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Tiger Leader Checklist

REQUIRED TRAINING for Den & Assistant Den Leaders: “Fast Track” online (get your “member ID #” from your pack committee chair)

http://myscouting.scouting.org “This is Scouting” online at same website “Youth Protection Training” online at same website. “Cub Leader Specific” online at same website.

DEN MEETINGS Choose a day/time/location to meet

1 60 – 70 minute den meeting a month

1 “Go See It” a month Discuss how the meetings will be run

Who will host/run each den meeting?

Structure/order of events during the meeting?

Parents have same responsibility each month or switch from month to month?

Get to know your parents a little before deciding the above. Delegate adult responsibilities. A few ideas:

Keeping den money and purchasing supplies

Recording awards and turning the list into the pack awards chair.

Taking and distributing photos from den meetings and activities

Craft or den projects ideas/coordinating and supplies

Completing and turning in Tour Planning Worksheets.

Arriving early and assisting the den chief with gathering activities.

Flag etiquette and ceremonies. Create a “Den Calendar of Events”

Time/date/location of each den meeting.

Decide which specific achievements or electives will be fulfilled during which meetings.

Keep it simple…make it easy and enjoyable for all. Complexity can always be added in as you see the need arise.

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“Go See Its”

Each Tiger must be accompanied by an adult at all times.

Set the location, date, and time, and distribute directions.

Two weeks before the “G.S.I” complete and file a Tour Planning Worksheet, if needed.

Distribute directions/details to each Tiger family.

When at the “G.S.I” bring along a copy of “Safe Scouting”, each scout’s “Personal Info Forms” with emergency contacts, and everyone’s cell phone numbers.

Arrange carpooling based on “Youth Protection Guidelines”. Den discipline

Discuss with parents any discipline guidelines or methods…so everyone agrees beforehand what will be done.

Work with Tigers to create a “Tiger Den Code of Conduct” during 1st den meeting. Make a poster of it, have each Scout sign it, and ensure it is displayed during each den meeting…can even recite it at each meeting.

TIGER AWARDS

Correct Order

Bobcat Badge 1st, Tiger Totem 2nd, Tiger Badge 3rd, & Elective Beads 4th. The Cub Scout Sports and Academics Program (optional)

Academic and Sports Belt Loops and Pins Ask Committee Chair

How and when award lists are due to the pack’s advancement chair.

How/when awards are presented to the boys. Ask about details pertaining specifically to the Tigers being awarded their Bobcat Badges.

PACK MEETINGS

Prepare the boys to participate in the monthly Pack Meetings.

Class “A” Uniform: “whole uniform or waist up”? Ask Cubmaster. Ask Cubmaster about

Pack Meeting Schedule detailing individual den responsibilities each month.

What time to arrive/where scouts sit/where families sit/how long the meetings tend to run/what to expect in general from a pack meeting

PARENTS MEETINGS

Ask your Pack Committee Chair for details about the monthly parents meeting.

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ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR YOUR COMMITTEE CHAIR Does the pack have a Tiger Cub Coach? Pack website? Photo site? Pack roster? Pack “Calendar of Events”? Where is it posted? How does the pack handle den assistance with annual events and fundraisers?

Does the pack ask for 1 den volunteer per event? Does the pack have “Experienced Uniforms”? What about Camperships for pack events/Day Camp/uniforms? Is there a pack library of BSA related books/materials? Pack T-shirts

How much/who can wear one/where/when get them?