Scoutmaster Podcast 5
Transitioning Webelos Den Leaders into the Scout troop — Clarke led 18 Webelos; redirect every question to the patrol leader; resist the urge to step in; the discomfort of watching your former cubs flounder is the price of building real youth leadership
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INTRO
Plato, the Greek philosopher from 400 BC, was apparently a Scoutmaster. He said: 'of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.'
SCOUTMASTERSHIP IN 7 MINUTES
Transitioning Webelos Den Leaders into the Scout troop — Clarke led 18 Webelos; redirect every question to the patrol leader; resist the urge to step in; the discomfort of watching your former cubs flounder is the price of building real youth leadership
THIS HAS TO BE THE TRUTH
Rice E. Cochran — author of Be Prepared in 1952: The Life and Illusions of a Scoutmaster; a young Scoutmaster's first hike, and the troop's long-suppressed laughter when he finally took off the knapsack
SCOUTMASTER'S MINUTE
Founders Day — February 22nd, Baden-Powell's birthday; a moment to acknowledge the founder of the movement
OUTRO