Successful Webelos

1. Successful Webelos We Be Loyal Scouts

2. Webelos to Boy Scout Transition • A study of the Boy and his Search for Adventure and Fun • Who will search the Heart of a Boy? • What motivates a ten year old Boy? • Does a Campfire still have the magic to draw? • A Companion to share the sounds & smells • The Den becomes the Patrol.

3. Identify the Boy & the Parent • The Parent chooses to share their boy. • The Parent commits to their son. • The Parent delivers their son. • The Parent sets the limits on their son. • The Parent empowers & enables • The Parent releases the son to have fun. • The Parent grows independence in the son’s heart

4. Ten Points to effect Successful Transition • Know Your Scouts • And Have the Scouts Know You • Remember: You need them & they need you • Know the Parents & Make sure they know you • Have a Plan • Tell them Who Runs the Troop • Get Parents Involved • Prepare Your Troop for the Cub Scouts

5. Final Two Points • Don’t Skip the Scoutmaster Conferences • (Especially the First One!!!!) • Remember the First Point. • Know Your Scouts!

6. Know Your Scouts • Go to Pack Meetings, Den Meetings • Blue & Gold Banquets • Webelos Klondike Derbies • Talk to them • Learn their names (as many as you can) • Talk to the Younger ones! • The more you know them, • The more they will know you! • Which leads to Point #2.

7. And Have the Scouts Know You • Attend some of their Den Meetings • Sit down at their level and talk to them. • Tell them about you, the Scoutmaster • Tell them how the Troop Operates. • Talk to them how their patrol will be organized • Get them excited about Boy Scouts!

8. Remember: You need them and they need you • A Troop cannot survive without Cub Scouts crossing over each year. • Therefore, you need them & don’t be afraid to tell them that!!!!! • People like to feel needed & wanted, especially young Cub Scouts. • Work hard to get them to Boy Scouts because, even they may not realize it yet, they need you too. • They need Scouting & we need to make sure they don’t miss that once in a lifetime opportunity!

9. Know the Parents & Make Sure They know You • By attending the various Cub Scout events & getting to know the Cub Scouts, you will get to know their parents & they will get to know you. • Parents want their children to be a part of a “successful troop” & with someone they know. • This makes for a positive influence on their boy joining your Troop. • They may help out by becoming an adult leader, or committee member.

10. Have a Plan • When you put together your annual calendar for your unit include a plan for Webelos transition. • Include visits to the pack/dens, campouts with them included, visits to the troop, etc. • Set dates so nothing is overlooked. • Don’t just say it, plan it! (Otherwise it might not happen.

11. Tell them who runs the Troop: • Boy run Troop that uses the Patrol Method. • If you don’t start one now! • Remind the Cub Scouts and their parents that is how it will be when they Join the Troop. • Cub Scouts get excited hearing THEY will elect their Patrol Leader & how they will plan their meals for campouts, hikes etc. • All of this with the help of older scouts! • This will help them want to be part of the Troop.

12. Get Parents Involved • As you get to know the parents; they will get to know you. • They will be more willing to get involved in the Troop as adult leaders. • Make sure you don’t miss that opportunity. • Some will ask to be involved; • Others will wait to be asked. • Make sure you ask!

13. Prepare your Troop for the Cub Scouts: • Successful transition is not just getting them to join & come to the first meeting! • But it also is to keep them in the Troop & make First Class in the first year. • Make sure your Troop is set up to make the transition a successful one. • Have some older Scouts be Troop Guides and work with the new Scouts during their first year. • Have an adult be an Asst. Scoutmaster for new Scouts (whose primary responsibility would be to help the Troop Guides help the new Scouts!

14. Den Chiefs • Train Den Chiefs by using E-Training at my scouting.org • Send Den chiefs down into the dens. • Troop Guides help the Den Chiefs succeed in the dens. • The Den Chiefs need to serve for two years. • The Den Chiefs can elect a Troop Guide after a crossover at the B&G.

15. Don’t Skip on the Scoutmaster Conferences • Especially the First One! • Scoutmaster Conferences is a good way to know them; especially important for Tenderfoot & Second Class ranks. • Take time to talk to them. • Listen to what they have to say as well. • This will help them to keep them in Scouting

16. Remember the First Point • Know your Scouts! • This is so important it bears repeating. • Know Your Scouts!

17. Arrow of Light • Highest Award in Cub Scouting • Only Cub Scout Award to be worn on the Boy Scout uniform! ( Under left pocket) • After earning an Arrow of Light and turning 10 years old a Cub Scout is eligible to become a Boy Scout. • The term Arrow of Light is one of the terms in Cub Scouting that reflects the British background of Scouting. • It refers to the Arrow Park World Jamboree in Birkenhead, England in 1929.

18. First Class Badge • Describe the parts • Tell their meanings • The Mariner’s Compass points the way. • The Scout learns to find North by the North Star & the Scout points the way to Truth & Knowledge. • The Scout seeks the combination of the Tenderfoot & Second Class badges to build the First Class Badge. (On a Star, in your Heart and to fly like an Eagle!

19. The Transition has many ceremonies • What you do is up to you. • Get them outdoors quickly! • Plan a campout or a hike or both! • The Troop should : Welcome the Webelos on the other side of the Bridge. • Help out where possible; uniforms, etc.

20. Parents are the Key • The Parent brings a Scout to meetings and events. • Without Parents there is no Scouts. • Encouraged Parents to get Involve. • A parent sleeping in a tent means a boy is most likely having fun. • Our why is FTB. • YIS and always FTB!

21. Story of Akela • Some know of Akela as the Leader • Some see him as a wolf with a Cub Scout hat. • Others see him as an Indian Scout! • Akela is the Leader developing in all of us. • Akela had the heart of the first Scout. • A Scout means: Spirit commands our understanding Truth • Akela seeks out those who be seeking truth & knowledge.