Re: 2-deep leadership

On Fri, 25 Mar 1994 13:58:57 +0000 Andrew McElhannon said:
>I have paid close attention to this discussion thread.
>I believe that the two-deep policy is a well thought out policy, but I think it
>fails to consider every consideration, but I'm not certain. Let me give a
>senario that I believe could be pertinent to spiritual leaders of Scout units,
>i.e. troop chaplains.
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>This puts the chap. in a particular bind, because BSA policy prohibits one on
>one, yet the chap. a man of God is required by his faith to help the boy out
>to help the boy one on one if that is necessary, which in this case it may be.
>So the chap. sees that to counsel the boy is a voilation of BSA policy but to
>not counsel the boy is a sin against God. What should the chap. do?
>

Andrew,
This is a very good and relevant question. I'm not an expert by any means on
the official BSA policy, but this is how we handle situations like yours where
there is a need for privacy in my Cub Scout Pack. We regulary meet in the
local fire station, there is a large open room where the den meetings are held
and off one end is the kitchen. The kitchen has a door and a "pass through"
about 4 feet wide that has shutters. If one of the boys needs to talk
privately (usually its a disciplinary matter where we put the boy in "time-
out" and have a short talk about inappropriate behavior), we will close the
door but leave the pass though open. Therefore, there is some privacy from
what the other boys see/hear, but the actions of the leaders are always vis-
able. In your case you should be able to have the chap. take the boy off a
short distance, but still be visable to the others. This way they may have
a private conversation, but not be in violation of the two deep leadership
rule. Hope this helps.

Chris Roper
Cubmaster Pack 86 Laurel Fork Virginia USA.
Mountain Empire District
Blue Ridge Mountains Council

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