The cub scout advancement program is designed to encourage the natural interests of your youth. Second year webelos can also choose to continue working from the older books as well. Recording scouts bsa advancement accurately track achievements earned by scouts. I received an email communication last week on scoutbook. Bsa acquires scoutbook, the awesome web app april 8, 2015 bryan wendell advancement, awards, cub scouts, scouting tips, scouts bsa, technology, venturing 9 breaking news. As an amazon associate, i earn from qualifying purchases. Covers bobcat, the tiger required adventures, and tiger electives. Say goodbye to your old tracking software and say hello to a whole new way. There is more responsibility put on the scout to remember and bring his handbook to meetings and get it signed. Requirements and award management, progress reports and integration with scoutbook allows you easily keep your. Cub scout advancement modifications fall 2016 task force notes on cub scout advancement modifications purpose with one year of experience, feedback suggests that the new design of the cub scout program did successfully address many original concerns, but also indicates an opportunity for further modifications. Great alternative to a cub scout tracking spreadsheet. Then i could efficiently link the community activity with advancement and work with the boys to see the correlation between the event we attend and the.
Kids are so visual and i think the reports provided through this program would really help them understand better what they to do to finish rank. My experience has been that the advantage of the online software fades with boy scouts as tracking advancement becomes more. The boy scouts of america now supports their own internetaccessed advancement tool, scoutbook. Cubtrax advancement spreadsheets trax scout advancement.
Cub scout tracker online achievement tracking for cub scouts. Individual record sheet for tracking scouts from the scout. It leads to advancement through seven ranks, whichexcept for the bobcat rankare gradeor agebased. Saves countless hours and spend more time with your scouts. Click here to learn more and get started looking for the old requirements. Assign leaders, awards coordinators, treasurers and more. Which cub scout advancement is appearing on a troop advancement report. Winscribe is a freeware software program for tracking boy scout advancement.
Offers nocost tracking spreadsheets in multiple formats to track boy scouts of america cub, boy scout and venturing program advancement, adult training, and unit finances. 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. These spreadsheets track cub scout advancement under the requirements which went into effect on june 1, 2015, as modified on november 30, 2016, and including the lion program which was a pilot program for the 20162017 and 20172018 program years for. Advancement northern lights council boy scouts of america.
Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. It was written by barry griffin, scoutmaster of troop 8, in the atlanta area council. See more ideas about cub scouts, cub scout activities, scout activities. If youve invested years into desktop software that has all of your units information then the last thing you want to do is have to reenter all of that information. Does the software work for and provide specific features for troops, packs, crews, ships, etc. As a bonus, youll get the free guide, how to have the best pinewood derby car ever. 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. Mechanics of advancement in cub scouting boy scouts of. Instead of checking off a completed requirement in a tracking spreadsheet, i could enter the topic of the event i want the boys to attend and see if it meets any of their requirements. This post may contain affiliate links which means we receive a small commission at no cost to you when you make a purchase. This change prepares the scout to have a scoutmaster sign off each advancement requirement in boy scouts. The most comprehensive management solutions on the web for boy scout troops, cub scout packs, and girl scout troops.
Autoplacement of merit badges and cub scout adventures, participation, service project hours, position of responsibility, etc. Sign up to get helpful cub scout tips emailed to you. Free excel spreadsheets for tracking cub scout, boy scout, and venturer rank advancement. Recording scouts bsa advancement northern star council, bsa. The adventure tracking pages in the back of the wolf handbook can be used by the wolf to track his progress all in one spot. The price of each program includes a site license for the whole troop or pack. Advancement tracking spreadsheets by scott selhorst rightclick. This was the birth of the free excel cub scout trackers in september 1997. Keep your scouts and parents informed with calendars, events, rsvp, trip reports, integrated email, distribution lists and newletters. The tiger cub scout advancement chart allows leaders to easily track the advancement and progress for their tiger scouts. This info is then used by the advancement coordinator to generate reports and the apporopriate documents for council.
Site also features software for merit badge counselor tracking and unit finances. Posted on september 12, 2016 october 7, 2016 by sally. So dave blodgett of pack 1196 in manassas, va, set to work developing an excelbased bear achievement tracker that was designed specifically for tracking bear achievements and electives. I have only been a cub master for 2 full seasons and cubscouttracker is a great deal of help for me. Openoffice is a free download from apache software foundation on the internet.
Cubtrax series trax scout advancement tracking spreadsheets. Although bsa is no longer offering certification, this software syncs with bsa scoutnet. Trooptrack the complete scouting software solution. Trooptrack follows the requirements from your organization and can even add custom achievements.
Frank steele of troop 615, coastal district, bay area council of league city, tx was the creator of the cubtrax series of spreadsheets. Generally speaking, a ub scout should advance one rank per year in addition to obcat. This suite contains not only calc, but also a word processor, a database, and a graphical presentation program. 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. Have a working knowledge of the cub scout advancement plan. What cub scout advancement chairs need to know bobwhite. Free scout advancement tracking start tracking your entire unit in minutes by signing up today. There are now a ton of competing scout management software solutions for units to use to track membership, advancement, etc. So if packs cant upload from cub trails directly, then the next best thing is a very easy to read and copy report made up with everything in the order it is on internet advancementso a unit that uses cub trails, if forced to use internet advancement can manually enter the info into internet advancement quickly. Cub scout dens are named for the rank, other than bobcat and arrow of light, that the.
Free excel spreadsheets for tracking cub scout, boy scout, and venturer rank. Advancement tracking spreadsheets by scott selhorst rightclick on these links and save to your hard drive. Online cub scout tracking software thats easy to use. Scoutbook will continue to be the advancement tracking software of the bsa. Bsa innovates by going mobile with web app scoutbook. Scoutbook is the bsa web app that makes tracking advancement easier and faster. His handbook is the best resource for understanding what achievements he can and should work towards. Scouttrack makes activity and badge tracking easy for parents, advancement. Scouttrack is an internetbased service that makes it easy to manage cub scout. I have a friend who bought scoutmate because of its ability to handle cub scout advancement as well, so i will see how he likes it. Reverse tracking tool for webelos advancement scouter mom. Feb 16, 2017 individual record sheet for tracking scouts from the scout through eagle advancement ranks.
Ensure your advancement is properly credited and meets the bsa required rules. In kindergarten, cub scouts work toward earning the lion badge. On the advancement trail, a cub scout progresses from rank to rank. Packmaster is now updated with all of the new cub scout advancement rules, including all of the new rank requirements, and adventures for all levels. These spreadsheets track cub scout advancement under the. He used tm before, so he will have a good perspective. Achievement tracking is crucial in a scouting software and trooptrack offers the. These spreadsheets track cub scout advancement under the requirements which went into effect on june 1, 2015, as modified on november 30, 2016, and including the lion program which was a pilot program for the 20162017 and 20172018 program years.
Scoutbook bsas next generation scout unit advancement. Bsa acquires scoutbook, the advancement tracking web app. Educate parents, guardians, and pack committee members in ways to stimulate cub scout advancement. Tracking the scouting experience from tiger to eagle scout from the first knot tied to final hours of service performed, the scouting experience is a journey like no other. Electronic advancement reporting boy scouts of america. Each of the ranks and awards in cub scouting lion, bobcat, tiger, wolf, bear, webelos, and arrow of light has its own requirements. Updates and support are the responsibility of chris oradat of pack 363, roadrunner district, longhorn council of bedford, tx. Electronic advancement reporting 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. Tracking and recording advancements for scouts is important, and helps ensure theyre rewarded for their work. Advancement glaciers edge council, boy scouts of america. This means more time for leaders and scouts to enjoy those lifechanging experiences they cant get anywhere but scouting. However, to ensure that each cub scouts record is complete and accurate.
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. Offers nocost tracking spreadsheets in multiple formats to track boy scouts of america cub, boy scout and venturing program advancement, adult training, and. Respective ub scout adventures are completed to earn ub scout ranks a ub scout should earn the rank for their grade or age. Scoutbook is a scouts advancement record in the cloud and is directly connected to the bsa national advancement database. Scout advancement trackers for cub, boy, girl, and venture. I was wondering if hoping that you would be updating cub scout tracker, and i saw the banner saying that you were.
The first place a scouts achievements should be recorded is in their handbook. The next generation of advancement reporting software will allow the reporting of. On november 30, 2016, bsa announced further modifications to the program. Tiger, wolf and bear scouts programs are geared towards one full school year, while webelos is.