At 09:34 AM 12/9/2002 -0800, Lone Ranger wrote:
Involving parents and other adults is great, and highly encouraged. That's one reason why the Parent/Commander Association concept was launched a few years ago in RR, to help facilitate that involvement on the part of the parents.Howdy *Burn'nheart- I read with intrest this merit schedule, and step out on the thin ice to honk<G>: *No Ranger Meeting should revolve around "Merit Aquirement" to give purpose to the group. Here's a few of my reasons- 1. Merit's are an opportunity for Commander to include other Adults as advisors, councilors and expand his resources.
This works, as long as the parents will uphold the standards for the advancements. I would recommend you work with the parents to make sure they know the merit and what it takes to earn it.Commander allready has enough to do with paperwork- My *wild idea is to ask every Ranger parent to sign up as a merit councilor, and use a "study guide" form to walk the boy thru the merit requirements. *The boy and this other Adult must work out the requirements between themselves, in person,by phone E-mail anyway they want.. *But the end positive is that the boy becomes at ease in talking to a diverse population of Adults..
LTC is gone as of the end of 2003. LTA is replacing it even now throughout the nation. And the LTA guidelines for the meetings is to follow the guidelines set forth in the Lesson Plans in the Leaders Guide. And the lesson plans are all built around the concept of advancement. So if we follow the meeting format as presented in our training, advancement will be an integral part of the weekly meetings. Not to say there isn't a role for parental involvement -- in the meeting, outside the meeting, helping with advancements, crafts, etc., and on outings, but to take the advancements out of the meeting is to gut the lesson plans.*and one Parent.. get's to participate with every member of the Outpost one on one in the course of time. 2."Presentations" can be done in the meeting as a feature.. but the nut's and bolts achievement needs to back the growing communication skills of the Ranger boy. The meeting format should remain as per LTC guidelines.. with perhaps more focus of Patrol planning and event driven adventure's..
It's Royal Rangers not Sunday School<G>
Working on advancements in the meeting doesn't make us Sunday School, does it?
Go take Ranger Basics to see how advancements are worked into the new lesson plans. Or in your case, since you already have your LMA, all you need is the LMA Transitions Module that your district should be offering.-=A=- (How out of touch am I amigo?)
Jonathan
--- Gary Rothwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All, > Folowing is an exchange of e-mails between our Sectional Cdr, Phil > Vieth, the Potomac District Training co-ordinator, Cdr. Paul Douglas, > and Nat'l Training guy, Brian Hendrickson > > FYI > Gary "Burnin' Heart" > =============================== > Greetings Commanders, > > Here is some input from our District Training Coordinator. The > question was: When the new leaders manuals come out in the spring will > > there be a suggested sequence that the Pioneers and TBs should earn > their merits? > > Phil > =================================== > Everyone, > I have wanted to know the order of the merits in the new > programs. Many outposts was wanting to be "in sync" when we get to use > > the new leader's guides next spring. My understanding is that the > merit order is flexible according to your boys interests, past merits > achieved, etc. But this could help make our planning easier in the > future. The more informed we are the better. > Hope this is a help. > In His service, > Paul Douglas > > I wrote: -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 8:15 AM > To: Hendrickson, Brian > Subject: Question on early merits > Brian, > Can you tell me the suggested merit order for the Discovery and > Adventure programs. Many across the district are working on merit > based Transition RR but if we used the suggested merits for Sept 2002 > -May 2003 we will be in line with the new program. Otherwise the we > could be duplicating or missing the order. I understand the merits are > > flexible, yet I feel knowing this will help our implimentation. > In Christ, > Paul Douglas > Potomac District Training > > Answer: ----- Original Message ----- > From: Hendrickson, Brian > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 11:30 AM > Subject: RE: Question on early merits > > Paul, > > Here is the order that the merits will be suggested in the Leaders > Guides. > > Discovery > > Year 1 Year 2 > Year 3 > Tool Craft First Aid Skills Safety > Weather Space Exploration Bird Study > Church Family Life > Models and Design > Astronomy Hobby Fingerpr > > inting > Ropecraft Firecraft > Compass > Insect Study Rocketry Wildlife > Jr. LFTL Cooking > Lashing > Art Law Enforcement Chess > > Adventure > > Year 1 Year 2 > Year 3 > > Christian Service Public Speaking Nature Study > Orienteering Reptile Study Crime > Prevention > Bachelor Home Safety > Christian Missions > Church History Wood Carving Primitive > > Shelters > Camping Hiking > Citizenship > Plant Science Carpentry Aviation > Physical Fitness Communications Camp Safety > Dutch Oven Cooking Photography Pioneering > > Hope this helps. There may be changes based upon the editing process > from GPH, but I believe most of the information is correct. > > brian > > ===== *High MORALE is the Index of effective Leadership. --------------********+********-------------------- Morale raises belief of the Leader in the follower, of the follower in the Leader, of each in themself, and both in the .....cause! __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______ "Do to others as you would have them do to you." -- Luke 6:31 (NIV) List host: http://eBible.org/mpj/ List info: http://RangerNet.org/faq.htm To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://rangernet.org/subscribe.htm
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