Scoutmaster Podcast 239 - Help!

Help! Everyone needs help, right? Most Scouters, at one time or another, find ourselves overwhelmed, discouraged and help-less. Don’t worry, you aren’t alone, and there’s a way out! See if the email answer about getting volunteers to help in this podcast helps you. In addition I’ll offer some advice about how a troop handles Eagle courts of honor , how changes are made when a senior patrol leader who is not performing as expected, what to do when it’s time for leadership elections, what qualifies as camping for first class requirements , whether or not a troop can require that Scouts request a board of review three “secret weapons” every Scouter ought to have I mentioned in my reply) , and how to handle the challenge of a large group of new Scouts . Finally a Scoutmaster’s Minute about the cascading effect of following the Scout Oath and Law (see the video I mentioned in my post on Tropic Cascades and the Scout Law Here’s the post I mentioned in the introduction about How to Instruct Scouts and B.P.’s blog on the patrol .