New leaders: This jam-packed guide will bring you up to speed—fast—so that you can get started in your new role as a Scouting volunteer leader.
A change to the Scouts BSA joining requirements will make it easier for young people to join a troop alongside their friends and classmates.
The transition from Webelos to Scouts BSA is an important stage in a Cub Scout’s journey. It is crucial that leaders in Scouting do everything they can to make the process as seamless and inviting as possible for Webelos and their parents. To make sure Scouts make the move from Webelos to Scouts BSA, follow
Denners and den chiefs can help serve as positive role models and encourage boys to move to the next level of Scouting.
Have questions about the BSA? We’ve got answers. In today's edition: volunteers serving multiple units, merit badge counselors, Eagle pins and more!
Parents spend so much time making sure their Scouts will have the best summer camp possible that they might not be fully ready themselves.
The BSA has refreshed and retooled a pair of online resources for Scouts BSA volunteers. Bookmark them now and check them often.
Many troops work hard to recruit graduating Webelos Scouts, only to see them drop out because they don't think they fit in. Scouter W.E.B. is looking for ways to make new Boy Scouts feel at home.
Instead of this magazine being delivered to you five times a year, you will get almost instantaneous access to the content that has made and will continue to make Scouting great.
Use SAFE to prepare for all your Scouting activities
Can a volunteer serve in multiple positions within a unit? Can, for example, an assistant Scoutmaster also be on the unit committee? We asked the expert.
These days, recruiting more families means getting out there into your community. That strategy — and these three others — has helped Troop 283 grow.
NOTICE For further resources and information please email us at [email protected] The basic premise of Scouting for youth with disabilities is that all youth want to participate fully and be respected like every other member of the unit. While there are, by necessity, units exclusively composed of Scouts with disabilities, experience has shown that Scouting […]
If we’re going to get today’s kids outdoors, we parents and adult leaders have to take them there.
The BSA's training awards and keys can help you track your progress and help you be a more successful leader.
Try these tips to build succession leadership in your unit.
A Scouter asked how new Scouts—who were used to being led by adults as Cub Scouts and now complain about older Scouts' authoritarian leadership—can be helped to accept boy leadership in the troop.
You and your family can survive the start of a new year — and the entire year, really — by recognizing and managing stress.
He's seen the troop grow from 24 members about four months after the launch of Scouts BSA in February 2019 to more than 50 girls today.
How far away should Scouts stand during a model rocket launch? Should you have a den meeting at a trampoline park? Is tossing color-changing additives into a campfire a good idea? For answers to these
With the completion of state-of-the-art buildings for training and lodging, SBR will soon realize its goal of becoming a 365-day home for Scouting.
The BSA Historic Trails, a collection of nearly 300 hiking paths from 38 states, help young people connect with history.
There aren't any exemptions for 2021, so now is the time to make sure you and your Scout's records are up-to-date and complete.
Does your youth-led unit display more chaos than control? Use these tips to help support youth leaders when establishing a Scout-led troop.
The BSA has released a Suicide Prevention Month video and discussion guide designed to be used at meetings of the BSA’s programs for older youth.
“It’s good to have a lot of people out there who can help if they have to. Scouts should always Be Prepared, because, you know, stuff like this happens."
Scouting U, the BSA's training program for adult leaders, has set its 2017 goal: at least 50 percent of direct-contact leaders trained.
Every year is an exciting year to be a Scout. And every year I think this will be the best year ever.
In a process called succession planning, those who follow the Scout Motto simply move the predetermined person into place to fill the vacancy.
It's not a cot. It's not bug spray. And it's definitely not a laptop full of work stuff. Take a seat and read about the most important piece of summer camp gear for Scout leaders.
The program planning conference lets your patrol leaders' council brainstorm possibilities for a calendar full of exciting troop outings.
In the Scouting spirit of friendliness, we kindly recommend that every Scout unit identify at least one volunteer to serve as New Member Coordinator.
Scouters who heeded the Scout Motto last year remembered to track and document their Scouting-related expenses. Here's how.
The most successful scouting units all tend to have a number of things in common. Read more to find out where your unit stacks up.
Does your youth-led unit display more chaos than control? Use these tips to help support youth leaders when establishing a Scout-led troop.
Troop Leader Resources — available at troopleader.org — is a new, BSA-authorized website that helps Scouts and Scouters plan better meetings.
All youth or adult leaders who have reached one year of tenure with the Boy Scouts of America are eligible to begin wearing service stars.
The BSA contingent will include 10,000 people — the largest contingent the BSA has ever sent to a World Jamboree. Here's how to be one of the lucky ones.
Filing an incident report is the right thing to do when things go wrong. Here's how.
Don't let your Scouting unit falter due to declining membership, gaps in adult leadership and other problems. Use these best practices for success.
Overwhelmed by the roar of the crowd at your pack meetings? Use these strategies to help turn down the volume.
Now, instead of a four-day workshop, this conference will be a virtual series of seven Zoom sessions set over four weeks in September and October, available for free to any interested Scouter.
