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Pre-Roundtable Networking Time

Thanks for joining us

Feel free to use this time to network with others that have joined

Take note of any upcoming activities

We’re glad you’re here

We’ll get started at 7:00pm

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October 12, 2023

In Person Roundtable

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Welcome to our �October Roundtable!

Barbie Taylor, District Chair & Asst Council Commissioner for Roundtable

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Opening Ceremony

Clyde Shannon, Roundtable Commissioner

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Ice Breaker

Barbie Taylor, Roundtable Commissioner

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Recharter

Christie Hust, Council Commissioner

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Fun Friend Day at Adventure Park!

Randall Hust, Membership Chairman

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When to File an Incident Report

Clyde Shannon, Roundtable Commissioner

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Roundtable Breakouts

Cub Scout Breakout Room

Scouts BSA Breakout Room

Join us now for program-specific topics!

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Cub Scout Roundtable Breakout

Christie Hust, Clyde Shannon,

Kaylynn Fuhrman, Amanda Romo

Roundtable Commissioners

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Have you seen the Roundtable Blog?

Lots of helpful links, videos, documents as resources for unit leaders

southplainscouncilroundtable.blogspot.com

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Journey to Excellence

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JTE Resources

BSA National JTE Site:

https://www.scouting.org/awards/journey-to-excellence/

Cub Scout Packs:

Looking Ahead:

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Thank You!

We’ll return to the

Main Session for

Closing Remarks

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Alan Taylor, District Commissioner

Christie Hust, Council Commissioner

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Closing

Amanda Romo, Roundtable Commissioner

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We hope to see you next month at our In-Person Roundtable!�Thursday, November 9^th @ The VTC

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Scouts BSA Roundtable Breakout

Austin Moore, Barbie Taylor

Roundtable Commissioners

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Have you seen the

Roundtable Blog?

Lots of helpful links, videos, documents

as resources for unit leaders

southplainscouncilroundtable.blogspot.com

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Journey to Excellence (JTE)

JTE is the Boy Scouts of America’s performance recognition program. It is designed to encourage and reward success and measure the performance of individual units.

This was previously the Quality Award

It was renamed the Centennial Quality Award in 2007

The program was modified and renamed in 2011

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Journey to Excellence (JTE)

Fundamentally, this is a self-evaluation for each individual unit: it’s an annual report card

Units can (and should) use this to determine:

What areas are working well within the unit
What areas could use improvement

Scorecards are updated each year

Visit https://www.scouting.org/awards/journey-to-excellence/

JTE should be submitted with your charter renewal
A unit’s score is measured annually from January through December

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Journey to Excellence (JTE)

2023 Troop Scorecard Goal Items:

Planning and Budget
Patrol Method
Campouts
Camp
Leadership and Family Engagement
Trained Leadership
Service Projects
Membership
Webelos to Scouts
Advancement
Retention

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Journey to Excellence (JTE)

There are three different “levels” for each goal area:

Bronze (“could use some improvement, but on the right path”)
Silver (“doing well, but we still have room to improve”)
Gold (“we are doing awesome!”)

Three possible award outcomes:

JTE Bronze (525+ points in 7+ objectives)
JTE Silver (750+ points in 8+ objectives)
JTE Gold (1000+ points in 8+ objectives)

** If you miss one or two goals, all is not lost! **

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Journey to Excellence (JTE)

Earning JTE Gold is not as daunting as you might think!

Encourage and prioritize rank advancement
Record your unit’s service projects in the online tool
Get those scouts to summer camp!
Get your leaders trained
Have a year-round camping program / tradition
Connect with Packs:

Invite Webelos/AOL scouts to visit Troop Meetings & joint activities

Recruitment – do your best every season

Your current scouts can be an excellent source of new scouts

Annual Planning: budget, calendar, leadership/succession plan

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Journey to Excellence (JTE)

People might ask about your JTE score before joining your unit
All members (youth and adult) get to wear the patch and be proud of the unit’s accomplishments
Ideally this effort/process is transparent to the scouts
JTE shouldn’t be a chore – it should be a goal-oriented way to improve our scouting program

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Journey to Excellence (JTE)

JTE ties into multiple Scouter award requirements:

Scouter’s Training Award

Give primary leadership, to at least one of the performance objectives, each year.
Serve as a registered adult leader in a troop that achieves council assigned performance objectives.