The discussion should now lead the Scoutmaster to feel that he can and should give both authority and responsibility to the boy leaders, helping them meet the demands of the whole job through coaching and counseling. The senior patrol leader. Ask if he has questions about the ideas given there. The troop leaders' council, under the leadership of the senior patrol leader, with the Scoutmaster present, draws up a general program plan for the year at the annual program planning conference. They use the materials and procedures in the Scout Program Helps.
Program is cleared by the troop committee and the parents.
At monthly meetings of the troop leaders' council, plans are firmed, assignments set, and evaluations of previous performance ensure improved operations. Small changes in plans and evaluations are made at after-troop meeting or other quick meetings of the troop leaders' council. They forward ideas through their patrol leaders to the troop leaders' council, but their ideas may also come out during their personal growth agreement conferences with the Scoutmaster or at other times. Through suggestions to the senior patrol leader or to the troop leaders' council at its various meetings. During evaluations is the time to make sure that evaluation results in improved program or operations.