UNIT COMMISSIONER WORKSHEET (TEAM)
FOR USE AFTER VISITING A MEETING OF T
EAM
NO.
Please don’t use this worksheet during the t
eam
meeting.You are not grading the t
eam
’s performance. You are onlylooking for ways to help.The form suggests how you mightaddress any deficiencies.Plan your strategy before discuss-ing it with the
Team Coach
or other
s
in the troop.
Rememberyou are the t
eams
’s friend and your job is to help themto be successful.
Under each category, circle the number of the statement thatmost closely resembles the troop meeting.1=Nearly an ideal situtation2=Typical unit, could be improved3=Weak situtation, needs actionTo profile these statements on the Unit Profile, place a dotunder the number you circled for each category.To form aprofile, connect the dots with a line.Check the ways you intend to help by dating the appropriateboxes (bottom half of this page and reverse).Keep this form with the unit roster.
UNIT PROFILE123
Meeting operationBoy leadershipSkills instructionpresentationSkills instruction levelsMembershipBudget planAttendance
Squad
activity
Committee Structure
Outdoor program
MEETING OPERATION
1.Orderly meeting ran without delaysusing planned program and good for-mat.2.Good meeting with planning, but someconfusion.3.Disorderly or confusing meeting—noplanning evident.
Some Ways to Help
Take leaders to
the
next
Varsity Huddle
.Encourage the
Team Coach
to at-tend Basic Leader training.Review the T
eam
Program Planningchapter in the
Varsity Scout Leader's Handb
ook
with the
Coach
and seta date for the annual programplanning conference.Help
Team Coach
set up monthly
squad
leaders’ council meeting.Review
T
eam
Program Features
with the
Team Coach
.
BOY LEADERSHIP
1.Boys ran the meeting with adults in ad-visory capacity.2.Some boy leadership with most ac-tivities run by adults.3.Meeting was run entirely by adults.
Some Ways to Help
Convince
Coach
to set up amonthly
squad
leaders’ councilmeeting.Review the
Coach
’s JuniorLeader Training Kit with
TeamCoach and assistants
.Review the
Squad Leader's Handbook
with the
Team Coach
.Point out sections of the
Varsity Leader's
Handbook
that refer to therole of youth leadership in the t
eam
.Remind
Coach
that
Varsity
Scoutingincludes leadership development.
SKILLS INSTRUCTIONPRESENTATION
1.
Boy's
“learned by doing”; lots ofhands-on learning experiences wereprovided.2.Skills were presented in a classroomsetting with some hands-on learningopportunities.3.Classroom presentation was the onlymethod of skills instruction.
Some Ways to Help
Review
T
eam
Program Features
with the
Coach
.Share Tenderfoot-to-First Class ad-vancement requirements with
Team Coach
and explain that theseare designed to be experienced, nottaught.Review the portion of advancementvideo that deals with teaching skills.Suggest use of T
eam
AdvancementWall Chart at meetings.
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