Over a century volumes of guidance has been offered to Scoutmasters yet none is so effective as that of the founder of the worldwide Scouting movement Robert Baden-Powell
A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim.
A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens.
Be Prepared… the meaning of the motto is that a scout must prepare himself by previous thinking out and practicing how to act on any accident or emergency so that he is never taken by surprise.
Correcting bad habits cannot be done by forbidding or punishment.
If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk.
Do use the Patrol Method?
Practical ways 21st century Scouters can apply Baden-Powell’s Patrol Method to train America’s future leaders.
Written for anyone interested in giving Scouts more leadership opportunities.
The “Why” of the Patrol Method; the Patrol Method from a Scoutmaster’s perspective; team-building and shared leadership; how to create your personal leadership legacy, and much more.
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See things from the boy’s point of view.
Success in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmaster’s own personal example.
The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond.
The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others.
The Scoutmaster teaches boys to play the game by doing so himself.
Scouts can use this logbook to keep track of plans, adventures, and memories.
I set up this logbook for my Scouts to keep records of meetings, camping trips plans, adventures and memorable moments. They use the information to help their patrol understand what they should start doing, keep on doing or, perhaps, stop doing. By reflecting on things that worked well and things that don’t go as planned they can avoid past mistakes and make better plans in the future. By recording their thoughts they also create a memorable record of their Scouting adventures.
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The spirit is there in every boy; it has to be discovered and brought to light.
Trust should be the basis for all our moral training.
We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it.
When you want a thing done, ‘Don’t do it yourself’ is a good motto for Scoutmasters.
The most important object in Boy Scout training is to educate, not instruct.
Have you seen my book The Scouting Journey?
The Scouting Journey is a map for Scouters guiding Scouts on a voyage of challenge, adventure, and achievement.
Scouting’s continued relevance hinges on the attitude of each individual Scouter. We are good, practical people concerned about the next meeting or camping trip. We have plenty of forms to fill in, records to maintain, and plans to develop.
All those practicalities are meaningless if we don’t strive to grasp less practical, less tangible elements of Scouting.
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In Scouting, a boy is encouraged to educate himself instead of being instructed.
Loyalty is a feature in a boy’s character that inspires boundless hope.
The good turn will educate the boy out of the groove of selfishness.
The Scoutmaster guides the boy in the spirit of an older brother.