Scout Leadership Course Handout

Session area

Scout Award Scheme Page 1 Page 2 Page 3

Outline of the session

The Patrol Leaders, as part of the Troop Council, have responsibility for progressing and passing members through the Scout Award Scheme. It would be only appropriate that the Troop Council have a full knowledge of the scheme and how it can be applied.

Session Notes (Continued from Page 2)

Setting Standards

• Most awards in the Scout Award Scheme are approved by the Troop Council.
• A Patrol Leader has responsibility for instructing and passing the award requirements for the members of their Patrol.
• On completion of an award, the Patrol Leader will ask the Troop Council for their approval to award the Scout. The Troop Council must consider each application on its own merit.
• The Troop Council may ask for details of the Scout's activities - especially if there is any concern that a Scout has not complete the requirements fully.
• In deciding if a Scout has completed the requirements, the Troop Council must consider what the requirement is and whether the Scout has really done their best.
• Agreeing a set of standards as a Troop Council can help this decision making process.

Record Keeping

The Patrol Leader should be keeping records for the Scouts in their Patrol at Pioneer and Explorer Levels. Those at Adventurer Level will be working more with the Scout Leaders to keep their records up to date. Remember what each Scout has done is difficult without records.

All Scouts, espcially younger Scouts, like to be able to see their progress. Keeping their own record book and/or having an overall Troop wall chart is a good, visual way to show progress.

There are some electronic record keeping systems available at various Scouting websites.

Path to the Australian Scout Medallion:

These are MINIMUM requirements (although, depending on age and experience, after the Scoutcraft badge, it is possible to start work on Explorer or Adventurer immediately.
Membership Award -> Scoutcraft ->
Pioneer Campcraft + Pioneer Citizenship + One other Pioneer Elective -> Pioneer Badge
Pioneer Badge + 1 Patrol Activity + 2 Proficiency Badges -> Pioneer Cord
Explorer Campcraft + Explorer Citizenship + One other Explorer Elective -> Explorer Badge
Explorer Badge + 1 more Patrol Activity (2 in total) + 2 more Proficiency Badges (4 in total) -> Explorer Cord
Adventurer Campcraft + Adventurer Citizenship + One other Adventurer Elective -> Adventurer Badge
Adventurer Badge + 1 more Patrol Activity (6 in total) + 2 more Proficiency Badges (6 in total) -> Adventurer Cord
Adventurer Cord + Scout Leadership Course + Leadership Activity -> Australian Scout Medallion.