Seminole Springs District
Seminole Springs District Calendar including ICAL and XML links.
Seminole Springs District website
Seminole Springs District Newsletter archives
Central Florida Council
Central Florida Council Calendar including Seminole Springs Events
Central Florida Council website
Central Florida Council Newsletter archives
Camp LaNoChe website and information
Commissioner Information
2015 Commissioner Conference presentations
Commissioner Information
National BSA links
Updates - Changes to Venturing (2014), Cub Scouting (2015), and Scouting (2016)
Program Resources website with meeting planning and event/activity ideas
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Scout Training sponsored by LDS/BSA Relations Committee
Kickstarting a Troop/Varsity/Venturing Program
A few people asked, now that I have this training where do I start? We recommend you do the following (not necessarily in this order)
- Teach Leadership. Teach the Introduction to Leadership Skills course to the youth: Troop Version, Crew Version
- Interest Surveys. Have the youth take an Interest Survey - see below for examples
- Use Ward Resources. Based on youth surveys, ask adults in the ward to fill out a Program Capability Inventory - see below
- Have a Committee. Have bishopric make calls (or assignments) to parents to serve on committee - should be in addition to other callings
- Youth Planning. Have an "Annual" Planning Meeting - map out themes for mutual and camping/outdoor activities - try to plan 9 months or to end of school year
- Accountability. Hold youth accountable for their activities - txt constant reminders
- Backup. Have back up plan of something that is good for them but that they may not like as much - give them incentive to do what they planned
Resoures for implementing the above list
There are many example interest surveys available on the internet if you search for them - here are the ones I created for use with our ward
- Youth Interest Survey example - Boy Scouts (MS Word)
- Youth Interest Survey example - Venturers/Varsity (MS Word)
- Survey for Ward Adults aka Program Capability Inventory example (MS Word)
Online Resources for Program Planning
Program Features (BSA published book) is a valuable resource for helping youth plan their own activities
Old versions of Program Features available online: for free:
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