Forms and Documents
Annual Health Form
An annual health form is required for camping. We highly recommend having this form completed at your Scouts annual health check up - it makes it easy to ensure you have it when you decide to participate in high-adventure activity.
You can find the complete form at Annual Health and Medical Form - Parts A and B.
Parental Consent for Photographs and Videos
Please let us know if you give your consent for your Scouts picture or video to be posted online by filling out this online form.
Scoutbook
We keep all the personal, medical, and advancement data in a program called Scoutbook that allows involved leaders to monitor and access the information needed to do their jobs for your scouts. This is what we consider the “gold standard” for information, so if you need to change an address, or an email, etc, this is the one you want to update.
As a parent, you can get (read) access to your scout’s personal and advancement records – on the web or on your phone! New scouts and their parents should be able to be added on Scoutbook within two weeks of joining the troop. For more info see: https://scoutbook.scouting.org
Youth Training Resources
GAMES
There are lots of great troop meeting activities at:
- http://www.programresources.org/activities/
- http://www.boyscouttrail.com/games.asp
- http://scoutmastercg.com/tag/games
HANDBOOKS
There are lots of great resources for youth leaders.
One of the first to look at for Patrol Leaders and Troop Guides is the “official” Patrol Leaders Handbook:
PATROL AND TROOP LEADERSHIP
All newly elected youth leaders will be provided the Introduction to Leadership Skills for Troops training course that is required to attend the National Youth Leadership Training conference. This course will be provided over 2 days by the Scoutmaster and an Assistant Scoutmaster, in conjunction with one of the bi-annual Patrol Leader Council planning sessions.
PATROL METHOD
The patrol method is THE method of scouting. Here is a youtube video explaining it.
Adult Training Resources
- Merit Badge Counselor Guide – a good place to see what’s involved with being a MBC.
- Mentoring Training – a guide to the BSA view on mentoring – why, how, and when.
- Scoutmaster Conference Training