Avon Scouts Adult Training

Module 21
Growing the Movement - Section Supporters and Other Supports

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Description Planning and achieving growth of Scouting in an area and facilitating and managing change.

 

 

Required by

Other Supporters

Managers

 

 

 

Relevant to

Managers

Other Supporters

 

 

 

Learning methods available

Course

Small group

 

 

 

Aim  To cover the ways in which a manager in Scouting can grow the movement and facilitate change in the delivery of Scouting in your area, provide the basic information required to ensure that adults involved in Scouting.

 

 

 

Topics that this module covers are

Recruitment and retention

The Six Step Approach to Adult Recruitment

Growth and development plans

Public relations and marketing

 

 

This means

Knowing the influences on and needs of adults and young people.

Facilitating transfer between Sections.

Managing waiting lists.

Promoting Scouting.

Fundraising.

Devising and implementing. Development plans in an area.

Managing change.

 

 

 

Questions

Do you know what the needs of adults and young people are?

Do you know how to make sure that as many young people as possible transfer from one section to the next?

Do you know how to ensure that young people are on waiting lists for the shortest possible time and are kept informed of their progress through the waiting list?

Do you know how to manage waiting list across a number of Groups or Sections?

Do you know how to recruit, support and retain adults?

Do you know, understand the six Step Approach to recruitment?

Do you know how to use review as a support for adults?

Do you know ways of promoting Scouting to the local community?

Can you raise funds as needed?

Can you produce and use a development plan to ensure that Scouting grows in your local area?

Do you know how to effectively manage changes in Scouting?

 

 

To validate this module the learner will need to complete two of the following

Produce and implement a Group/District/County growth development plan.

Demonstrate the use of public relations or marking to support the growth of Scouting.

Review and implement methods to improve the successful transfer of young people from one Section to another.

Produce evidence of how you have effectively managed waiting lists.

Describe the Six Steps Approach and outline how you have used it to recruit, support and retain adult volunteers/youth Members.

Describe a change management strategy and outline how you have used it in Scouting to grow the Movement.

Any other ideas, subject to agreement with Training Adviser.

and

Discuss with a Training Adviser your role in growing the movement.

 

 

 

 

Note :-  The information on this page has been copied from the new Adult Training publications, the Adult’s Personal File and the Training Adviser’s guide.  The suggestion list of questions that a Training Advisers may use to Validate a module has not been include from the training adviser’s guide.

 

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Module 21
Growing the Movement - Section Supporters and Other Supports

 

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