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Tracking Spreadsheets are posted on the USScouts Advancement webpage (www.usscouts.org). There are be links to them from other places on the site. These spreadsheets are similar in construction and user interface as the existing spreadsheets. The spreadsheets have be tested by the developer of the current spreadsheets and he said they are so good he sees no reason to develop others!!
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Utah National Parks Council has Excel spreadsheets posted for all the new Adventure Plan requirements on their Akela's Council BlogSpot. www.Akelascouncil.blogspot.com .
The Advancement Excel Spreadsheet workbooks are distributed to Scouters for FREE.
PLEASE do not download the files from either site to email or send them digitally to others. They are for your personal / pack use only. If you would like to share these files with others, please copy / send the link to them and send them to the site so they can print off their own. They would love everyone that wants a copy to get their own copy absolutely free. Both USScouts and Utah National Parks receive Ad money based on the number of people visiting the site that helps keep their websites open. Please help us by encouraging others to visit them to obtain the files.
BE UP TO DATE www.scouting.org/programupdates
The Program Updates page has been regrouped. Since the CS Adventure is in full swing, the emphasis on getting ready for it has been reduced. The downloads are still all there. And great information about three new Cub Leader courses at Philmont Training Center next summer.
There is a lot of information now on etting ready and implementing the changes to the Boy Scout program.
Check it all out – stay current!!
CUB SCOUT
LEADER TRAINING IN-PERSON TRAINING
Position-Specific In-Person Training Guides Available Now! The training guides for
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Den Leader (http://www.scouting.org/filestore/training/pdf/515-215.pdf ),
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Cubmaster/Assistant Cubmaster (http://www.scouting.org/filestore/training/pdf/511-503_WB.pdf ), and
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Pack Committee (http://www.scouting.org/filestore/training/pdf/511-504_WB.pdf )
Are available on Scouting University. You can access them at http://www.scouting.org/training/adult.aspx .
ON-LINE TRAINING
On-Line Training for all Cub Scout positions has been available since October 25, 2015
The online training for Den Leaders, Cubmasters, Committee Chairs and members, and Chartered Organization Representatives is totally updated with help from volunteers from around the country. The new training is divided into shorter, more targeted modules so leaders can get the training they need, in the order they want, any time they need it. It is organized around the learning needed prior to the first meeting, in the first 30 days, and to be position-specific trained. This training was developed to be implemented in conjunction with the BSA’s new learning management system. Keep an eye on
my. Scouting Tools (log in at https://My.Scouting.org) for more information.
Go to the BSA Volunteer Training Team Facebook page (Link above) and .
Then you automatically receive the latest news!!
If you are having difficulties with
the training or system call
Member Care at 972-580-2489,
A Typical Learning Plan has several parts –
There is no need to complete more than one section at a time. Do what you have time to do.
Here you can see the three parts of the CM Course -
Each of these three parts is broken down into "bite sized" chunks:
Go check it out and get your
people trained!!!
CUB SCOUT IDEAS Recruiting New Leaders
Excerpts from “Selecting Cub Scout Leadership,”
Be sure to read the whole pamphlet!!
The Key Three of your pack (The Chartered Organization Representative, the Committee Chair, and the Cubmaster) as well as all the members of the committee should be familiar with the steps of selecting and recruiting quality leaders for your Pack. The key to the process is found on the pamphlet, “Selecting Cub Scout Leadership,” No. 13-500.
The quality of any program, whether it's a Scouting program or any other program, is directly related to the leadership. The stronger the leader, the stronger the program. Selection of leaders is the responsibility of the unit committee and chartered organization. This shown by the requirement to have the Committee Chair and the Chartered Organization Representative sign the new leader's application prior to submission to the local council. The Chartered Organization (as well as the Committee) may seek advice from the BSA local council about the process. Your Unit Commissioner should be actively helping you in this process.
How does a committee or an organization actually go about selecting and recruiting the best person?
Step 1— Gather a Selection Committee
The head of the organization or COR appoints a selection committee. In the case of an existing unit, the unit committee is the logical starting place. However, parents and others may be invited to participate in the process.
Step 2 — List the Qualifications
After a committee is brought together, they then make a list of qualifications the candidate should possess. These traits should be listed on a flip chart for all to see.
Step 3 — List the Candidates
With the qualifications agreed upon, the committee then brainstorms a list of all possible candidates. All candidates mentioned are placed on the list and no committee member may disqualify candidates at this time. With the candidate list developed, the committee then numerically prioritizes the list.
Step 4 — Organization Approval
Since the leadership is the responsibility of the chartering organization, the institution head should provide his approval of the committee's selection.
Step 5 — Call on the Prospect
Now the committee selects a visitation team (usually three people) to visit the number one prospect on the list.
The committee should consist of someone knowledgeable about the Scouting program, someone representing the organization, and someone who has influence with the prospect.
Step 6 — Approach the Prospect
The interview should occur at the prospect's home. After a presentation is made to the prospect, the influential person should ask the prospect to serve. If the prospect is unable to serve, an alternate position should be offered.
If the number one prospect has declined, the number two prospect becomes the top prospect and the process begins again with the institution head.
When the prospect Says Yes; Now What?
Once the prospect has said yes, three things need to occur. First, an application is completed. Second, immediate training should occur. This may be Fast Start or some sort of personal coaching. This needs to occur within 48 hours of his commitment to do the job. Third, an announcement should be made to the organization, other leaders of the unit, and parents as to the prospect's acceptance of the position.
Be sure to get your own copies of Selecting Cub Scout Leaders, No. 13-500; and Selecting Quality Leaders, No. 18-981.
Comment from Commissioner Dave –
My personal Rule #1 – Do NOT beg, you are offering this person a tremendous opportunity to help youth grow to succeed in our world. Approach them on a high plane. Keep the conversation upbeat.
When you say to someone that they are your last hope, you are telling them they were not your first choice. It is not a compliment.
Tell them they will not be alone. There are other leaders. There is an almost infinite amount of literature. Both written on paper and on the web. There is training for new leaders, Cub Scout Position Specific, and continuing training, Roundtables. Also, supplemental, Pow Wow, Danger Zone, Philmont Training Center, and more, there is advanced training, Wood Badge.
And you get to wear a snazzy uniform!!!
Here are few interactive things to help you -
Leader Recruitment Skit
Circle Ten Council
The following is a skit from the 2002 Circle Ten Pow Wow book that can be used very effectively to recruit new leaders. You should modify as needed to better describe your unit and its needs. Commissioner Dave
Who Else…
Set Up: Have all the Cub Scouts and Webelos line up at the front of the room with a spotlight shining on them. Have the adults read the following parts from the back of the room.
Assistant CM: Boys are the nicest things that ever happened to me … those arrogant, self-assured little men-children who assume that all the great big world revolves around them.
Tiger Leader: Who else can carry half a worm, one crushed daisy, a piece of scrap metal, a three-day old apple core and two cents all in one pocket?
Den Leader: Who else can take a bath without getting their shoulders wet, and wash for dinner without turning on the faucet?
Den Leader: Who else can believe that right is right and wrong is wrong, and the good guy always wins in the end?
Webelos Leader: Who else can be a fireman, sword fighter, cowboy, deep-sea diver, all in the space of an hour, and then solemnly hold a funeral, complete with cross and box, for a shell off a turtle lost a month ago?
Webelos Leader: Who else can be a cutter without teeth, meaner without malice, kinder without embarrassment, sillier without foolishness, and clean without neatness?
Committee Chair: The world gains much in leaders and manpower when boys grow up … but it loses something too. That magic feeling that comes with being nine! The feel of dust between bare toes and the ability to lie quietly while time stands still, to watch a minnow in a brook.
Cubmaster: Me … I like Cub Scouts - the boys! They smile when I need a smile; they tease me when I'm somber; they keep me from taking myself too seriously. No, I don't wish that I were nine again. I just hope that somehow God will see to it that I always have someone nine years old in or near my house and heart.
All: Cub Scouting is the nicest thing that ever happened to ME!
At this point you begin your recruitment of new leaders and committee people building off the theme of that the adults enjoy Cub Scouting too.
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