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Small groups of Scouts, led by Scouts. The patrol method was one of the most talked-about ideas in troop leadership, and these posts work through patrol leaders' councils, patrol identity and letting youth lead.
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William "Green Bar Bill" Hillcourt described his ideal boy run as follows: "Troop No. 3 has its share of Merit Badge Scouts and streamers testifying to its proficiency at Council Rallies and Camporees. Yet, its Scoutmaster is never much in evidence.
A Scout led Troop lives and dies with the PLC. Success can be found when the young leaders of the Patrol Leaders Council are well coached. Scoutmasters are the coaches of the PLC and in order for them to be a high performance team they need to be allowed to plan and work their plan..
It's about time! Working the Patrol Method a Scout leader's guide to youth leaderhip training is the best work on the patrol method since 'Green Bar' Bill Hillcourt's Handbook for Patrol Leaders last published in 1965 or Baden Powell's Aids to Scoutmastership originally published in 1920.
Fresh back from IOLS I'm chock full of the ideals of the Patrol method and "boy led." While boy led is how our Troop has advertised itself I have doubts as to how much it has been in practice. It …
[Author’s note: Throughout this article I am not referring to any specific Troop, this is more general.] I’ve had the opportunity to visit several Boy Scout troops during my time in Scouts, and the one thing I know for sure is that each one operates differently.
LEADERSHIP...there is nothing new under the sun to read about leadership, especially for Scouters. If you've read The Art of War, BPs Aids To Scoutmastership, anything by Reagan, Ike or Green Bar Bill then you know all there is to know about good leadership.
As promised in the last post, we are going to wrap up this topic with a few FAQs that I have received relating to recruiting and building the program. It is fair to say that the last few blog posts have hardly scratched the surface of this subject and that working toward building and maintaining…
Troop Leader Training... One of the things that the previous Scoutmaster did that I loved was the TLT Weekend. At first it was JLT, then BSA changed focus and redesigned the program. We kept it a weekend though the new program calls for 3 afternoon type classes (or something like that).
Ok here we go 4/22 Thursday: - Eagle Boards of Review for District 4/23 Friday: - left with Troop for Spring Camporee at Camp Ransburg...a Medieval Theme - brought 43 Scouts and 16 Adults...be prepared for rain 4/24 Saturday: - poured last night, camp is one huge mudpit - spirits not dampened (but clothes and Scouts are) - volunteered to be…
Welcome back to the Scoutmaster Minute, in this show we will talk about fixing your troop with the PLC. Inspired from an email I received from a loyal listener, we talk about the success of a Troop and that it starts with the PLC.
This Weekend Patrol Box begins with the weather. We have had a lot of it lately. Everything from having our Klondike camporee snowed out (and re-scheduled for early April) to being run out of the C&O on a backpacking trip.
The Patrol Leader Council (PLC) is one of the key elements of youth leadership within a Boy Scout troop. The senior patrol leader, assistant senior patrol leader, and patrol leaders use this monthly meeting to plan troop meetings, courts of honor, and the monthly outing.
Have you been searching for an answer to a Scouting-related question? Ask the Expert is here to help. Send us your question, and Cracker Barrel will seek out the answer. We received the following question from Janet Riley : Our Patrol Leaders Council is a closed meeting.
Every once in a while you need to check your compass and determine whether or not you are heading in the right direction, you need to detour a bit, or just confirm that all is well and you keep on hiking.
OK, so it's a bit cold for much of the country. There is still a lot of Scouting going on, just under layers! This week's Patrol Box kicks off a new year! Actually, our first Cub Scout meeting of 2010 started with the Webelos den that will be crossing into our troop this spring, showing…
Scoutmaster G.B. from Austin, Texas sent me the following: Our troop has a Patrol Leader's Council (PLC) every first Monday. Last Monday the older boys were really acting up. I asked the senior patrol leader (SPL) to get the meeting under control but neither he nor the assistant senior patrol leader responded to my request.
