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Why would you ever change a great thing?

Why would you ever change a great thing?. To make it better!. 3 Things Cub Families Want 1.  Active Fun Most parents will not bring their boys to Cub Scouts if they are not having fun. They just won’t. 2.  Well Organized

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Why would you ever change a great thing?

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  1. Why would you ever change agreat thing?

  2. To make it better!

  3. 3 Things Cub Families Want 1.  Active Fun Most parents will not bring their boys to Cub Scouts if they are not having fun. They just won’t. 2.  Well Organized Parents like packs in which the activities are well planned and which have good communication between leaders and with scout families. 3.  Advancements Boys should be earning their rank badges as the year progresses, and they should receive recognition for the advancements they have earned.

  4. The ‘old’ Ideal

  5. Reality Challenges the Ideal Societal Obstacles • Changes in family structures • Increased demands on parental time • More competition for boys’ interest

  6. The ‘new’ Ideal Advancements In Den Fun Pack Meetings Weekly Den Meetings

  7. New delivery of the current quality program

  8. What is Cub Scouts 2010? • It’s Cub Scouts (the 2010 is when it starts) • It’s a method of delivering the existing program that is handbook based and focuses on den meeting activities leading to youth advancement. • Recognizes shift in family dynamics by moving MOST advancement into the den • Provides den leaders with specific den meeting plans to ease planning and enhance meeting organization

  9. What’s Not Changing? Foundational elements of the Cub Scouting program (purpose, methods, core values, etc.) Youth handbooks, achievement activities or advancement requirements Pack meeting structure (7 steps) Role of Roundtable in communications & training

  10. What Is Changing? Themes as we know them (craft/seasonally based) will be eliminated Themes will be replaced by a monthly focus on the twelve core values of Cub Scouting:

  11. What’s Changing? • Majority of advancement happens in den (not a change for many) • In-den advancement: den leader signs handbook • In-home advancement: parent/guardian signs & den leader initials to acknowledge • One Cub Scout den meeting structure 7 steps: • Share/Discover/Search no longer part of Tiger Cub den meeting structure

  12. What’s Changing • Training is changing to recognize: • The change in delivery method • The increasing time pressures on our volunteers • New Fast Start for Den Leaders and Cubmasters • Less Scouting history, BSA organization and administration • More about how to run den/pack meetings and use the new delivery method • Revised Position Specific: • New online version for den leaders, Cubmasters and pack trainers • Continued support for in-person training

  13. What Is Changing? New Den & Pack Meeting Resource Guide Replaces the annual Program Helps Designed as “one-stop” resource for den leaders & Cubmasters Available at Scout Shops and online

  14. Resource Guide Availability • New plans and the Resource Guide will be offered as follows:

  15. Rollout Schedule - Publications

  16. Rollout Schedule - Training

  17. So What’s In It For Cub Scouting? YOUTH PARENTS More retention - - - Boys stay in Scouting longer! More fun More advancement More activities Better program Meetings more fun & easier to run Planning & execution simplified Pack operates together More recognition & parental involvement

  18. Cub Scout 2010 questions?

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