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2024 Unit Health Metrics
on Great Trail Units served by the Council Commissioner Service Team, our District, and Unit Commissioners.
Page updated: April 16, 2024Why Unit Health Metrics?
What makes a healthy unit? Why do we care? If we can't measure it we can not know when we are making progress towards having stronger units. Having positive scores on the various unit metrics will increase the chances of scouting in each unit having the best experience possible while we assure the delivery of the Scouting program in a consistent way across units. The National Commissioner Service Team has identified a few metrics, and we will be following a few more with the goal of making our units as strong and as healthy as possible.
Our focus for now is only on Packs and TroopsNational metrics:
Sufficient size of the unit (yes/no): The minimum sizes are 20 for a Pack, 12 for a Troop, and 7 for our older youth programs
Positive year-to-year growth (yes, no)
Key 2 trained (unit leader and committee chair): (yes/no)
Any Rank Advancement within the previous 6 months. (yes/no)
Any Outdoor Camp in the Summer (yes/no) (Day Camp, and Resident Camp)
Retention (only National can calculate this correctly)
GTC metrics:
Sufficient adults to run the program (10 for Packs, 6 for Troops) (yes/no)
Details on Summer Program Attendance, which programs used and what percentage of youth attending
Actual size and percentage membership growth.
Unit Pin Refreshed on BeAScout (months since changing)
Presence of an assigned unit commissioner (yes / no, name of UC)
For more detailed information on the meaning and actual definitions used, visit More-on-metrics in these pages.
For more detailed information on the individual units you serve, see their unit dashboard at My.scouting.org.
Monthly updates
Published periodically.April 2024
April's 2024 Our second report report and implementation of the unit health metrics on each unit and a summary of the results.
Report date: 4/13/2024Data: as of 4/4/2024
Next update: TBD, May or June 2024.
Report type: published webpage of a spreadsheet.Previous months archived below.
Summer Camping Health by unit
Units should use council-provided camps for both Cub Scout and Scouts BSA programs. This report shows which units use and do not use BSA facilities to enhance their scouts' experience. This data includes in- and out-of-council experiences at Cub Scout Day Camp, Cub Scout Resident Camp, and Scouts BSA Resident Camp.
Report date: April 12, 2024Data from the Summer of 2023
Next update: Fall 2024
Report type: published webpage of a spreadsheet.
Encourage Packs to attend Day and Cub Resident Camp at manatoc.org/cub-summer
Patrol Method Best Practices
Data from the Unit Health Reporting tool. Troops should strive to implement all 13 Best Practices. Commissioners can use these data when helping their Troops.
Report Data: Feb 27, 2024Data: from Unit Health Reporting Tool 2023, only for participating Scoutmasters in the reporting.
Next Update: TBD
Report type: pdf
Archive
December 2023
First Attempt to report Unit Health by unit. Definitions are included on one of the tabs.
Report date: December 8, 2023Data: as of 12/5/2023
Next update:: April 2024
Report type: published webpage of a spreadsheet.
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