1.0  Effective Leadership

2003 Status

2008 Goal

Strategic Approach

Tactics

Proposed 2004 Goal

Who’s Responsible

1.1 Unit Leadership

Improve youth retention by improving trained unit leaders.

- Cub Scouts – 53%

- Boy Scouts – 42%

- Venturing – 28%

(*Direct Contact Leaders – Tiger Leader, Den Leader, Webelos Leader, Cubmaster, Scoutmaster, Assistant Scoutmaster, Venture Crew Advisors)

- Cub Scouts – 75%

- Boy Scouts – 60%

- Venturing – 60%

Trained leaders will deliver a better program; a better program will increase the interest of youth; increased interest will improve retention.

Unit committees trained in volunteer recruitment techniques will select best possible leaders for each unit position.

- Hire a part-time training coordinator to track leader training, contact new leaders.

- Hold Basic Training every month in central location.

- Rewrite Cub Training curriculum.

- Consider mandatory training.

- Register college-age Asst. Scoutmaster in a different position.

- Offer free training.

- Expand District training teams to 3-member teams per every 15 units.

- Ask chartered organizations to promote 100% trained leaders.

- Cub Scouts - 67%

- Boy Scouts - 45%

- Venturers - 40%

Council Training Com.

1.2  District Commissioner Service

Be proactive in discovering leadership/unit problems; reduce the number of lost units.

6.2% dropped units.

0% dropped units.

Commissioners & District leadership need to be more proactive in identifying potential issues before they manifest themselves into problems and losses.

- Achieve & maintain a ratio of 3 units per active commissioner.

- Conduct mid-year unit reviews to assure they are on track to be a Quality Unit for the year.

- Implement “Every Unit, Every Month” in each District.

- Visit all chartered organizations at least once per year.

- If weak units are identified, a stronger unit should mentor them.

- Set additional standards to insure that new units are organized properly.

- Train Unit committees on volunteer recruitment techniques.

- Utilize and maintain the “Unit Scorecard”.

5.8% dropped units.

Council Commissioner

1.3  District Committees

Expand District leadership to ensure effective organization.

25 members per District (average); not all are active.

30 active members

- All leaders are trained in effective volunteer recruitment.

- Creation of a culture of succession planning.

- Utilize a District Committee Member Evaluation Tool.

- A well-trained & expanded District leadership corps will function more successfully.  Districts must have a minimum of 25 active members.

- Recruitment plan with emphasis on finding the right person for the job.

- Improved transition of leadership between programs.

- Provide annual or bi-annual District training within the District.

- Conduct supplemental training on pertinent topics.

- Every District member should have an assigned responsibility.

- Selective recruiting should identify the best people within the local community.

- District nominating committees should function year-round.

- Enlist chartered organizations to assist in locating new leadership through bulletins & announcements.

- Develop & promote Volunteer Recruitment Training Program.

- Develop tracking mechanism for all registered leaders.

- Hold annual COR training.

- Develop a District Committee Member Evaluation Tool.

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Volunteer Recruitment Training rolled out at all levels.  

Council VP-Dist. Operations

1.4  Executive Board

Develop an Executive Board that is diverse and the strongest in the Minsi Trails Council area.

- 22 Officers.

- 43 Executive Board Members.

- 90 Advisory Committee Members.

- 14% minority representation in Officers & Executive Board.

- Diverse representation of communities served.

- Clear line of Board responsibility & structure.

- Every Board member active on at least one committee each year.

- Organize Board to increase organization & effectiveness.

- Assemble study committee to review structure & term limits.

- Make recommendations; implement results.

- Recruit more Board members from Monroe, Carbon, and Luzerne Counties.

- Study Committee assembled & recommendations made (Dec. ’03)

- Implement results (Jan. 04).

Council President

Scout Executive

Council Nominating Com.

1.5 Council Staff

Insure that the Council has an adequate number of professional & support staff members to implement the Strategic Plan.

Quality Unit Executives – 1

District Executives/Field Dir. – 7

Learning for Life Executives/Dir. – 3.5

Scoutreach District Executives/Dir. – 2

Management Staff (Scout Executive,

Asst. Scout Executive, Dir. of Support Services) – 3

Support Staff – 6.5

Rangers – 2

Total - 25

Quality Unit Executives – 3

District Executives/Field Dir. – 7

Learning for Life Executives/Dir. – 4.5

Scoutreach District Executives/Dir. – 3

Endowment Dir. – 1

Marketing Dir. – 1

Management Staff (Scout Executive,

Asst. Scout Executive, Dir. of Support Services, Dir. of Field Service) – 4

Support Staff – 8

Rangers – 2

Total – 33

- Hire the best qualified candidates for each position – train and support them to attain the goals of the Strategic Plan.

- Create Quality Unit Executives to work directly with unit leaders to assist with program planning and implementation.

- Hire specialists in Marketing and Endowment.

- Hire a full-time training coordinator & an Endowment/Capital Campaign assistant.

- Hire Scoutreach Executive for Monroe County.

- Hire an Exploring Executive.

- Hire a Dir. of Field Service to manage all field operations.

Hire either a Marketing Dir. or an Endowment Dir.

Finance Committee

Scout Executive

1.6  Continuous Improvement

Achieve TQM methodology in use throughout all Council/unit activities.

Top-level use of Quality methods.

Quality processes & techniques at all levels of Scouting.

TQM methods have been shown to be effective; ensure that the methods are used throughout the Council.

- Conduct TQM training within all Districts & with Council Officers.

- Identify top priority issues & assemble PIT groups to deal with them; report findings throughout Council.

- Use evaluation forms at all activities & implement identified improvements.

- Benchmark selected programs at other Councils & plan to achieve best of class ranking.

Quality processes & techniques used to drive Board agendas.

Council President

Scout Executive