Resources

Planning Worksheets

Planning

Scouts can conduct many different activities. But to get there, they have to set goals and plan a path to success. The basic starting point of this process is a Project Planning Worksheet. For there, they can further refer the steps necessary.

Troop Meeting Plans:

Monthly Planning by the PLC

Guide for conducting PLC meetings

Tips for Troop Meetings

Template to be filled out for each meeting: Troop Meeting Plan Template and this Troop Meeting Agenda video.

Google Query for Topics: site:troopleader.scouting.org type:pdf "meeting plans & ideas"

Troop Meeting Games Playlist

Troop Meeting Challenges Playlist

Putting Scout Skills into Action video

A Game With a Purpose video

GPS Navigation

Scout Skills Training Videos

Trip plans

Main Event Planning in the Planning Appendix

Campout Planning

Worksheets for planning, budgeting, and reimbursing patrol meals are available online. The PLC will select a format of their own very soon!

Plan to be filled out for each weekend campout: Patrol Meal Planner or Menu Planning Worksheet

Excellent examples for campout planning can be found on this troop website.

Campfire Planning

Interfaith Worship Service

Camp Gadgets

Cooking

Check our this Troop's cookbook and recipes.

The Troop Library has several cook books available for checkout.

Float plans

For canoe trips.

Reference the USCG website.

Kuskitaneee Lodge canoeing info

Aquatics Supervision reference.

Court of Honor

Troop Court of Honor Guidance

Troop Court of Honor Video

Troop Courts of Honor Example

Courts of Honor Training

Program Planning

The Annual Troop Program Planning Conference

Click here for the current Program Features, now online!

The following PDFs provide older versions of the program features guides. The troop possesses the current version in the troop library. You may also purchase the current version of the program features guides on kindle. These guides contain four years of weekly troop meeting plans organized into 48 monthly themes.

2010 Troop Program Features Volume 1

2010 Troop Program Features Volume 2

2010 Troop Program Features Volume 3

First Class First Year - 9 Month Programming Guide

Program Features Playlist

Check out this troop's website for more planning worksheets and PLC resources.

Orienteering Courses

Western Pennsylvania Orienteering Club

Troop gear lists

Personal gear lists

Please look at the details and descriptions on our Scout Gear Page.

Example Weekend Backpacking Gear List

Local Calendars

Moraine State Park

Jennings Environmental Education Center

Cook Forest State Park

Raccoon Creek State Park

DCNR Scout Events

REI Coop Pittsburgh

Western Pennsylvania Orienteering Club

Council Calendars

When searching for upcoming campouts, events, and training opportunities the troop should look beyond our local council. Below are links to surrounding councils within a four hour drive. There is also a Global Calendar that many councils advertise on and for those that scouts that want to see the world, there is even an international calendar.

Global

https://scoutingevent.com/Global

International

https://www.scouting.org/international/calendar/

Moraine Trails

https://scoutingevent.com/500

Laurel Highlands

https://scoutingevent.com/527

French Creek

https://scoutingevent.com/532

Lake Erie

https://scoutingevent.com/440