In Troop 77, the scouts are responsible for running the troop and leadership roles are shared among the scouts. The adult leaders are there to provide guidance, but the scouts decide on campout activities and destination, what the weekly meetings will cover and how the meetings are structured. The scouts also elect other scouts to leadership positions.
“Empowering boys to be leaders is the core of Scouting. Scouts learn by doing, and what they do is lead their patrols and their troop. The boys themselves develop a troop program, then take responsibility for figuring out how they will achieve the goals. One of our most important challenges is to train youth leaders to run the troop by providing direction, coaching and support. The boys will make mistakes now and then and will rely upon the adult leaders to guide them. But only through real hands-on experience as leaders can boys learn to lead.”