Key 7+ staff meeting



Key 7+ staff meeting 16 March 2008

Agenda

Program (ASM-P, Scribe, SPLs)

What information do we want to collect on Our Fellow Scouters (OFS), when they register?

SPL: silly songs, gifts

Website issues

Are we doing a re-commitment ceremony?

I have not progressed on the Council Strip idea, talking with NYLT staff

I will need help in finalizing the Wood Badge Handbook (for OFS)

Support (ASM-S, fQM)

Syllabus to staff

Inventory of “stuff”

Food planning for SDMs

Copy machines, audio-video

Guides (ASM-TG, youth staff)

? Guides to meet before the orientation meeting?

Time line

Orientation meeting agenda

Upcoming personal conflicts (vacations)

Recruiting

Flyers are on what web-pages?

Super Saturday

Other opportunities? The ‘harder’ districts? TDC roster

Other

Concerns?

Time line

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Staff

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Orientation Meeting

Council Service Center, Wednesday 21 May 2008.

Uniform of the day: (Activity Uniform) Course shirt, Course hat, Scout trousers

Bring: Any of the following you have from prior courses: shirts, hat, course patches, totems

Syllabus

Your personal calendar

Course patch design ideas (on 8x10 sheet of paper)

Bring: snack

6:00-6:30pm Eat?, Socialize (Tom, Nancy setup)

1) Opening (Bill) 6:30

2) Welcome, expectations (Chuck)

Everyone is responsible for the whole syllabus (except TGs, where this is only 90% true)

a) Vision

Positive role model, Oath/Law, Satisfaction of Our Fellow Scouters (AKA “participants”)

Staff project prepared by TGs

b) Staff Positions

listing of people and their positions

3) Staff introduction exercises (John)

a) Introduce yourself

b) Start Stop Continue introduction

To be handed in at the end.

4) Program (Al)

a) Syllabus changes

Spirit and intent. Spiritual issues.

b) Presentation topics handed out-Who does what

Days until … events

Consider: We want to get AWAY from PowerPoint and TOWARDS active learning (see your TDC notes)

Note: Wood Badge Handbook will be handed out

Resolve calendar questions

c) Presentation prep teams

We insist on Great Presentations

Small groups to ensure that the first time the “full staff” sees a presentation, it will require, at most, small tweaks

d) Team Breakouts

i) ASM-TG will meet with TGs to establish a common calendar

ii) ASM-TG will get TGS to begin developing ideas for staff project

e) ? Course Overview presentation by Chuck?

Break

f) Communication: eMail, webpage, phone

5) Recruitment (Chuck)

a) Venturers

6) Admin issues (Tom)

a) Syllabus and Admin Guide and Course DVD

b) Staff fee

c) Medicals

d) Uniform, shirt/hat, red jacket, nametag, staff flag

Mechanism for purchasing ScoutStuff

e) Other issues

7) ‘round the room: Questions, Comments, Concerns (Al)

a) Start Stop Continue reflection

b) Reminder of next meeting(s)

8) Scoutmaster’s Minute (Chuck) 9:28

9) Gilwell (Bill) 9:29

10) List of Handouts:

a) WB handbook

b) Presenter list

c) TDC presentation styles

d) DVD homework for staff

e)

Looking ahead to SDMs

At SDM1 (21 June all day at Svc Center)

1) Staff introduction exercises (John)

Who Me Game

2) Course Connections

“take home message” emphasized at the end of each presentation

(yes) we will be going thru the Stages of Team development

Ticket training, including post-course issues

3) Discussion of staff-gifts

4) Review: Gathering (Cub) activities, Blue and Gold, crossover

5) Presentations

a) Values, Mission and Vision

b) Front end alignment

c) Inclusiveness

d) Stages of team development

e) Who will do: Conservation project

6) Scribes/Tech review how paper and presentation will happen

7) Final decision on shirt, hat, patch, flag, … whatever

8) Meds, fees due

9) Review Rockets, Game Show, and Win all You Can

10) Review Day 1, 2, 3 schedule

11) ‘round the room: Questions, Comments, Concerns (Al)

a) Start Stop Continue reflection

b) Reminder of next meeting(s)

12) Back to Gilwell (Bill)

13) Scoutmaster’s Minute (Chuck)

At SDM2 (25-26 July at Svc Center)

1) Final presentations due to Bennie

2) Rehearsals

a) Gathering (Cub) activities

b) Opening Gilwell

c) Blue and Gold, crossover

3) Presentations

a) Instructional worship

b) Leading Teaching EDGE

c) Leading Change

d) Project Planning

e) October Sky?

f) Valuing people/leveraging diversity

4) Round robin assignments

5) Review Day 4,5,6 schedule

6) ‘round the room: Questions, Comments, Concerns (Al)

a) Start Stop Continue reflection

b) Reminder of next meeting(s)

7) Back to Gilwell (Bill)

8) Scoutmaster’s Minute (Chuck)

At SDM3 (22 August 2008 at Cub Camp)

1) Presentations

a) Staff (TG) project

b) Instructional Campfire

c) Leaving a Legacy

d) TG patrol presentations (all three)

e) Coaching and Mentoring

f) Self Assessment

g) Summary Session

h) Tickets

2) Course Logistics

a) Physical Arrangements

b) Quartermaster

c) Scribe

d) Technology

3) Health and Safety Issues

4) Venturing LNT review

5) ASM-Support and QM issues

6) (brief) Schedule review

7) ‘round the room: Questions, Comments, Concerns (Al)

a) Start Stop Continue reflection

b) Reminder of next meeting(s)

8) Back to Gilwell (Bill)

9) Scoutmaster’s Minute (Chuck)

Notes to self

Need staff info from:

Tom J, Jim R, Sheila N, Joe O, Phil V

Fears, concerns

Bennie Good has 5 weeks of scout events planned. Hasn’t confirmed dates

Geoff: “Someone suffering from physical ailments and not telling anyone they are suffering until they are in serious, debilitating pain, as was the case in my course.”

John: “Roman Catholic - Weekly Mass is a must; options are Sat. eve at 5:30, Sunday morning, or Sunday at 5pm. I believe we need to be considerate of this requirement, which has not been accommodated in our schedule. Provide a van for first Sun. Mass?”

Note: Mike Lynch will not be at SDM1

LDS: Scott Davis and Brad Brewer (w Lloyd)

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