Senior Patrol Leader

 
Excerpted from BSA Junior Leader Handbook
Copyright 1990, Boy Scouts of America, ISBN 0-8395-3500-7
Revised 1998
 
 
Job description: The senior patrol leader is elected by the Scouts to represent them as the top junior leader in the troop.
 
Reports to: the Scoutmaster.
 
Senior patrol leader duties:
 
  • Runs all troop meetings, events, activities, and the annual program planning conference
  • Runs the patrol leaders' council meeting
  • Appoints other troop junior leaders with the advice and counsel of the Scoutmaster
  • Assigns duties and responsibilities to junior leaders
  • Assists the Scoutmaster with junior leader training
  • Sets a good example
  • Enthusiastically wears the Scout uniform correctly
  • Lives by the Scout Oath and Law
  • Shows Scout spirit
 
 
Last revised 11/26/02
John D. McCarthy