Scouts BSA is the traditional Scouting experience for youth in the fifth grade through high school. Service, community engagement and leadership development become increasingly important parts of the program as youth lead their own activities and work their way toward earning Scouting’s highest rank, Eagle Scout.

Troop Leader Resource  Hub

In order to deliver the PROMISE OF SCOUTING, youth and adult troop leaders need to plan a program that is involving, challenging, and FUN!

This page is filled with videos, action photos, useful information and practical ideas, to help make it easier for youth and adult troop leaders to present a Scouting program that is fun with positive outcomes.  Troop Leader Resource Hub is designed to serve as a planning tool for troop leaders. Its aim is to provide resources that contribute to making parts of the troop meeting more meaningful, engaging, and fun.

Some helpful resources:

• **NEW** Troop Leader Resource Hub - Your destination for Scouts BSA troop info and planning resources.
• General Troop Information - A well-functioning Scout troop—one that’s new or one that’s been around for generations—is always developing, replenishing, reorganizing, and improving.
• New Troop Planning - Get your Scouts BSA troop running right.  Includes resources to assist in planning your first month's meetings and program.
• Program Features - Program Features consists of 48 themed modules to help make program planning easier for troop leaders.
• Troop Meeting Agenda - It’s been said that the weekly troop meeting is the glue that holds a Scout troop together. From beginning to end, there should always be something happening creating a focus, capturing and maintaining the Scouts’ attention, and providing the grounds for rewarding experiences.
• Recruiting New Members - A steady flow of youth into a Scout troop is essential to maintaining the troop’s health. New Scouts bring energy and enthusiasm to the troop program.
• Troop meeting activities - For the Patrol Leaders’ Council eager to plan an activity that puts a skill or skills into action, fits well with a current theme, or will help add a whole lot of fun to the meeting.
• Campcraft Skill videos - For the Scoutmaster, Assistant Scoutmasters, and junior leaders who want to become more confident in their ability to present campcraft skills
• Troop Meeting Ceremonies - Information about presenting impressive troop meeting ceremonies, along with a collection of ideas and examples.
• Leader’s Minutes - there’s an extensive library of thought-provoking Leader’s Minutes that will capture and hold the troop’s attention towards the meeting’s end.
• Camping Equipment - Whereas an established troop is already well-equipped, a new troop can go through a process of procuring its camping equipment as the needs arise.