the report to bring take. Scoutbook is a new webbased application we will be using to track our scouts advancement. This extension takes report builder reports, and lets you export them in one click to excel. Scoutbook individual advancement report for sea scouts sea. The scoutbook advancement record sync is now in production. The boy scout history report can be found on an individuals scouts page under reports.
To print this report, right click on the report page. Available filter selections are all or individual scouts, merit badges, and patrols. Advancement report for eagle scouts bsa program scouting. Nov 23, 2017 how to print out the report to bring to the scout shop so you can purchase advancements and restricted items. The individual advancement record iar has not been supported for cub scouts for several years because the bsa never produced an updated iar for the program changes. Scouttrack is an internetbased service that makes it easy to manage cub scout packs, boy scout troops, girl scout troops and american heritage girl troops. It is available on your unit, patrol, and scout reports menus to anyone with at least a view advancement connection to the scouts. Advancements coordinators can run the badges earned report.
Pack leaders can also send email to everyone in the pack. Also, all calendar options including reminders, and advancements. Other software or handwritten unit advancement reports submitted to the scout shop when purchasing the achievements are manually recorded at the council office. Unit advancement reports boy scouts of america capitol area. Where is the advancement report in internet advancement to give to the scout shops. We have a little more information on the sync on the forums here. Internet advancement allows you to enter youth advancements, awards, and merit badges and perform the following actions. Scoutbook now automatically syncs with bsa advancement database.
Use the cub scout history report to generate a report of a cub scout s advancement and awards. Get the scoop on the scoutbook youth advancement sync. Then log on to troopwebhost, and from the main menu go to cub scouts upload scoutbook advancement. We generate a multipage pdf that you can print, save, or send to others via email. The advancement report is the report that is needed by the scout shops when purchasing restricted advancement items ranks, merit badges.
Getting the report to bring to scout shop from scoutbook sb. I cannot find a way to print an individual advancement report for sea scouts and venturers. Electronic advancement reporting boy scouts of america. As for what to do now, a scout may purchase another handbook and, based on his current advancement records unit software, scoutnet, and advancement reports, the unit leadership can go through. Scout shop staff will know that the advancement report from scoutbook and the advancement report from internet advancement are both certified, and. Iunit advancement records can be submitted to council using the scoutbook. It provides advancement summary reports to email the scoutmaster and his assistants. Ia2 formerly anticipated to be referred to as scoutbook lite was released on may 23, 2019 within my. In scoutbook, you might want the scout s individual advancement record or scouts bsa history report. This video will show you how to generate the unit advancement report in scoutbook to bring to the scout shop to purchase your units advancements.
Advancement reports may be picked up in either a council service center or they can downloaded from scouting. Recommendations for regional and area volunteers supporting the advancement program, no. Because entering rank advancement into internet advancement, either directly or via scoutbook, and printing the systemgenerated unit advancement reports. Getting the report to bring to scout shop from scoutbook. Reporting advancement is a requirement of the boy scouts of america, and entering it directly into the bsa system through an internet portal is the most straightforward way to get it done. Advancement can only be recognized for youth registered in the unit at the time the report is processed. Select which advancement report you want then check the scouts you want included. Individual advancement report ia scoutbook knowledge base. He is the one that puts in all his advancement awards to be approved, and he is the one that attaches pictures of his blue cards to the note section.
The advancement record link that was on the cub scout rank page has been removed. The boy scout history report is also a good summary report to use when preparing a scout s eagle scout application. The boy scout history report is a report that can be used for multiple purposes. The advancement report is the report that is needed by the scout shops when purchasing restricted advancement items ranks, merit badges, etc. The bsas individual cub scout record with the addition of the advancement record is now available on scoutbook. You will get an advancement report out of scoutbook that you will bring to the scout shop.
After a bor last night and entering the rank advancements earned, then generating the report, we noticed that theres no longer an area for the 3 bor signatures as in the past advancement. Quickly look up rank requirements, awards, electives, achievements, academic and sports belt loops and pins, merit badge requirements, lds duty to god, faith in god, and much more. You can use scoutbook to record and track advancement and awards, as well. Advancement reports from scoutbook and internet advancement accepted at scout shops the scoutbook database is the official record of advancement for the boy scouts of america. Log into internet advancement click the scout you want go to run report advancement history choose time frame and run. I did it when i had to print out the advancement report for our cor. Information in the 2020 scouts bsa requirements book. It was designed specifically to use the power of the internet to replace the tracking charts and trail records in the back of the scout books as well as the spreadsheets and paper. If youre using a cub scout tracking spreadsheet for your packs advancement, youll want to take a look at this better option. Advancement glaciers edge council, boy scouts of america. The list of changes on the inside front cover of the new edition of boy scout requirements identifies changes to the requirements for two ranks second class and first class, which became effective on august 1, 2017, along with changes to 27 merit badges, the deletion of one special opportunity the denali award which was available only. Scoutbook this is the boy scouts of americas online tool for managing scout units.
Recording scouts bsa advancement northern star council, bsa. Developing advancement reports tracking scout progress on advancement following a lunch break bring your own, the training will continue with an orientation on how to use the merit badge counselor functions in scoutbook for boy scout troops. Scoutbook is a great tool for tracking boy scout and cub scout advancement. Information in the 2018 boy scout requirements book. The responsibility for cub scout advancement administration belongs to a pack committee. Today we are announcing our first advancement report for cub scouts. We are working to resolve performance issues that have been occurring in production over the last couple of weeks prior to adding additional load. It looks similar to the internet advancement report and you handle it the same as you do the internet advancement report you have today.