The patrol method gives Boy Scouts an experience in group living and participating citizenship. It places responsibility on young shoulders and teaches boys how to accept it. The patrol method allows Scouts to interact in small groups where they can easily relate to each other. These small groups determine the Troop activities through their elected representatives.
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Patrol Method
The Patrol method is a system where Scouts have the opportunity to work together as a small group at meetings, events, service projects, and on campouts. The Patrol method gives every member of the patrol responsibilities and allows them to learn how to live and work together for the good of the entire group. This is where leadership has an opportunity to be practiced and developed as the Scouts are responsible for planning and developing their agendas.
Our Troop is comprised of seven patrols ranging from the new Scout patrol, intermediate Scout skilled patrols, and our most advanced-older Scout patrols. Our patrols are age based and each member is in the same grade. By being in a patrol with Scouts that are the same age and grade helps the Scouts by having common interests and abilities.
The patrol is the single most important part of a Troop. Each patrol is run by a Patrol Leader and an Assistant Patrol leader elected by the members of the patrol. The Troop has a Senior Patrol leader that is in charge of all of the patrols as well as the Troop and is elected by the youths in the Troop.
There are additional youth leadership positions within the Troop beyond those of Senior Patrol Leader and Patrol Leaders. These positions of leadership are appointed by the Senior Patrol leader with the approval of the Scoutmaster.
Assistant Senior Patrol Leader, Troop Guide, Scribe, Instructor, Historian, Librarian, Bugler, Chaplain Aid, Quartermaster, Order of the Arrow Rep, Leave No Trace Trainer, Webmaster, and Jr. Assistant Scoutmaster.
The Patrol Leaders Council is the decision-making body of the youth leadership. It’s run by the Senior Patrol Leader and is mainly comprised of the Assistant Senior Patrol Leader, Patrol Leaders, Assistant Patrol Leaders, Troop Guide, and the Scribe. Occasionally the other youth offices will be asked to attend and participate in Patrol Leader Council meetings. The PLC is responsible for the weekly meeting topics and agenda, the annual campout program, service projects, events and activities of the Troop. The PLC is the voice and representative of all of the Scouts in the Troop.