COMMISSIONERS
Commissioners
OUR MISSION
As commissioners, we share the BSA’s mission: To prepare youth to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law.
OUR VISION
Every member of the BSA has a great Scouting experience.
OUR OBJECTIVES
- Supporting unit growth and retention through the journey to excellence.
- Contacting units and capturing in commissioner tools their strengths, needs, and a unit service plan that enables continuing improvement.
- Linking unit needs to district operating committee and other resources.
- Supporting timely unit, district, and council charter renewals.
- Supporting unit leaders by collecting and distributing information, enabling program training, and providing networking opportunities.
OUR GOALS
- Enable an increased number of traditional units.
- Enable the retention rate of traditional units.
- Enable implementation of a unit service plan through collaborative detailed assessments and an increased number of significant unit contacts.
OUR METHODS
- The UPG Methodology
- New Member Coordinators
- Unit Key 3
- The Unit Service Plan
- Journey to Excellence
- My.Scouting Tools (Including Commissioner Tools)
- Continuous Recruiting
- Assigning Resources to Greatest Needs
Position-specific online basic training courses.
Retention Mission Statement
The retention mission of the commissioner corps is best achieved by providing an adequate number of trained unit commissioners who provide a link to district committee resources in support of a quality unit program.
