Leadership Roles

Youth POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY

• The senior patrol leader presides over all meetings and activities, chairs patrol leaders’ council meetings and leads the troop’s annual program planning conference.

• The assistant senior patrol leader helps the senior patrol leader run meetings and activities.

• Patrol leaders plan and lead patrol meetings and activities.

• A troop guide leads new Scouts through early Scouting activities.

• A den chief serves as the activities assistant for a Cub Scout or Webelos Scout den.

• The historian keeps files of pictures and facts about past activities of the troop.

• An Order of the Arrow troop representative serves as a communication link between the local OA lodge or chapter and the troop.

• Librarians maintain a troop library.

• The quartermaster maintains patrol and troop equipment.

• A bugler plays the bugle (or a similar instrument) to mark key moments during the day on troop outings, such as reveille and lights out. (Bugler is not an approved POR for the Eagle Scout rank.)

• Scribes attend and keep logs of patrol leaders’ council meetings and other troop meetings.

• An instructor teaches Scouting skills as needed within the troop or patrols.

• The chaplain aide assists the troop chaplain or religious coordinator.

• Outdoor ethics guides help the troop plan and conduct an outdoor program that emphasizes effectively practicing the principles of outdoor ethics.

• The webmaster establishes and maintains a safe and secure troop website.

• A junior assistant Scoutmaster works as part of the Scoutmaster corps and handles any duties assigned by the Scoutmaster.