Advancement Effort
A first-year advancement plan for new Scouts, built around Monday meetings, monthly outings, and a dedicated 30-minute merit badge block. Includes the week-by-week meeting guides and a per-Scout tracker.
Scouting America · Los Padres Council · Troop 308
Scouts
I'm an Assistant Scoutmaster and registered Merit Badge Counselor with Troop 308 in San Luis Obispo, CA. This is the working hub for everything I do for the troop — advancement, merit badges, and Monday-night meeting activities. It's organized so a Scout, parent, or another adult leader can find what they need in one click.
Three places to start
Merit Badges
The badges I counsel — Aviation, Robotics, Programming, AI, Engineering, Inventing, Game Design, and Space Exploration — plus capstone projects that span multiple badges at once.
Troop Meeting Activities
Reusable 45–90 minute meeting plans designed to advance multiple Scouts on rank requirements at once. Built for older Scouts to lead, with adults observing and signing off.
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Space Exploration — Fall 2026 Series
Seven 45-minute Monday blocks, presenter-ready slide decks, a build night, a group Telemetry Rocket crew project, the full ordering plan, a prediction competition, a guest speaker night, and a launch day the Saturday before Thanksgiving.
Telemetry Ground Station
Which software to run for live speed and altitude, the packet format the crew agrees on, the launch-day procedure, and a 3D flight replay you can load your own CSV into.
Teaching Cards
Twelve printable cards covering requirements 1 and 2. Download them individually or print the whole set — one per patrol works well as a teach-it-back activity.
How I work with the troop
Everything here follows Scouting America's Guide to Safe Scouting and Guide to Advancement. Rank requirements come from the official Scouting America rank pages and are always cross-checked before signoff. If you're a counselor, Scoutmaster, or parent with corrections or ideas, please reach out via the contact page.