Journey To Excellence (JTE)

Wait … what’s JTE again? JTE is the BSA’s tool for helping leaders plan their program, monitor progress and assess their Scouting success. There are separate scoresheets for packs, troops, teams, crews, posts, ships, districts and councils. 

Units are evaluated in four areas: Planning and budget Membership Program Leadership

Units score points in those areas; the sum of those points determines bronze, silver or gold status. Bronze is “effective,” silver is “excellent” and gold is “exceptional.” The scoring ensures no one area is mandatory. Scouting success takes many forms, and JTE success employs a “balanced scorecard” as a result. The standards enable both large Scout units and small ones to succeed — as long as they provide good Scouting to youth. Units that achieve JTE bronze, silver or gold can earn a ribbon for their unit flag, a plaque and a patch for their uniform.

JTE Units need to turn in their signed 2017 JTE sheets. Final day is 31 Dec, 2017, but sooner is better. Commissioners were asked to drag them out of you by 15 Dec. Score card workbook you can use to track events as they happen through the year.  When completed, the JTE score card is automatically computed and ready to print from the last tab.   2018 tracking workbook isn’t published yet.  

Changes from 2017 to 2018 - what’s in & what’s out Handouts – See highlighted changes

Resources https://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/Awards/JourneyToExcellence.aspx https://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/Awards/JourneyToExcellence/Tracking_Workbooks.aspx

Questions?