Patrol Leader's Council

Patrol Leaders remember the 5 P's "Prior Planning Prevents Poor Performance" The Patrol Leader’s Council Becoming a patrol leader, you became not one leader, but two. You became the leader of your patrol, but at the same time, you became a leader in your troop, with the duty of sharing in the task of running the troop. With your patrol leaders badge goes the privilege of being a member in the patrol leaders’ council. In this council, you meet with the other patrol leaders and troop leaders to plan the activities of the troop and to discuss and solve troop problems. You will usually meet once every month, although PLC meetings may be more or less as needed.  At the PLC meetings, you have a chance to express the hopes and desires of your patrol, to explain what it is doing, and what it expects to do. Here, also, you receive the guidance and help you need to conduct your patrol affairs and train your boys. In the PLC meetings, you pick up inspiration for making your gang into the best possible patrol. Here you’ll discover that by running a good patrol that takes an active and loyal part in the troop’s life, you are helping make your whole troop a good troop. Troop 39 expects that all planning for all trips, outings and meeting be planned to completion by the PLC. The PLC is run by the scouts with the advisement only of the adult leaders. The PLC should use this time wisely to develop the month’s events and resolve any advancement or scout problems. As the Leader of My Patrol  I WILL lead my Patrol by my initiative and my personal example, in Scoutcraft knowledge as well as in Scout Spirit.  I WILL plan, with my Scouts, the Patrol's activities--meetings, hikes, Good Turns, special projects--and will carry them out to the best of my ability.  I WILL train my Assistant Patrol Leader to lead the Patrol in my absence, and give each of the other Scouts a chance to do some leading in the Patrol.  I WILL keep well ahead of my Patrol in advancement, and will help my Scouts to advance by training them and examining them in Scout Requirements.  I WILL set an example for my Patrol by wearing my Scout Uniform at all Scout activities, and will urge my Scouts to do the same.  I WILL be responsible for the routine business of the Patrol attendance, dues, and the like--but will get some other Patrol member to keep the records.  I WILL make a special effort to be a friend to each Scout of my Patrol, and to know his home, his parents, his school or work, so that I may truly be able to help him.  As a Leader in the Troop  I WILL faithfully attend all sessions of the Patrol Leaders' Council to receive training for my job and to do my part in planning the program of the Troop.  I WILL represent my Patrol at Patrol Leaders' Council, bringing before the Council the wishes of my Patrol, and taking back to my Patrol the decisions of the Council.  I WILL promote the whole-hearted, punctual and well-disciplined participation of my Patrol in all Troop activities.