Program Planning and New Pack Meeting PlansPlanning with the new advancement adventures and Themes and Points of the Scout Law

April 2015

Training ObjectivesTraining Objectives

• What is new?

• The structure of the pack meeting plans

• Awarding adventure loops at pack meetings

• How to use the pack meeting plans to plan pack meetings

• Adventures and pack meetings

What is New?What is New?

• New Program starts June 1, 2015, for all except current Webelos I (4th graders)• Transition program

• Do all new program for 2015-16 school year (Arrow of Light)• Continue on old program (Webelos II year)• Do a mix of both

• Arrow of Light is own rank (5th Grade)• Do not need to earn Webelos Rank first

• Although can earn rank by Blue and Gold, not encouraged

What’s New?What’s New?

•Belt Loop program discontinued officially June 1, but will continue until supplies run out

• Best of Belt Loop program has been incorporated into new program

•Can buy Adventure loops and pins without paperwork•More emphasis on active learning vs passive learning

• Over 75 professional and volunteer Scouters have worked over 2-years

Annual Unit Program PlanningAnnual Unit Program Planning

• FUN of Cub Scouting is still there!

• Pack program events can help support adventure requirements.

• Outdoor adventures, Pack campfire and Pack overnight camping.

• Using the Cub Scout Adventure Analysis Worksheet in planning your annual program.

Adventure Yearly PlanningAdventure Yearly Planning

• Will be in each Leader Guide• Use to plan out required adventures and electives• Easier to coordinate with pack program

Cub Scout Adventure Analysis Cub Scout Adventure Analysis WorksheetWorksheet

Handout

Den Leader Program PlanningDen Leader Program Planning

• Coordinating your planning – Pack, District, Council

• Audience for requirements

• Requirements for Rank and Electives

• Read through the new requirements – What works when for your location and climate

• Recognition

• Preparing to Lead the Adventures – Den Meeting Notes

Planning Pack MeetingsPlanning Pack Meetings

• Pack meeting plans that support the new program and the 12 points of the Scout Law will be posted April 1 to www.scouting.org/programupdates .

• While the points of the Scout Law are not in the order as members of the BSA recite them, it is important to cover each of them over a 12-month period in the pack meetings.

Planning Pack MeetingsPlanning Pack Meetings

HANDOUT

Planning Pack MeetingsPlanning Pack Meetings

Cubs in Shining Armor

Adventure Requirements Supported at Pack Meetings

• Review the leaders’ den meeting plans.

• Some requirements will benefit from pack meeting coordination. For example:

“Grin and Bear It” adventure

Pack Carnival

Pack Meeting StructurePack Meeting Structure

The Seven Pack Meeting Steps:

1. Before the Meeting

2. Gathering

3. Opening

4. Program

5. Recognition

6. Closing

7. After the Meeting

Recognition at Pack MeetingsRecognition at Pack Meetings

Recognizing Adventure Loops and Pins Earned at Pack Meetings

•Have the den stand and be recognized for the adventure loop to be awarded. (Award should have been presented at the den meeting where it was earned.)

•Adapt the advancement ceremony for the month’s theme into an adventure loop presentation if no rank badges are being presented.

Recognition at Pack MeetingsRecognition at Pack Meetings

Other Options

•By den, call the names of those Cub Scouts who have completed the month’s adventure to come forward.

•Have the den leader pass out the awards to the boys while the Cubmaster gives them a Cub Scout handshake.

•If time allows, invite the den leader or den chief to speak about the adventure work done for that month, and have the den stand and be recognized.

•Use a positive cheer/song to recognize their accomplishments.

Additional Planning ToolsAdditional Planning Tools

http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/CubScouts/Leaders/ProgramPlanning.aspx

ResourcesResources

Updated to reflect the changes. Available May 1st:

Cub Scout Den Leader Guides

Cub Scout Youth Handbooks

Cub Scout Leader Book

How To Book

Ceremonies for Dens and Pack

Additional resources still available with no changes made:

Cub Scout Songbook

Group Meeting Sparklers

UpcomingUpcoming

Other materials coming out soon include:•“What’s New” training module on E-Learning•Updated position-specific training on E-Learning•New youth handbooks and den leader guides in Scout shops by May 1 and available as e-pubs on Amazon.com

ClosingClosing

For ongoing updates: www.scouting.org/programupdates