>As we move into the summer months, now may be a time to take an inventory of what has transpired in the last “Scouting” year. I will take a personal inventory, and see what went well, what was OK, and what was not so good.
It may be a good time to recommend the same thing to your leaders. The Unit Commissioner’s staff has such a form, and while in the service, I used it to review what I did was good, bad or otherwise. I recently looked at my forms and did a self review, and found that my training is strong, my follow-through is OK, but my attitude stinks.
So I must review what I can do differently, so that I can be a better scouter, and also, a better person. I have found the flaws that I need to take care, I just have to follow-through on making those changes.
Now may be a good time to contact your Unit Commissioner, go through your year with him/her and see what you did was great, what was good, and what needs improvement…they are there to help, and will be there if called upon…at least they should be.
Take the time, review yourself, maybe your unit…you may find something that you didn’t see that will accel you to the next level…
>Funny you should bring this up this week. I went to a Group Scout Leader's meeting on Tuesday and one of the things we discussed was a 'self review' for Groups. You work through it and mark the Group Red, Amber or Green based on the criteria.Looking through it quickly I think we will be amber and I'm ok with that. I know there are some things we need to improve on just as I know there are things we're ok on.This does give us the opportunity to step back and reassess where we are and make the necessary improvements!