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The Patrol Method

Lessons and questions of Scout leadership and operating troop program

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  1. Just one thing... 1 2

    By Eagledad,
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  2. Does the SPL Always Lead on a Campout? 1 2

    By doakley,
    • 23 replies
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  3. Patrol vs. Troop Cooking 1 2

    By krikkitbot,
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  4. Another Reason Why Adults Should Not Do What The Scouts Can Do Themselves 1 2

    By Eagle94-A1,
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  5. The PLC Has Decided: Mixed Aged Patrols in May 1 2 3 4 16

    By Eagle94-A1,
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  6. "Your ... troop is made up of patrols . . . ." 1 2

    By TAHAWK,
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  7. New Scouts, Patrols, A thought experiment. 1 2 3

    By Sentinel947,
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  8. Introduction to the Patrol Method in less than a day 1 2 3 4 5

    By MattR,
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  9. Change in The Troop, It's Coming 1 2 3 4 9

    By Eagle94-A1,
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  10. Patrol Method with a very young troop 1 2

    By Cambridgeskip,
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  11. Troop Meetings: How to Motivate the Troop 1 2 3 4

    By Krampus,   
    • 46 replies
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  12. "Train 'em. Trust 'em. LET THEM LEAD!"

    By Eagle94-A1,
    • 14 replies
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  13. A Coed thought Experiment

    By qwazse,   
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  14. How do you conduct unit elections?

    By Eagle94-A1,
    • 9 replies
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  15. Boy-Led, Patrol-Method Non-Support outside of troop 1 2

    By Stosh,
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  • LATEST POSTS

    • InquisitiveScouter
      quality, commissioners, and more, oh my

      By InquisitiveScouter · Posted

      You, too, can be fully green 😜 There's always a gold nugget or two buried in there somewhere.  And probably a rotten apple (or two) as well.   COMPLETED: S11, SCO_800, Y01 - 100%  COMPLETED: S24 - 100%  COMPLETED: SCO_471, SCO_472, SCO_473, SCO_474, SCO_475, SCO_476, SCO_477, SCO_478, SCO_479, SCO_480, SCO_481, SCO_482, SCO_484, SCO_485, SCO_530 - 100% 
    • Eagle94-A1
      quality, commissioners, and more, oh my

      By Eagle94-A1 · Posted

      I guess mine is not enforcing it at all. I knew other councils had mandated training, heck neighboring council wanted you to have the training BEFORE ( emphasis) assuming the role. But was told National won't mandate training, except YPT.   You would think that if you had S24 showing, all the online modules would not show up as "To Do's." Why whenever I teach a class, I add my name to the Training Report.   Personally prefer inperson training to online. The interactive, personal touch is much better than the monotone online stuff, even if interactive.
    • InquisitiveScouter
      quality, commissioners, and more, oh my

      By InquisitiveScouter · Posted

      IOLS is a Position Trained requirement.  https://www.scouting.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Position-Trained-Requirements-July2024.pdf And councils are supposed to be enforcing this within six months of being in a position.  But that varies by council.  See link below for PA Dutch Council, which puts it a 12 months.  Councils are supposed to be denying position renewal without training, but I have never heard of it actually being enforced. http://padutchbsa.org/training/#:~:text=Pennsylvania Dutch Council Training Policies&text=Scouts BSA and Venturing Leaders,during the twelve month period. For the training piece, for several positions, you have the option of doing either an in-class session, or the online modules to complete the required training. For example, for the Scoutmaster role, you may complete EITHER S24, Scoutmaster Specific, OR all those course modules in the list in the first link above. We actually ask our leaders to do both in-person sessions (when available) and online modules.  It's part of our Culture of Excellence 😜 You learn different things in either training medium.  And, when done well, the in-person/interactive stuff is so much better.  
    • Eagle94-A1
      quality, commissioners, and more, oh my

      By Eagle94-A1 · Posted

      Can you show me how long that is a national requirement, because this is the first I am hearing about this. Also does anyone know how to remove courses that My.Scouting.Org say I need to take, but have taken already, and taught, in a classroom setting?  Thankfully it says I am fully trained, but keeps showing online modules as if I need to do still.
    • Tron
      quality, commissioners, and more, oh my

      By Tron · Posted

      Had some MBC situations this year myself; it's all about if you don't like that I run the MB program as designed find someone else. People hate it when I say it, but it's like running a Walmart, people hate it and complain but we'll see them shopping here again tomorrow.  Having IOLS is still required it's just buried a bit. The requirement is that you have to have at least 1 trained SM/ASM on every overnight outing. To be considered a trained SM/ASM you have to have IOLS. BTW hazardous weather is required to be trained now, it's been moved by national into DL/CM/ASM/SM training; can't wait to see people start to fall out of trained status when their hazardous weather expires in a year or two. 
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