The Human Knot Patrol Activity

1. The Human Knot Patrol Activity

2. Session Three: Keeping It Going

3. Keeping It Going • Program planning • Membership • Paperwork • Finances • The uniform • Advancement • Other training opportunities • Summary and closing

4. Program Planning

5. Five Steps of Annual Troop Program Planning • Do your homework. • Get patrol input. • Hold a planning conference. • Consult with the troop committee. • Announce the plan.

6. Patrol Assignment Dates Our priorities What kinds of things do we want to do? • What dates impact our activities?

7. Do your homework

8. Monthly activities Service/conservation projects Troop Leadership Training (TLT) Planning Items to Consider • Boards of review • Courts of honor • Year-round recruiting plan • Webelos-to-Scout transition

9. Get Patrol Input • Outline the year • SPL drives the decision making at the Annual Planning Conference

10. Annual Planning Conference: Agenda • SPL welcome • Review objectives & how we’ll get there • Develop Troop goals • Plan for major events • Monthly program features • Service, Conservation, Boards • Final review

11. Consult the Troop Committee • SPL presents the proposed plan, supported by the SM • Committee considerations • Resources • Charter organization goals • Safety • (rarely) suggest changes to the PLC

12. Announce the Plan • To whom? • How?

13. Monthly Planning • Who does the monthly planning? Where does this occur? • Events • Meetings

14. Patrol Leaders’ Council • Regularly scheduled PLC agenda • Opening • Roll call and review the minutes of the last meeting • Patrol reports • Old business • Planning the month’s programs and events • Planning the month’s Troop Meetings • New business • Scoutmaster’s Minute • Ad hoc PLCs

15. Your Primary Planning Tools • Troop Program Features • Troop Program Resources • Troop program support • Council calendar • Other calendars

16. We’ve Come Full Circle • Recall: • The role of the Scoutmaster in a Boy Led Troop • The structure and leadership of a Boy Led Troop • Working with Boy Leaders, using the Patrol Method, the PLC does Program Planning Through it all, the boys have had significant roles in providing leadership and planning the activities of the troop. That’s exactly how it should be.

17. Program Planning: Summary • See that energy is put into planning • Rely on others • Train others The Scoutmaster’s Rule: “The less you do, the better you’re doing”

18. Membership

19. Membership • Retention • Recruit • Webelos • Other youth • Parents • Transfer Consider the role of adult leaders, of boys in the troop

20. Secrets to Growing A Troop • Retain current members. • Bring Webelos Scouts into the troop. • Build strong pack relationships. • Recruit boys not currently in Scouting. • Emphasize the importance of Scouting to parents. • Accept the responsibility to bring in new member. • Encourage boys to recruit other boys.

21. Video No. 8: Growing the Troop

22. The biggest disservice we can do is fail to give a boy an invitation to take advantage of all that Scouting has to offer.

23. Paperwork

24. Troop budget form Membership applications Health forms Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project Workbook NESA application Share the Paperwork! • Charter renewal • Journey to Excellence • Money–earning application • Tour permit • Advancement records

25. Finances

26. Troop Finances • Troop expenses • Troop budget • Money–earning projects • Boys’ Life magazine

27. The Uniform Field Uniform Activity Uniform

28. When? Which? Which? When? Do not wear the uniform: Do not wear the uniform while selling a commercial product or service, even for Scout money-raising purposes. Where endorsement of the BSA may be mistakenly implied Where the activity could discredit the BSA, the uniform, or the person wearing it. • Field Uniform • Ceremonial activities • Most Troop Meetings • Summer Camp • Traveling to or from events • Activity Uniform • More physically active events • Troop or camp t-shirts • Conservation projects • Backcountry camping

29. Supplemental Training • Youth Protection Training • Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills • Wood Badge for the 21st Century • Boy Scout roundtables • Advanced camping skills • Climb On Safely • Project COPE • Passport to High Adventure Training • Other local training • Philmont Training Center • Troop Leadership Training (TLT) • Troop Annual Program Planning Conference • Powder Horn • Philmont Leadership Challenge (PLC)

30. Scoutmasters and Assistant Scoutmasters need to attend Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills to be considered “trained.”

31. Advancement

32. The Four Steps to Advancement • A Scout learns. • A Scout is tested. • A Scout is reviewed. • A Scout is recognized.

33. Video segment No. 6: Teaching Scout Skills

34. A Scout is Tested

35. Video segment No. 7: The Scoutmaster Conference

36. The Board of Review • Not a retest, but a discussion • Atmosphere of trust and support • Encouragement and praise

37. A Scout Is Recognized • Immediately by the Scoutmaster • Publicly in a court of honor

38. Boys Want Ceremony! • Set the scene. • Make it meaningful. • Keep it simple. • Involve the boy leaders.

39. Advancement: Bookkeeping Use Troopmaster Use Internet Advancement • Scoutnet, Internet recharter, internet advancement

40. Strengths of the Advancement Program • It’s fun. • It offers adventure. • It allows Scouts to measure their progress. • It provides recognition. • It promotes development of mental and physical fitness, character, and citizenship. • But it’s just one of the eight methodsof Scouting!

41. Summary: Keeping it going • The Methods of Scouting • The Ideals • The Patrol Method • The Outdoors • Advancement • Association with Adults • Personal Growth • Leadership Development • The Uniform

42. You can deliver the promise of Scouting! What will your action plan be?