How to become a Merit Badge Counselor

Thank you for your interest in becoming a

merit

badge

counselor

with the Middle Tennessee Council, as I heard that

counselor

helped fulfill an important role in the goals of Scouting and provide new avenues of learning and advancement for Boy Scouts which serve their council as a

badge

of

merit

. advisor, he may even have the opportunity to influence an explorer to pursue a lifelong career or hobby interest before beginning his role as a merit badge advisor. There are some important things you should know. There are three basic documents you must complete. must be taken care of before you can begin, the first thing you need to do is the adult application for Boy Scouts of America.

This application must be completed to make you a registered leader and must be completed and submitted to the council now. You are considered a district leader, so you will not need to have your unit's signatures on this form, but you will need to submit it and complete the background check to be a registered leader. Second, you must have a merit badge counselor information form and this one. It's number three for 4:05. These forms must be completed annually and on that form you will include your basic address and name information, as well as any merit badges you would like to display.

This form must be updated each year and must be updated. approved before you can begin your work as a merit badge counselor, the third thing you will need to get started is a copy or proof of your youth protection certificate. You must have completed youth protection training before you can work with any youth in Middle Tennessee. Basically, board merit badge counselors must have four things they need to be qualified and that is any merit badges that you feel you are qualified to teach, if there are merit badges that require certain special certifications, as in shooting sports or water sports, you need to have the proper qualifications and certifications before you can teach merit badges.

You must also be registered. Must be a registered leader and registered as a merit badge counselor in Middle Tennessee. You must also be approved once you have submitted your list of requested merit badges. You must be approved by the board to be a coach or mentor as a merit badge counselor, the last thing you must do before you can begin your work as a merit badge counselor to receive training and to complete this training you must go to - calgon org and Complete the merit badge counselor training listed there for your position. Once all of these trainings and paperwork are completed, you will be ready to begin your job as a merit badge counselor.

So why does the BSA use merit badge counselors? One of the scouting methods is association with quality adults other than scouts parents relatives school teachers religious leaders and sports coaches most young people of scout age do not have much contact with many other adults or professionals the older group counselors provide An excellent means for a scout to grow through their exposure to outstanding adults who serve as role models and mentors for them, the opportunity to interact with business leaders, trained specialists and experienced hobbyists, while in pursuit of a merit badge. It offers the Scout an opportunity for personal growth and possibly a life-changing experience, and what a merit badge is is merely a badge. a special part of a Scout learning adventure.

Merit badges are awards given to an explorer when he or she completes the requirements of one of the merit badge subjects. There are over 100 different merit badges that a scout can earn. Subjects range from vocational careers, introduction to personal. development hobbies sports high adventure citizenship and life skills development Each merit badge is designed to teach the Scout new skills while externally encouraging him to challenge himself and have fun in the process merit badges offer a variety of difficulties on a variety of topics and a scout is free to pursue any merit badge, they wish the merit badge itself was a simple embroidered patch, but the intangible end result of earning it is that scouts gain self-confidence by overcoming obstacles to achieving a goal.

A merit badge counselor is both a teacher and a mentor to the Scout he works with on merit badge, merit badge counselors must be satisfied that each Scout under their guidance meets all established requirements In the merit badge, in a broader sense, you are helping Scouts overcome the difficult hurdles of requirements. and help them

become

aware of the deeper aspects of the subject from their knowledge and experience, so that in the final review to

become

a merit badge counselor, the first thing you need to do is ensure that you are a registered adult leader at the Middle Tennessee Council. and this is done by completing an adult application and submitting it for approval.

The second step is to complete the merit badge advisor information form number three four four zero five and submit it to the council with your options for merit badges you would like to teach and third, you need a copy or proof of your current training certificate in youth protection and remember that every merit badge councilor must be qualified in four things, in other words, have knowledge in the subjects they are teaching, they must be registered as an adult. leader of the Middle Tennessee Council, you must be approved by the council to teach those merit badges and you must be qualified to complete your merit badge counselor training, you must complete your youth protection and you must also complete the merit badge counselor orientation merit found in my Scouty Organization point in the links below, thank you.