Scoutmaster Podcast 61

Comments

1. Clarke Green says

   March 25, 2011 at 4:29 pm

   It’s interesting that more experience often leads to more doubt in what we are doing. I remember something about the most dangerous pilots being ones that have many hours of flying and, thus a false sense of confidence in their abilities. Less experienced pilots are more careful because they know they are inexperienced, and veteran pilots are more careful because they’ve likely had more close calls and seen more accidents.
   I think this is true with Scoutmastership too. I always have second thoughts and question my own conclusions because I know, from experience, how fallible I am.
   Oddly, though, this theoretically makes me more competent – I know I don’t know. That’s not a bad place to be for beginners or veterans.

2. Blaise Vitale says

   March 23, 2011 at 5:48 pm

   This podcast was certainly more philosophical. I think the same learning process applies to developing Scoutmasters as well. These podcasts have been taking this brand-new Scoutmaster from being unconsciously incompetent to being consciously incompetent. 🙂 Trying to teach a young patrol leader when you aren’t really sure of your own abilities can be difficult issue. Just recently, after our Troop was re-established, we held a recruitment meeting. We were fortunate to get 3 new boys to show up, and I am optimistic that they will join. However, because I didn’t want to put a hard sell onto the parents, I realize I didn’t even get their contact information myself (much less thinking to ask my 5th grade scouts to do this). I had hoped that I could be unconsciously competent before I was consciously competent. I don’t know how long it takes before a new Scoutmaster feels they are consciously competent. I also wonder whether Scoutmasters who feel so confident in their abilities that they produce Scouting podcasts ever feel unconsciously competent. Keep up the great podcasts!