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Bachelor of
Commissioner
Science
Instructors: Richard Benner, David Carleton,
Gene Letner, Chris Porras, Walt Robbins
Introductions
Name
Commissioner job
Scouting experience
Overview
BS104, Unit Visitation (R)
BS102, Rechartering (R)
BS103, The District
(O)
BS105, Solutions
(O)
BS106, Priorities
(O)
Or — any optional Masters or Doctoral class
BCS 101
Introduction to
Commissioner Science
Instructor:
Introduction
Need a dynamic commissioner staff
Commissioner role is different
Quality depends on commissioners
Resources help commissioners succeed
You aren’t an expert in everything
Know where to go to get help
First resource: Commissioner Fieldbook
Commissioner Fieldbook
Resource of information
Experience of hundreds of commissioners
Contents
Commissioner Orientation
Overview
Use with video: Helping Units Succeed
Commissioner Concept
Help units succeed!
Max efficiency
Good program
More members
Results oriented, not procedures
Roles
Friend of the unit
Representative of the BSA
Unit “doctor”
Teacher
Counselor
District Commissioner Staff
District Commissioner
Assistant District Commissioners
Unit Commissioners
Roundtable Commissioners
District Executive
Providing Unit Service
We care — listen!
Unit contacts
Frequency
Unit meeting visits
Unit committee visits
Other contacts
Annual commissioner service plan
Other ways to help a unit
Quality Unit Award
Do unit service first!
Commissioner Style
Frontline diplomat
Exceptional service
Roots and wings
Lifesaving Commissioner
Watch the vital signs
Go into action fast
Hurry cases
Counseling
“Ability to listen and react in a way that will
help others solve their own problems”
Unit Charter Renewal
BCS 102 covers unit charter renewal
Commissioner’s goal—“on time”
Commissioner Training
Orientation
Basic training
Arrowhead Honor
Commissioner’s Key
Commissioner Resources
A list of basic helps
Unit Commissioner
Worksheets (1)
Unit Commissioner
Worksheets (2)
Summary
Commissioner Fieldbook is your guide
Only a tool
You have to build something with it
Questions?
Comments!
BCS 102
Unit Charter
Renewal
Instructor: Richard Benner
Why Recharter?
BSA does not own Scouting units
Annual franchise to chartered partners
Chartered partners are:
Churches
Schools / PTAs
Service clubs
Businesses and labor unions
When Do Units Recharter?
Before the charter date (expiration date)
Most are one year
Minimum 6 months, maximum 18 months
Each council has a preferred pattern
BDAC
LDS - December 31st
Community - January 31st
The Charter Renewal Process
90 days before:
60 days before:
Charter renewal meeting
Boys
Adults
Fees
Approvals
Plans for the next year (Quality Unit)
15 days before:
Membership inventory
Recruit to make up loss
100% Boy's Life?
45 days before:
DE visit IH
Printout available (to right person!)
Charter turn-in night
60 days after:
Charter presentation
Ninety Days Before:
District Executive visits Institution
Head
Friendly visit
or
"How can I help"
Sixty Days Before:
Membership inventory
Set review meeting
Uniform inspection?
Forty-Five Days Before:
Charter review meeting
Youth
Adults
Fees
Approvals
Quality Unit status
Plans
Fifteen Days Before:
Charter turn-in night
Sixty Days After:
Charter presentation
Chartered partner
and
The unit
Sample presentation in Commissioner
Fieldbook
Failure to Recharter
Who has the forms?
Why?
What can you do about it?
Reorganize before charter expiration
Charter Renewal Application
Headers
Adults
Age
Applications
Youth
Applications
Boy’s Life
Two Principles
Assure Success
Keep the unit charter renewal process simple
ONLY registration, Boy’s Life, Quality Unit
Anticipate anything that could delay on-time
charter renewal
Unit problem
Leader or institution head out of town
Etc.
Questions?
Comments!
BCS 103
The Commissioner
and the District
Instructor: Chris Porras
Volunteers and
Professionals
Working Together
Relationship
What makes the relationship work?
Who makes the important decisions?
The flavor of the relationship
How do UC and DE work best together?
How to avoid common problem areas
District
Organization
Four-Function Plan
Membership
Finance
Program
Unit Service
Key 3
District Chairman
District Commissioner
District Executive
Membership
School nights
Commissioners needed!
Garfield roundup
Patrol plus
New unit organization
Commissioner needed!
Finance
District goals support council services
District campaign
Unit campaign
Unit commissioner explain / support
Program
Training
UC support, take people to training!
Camping / Outdoor
Summer camp
Day camp
Outdoor program
Activities
Advancement
Unit Service
UC a friend to the unit’s leaders
UC evaluates program, provides help
UC encourages activities
UC reports unit status
UC helps unit solve problems
Training
Advancement
Outdoors / Activities
Council
Organization
Council Organization
Six valley Scouting districts - Tomahawk,
El Dorado, Sunrise, Chemehuevi, Big Horn, North Star
Urban Scouting - 60+ units
Northern & Southern districts
Mini-districts within
Learning for Life
In-School Scouting - elementary & HS
Exploring
Council Support
Executive Board - governance
Professional staff - service
Support staff - service
Volunteer staff - service
Training - Pow Wow, Wood Badge, etc.
Commissioners - RTRT, CCS, etc.
Camping - camps, high adventure, etc.
Successful
Districts
Quality Districts
60% Quality Units
2% unit growth
2% or balanced membership growth
Finance goals
On-time reregistration goals
1 unit commissioner for each 3 units
Use the standard district structure
Each key volunteer position filled
Hold annual conference with each IH
How Do You Contribute?
On-time rechartering
Quality Units
Membership growth
Outdoor program
Trained leaders
Communicate the need for finance drives
A quality program for kids!
Questions?
Comments!
BCS 104
Unit
Visitation
Instructor: Walt Robbins
Types of Visits
Unit meetings
Unit committee meetings
Individual get-together with unit leader
Visit with other unit adults
Effective phone contacts
Before You Go
Friend of the unit
How can you help the unit?
Know what is best for unit success
Strengthen unit adult roles
Commissioner is in the background
Be helpful, not critical
Better to call first
Know units, do homework, know what to expect
During the Visit
Watch and listen
Do not disrupt the meeting
Stay long enough
Don’t take notes
Chat with other adults on the sideline
Get to know the boys
Don’t distract the leader
Give a chance to mention problems
Take some freebies
After the Visit
After—fill out commissioner worksheet
Determine priority needs
How can you be most helpful?
Discuss special needs with ADC / DC / DE
Worksheet
Sample
Odds and Ends
Brainstorm ways to help
Prioritize your units
Keep a positive attitude
Uniform Inspections
Notify youth and adults in advance
Hand out uniform inspection sheets in advance
Prepare your team before the inspection
Inspect the inspectors first
1-2 inspectors per den / patrol
Give an honest grade, move on
Don’t sweat the small stuff
Compliment the boys and adults
Questions?
Comments!
BCS 105
Practical Solutions to
Common Unit Needs
Instructor: David Carleton
Commissioners Help Units:
Succeed
Develop a better program
Operate more effectively
Unit Commissioner
Worksheets
Review worksheets—Commissioner Helps
Nine / ten categories for each unit
Unit profile
“Some Ways to Help” suggestions
Pack Worksheet (1)
Pack Worksheet (2)
Pack Worksheet (3)
Troop Worksheet (1)
Troop Worksheet (2)
Troop Worksheet (3)
Troop Worksheet (4)
Crew Worksheet (1)
Crew Worksheet (2)
Crew Worksheet (3)
Crew Worksheet (4)
Commissioner Response
Commissioner Helps for Packs, Troops and
Crews
Standards based on experience and policy
Practical action by a commissioner
Find a Solution
St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church has a new pastor who
is unfamiliar with Scouting
Neither Troop 41 nor Crew 41 appear to have any program
planned more than two weeks in advance.
Last week you attended a pack meeting and only three
parents were present.
One of your assigned troops has not added a new boy
member in ten months.
At their May Pack meeting, Cubmaster Bob Newguy tells
you he looks forward to seeing you in September.
The chairman of a unit committee calls and expresses
concern about the adequacy of the unit’s meeting place.
Class Project
“A Cub Scout pack consists of six members,
one den leader (untrained), one Cubmaster
(untrained), no committee members, and
parents who say they are willing to help but
never make a move to do so.”
List every section of Helps which can help you
respond
Questions?
Comments!
BCS 106
A Commissioner’s
Priorities
Instructor: Gene Letner
Know Your Units
Know the unit adults
Be a friend of the unit
Understand the environment
Chartered organization
History and experience with Scouting
Income and education level
Inner-city neighborhood / suburban / rural
Visit often enough to be up-to-date
Prioritize Unit Needs
Keep a list of needs and problems
Evaluate your time—it is limited
Concentrate your energies on main problems
Focus on units that need help
Do unit service—not everything else
Activities are not a commissioner’s first job
Say “no” when required
Being a commissioner is your primary job
Typical Priorities
Unit not meeting
Unit with no leader
New unit leader lacks training
Unit with no active committee
Unit with no new youth members
Unit with weak leadership
Conflict with chartered organization
Unit charter renewal time
Steps in Handling a Problem
Identify the problem
Decide if it is a problem
Discuss the problem with the ADC
Is assistance needed from the district committee?
Decide whether you will handle it alone or with the ADC
Decide who is to handle the problem
Plan your actions
Plan your alternatives
Put the plan into action
Evaluate
The Quality Unit Award
A commissioner is successful if the unit is a
Quality Unit
Review achievements at recharter time
Make a commitment for next year
Present streamers, emblems, etc.
You make it a year-around project for them to
succeed
National Quality Unit Award
Four mandatory items
Trained leader
Trained assistant leader
Outdoor program
Recharter on time
Minimum two of six optional items
100% Boy’s Life (or improvement)
Advancement
Service project
Etc., appropriate to the type of unit
Questions?
Comments!
BCS 107
Youth
Protection
Training
Instructor:
Introduction
Child abuse is one of “five unacceptables”
Educate Scouting volunteers, parents and Scouts to
aid in the detection and prevention of child abuse
Establish leader-selection procedures to prevent
offenders from entering BSA leadership
Establish policies that create barriers to child abuse
within the program
Encourage Scouts to report improper behavior in
order to identify offenders quickly
Swift removal and reporting of alleged offenders
Video
Commissioner Duties
Conduct annual adult YPT
Help units use proper leader-selection
Coach unit people if abuse occurs
Promote use of youth videos
Cub — It Happened to Me
Scout — A Time to Tell
Venturing — three vignettes
Explain how to use youth handbook inserts
Stay up to date on YPT changes
Questions?
Comments!
BCS 108
Effective
Roundtables
I
Instructor:
Introduction
Essential elements for success
The will to do
The skill to do
Who should attend roundtables
When and where to hold roundtables
Why people attend
Roundtable Structure
Combined sessions
Separate sessions
Basic Ingredients of a
Roundtable Program
Preopening — exhibits, display, literature
Opening
Information and recognition
Cub Scout program theme /
Boy Scout program feature
Closing
After the meeting
Planning Cycle
Annual program planning
Annual planning conference
Monthly program themes
Use of theme managers
Quarterly planning meeting
Monthly staff meetings
Program themes
Personal resources
District and council events
Special dates
Roundtable Planning
Checklists
Resource Materials
Planning guides
Program Helps
Scouting magazine
Boy’s Life magazine
Scouting literature
Other resources
Closing
BCS 109 coming up!
Effective Roundtables II
Questions?
Comments!
BCS 109
Effective
Roundtables
II
Instructor:
Promotion and Publicity (1)
Regular date, time, and meeting place
“Think second Thursday”
Have a permanent meeting place
Reminders
Newsletters
Follow-through
Forming a roundtable pack or troop
Promotion and Publicity (2)
Unit involvement
Recognition
Promotional plans
Gimmicks and goodies
Attendance awards
Personal contact is best
Phone squads
Location
Adequate space
Adequate parking
Available year-round
Areas for split sessions
Attractive and interesting facility
Easily accessible
Easily accessible for people with disabilities
Meets health and safety requirements
Roundtable Morale Builders (1)
Displays and exhibits
Program theme ideas
Council and district events
Scouting literature
Equipment
Unit show and tell
Scouting memorabilia
Trading post
Boy’s Life
Other stuff
Roundtable Morale Builders (2)
Information center
Announcements (keep them brief)
Written notices and packets
Scouting “supermarket”
Physical property bank
Songs
Use of songs
Songleading tips
Songbooks
Roundtable Morale Builders (3)
Icebreakers, stunts, and skits
Icebreakers
Group Meeting Sparklers
Cheers and applause
Stunts and skits
Developing skits
Staging skits
Resources
Funny lost-and-found
Roundtable Morale Builders (4)
Games and contests
Value of games
Types of games
Use of games
Recognitions
New people / new units
Units and leaders
Awards
Fun stuff
Roundtable Morale Builders (5)
Ceremonies
Purpose of ceremonies
Essential ingredients
Staging ceremonies
Involvement and participation
Types of ceremonies
Ceremonial props
Review of Quality
Roundtable Ingredients
Action
Material
Handouts
Skills and crafts
New ideas
Useful information
Fun
Food
Questions?
Comments!
Graduation