Welcome to the 28th Annual Merit Badge University Instructor & Staff Registration!

It takes an army of dedicated Volunteers to make MBU a success. For 28 years, hundreds of selfless moms, dads, business and community leaders have given back to Scouting by serving as Merit Badge Instructors, Assistant Instructors & Staff. Thank YOU for being a part of our team and for helping our Eagles to soar!

Here's how this works:

1. Complete your registration. If you wish to be a Merit Badge Counselor, please be sure and indicate which badges you are qualified to teach. If you wish to serve as Staff, please indicate what positions you would be comfortable staffing.

2. If this is your first time, we'll coach you through event day procedures. We recommend that you serve as an assistant instructor your first time out or we can give you an adult helper to make yoru job easier. One of our volunteer coordinators will reach out, discuss where you'd like to contribute and place you in a class.

3. If you're an MBU veteran, you know the deal. We'll get back to you on pre-reqs and your equipment and audio-visual needs.

4. Questions? Please contact the appropriate individual(s) on the right sidebar under contacts.

Your MBU All-Volunteer Team

Additional Information:

• All Merit Badge Counselors & staff must register online in this system so we can communicate with you, send you your parking pass and other important information. As a THANK YOU for your service, all staff and MB Counselors who volunteer and register here will be given the opportunity to sign up UP TO 3 Scouts a week ahead of the general opening to ensure that they get signed up for the badges they want. Please see the MB Catalog on the MBU registration link. You will be sent an email with instructions and your code before the opening of Monday December 9th at 7pm. General registration goes live on Friday, Dec 13th at 7pm. 
• All Merit Badge Counselors must be registered with the BSA.
• An email and a mobile phone # are required so that we may communicate important information to you leading up to the event. We do not share this information and we respect your privacy.
• Registered Volunteers will receive a commemorative MBU Patch.
• Lunch is included with your registration.
• 1 parking pass per person will be emailed to you a few days prior to MBU. Park only in designated areas at York HS.
• Merit Badge Instructors and Assistant Instructors are required to have a current BSA Youth Protection Certificate. NO EXCEPTIONS.
• MB Counselors: Your preliminary Class Rosters can be e-mailed to you 1-2 weeks prior to MBU if requested. We highly recommend that you email your students with reminders about what to bring to class and reminder of any pre-requisites. NOTE: Parents these days wait till the very last minute to register their Scouts. You will not have the final list of your students until the day of the event when you check in at Staff Check-In. 
• One of our Merit Badge Pre-Requisite Coordinators will contact you to discuss what will be required of your students on the day of the event. Please be considerate of our requests - It is very important that we are consistent across multiple Instructors so that we don't confuse Scouts and Parents. You may not add or delete prerequisites from our approved MBU curriculum. 
• STAFF: you will also receive a reminder a week before either event with last minute instructions.
• Please remember to bring a COPY (not original) of your BSA Health Form A&B to turn in at Staff Check-in at York HS.