Youth Leadership Training Continuum

1. Youth Leadership Training Continuum scouting.org/boyscouts/trainingmodules/youth%20leadership%20training%20continuum.aspx

5. “ Training boy leaders to run their troop is the Scoutmaster's most important job.” “ Train Scouts to do a job, then let them do it.” “ Never do anything a boy can do.” — Robert S. S. Baden-Powell

15. Mission Statement The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law.

17. “ The patrol method is not a way to operate a Boy Scout troop, it is the only way. Unless the patrol method is in operation, you don't really have a Boy Scout troop.” — Robert S. S. Baden-Powell

18. Scoutmaster TROOP ORGANIZATION CHART for a Large Troop Junior Assistant Scoutmaster Assistant Scoutmaster New Scout Assistant Scoutmaster Venture Senior Patrol Leader Assistant Senior Patrol Leader Patrol Leader Patrol Leader Patrol Leader Venture Patrol Assistant Patrol Leader Assistant Patrol Leader Assistant Patrol Leader Chaplain's Aide Quartermaster Historian Scribe Librarian OA Troop Representative Instructor Patrol Scribe Quartermaster Grubmaster Cheermaster Patrol Scribe Quartermaster Grubmaster Cheermaster Patrol Scribe Quartermaster Grubmaster Cheermaster Troop Guide New-Scout Patrol Leader Den Chief Patrol Leaders' Council

19. Scoutmaster TROOP ORGANIZATION CHART for a Small Troop Assistant Scoutmaster New Scout Assistant Scoutmaster Venture Senior Patrol Leader Assistant Senior Patrol Leader Patrol Leader Venture Patrol Assistant Patrol Leader Quartermaster Troop Guide New-Scout Patrol Leader Den Chief Patrol Leaders' Council

21. Position Description Cards

29. HOMEWORK HOMEWORK Get to know the Scouts you are responsible for leading. What do they need?

36. Q&A