[Bobwhite Blather] New post: Scouts who are not advancing

[Bobwhite Blather Scouting Blog]

There's a new item at Bobwhite Blather, "Scouts who are not advancing":

I got an e-mail from a reader:

"I'm the advancement coordinator for our troop. Recently I was running the 
"Scouts Not Advancing" report in Troopmaster and noticed that we have a 
good number of Scouts who haven't advanced in rank in 18 months or more. 
One of our committee members told me that an assistant Scoutmaster used to 
collect the Scouts' books, went through them to see what hadn't been 
signed off, then told the PLC what requirements were missing to try to get 
the Scouts to help others advance. What is the best way for the committee 
to help move advancement along? Should we have some of the older Scouts 
work with the younger ones to get requirements done? How about a troop 
meeting where we have a session with sign-off stations?"

This is an issue that seems to come up frequently. While some Scouts 
advance quickly through the ranks, others seem to lag behind for one 
reason or another, and it sometimes makes the adult leaders wonder how to 
help them catch up.

Read the rest of this article:

http://bobwhiteblather.com/scouts-who-are-not-advancing/