Transcript Welcome to Scoutmaster Specific Training

Welcome to
Scoutmaster and
Assistant Scoutmaster
Leader Specific
Training
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Training Overview
• New Leader Essentials
• Scoutmaster and Assistant Scoutmaster Training
– Getting Started
– Lighting the Fire
– Keeping It Going
• Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills
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Session One: Getting Started
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The Aims of Scouting
• Character development
• Citizenship training
• Mental and physical fitness
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What a Scoutmaster Must Be
• A role model
• A friend to the boys
• An example, wearing the uniform
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What a Scoutmaster Must Know
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Boys are the leaders
Patrol method
The skills to deliver the Scouting promise
The resources: training, literature
What a Scoutmaster Must Do
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Give direction
Provide coaching
Support
Empower
Have fun
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Scoutm aster
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Basic Troop
Organization
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Patrol Leaders’ Council
Senior
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Leader
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The Troop Committee
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The Troop Meeting
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Preopening
Opening–5 minutes
Skills Instruction 15–20 minutes
Patrol Meetings 5–20 minutes
Interpatrol Activity 15–20 minutes
Closing–5 minutes
After the meeting…
Troop Meetings and the Scoutmaster
• Support and guide senior patrol leader
• The Scoutmaster’s Minute
• Review plans for the next meeting
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Video No. 1: Before the Meeting…
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Video No. 2: After the Meeting…
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Video No. 3: Teaching the Senior Patrol Leader
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“We Did It Ourselves.”
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When it comes to working with
boys, what are your greatest
concerns?
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Keys to Troop Leadership
• Be a good listener
• Provide positive reinforcement
• Match leadership styles to the needs of your
Scouts
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Four Styles of Scout Leadership
• Directing
– Instructions to be followed here and now
• Coaching
– Dialogue; learning by doing
• Supporting
– Referring to resources; giving positive reinforcement
• Delegating
– Letting Scouts do it with minimal supervision
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Video No. 4: Leadership Styles
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What Scouting Can Provide a Boy
• Sense of belonging
• Achievement and
recognition
• Self-esteem
• Self-confidence
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Self-discipline
Self-reliance
Healthy interaction
Experience of
teamwork
The Patrol Leaders’ Council
• Planning troop meetings
• Outdoor activities
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Video No. 5: Patrol Leaders’ Council
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Video No. 6: Activity Review
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Session One Summary
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Role of a Scoutmaster
Troop organization
Troop meetings
Using the four styles of leadership
The patrol leaders’ council
You can deliver the promise of Scouting!
What will your action plan be?
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Session Two: Lighting the Fire
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Learning Your Knots
Patrol Relay Race
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The Methods of Scouting
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Ideals
Patrol method
Outdoors
Advancement
Association with adults
Personal growth
Leadership development
Uniform
Outdoors: “The Sizzle”
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The allure
The arena
The classroom
The adventure
Outdoors: A “Pop Quiz”
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Outdoors: The Skills
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Key Resources to Develop
Your Skills
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BSA training opportunities
Supportive adults
The boy-led troop using the patrol method
BSA outdoor-related literature
The Scoutmaster Handbook
Checklists
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Scoutmaster’s Campsite Quick Checklist
Scout Outdoor Essentials
Personal Overnight Camping Gear
Troop Overnight Camping Gear
Outdoor Program Checklist
…and your Scoutmaster Handbook
Leave No Trace
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Plan ahead and prepare.
Travel and camp on durable surfaces.
Dispose of waste properly.
Leave what you find.
Minimize campfire impact.
Respect wildlife.
Be considerate of other visitors.
Outdoors: Safety
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Trek Safely
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Qualified Supervision
Keep Fit
Plan Ahead
Gear Up
Communicate Clearly and Completely
Monitor Conditions
Discipline
Additional Safety Resources
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Safe Swim Defense
Safety Afloat
Climb On Safely
Guide to Safe Scouting
Driver’s Pledge
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I will not drive when I feel fatigued.
I realize that when I am fatigued, I
process information more slowly and
less accurately, and this impairs my
ability to react in time to avoid accidents.
I will arrange my schedule so that for
several days before a Boy Scout driving
trip, I will get a good night’s sleep every
night to avoid the cumulative effects of
not getting enough sleep.
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I will make trip preparations far
enough in advance so that last-minute
preparations don’t interfere with
my rest.
I will make travel plans that take into
account my personal biological clock
and will drive only during the part of
the day when I know I will be alert.
I will be smart about engaging in
physical activities during Scouting
outings and will make sure that I will
be ready to drive alert.
Do all you can to keep Scouts safe.
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Outdoors: A Patrol Activity
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Winter climate
Arid climate
Rugged terrain
Urban setting
Reflection is a form of careful listening
and sharing that allows Scouts and
leaders to assess an experience and get
from it the greatest value it has to offer.
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The Four Steps to Advancement
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A Scout learns.
A Scout is tested.
A Scout is reviewed.
A Scout is recognized.
Video segment No. 7: Teaching Scout Skills
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Video segment No. 8: The Scoutmaster Conference
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The Board of Review
• Not a retest, but a discussion
• Atmosphere of trust and support
• Encouragement and praise
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A Scout Is Recognized
• Immediately by the Scoutmaster
• Publicly in a court of honor
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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 methods
of Scouting!
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You can deliver the promise of Scouting!
What will your action plan be?
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Session Three: Keeping It Going
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Song Fest
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Keeping It Going
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Program planning—annual planning conference
Membership
Paperwork
Finances
The uniform
Other training opportunities
Summary and closing
Five Steps of Annual
Troop Program Planning
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Do your homework.
Get patrol input.
Hold a planning conference.
Consult with the troop committee.
Announce the plan.
The Human Knot
Patrol Activity
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Planning Items to Consider
• Boards of review
• Courts of honor
• Year-round
recruiting plan
• Webelos-to-Scout
transition
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• Monthly activities
• Service/conservation
project
• Troop junior leader
training
Patrol Planning Exercise
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Your Primary Planning Tools
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Troop Program Features
Troop Program Resources
Troop program support
Council calendar
Other calendars
Secrets to Growing A Troop
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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 members.
• Encourage boys to recruit other boys.
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Video No. 9: Growing the Troop
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The biggest disservice we can do is
fail to give a boy an invitation to
take advantage of all that Scouting
has to offer.
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Share the Paperwork!
• Charter renewal
• Quality Unit Award
• Money–earning
application
• Tour permit
• Advancement records
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Troop budget form
Membership applications
Health forms
Eagle Scout Leadership
Service Project Workbook
• NESA application
Troop Finances
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Troop expenses
Troop budget
Money–earning projects
Boys’ Life magazine
The Uniform
Official
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Activity
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
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• Passport to High
Adventure Training
• Other local training
• Philmont Training Center
• Troop junior leader
training
• Troop Annual Program
Planning Conference
• Video support
• Powder Horn
Scoutmasters and assistant Scoutmasters
need to attend Introduction to Outdoor
Leader Skills to be considered “trained.”
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Boys Want Ceremony!
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Set the scene.
Make it meaningful.
Keep it simple.
Involve the boy leaders.
You can deliver the promise of Scouting!
What will your action plan be?
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