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Re: Getting the boys to lead
John Bemis (jbemis@CASS.MA02.BULL.COM)
Tue, 14 Jun 1994 16:53:35 -0500
As an advisor for the OA and as a former SM, Mike has some great points.
I just came back from our OA section conclave where the boys were
successful. They took second place in rifle and archery; and all
four places in the ceremonies competition. They were motivated by
themselves to go beyond anything that they have ever acheived.
There was no advisors doing anything but grinning and cheering.
The OA Lodge is more active than it has been in years because the youth are
running the operation and being very successfull at it. Isn't our jobs
to let them make mistake and successes by doing the Scouting program?
We train them to run their program, then we step back to see what happens.
Yes they have been coached and trained, but they did themselves.
On to NOAC>
> The third "trade secret" is to TRAIN and COACH those leaders which
> have been elected, either informally, through your own adults and
> those older boys, and formally, by running the BSA's own junior leader
> orientation workshops. There's lots to be said for "getting everyone
> on one sheet of music". As I've mentioned here in the past, I don't
> allow a youth leader to lead unless they are willing and DO
> participate in that training, one way or the other. I "invalidate the
> election" -- even IF the person "needs that position for a rank". If
> the attainment of the rank is THAT important to him, the training it
> takes to do that job is just as essential.
>
> (and yes, I've taken a LOT of parents to task with this "policy" and I
> respond to them with the standard "you wouldn't want your kid to be
> taught by a teacher without a teaching certificate of some sort and
> some training in BEING a teacher, would you? Likewise, I don't want
> Scouts to teach other Scouts skills without being certified that they
> have learned those skills and can teach them to others!" )
>
Good ideas! I am off to the Council Program Launch as a district trainer
and member of Pack 37s Committee.
YiS
Jay Bemis
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