Welcome to Cub Scout Leader Training

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Welcome to Cub Scout Leader Training
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Your Trainers Today

• John Spahr, Aklan District, (925)
  944-9467e-mail jspahr_at_htiarchitects.com
• Breakout Sessions

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The Cub Scout Promise

• I, (name) promise to do my best to do my duty to
  God and my country, to help other people, and
  to obey the Law of the Pack.

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Five Groups Being Trained Today

• Pack Committee
• Cubmasters
• Den Leaders
• Webelos Den Leaders
• Tiger Cub Den Leaders

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Leadership Skills

• Setting the example
• Working and cooperating within the Pack
• Communicating effectively
• Understanding and working with boys
• Projecting Cub Scout spirit through the right
  attitude and enthusiasm

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Just who ARE the Pack Leaders?

• Chartered Organization Representative
• Pack Committee Chair and Committee
• Cubmaster and Assistants
• Den Leaders and Assistants
• Den Chiefs

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The Pack Committee

• Chairman
• Secretary
• Treasurer
• Advancement
• Pack Trainer

• Outings
• Friends of Scouting
• Public Relations
• Membership and Re-registration

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The Cubmaster

• Provides overall pack leadership
• Leads in planning the pack program
• Leads monthly pack meetings
• Coordinates pack membership, recruiting and
  transition
• Supported by
• Pack Committee
• Chartered Organization

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The Cub Scout Webelos Den Leaders

• Give leadership to their Den program planning
• Plan, prepare, and run their Den meetings
• Lead their Dens at pack events
• Work with Pack leadership to ensure Den success
• Participate in Pack program planning
• Supported by
• Cubmaster
• Pack Committee

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The Tiger Cub Den Leader

• Helps the Den get organized
• Gives leadership to Den program planning
• Shares leadership with adult partners
• Works with other Pack leaders
• Participates in Pack program planning
• Supported by
• Cubmaster
• Pack Committee

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ALL Cub Scout Leaders are Supported by the
District and Council through

• District Committee
• District Executive
• District Training Team
• District Cub Scout Roundtables
• Unit Commissioners(Go to video Pack
  Organization)

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The Advancement Method

• Encouragement and recognition of achievement
• Grade-related and progressive
• An asset or tool for parents
• Role of parents changes as boys mature
• In Tiger Cubs, parents are adult partners
• In Wolf Bear Cub years, parents work with the
  boys
• In Webelos Scouting, parents help with
  advancement while counselors do the actual
  approving

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Tiger Cub Advancement

• Parents are adult partners for all meetings
  and activities
• Tiger Cub Totem
• Tiger Cub rank
• Tiger Tracks
• Bobcat rank

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Cub Scout Advancement
Bear
Arrow Points
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Webelos Advancement
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The Arrow of Light

• Highest award in Cub Scouting
• Tied to the Webelos-to-Scout transition

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Cub Scout Uniforming

• Sense of belonging
• Recognition and attention
• Identification with Scouting

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Adult Cub Scout Leader Uniforms

• Set the example
• Visible sign of Leadership
• Identification with Scouting

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Summary Advancement Uniforming

• Advancement is grade-based and progressive
• Parents are the key to advancement for Tiger,
  Wolf, and Bear Cub Scouts
• Leaders (counselors) are the key to advancement
  for Webelos Scouts
• Leaders set uniforming example for all(Go to
  video Advancement and Uniforming)

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The Purposes of Cub Scouting

• Character Development
• Spiritual Growth
• Citizenship
• Sportsmanship
• Family Understanding

• Getting Along with Others
• Personal Achievement
• Helpfulness
• Exciting Things to do
• Preparing Cubs to be Boy Scouts

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Planning in the Pack

• Built around monthly themes for Cub Scouts,
  activities for Tiger Cubs, and activity badges
  for Webelos Scouts
• Themes tie each Pack meeting together
• Annual program planning conference
• Monthly Pack leaders meeting

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Cub Scout Camping

• Day camp
• Resident camp
• Family camping
• Pack camping
• Be sure to include Pack campingin your annual
  program plans.

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Cub Scout Pack Meetings

• Before the meeting
• Gathering
• Opening
• Program
• Den skits, songs, and stunts
• Demonstrations or presentations
• Games
• FUN!
• Recognitions (Advancement and other)
• Closing
• After the meeting

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Great Cub Scout Meetings

• Are planned well in advance
• Make good use of all leaders
• Use official program helps like the Cub Scout
  Leader Book and Group Meeting Sparklers
• Use Pack people resources
• Anticipate any behavior problems
• Are FUN!!!

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Great Cub Scout Leaders Know That

• Boys need a fast-moving program
• Energetic and quiet activities should be
  alternated
• Hands-on works better with boys than lecture
• Boys will learn self-control when given
  guidelines
• Codes of conduct work when applied
  consistently(Go to video Pack Programming)