The Patrol Method
Lessons and questions of Scout leadership and operating troop program
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Just one example of transparency. UK Scout Association annual report attached. BSAs last report 2019 is here https://ar2019.scouting.org/ UK Scout Association has 3.7% youth and increasing vs Scouting USA has 1.2% and falling. scouts-annual-report-2022-to-2023.pdf -
By RememberSchiff · Posted
Great Rivers Council recently offered a class where attendees could get their Federal Aviation Administration drone certification by taking The Recreational UAS Safety Test (TRUST), as well as build and keep their DIY drone. The event ended with participants challenging each other in races and aerial contests. Cost $75 More details including photos at source: https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/local/scouts-learn-how-to-fly-with-diy-drones/article_45919aec-1e10-11ef-8722-b3648ec2e345.html -
By SiouxRanger · Posted
Considering National has all manner of training available on line, the obvious gap are NAM presentations. Which just happen to be the most current National policy and therefore the most important to disseminate widely. But Noooooo! “Truth, is the most precious thing we have. Economise it.” --Mark Twain -
By RememberSchiff · Posted
Safeguarding Our Youth General Session presentation (46 min) with Glen Pounder whose job title Youth Protection Executive appears renamed and NEB member Frank Tsuru who also serves as Chair of the Youth Safeguarding Committee. IMHO, presentation gets interesting starting at 19:00 when Mr. Tsuru talks about transparency and policy. Mr. Pounder continues and expands on that discussion. Why NAM presentations can't be broadcast (live and archived) online to all of us remains a puzzle to me. Better yet lets have a two-way dialog, maybe discuss pitfalls of perp profiling, the need for report tracking for both end-user and organizations...I am seeing some of the same failed solutions presented in a new tech suit. We have ideas and questions. My $0.02. -
By Eagle94-A1 · Posted
This is what happens when educators take over the program. BP said it best: "Boys can see adventure in a dirty old duck puddle, and if the Scoutmaster is a boys’ man he can see it too." “See things from the boy's point of view.” "A boy is not a sitting-down animal." "A fisherman does not bait his hook with food he likes. He uses food the fish likes. So with boys." We need folks writing advancement requirements who can see things through a kid's eye, remembering the excitement and adventures of their youth. We need folks writing advancement requirements who realize the importance of experimental learning, as opposed to formal learning. We need folks writing advancement requirements that understand that some folks, especially boys, learn by doing. We need folks writing advancement requirements that understand that failure is a learning method, probably one of the best. We need folks writing advancement requirements that understand giving responsibility to youth is a way to help them learn and grow. But most importantly We need folks writing advancement requirement that understand that we cannot be all things to all people because "The open-air is the real objective of Scouting and the key to its success." (sorry for some bolding, cannot undo it despite several attempts.)
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