Scouting, Volume 78, Number 4, September 1990 Page: 43
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Chickasaw Council
district Scouters Daryl
Skoog (center) and
Ron Edmonds con-
duct individual Fast
Start training with
Ed Leet, a new troop
leader.
f
videotaped presentation, with an accom-
panying viewers guide.
Each of the five parts for Cub Scout
leaders runs from 13 to 20 minutes. They
include: "The New Den Leader," "The
New Webelos Den Leader," "The New
Cubmaster," "The Pack Organization,"
and "The Tiger Cub Organizer (Coach)."
For Boy Scout leaders there are three
segments: "The Troop Organization,"
"The Troop Meeting," and "The Out-
door Program" with total running time of
nearly an hour.
The Boy Scout leader's viewer guide
suggests that the new leader watch the
tapes with a district or council Scouter
who can field questions and clear up any
misunderstandings on the spot. The Cub
Scout leader's video, on the other hand,
was designed to be watched by the leader
alone, with follow up information pro-
O,
nly days after being
recruited, Cub Scout and Boy
Scout leaders get a boost in
self-confidence from the
BSA's innovative series of
training videos.
vided by a knowledgeable Cub Scouter.
Nevertheless, in both the Chickasaw
Council and the Columbia Pacific Coun-
cil, Portland, Ore., trainers favor having
an experienced hand with the new Cub
Scout leader while he watches the tape.
Said Columbia Pacific's program di-
rector, Gary Lewis, "The plan in our
council is that a unit commissioner sits
with him or her and goes through the
viewer's guide on a one-to-one basis. On
occasion," he added, "if there are a lot of
new leaders in a pack, they'll see it to-
gether, but the plan is one-on-one."
Believing that better training of unit
leaders is a key to improving Cub Scout
tenure, the Columbia Pacific Council this
year gave each of its packs copies of all
A group viewing of the Cub Scout tape
creates "an exchange of ideas" says
Scouter Jan Thurman (second from left).
Cub Scout Fast Start tapes. Other coun-
cils will have copies of the tapes that units
may borrow.
In the Chickasaw Council, special Cub
Scout Fast Start teams separate from the
regular district training teams are organ-
ized to make sure that every new leader
has the chance to take Fast Start. The Fast
Start chairman for each district recruits
trainers from each pack to ensure that
newcomers are "fast-started" without
delay. They also bring the training to new
packs.
The system works well, according to
Joyce Herring, Chickasaw Cub Scout
training chairman. She estimated that 95
percent of the council's new Cub Scout
leaders take Fast Start. The trainers not
only sit with the new leader but also show
the resources available for his or her job.
In the Chickasaw Council's Southeast
District, new Cub Scout leaders get Fast
Start in a group with others in their pack.
The method works, said Jan Thurman,
the district's training chairman.
"We like it because when you have a
group rather than just one person, you get
an exchange of ideas and opinions" she
said. "And if they are all from the same
pack, they have a connection and you're
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