One of the best parts of Scouting is earning Merit Badges and learning about lots of new things!
First, be familiar with the steps the scouts use to earn merit badges - summarized here.
You can find Chief Seattle Council Merit Badge Steps here. Those steps are summarized below:
Things to be completed at my.scouting.org:
Make sure you are a registered adult with either or both of our units (626/8626)
Make sure your Youth Protection Training is up to date
Determine which Merit Badges you'd like to be a counselor for. You can find a list of all the available merit badges here.
Download and fill out the Merit Badge Counselor Information form. You will need to sign it so I'd recommend to fill it out digitally and save a copy on your computer. That way if you want to add/delete merit badges in the future you can start from a already filled out form. Print it out, sign it and scan it so you can send it via email to: membership@seattlebsa.org
Once you are approved please update the Troop Merit Badge Counselor spread sheet that you can find here with your name and the Merit Badges that you are approved for. This helps scouts have a quick list of counselor's that we have already in the Troop available for them to contact about working on a Merit Badge. To help the most scouts volunteer to hold a Merit Badge session for members of the troop - you can do this at any time, it can but doesn't have to be done at troop meetings. Most merit badges will take at least a couple of hours, not necessarily including pre-work to get through a session.