Boy Scout Troop 211: Leader Strategy

St. Marks Episcopal Church Charter

 

Properly trained adult leaders are essential to deliver a quality program in order to achieve the Aims and Mission of the Boy Scouts of America. To emphasize the importance of properly trained leaders, the Committee of Troop 211 requires Unit Leaders, Committee Chairs and certain direct contact leaders to be trained for their positions.


Leadership Goal

Trained Leaders

 

Leaders must be properly trained for all of the positions for which they are currently registered. For example, if a leader is registered as a Boy Scout Troop Committee Chair and a Cub Scout Den Leader, he or she must be trained as identified for both positions.

If a leader has been trained in a previous course which was equivalent to a course listed above, this policy does not demand that the leader update his or her training, as long as he or she is in compliance with National standards. For instance, leaders that have been trained in “New Leader Essentials” are not required to be trained in “This is Scouting.” Leaders are required to keep their Youth Protection Training current. However, all leaders are strongly encouraged to keep their training current, either by taking the updated training or by serving on staff to teach the training.

The boys should be allowed to lead their own troop with only minimal guidance as needed, depending on the maturity and abilities of the scout leaders.

Troop Adult Leaders

Each troop has an adult leader, the Scoutmaster, who is a volunteer registered with the Boy Scouts of America and trained. The Scoutmaster is responsible for helping the scouts with their planning of the year's program so the scouts are given adequate Opportunity to advance in rank and complete merit badges.

The troop is successful because there are also Assistant Scoutmasters to support the Scoutmaster. The adult leaders only do those things that the scouts can not do themselves - for example, driving....

The Troop is supported by a Troop Committee, all volunteers. There is aTroop Committee Chairman and other troop committee members. Most troop committees consist of family members and members of the troop's chartered organization. The chartered organization is granted a charter by the Boy Scouts of America to use the Scouting program