Welcome!

1. Welcome! Make yourself comfortable. We will start soon.

2. Commissioner Quiz • The unit commissioner: (true / false) • 1. Reports to the District Executive. • 2. Must be an expert in training adults and youth. • 3. Is only concerned with reregistering a unit on time. • 4. Should be familiar with the official literature used by units for program. • 5. Visits the unit committee only, on a regular basis. • 6. Must know the unit program planning process. • 7. "Sells" the unit leader on district and council functions, as a primary responsibility. • 8. Periodically communicates with the chartered organization representative to offer help.

3. Commissioner Basic Training Instructors: Melba Sylvester, George Crowl, David Dwyer, Mike Harless

4. Introductions • Name • Commissioner job • Scouting experience

5. Overview • Aims and methods • Commissioner service role • Unit operation • District operation • Annual commissioner service plan • Lifesaving commissioner • Youth protection

6. Aims and Methods • What are the aims of Scouting?

7. Aims of Scouting • Character development • Citizenship training • Personal fitness

8. Methods of Scouting • What are some methods of Scouting? • Cub Scouts • Boy Scouts / Varsity • Venturing

9. Council Mission • Promotes Scouting in a geographic area • Voluntary association of citizens • Representatives of chartered organizations • Provides Scouting services • Field service • Office support • Camps

10. District Mission • Organize and support successful units Membership Finance Program Unit service

11. Commissioner Service Role

12. The Commissioner Concept • The commissioner is the liaison between the local council and Scouting units. • The commissioner's mission is to • Keep units operating at maximum efficiency, • Maintain regular contact with unit leaders, • Counsel leaders on where to find assistance, • Note weaknesses in programs, • And suggest remedies. • The commissioner is successful when units effectively deliver the ideals of Scouting to their members.

13. Job Description Card

14. Job Description Card • Friend

15. Job Description Card • Friend • + Representative

16. Job Description Card • Friend • Representative • + Unit "GP doctor"

17. Job Description Card • Friend • Representative • Unit "GP doctor" • + Teacher

18. Job Description Card • Friend • Representative • Unit "GP doctor" • Teacher • + Counselor

20. Supporting the Unit • Topic: Indicators of unit health • Method: Buzz groups

21. Indicators of Unit Health: Troop • Meeting operation • Youth leadership • Advancement • Adult assistance • Attendance • Outdoor program • Patrol activity • Budget plan • Membership • Planned program

22. Indicators of Unit Health: Pack • Leadership • Webelos den • Advancement • Attendance • Adult attendance • Den activity • Program operations • Den chiefs or den aides • Membership • Planned program

23. Evaluation Tool • Commissioner Worksheets - pack, troop, crew • Do unit leaders like evaluation? • What are your resources?

24. Break!

25. Unit Program Planning

26. Cub Scout Program Planning • Unit commissioners should understand process and tools • Program Helps and Pack Planning Chart • Council calendar • Chartered organization needs • Annual program planning conference • Monthly pack leaders meeting • DLC - DL meeting • Den Chief - adult meeting

27. Boy Scout Program Planning • Tools • Troop Program Features — 4 volumes • Program Planning Chart • Boy Scout Leader Program Notebook • Planning steps • Homework (get ready) • Find out what Scouts want (patrol leaders) • PLC annual planning, SPL presiding • Secure troop committee support • Pass the word. Publicize.

28. Unit Visitation Reports Using the Commissioner Work Sheet

29. Worksheet

30. Sample

31. Unit Committee Functions

32. Unit Committee Functions • Packs • Troops • Teams • Crews

33. Pack Committee • Advancement • Finance • Outings • Training • Recordkeeping & correspondence • Membership & reregistration • Public relations • Friends of Scouting

34. Troop Committee • Advancement • Finance • Equipment • Outdoor program • Transportation • Leadership • Membership & reregistration • Friends of Scouting

35. Quality Unit Operation

36. Danger Signals • Style of leadership • Leader wants to keep authority • Lacks faith in boys / leaders • Leader trains only by mass instruction • Leader does not grasp possibilities of patrol method • Unit is not meeting • Unit is without adult leaders • Unit has no committee • No new members being added • Low attendance at meetings • Weak or poorly organized program • No advancement • No participation in day camp or summer camp • No unit budget

37. National Quality Unit Award • Four mandatory items • Trained leader • Trained assistant leader • Outdoor program • Recharter on time • Minimum two of six optional items • 100% Boy’s Life (or improvement) • Advancement • Service project • Etc., appropriate to the type of unit

38. Summary • Aims and methods • Commissioner service role • Supporting the unit • Unit program planning • Unit visitation reports • Unit committee functions • Quality Unit operations

39. Lunch!

40. Commissioner Quiz - 2 • 9. Regularly attends roundtables to check up on unit leaders. • 10. Guides the unit through the annual service plan. • 11. May earn the Commissioner's Key and/or the Cub Scouter Award. • 12. Attends monthly meetings of the district committee. • 13. Is not involved in the presentation of the unit charter. • 14. Must be familiar with the monthly program themes. • 15. Encourages assigned packs, troops, teams, and crews to earn the Quality Unit Award.

41. Counseling "Listen to someone in such a way that they will solve their own problems."

42. Discussion What are the fundamentals of good counseling?

43. Fundamentals Of Good Counseling • 1. Time and place with no interruptions • 2. Understand what the leader is saying • 3. Let the leader know you hear and understand • 4. Do not give advice! • Guide the discussion through questions • Leader solves his/her own problem • If they don't solve their own problem: • Give information • Propose possible alternatives • Let leader pick best solution • 5. Summarize from time to time to keep on track • 6. Support thinking with information • Know the difference between information and advice • 7. Resources: • Commissioner Fieldbook, Counseling • Train the Trainer, Counseling • Wood Badge, Counseling

44. District Committee

45. District Committee • Four function organization Membership Finance Program Unit service

46. Membership Functions • 1. Fall Roundup • 2. Spring Roundup • 3. Special membership rallies • 4. Advice and help to units with membership problems

47. Finance Functions • 1. Sustaining Membership Enrollment / Friends of Scouting • 2. Trust Funds • (James E. West Award) • 3. Advice to units

48. Program Functions • 1. Camping • 2. Activities • 3. Advancement • 4. Training • 5. Health & Safety

49. Camping • Order of the Arrow • Summer Camp promotion • Cub Day Camp • Camporees • Philmont

50. Activities • Scout Expo • Scouting for Food • Scouting Anniversary Week • District Recognition Dinner