Leadership Positions

Troop organizational charts, position orientation videos and more can be found on this scouting.org site.

These responsibilities apply to all positions. Additional responsibilities for each position are below.

  • Set a good example.

  • Wear the scout uniform correctly.

  • Live by the Scout Oath and Law.

  • Show and help develop Scout Spirit.

Assistant Patrol Leader

  • Help the Patrol Leader plan and lead patrol meetings and activities.

  • Help the Patrol Leader keep patrol members informed.

  • Help the Patrol Leader prepare the patrol to take part in all troop activities.

  • Lead the patrol in the Patrol Leader's absence.

  • Attend all Patrol Leaders' Council meetings.

  • Attend 90% of Troop meetings

  • Attend 75% of Troop Events

  • Work with other troop leaders to make the troop run well.

  • Work as a team with the Patrol Leader. Keep him informed.

  • Help the Patrol Leader keep patrol members focused during patrol meetings and activities.

Assistant Senior Patrol Leader

  • Be responsible for training and giving direct leadership to the following appointed Scout leaders: Historian, Order of the Arrow Representative, Scribe, Librarian, Instructor, Quartermaster, and Chaplain Aide.

  • Help lead meetings and activities as called upon by the Senior Patrol Leader.

  • Attend All PLC meetings

  • Attend 90% of all Troop meetings.

  • Attend 75% of all Troop events.

  • Guide the troop in the Senior Patrol Leader's absence.

  • Perform tasks assigned by the Senior Patrol Leader.

  • Function as a member of the Patrol Leader's Council.

  • Help set and enforce the tone for good Scout behavior within the troop.

  • Work as a team with the Senior Patrol Leader. Keep him informed.

Bugler

  • Make appropriate bugle calls, as requested, at troop meetings and activities.

Chaplain Aide

  • Keep troop leadership apprised of religious holidays when planning activities.

  • Assist the Chaplain in meeting the religious needs of troop members while on activities.

  • Leads prayers at Opening events including Troop meetings and Formal events (COH)

  • Leads grace at meals while camping or on activities.

  • Lead worship services on campouts.

  • Tell troop members about the religious emblems program for their faith.

Den Chief

  • Serve as the activities assistant at den meetings.

  • Meet regularly with the den leader to review the den and pack meeting plans.

  • If serving as a Webelos Den Chief help prepare Webelos to join Boy Scouts.

  • Project a positive image of Boy Scouting while with the Webelos / Cub Scouts

  • Attend as many Webelos activities as possible.

  • Encourage Webelos to continue into Boy Scouts.

Guide

  • Introduce new scouts to troop operations.

  • Guide new scouts through early scouting activities.

  • Help set and enforce the tone for good Scout behavior within the troop.

  • Ensure older Scouts never harass or bully new Scouts.

  • Help new scouts work towards their First Class rank.

  • Coach the patrol leader of the new-scout patrol on his duties.

  • Work with the Patrol Leader at patrol leaders' council meetings.

  • Attend the patrol leader's council meetings with the Patrol Leader of the new-scout patrol.

  • Assist the Assistant Scoutmaster with training.

  • Coach individual scouts on scouting challenges.

  • Teach basic scout skills.

  • Make sure new scouts know that you are available to help them.

Historian

  • Gather pictures about past activities of the troop and keep them in scrapbooks, wall displays, or information files.

  • Take care of troop trophies and keepsakes.

  • Keep information about troop alumni.

  • Put together a slideshow for the December Court of Honor and at other times as needed.

  • Manage the troop's online photos.

Instructor

  • Instruct scouting skills as needed within the troop or patrols.

  • Prepare well in advance for each teaching assignment.

Junior Assistant Scoutmaster

  • Function as an Assistant Scoutmaster (except for leadership responsibilities reserved for adults 18 and 21 years of age or older).

  • Accomplish any duties assigned by the Scoutmaster.

Leave No Trace Trainer

  • Have a thorough understanding of and commitment to Leave No Trace.

  • Successfully complete the Leave No Trace Trainer training course.

  • Help minimize the troop’s impact on the land by teaching Scouts the principles of Leave No Trace.

  • Help ensure that the troop follows Leave No Trace principles on outings.

Librarian

  • Establish and maintain a troop library.

  • Keep records on literature owned by the troop.

  • Add new or replacement items as needed.

  • Have literature available for borrowing at troop meetings.

  • Maintain a system to check literature in and out.

  • Follow up on late returns.

Order of the Arrow Representative

  • Serve as a communication link between the lodge or chapter and the troop.

  • Encourage Scouts to actively participate in community service projects.

  • Encourage Arrowmen to assume leadership positions in the troop.

  • Encourage Arrowmen in the troop to be active participants in the lodge and/or chapter activities and to seal their membership in the Order by becoming Brotherhood members.

  • Live by the OA Obligation.

  • Attend OA Chapter Meetings.

  • Keep the SPL and ASPL informed about what was discussed at the OA Chapter Meetings.

  • Schedule OA Elections in the Spring (they have to be done before the end of May).

Patrol Leader

  • Plan and lead patrol meetings and activities.

  • Keep patrol members informed.

  • Assign each patrol member a task and help them succeed.

  • Represent the patrol at all Patrol Leaders' Council meetings and the annual program planning conference.

  • Attend 90% of Troop meetings & PLC

  • Attend 75% of Troop Events

  • Prepare the patrol to take part in all troop activities.

  • Work with other troop leaders to make the troop run well.

  • Know what patrol members and other leaders can do.

  • Work as a team with the Assistant Patrol Leader. Keep him informed.

  • Notify the Assistant Patrol Leader in advance if you will not be at a troop activity.

  • Work with the patrol Quartermaster.

Quartermaster

  • Keep records of patrol and troop equipment.

  • Keep equipment in good repair.

  • Keep patrol box, trailer, and equipment room neat and clean.

  • Issue equipment and see that it is returned in good order.

  • Suggest new or replacement items.

  • Work with the troop committee Equipment Coordinator.

  • Inventory and re-stock patrol boxes before and/or after campouts.

Scribe

  • Attend and keep a log of Patrol Leaders' Council meetings.

  • Email the PLC meeting minutes to the PLC email list within 24 hours of the PLC meeting.

  • Work with the Webmaster to have the PLC meeting minutes posted on the website within 48 hours of the PLC meeting.

  • Take Attendance at Troop meetings

  • Record the annual dues payments of Scouts.

  • Work with the troop committee Treasurer (for the annual dues).

  • Handle correspondence appropriately.

Senior Patrol Leader

  • Preside at all troop meetings, events, activities, and annual program planning conference.

  • Chair the patrol leaders' council (PLC).

  • Attend All PLC meetings

  • Attend 90% of all Troop meetings.

  • Attend 75% of all Troop events.

  • Appoint Scout leaders with the advice and consent of the Scoutmaster.

  • Assign duties and responsibilities to other Scout leaders.

  • Work with the Scoutmaster in training Scout leaders.

  • Set and enforce the tone for good Scout behavior within the troop.

  • Work as a team with the Assistant Senior Patrol Leader. Keep him informed.

  • Encourage year-round and resident camping in the troop.

  • Encourage older-scout participation in high-adventure programs.

Webmaster

  • Establish and maintain a safe and secure troop website

  • Ensure the troop website is a positive reflection of Scouting for the public.

  • Manage the troop's electronic communication tools.

  • Work with the scrbe.

  • Attend the annual program planning conference.

  • Attend the Patrol Leaders' Council meetings when asked to.

  • Update the list of leaders (on this page) within one week after elections.

  • Maintain the troop calendar.

  • Check with troop members each week (SPL, ASPL, PLs, APLs, Scribe) to see if they have any updates for the website.