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What is the patrol method in BSA?
The Patrol Method allows Scouts to interact in a small group outside the larger Troop context, working together as a team and sharing the responsibility of making their Patrol a success. A Patrol takes pride in its identity, and the members strive to make their Patrol the best it can be.
What is the importance of patrol system in Scouting?
The Patrol is the unit of Scouting always, whether for work or for play, for discipline or for duty. An invaluable step in character training is to put responsibility on to the individual. This is immediately gained in appointing a Patrol Leader to responsible command of his Patrol.
What are the Scoutmaster responsibilities?
The Scoutmaster is responsible for training and guiding youth leaders in the operation of the troop, and for man- aging, training, and supporting his or her assistant Scoutmasters in their role.
What is a patrol leader?
Patrol leaders carry out planning, leading, and evaluating patrol meetings and activities, and assure patrols are prepared to participate in all troop activities. They keep their patrol intact so they can work together and share responsibilities to get things done.
What is an assistant patrol leader?
Assistant patrol leader duties: Helps the patrol leader plan and steer patrol meetings and activities. Helps him keep patrol members informed. Helps the patrol get ready for all troop activities. Represents his patrol at patrol leaders’ council meetings when the patrol leader cannot attend.
What is a patrol leader in guides?
Become a Patrol leader Some people call this a Patrol leaders council.
What do you do during patrol meetings?
Patrol Meeting Ideas
- Perform maintenance on bicycles.
- Conduct a sports clinic in a sport of the Patrol’s choice.
- Create a Patrol cookbook.
- Create a (mostly) fictional Patrol history.
- Build a catapult.
- Conduct a refresher course in first aid.
- Hold a firearms safety course.
- Practice various ways of setting up flies and tarps.
How do I become a good scout leader?
What makes a great leader?
- A role model. “Someone that acts as a role model to his fellow Scouts and Scouters.
- A good person. “Someone who listens to others and can also listen to their own head and heart.
- A servant leader.
- A good observer.
- A humble person.
What is required to be a Scoutmaster?
They also provide the required two-deep leadership standards set by the Boy Scouts of America (there must be at least two adults present at any Boy Scout activity). An assistant Scoutmaster may be 18 years old, but at least one in each troop should be 21 or older, so he or she can serve in the Scoutmaster’s absence.
How do you do a Scoutmaster conference?
These pointers will help make every Scoutmaster conference a success:
- Make the conference special. Give the Scout your undivided attention throughout the meeting.
- Invite the Scout to share in the discussion.
- Keep the setting relaxed. Don’t sit behind a desk or across a table from the Scout.