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Journey to Excellence for Venturing Crews

Kimberly MyersGTC Venturing Officer Association Advisor

Associate Advisor Crew 2001kmyers64@gmail.com

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The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to help young persons make ethical and moral decisions over their lifetime through a strict adherence to the Scout Oath and Law.

What is Journey to Excellence

• Journey to Excellence is the basic way we measure and recognize success in the Boy Scouts of America

• Three levels of performance• Use actual numbers from the previous year

to guide your performance improvement goal planning.

• The crew youth leaders should take the lead in making this assessment..

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Council Standards of Venturing Excellence

Represents the Quality standards required of a Council Venturing Program

Requires a Council VOA• Council Venturing President & VOA Advisor• Council Venturing VPs & Advisors• All Crew Presidents and their Advisor

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Journey to Excellence Award LevelsScouting.org/JTE

• Bronze level – 700 points in at least 8 objectives

• Silver Level– 1,000 points in at least 8 objectives

• Gold Level– 1,600 points in at least 8 objectives

• 2,600 maximum points available in 2014• Crews with a charter renewal date in any

month from October 2014 to September 2015

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1 of 10: Activities

The crew has regular activities throughout the year reflecting the interests of the youth members.

Bronze Have carried out at least 4 activities.

100

Silver 5 activities 200Gold 6 activities 400

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2 of 10: Building Venturing

Have an increase in membership or be larger than the average size crew.

Must have a membership growth plan that includes a recruitment night …

Bronze … and either a net gain of 1 member over last year or at least 7 members.

75

Silver … and either increase youth members by 5% or have at least 10 member

150

Gold … and either increase youth members by 10% or have at least 15 members with an increase over last year.

300

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3 of 10: Retention

Improve retention rate.

Bronze Retain and re-register 45% of eligible members or have a 2 percentage point increase.

75

Silver Retain and re-register 60% of members, or retain and re-register 45% and have a 2 percentage point increase.

150

Gold Retain and re-register 80% of members, or retain and re-register 60% and have a 2 percentage point increase.

300

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4 of 10: Youth Leadership

The crew has elected youth leaders who are leading the crew activities.

Bronze Have an elected president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer, and they are leading the activities of the crew.

75

Silver Achieve Bronze, plus officers prepare annual program plan.

150

Gold Achieve Silver, plus officers meet at least four times and/or attend council VOA meetings.

300

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5 of 10: Service Projects

The crew participates in service projects, with one benefitting your chartered organization.

Must enter the service hours on the JTE website …

Bronze … and participate in 2 service projects

75

Silver … and participate in 3 service projects

150

Gold … and participate in 4 service projects

300

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6 of 10: Trained Leadership

Have a trained and engaged crew committee.

Bronze Have an Advisor and a committee with at least three members.

75

Silver Achieve Bronze, plus Advisor and two-thirds of other registered adults have completed basic leader training or, if new, will complete within three months of joining

150

Gold Achieve Silver, plus 50% of youth participate in Introduction to Leadership Skills for Crews.

300

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7 of 10: Super Activity

The crew participates in a super activity.

“A major annual activity, trip or project of a Venturing Crew requiring long range planning and extensive preparation. Generally this is the highlight of the Crew’s program year.”

Bronze The crew participates in a super activity.

75

Silver 55% of youth attend a super activity.

150

Gold 75% of youth attend a super activity.

300

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8 of 10: Budget

The crew has a budget and follows BSA policies relating to fundraising and fiscal management.

Bronze Have a written budget reviewed at committee meetings and that follows BSA policies.

25

Silver Achieve Bronze, plus youth members participate in the budget planning process.

50

Gold Achieve Silver, plus have the budget completed before the next program year.

100

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9 of 10: Fitness

Crew meetings and activities include physical fitness components.

Bronze Introduce the SCOUT STRONG program in the crew.

50

Silver Achieve Bronze, plus the crew promotes and coordinates group fitness activities.

100

Gold Achieve Silver, plus the crew holds an ongoing fitness competition where members can track their performance.

200

http://www.scouting.org/SCOUTStrongPALA.aspx

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10 of 10: Annual Charter Renewal Process

Complete charter registration, obtain all signatures and submit the paperwork prior to expiration of charter.

Bronze “on time” 25Silver Achieve Bronze, plus

email addresses are provided for all parents of youth members and registered adults who have one.

50

Gold Achieve Silver, plus promote the MyScouting Tools accessed through your MyScouting account.

100

Resources

• Venturing Congress (roundtable)• Scouters News http://www.gtcbsa.org/scouters_news

• Venturing Facebook Groups– Great Trail Council https://www.facebook.com/groups/46360538405/ – Area 4 https://www.facebook.com/groups/CRV.Area4/ – Central Region https://www.facebook.com/groups/crventuring/ – National Cabinet https://www.facebook.com/groups/VenturingBSA/

• Websites– Area 4 http://area4.crventuring.org/

– Area 4 adVENTURE & resource site https://sites.google.com/a/crventuring.org/c4voa/home

– Central Region Website http://www.crventuring.org – National Cabinet http://www.scouting.org/venturing/

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