Den Discipline

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Den Discipline

• Presented by Staci Thomas

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Keys to Behavior

• Plan out the meeting
• Keep the boys busy
• Make it fun
• Create a Code of Conduct
• Behavior incentives
• Have a back up plan should you have extra time or
  an activity doesnt work out

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• The first three are all related.
• If you make the meeting fun the boys wont be
  as likely to get distracted
• Plan must all be planned out. What to
  play, what material to go over, any activity to
  do, etc. Dont walk into your meeting without a
  plan.
• Of course you do above and the boys will be
  kept busy.

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Code of Conduct

• Do this your very first meeting.
• Supplies marker, flip chart or poster board
• Ask the boys to brainstorm what does good
  conduct/behavior mean to them
• Once the poster board is filled up take it home
  and make a clean copy with all the boys ideas and
  have posted at every meeting as a reminder.

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Behavior Incentives

• Be creative change it up from year to year
• Ideas
• Token Jar at the start of the meeting give
  the boys 5 tokens. During the meeting take a
  token away for a behavior infraction. At the
  end of the meeting have boys add remaining tokens
  in their possession into the Token Jar. Once the
  jar is full have a party (with cupcakes, pizza
  whatever is agreed upon by the leaders and the
  group)
• Tokens for candy hand out tokens for good
  behavior or for being on task. At end of
  meeting, allow boys to visit the candy box to buy
  candy for however many tokens they have. IE
  large candy bar 10 tokens, piece of gum 2 tokens,
  etc.
• Tokens or coupons for good behavior to be
  saved up for a chance to throw a pie at the den
  leader/cub master.

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Other dos and donts

• Do use the Cub Scout Sign as a signal for quiet.
• Do Keep the meeting going
• Do treat boys impartially
• Do give opportunities for the boys to make
  choices
• Dont criticize if you need to correct a
  behavior talk to the scout away from the group
  (dont forget your 2 deep leadership)

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• Dont forget to reinforce the Cub Scout Promise
• I promise to do my best
• To do my duty to God and my country
• To help other people and
• To obey the Law of the Pack
• And. . . .

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• The Law of the Pack
• The Cub Scout follows Akela
• The Cub Scout helps the pack go
• The Pack helps the Cub Scout grow
• The Cub Scout gives good will

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Coming Mid 2015

• The Cub Scouts will begin using the Boy Scout
  Oath and Law rather than the Cub Scout Promise
  and Law of the Pack.

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Scout Oath

• On my honor I will do my best
• To do my duty to God and my country
• And to obey the Scout Law
• To help other people at all times
• To keep myself physically strong,
• Mentally awake, and morally straight.

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Scout Law

• A Scout is
• Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous,
  Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean,
  Reverent

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One Final Thought

• Remind your Scouts to follow their code of
  conduct at the Pack Meetings and any Scout
  outing.