Start, Stop, Continue Assessment Tool

Instructor: Christine Tseng T468 Advancement Chair

What should we *start doing that we are not currently doing in the training?

What do we *stop doing that is not working?

What should we *continue doing that is working well and helps us succeed?

*Start , Stop , Continue = Good , Bad , Ugly

Start , Stop and ContinueIt is a good practice to apply SSC to Scouting activities. Whether training or a recent campout , the important aspect of SSC is to record specific timely team feedback and take action to impact future events or activities projects. Recording AND referring to SSC for future reference to assure application to future activities or events or projects is essential.

Start, Stop and Continue

Start Doing – Be positive actions which are not yet happening

What should we start doing to improve?

Any new behaviors, activities or directions to make?

What should we do next to continue getting better?

Was there anything we could to that would make things more

fun or useful?

Stop Doing – actions that are keeping the group from being their

best;

What are doing that is preventing us from bing as successful as

possible?

Do we have bad habits or behaviors that we need to stop?

What didn’t work in this activity?

Was there something that make it not fun?

Start, Stop and Continue (Continued)

Continue Doing – things that are being done well and making the group better

How were we successful? What went well that we want to keep

doing in the future? What did we enjoy about this activity?

Start, Stop, Continue – Should can be used to reflect after any

activity, campout, meeting, or event? It is a good way to promote continue

improvement in the troop or patrol.

Many ways for SSC Formal :

a. Scoutmaster conferences – are reflections as a Scoutmaster guides a boy in exploring the meaning of his completion of advancement requirements.

b. Board of Review (BOR)c. Scoutmaster Minutes – Provide one-on-one feed backd. Troop events

Informal :a. End of an activity – Scouts can see how well things went and

how we can improve. Giving each participant a chance to voice what he liked and did not like about the event.

b. In the middle of an event – If Scouts are struggling to solve a problem or need to stop and work through a disagreement.

c. SSC can be spontaneous – Anytime and Anywhere,(during a campfire, under a tree, during the Troop interpatrol games, etc.)

A few pointers for leaders in SSC:

Thank about the kinds of questions You will use

during a SSC following an activity.

Have Scouts sit down so they can see each

other.

Establish Rules not to interrupt on another or

not to make fun of each other, keep silent is ok.

Reserve your judgment about what the boys are

saying Otherwise, it will shut down their

sharing.

Guide the discussion but don’t dominate it.

A few pointers for leaders (Cont’d) Remind everyone that the environment of Scouting is

a “put-down free zone”—we want to build up others,

not put them down.

Make positive comments and give positive

encouragement – to determine the value of the

experience they just had, focusing first on positive

aspects

Generalize the experience – a goal of reflection is to

help Scouts make the connection between the

activity they have just completed and regular troop

experiences

Steer Scouts toward setting goals - based on what

they have learned about their recent experience.

Questions for the discussion What did you learn by doing this exercise?

What was the purpose of this activity?

To what degree did you everyone get to participate?

In what ways did the patrol or troop work together on

this project?

Who gave leadership and how?

What would you suggest we do differently next time?

What can we do to solve a particular problem?

How could we use the ideas we learned today in our

troop?

How can we use what we just learned about decision

making when we’re on our next campout?

SSC and the Value of Scouting

Instill values of Scouting.

Remind boys when they behave honorably and

being. trustworthy, and of service to others.

Think through experiences.

Use ideals of scouting guiding them through

decisions.

Course Wrap Up

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