What is the Journey to Excellence Award?

What is the Journey to Excellence Award?

Scouting’s Journey to Excellence (JTE) is the BSA’s planning, performance, and recognition program designed to encourage and reward the success of our units, districts, and councils. It is meant to encourage excellence in providing a quality program at all levels of the BSA.

What does journey to excellence mean?

Journey to Excellence, often shortened to JTE, is a self-evaluation tool that lets unit leaders see, quantitatively, how well their unit is meeting the goals of Scouting. Help unit leaders understand the key factors that improve program.

Where does the Journey to Excellence Award go?

Members of those units that achieve gold, silver or bronze status are eligible to wear the JTE patch. It goes on the right sleeve under the patrol patch — or about 4 inches from the top of the sleeve.

What is the Journey to Excellence patch?

Part of Boy Scouts of America’s council performance recognition program, this award represents excellence at the unit level. Due to the nature of this award, we can supply JTE emblems to Capitol Area Council units only.

Where does the Scout Badge go on the uniform?

The Merit Badges should be sewn on the front of the sash as they are earned in neat, even rows of three. Other patches can be sewn on the the back of the sash, as long as they are not previously held Badges of Rank or Badges of Office!.

Where do Webelos pins go?

Webelos pins are worn on an item called Webelos Colors on the right sleeve of the tan uniform shirt or they may be placed on the Webelos hat.

Are Boy Scout badges iron on?

How Do You Attach Scout Patches? Unfortunately, Cub Scout patches are not iron on. They’ll need to be sewn on with either a sewing machine or by hand. I discovered this super easy way to hand sew them.

Are Cub Scout badges iron on?

Unfortunately, Cub Scout patches are not iron on. They’ll need to be sewn on with either a sewing machine or by hand.

Can Boy Scouts wear shorts?

The uniform should be neat in appearance, and shirts should be worn tucked in. Charcoal gray backpacking-shorts or long pants should be worn. These do not necessarily need to be Venturing-branded. Green shoulder loops should be worn with the green Venturing shirt.