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Troop Annual Program Planning Conference
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program planning process.
WELCOME TO TROOP
ANNUAL PROGRAM PLANNING
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Pre-conference preparations
Annual Program Planning
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Strong troops have:
A good annual troop program planned a year in advance that is shared with every family as a calendar
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Do your homework!
This three-step, pre-conference
work, if done properly, will have a
positive effect on your conference
and resulting annual program plan.
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Gather the following key information prior to the conference:
1) Key school dates
2) Community event dates
3) Your chartered
organization’s dates
4) Personal dates that
may affect your troop’s
activities such as the
Scoutmaster’s
anniversary cruise
5) District and council
dates
STEP 16) Collected Family Talent
Survey Sheets from all
parents
7) Last year’s troop annual
plan if you have one
8) Troop’s priorities
9) Scouts’ advancement
records
10) General outline of next
year’s program
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Have a discussion about the program planning process with your senior patrol leader:
STEP 2
1) Explain to him the importance of the
process and his role in helping.
2) Talk about your options for programs and
activities, and your troop goals.
3) Share your draft outline for next year’s
program and ask him for his input and
thoughts.
4) Review this presentation.
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Have a discussion about the program planning process with your senior patrol leader:
STEP 3
1) Senior patrol leader shares the draft plan
with the patrol leaders
2) Patrol leader shares the draft plan with
Scouts
3) Patrol leaders meet to gather information
and ideas from the Scouts
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Invite these people to your conference:1) Your troop’s youth leaders
2) Troop committee members and other
adult troop leaders
3) Chartered Organization
Representative
4) Your unit commissioner (optional)
5) And anybody else you think might be
helpful, such as other parents
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TROOP ANNUAL PROGRAM
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A great program takes planning and preparation
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Your Senior Patrol Leader and Scoutmaster have researched and gathered the following information:
1) Key school dates
2) Community event dates
3) Your chartered
organization’s dates
4) Personal dates that
may affect your troop’s
activities such as the
Scoutmaster’s
anniversary cruise
5) District and council
dates
6) Collected Family Talent
Survey Sheets from all
parents
7) Last year’s troop annual
plan if you have one
8) Troop’s priorities
9) Scouts’ advancement
records
10) General outline of next
year’s program
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Your Senior Patrol Leader has talked
with each patrol leader, who then talked
to each patrol member about what they
want to do this year, plus gathered
additional suggestions and ideas.
Working out your troop’s
program plan for the next
year could determine
whether a Scout stays
with us or quits.
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Ground rule suggestions for your conference:
1) Respect each other’s views
2) Stay focused on your task
3) Write your ideas on a flip chart
4) Be in agreement
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STEP 1Have your Scoutmaster lead a discussion on your troop’s goals for the coming year
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Review the draft calendar
STEP 21) Holidays
2) School dates
3) Resident camp dates
4) Camporees and training courses
5) Troop meeting dates
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Open discussion
STEP 3Take a vote to approve the dates you
have so far (optional)
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SPL will share with your group what he learned from you
STEP 4
Take your time!
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Take these ideas and turn them into a coordinated program
STEP 5
1) Use the troop program features as a
base or make your own custom
program
2) Take it one month at a time
3) You determine the flow of the troop’s
program
4) Write it on a flip chart and take a vote
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Good Job!You now have a great
program and everyone
will know what’s
happening and when.
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Add in some other important dates such as:
STEP 6• Boards of review
• Courts of honor
• Troop open house
• Service projects
• Webelos Scout crossover ceremonies
• Any other dates that can be planned
this far in advance
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Almost finished…
STEP 7• Final discussion and then
approval vote
• Final approval by your
troop’s committee
• Share with each Scout
family, your chartered
organization, and any other
interested parties
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One final reminder…
Share your plan with
everyone, and review it
regularly to see if the plan
needs modifications
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