1. Understanding the Roles of the Chapter Officers and Advisers
Chapter Advisers
Understanding the Roles of the Chapter Officers and Advisers

2. Introduction
Welcome, we are glad that you could join us for todays session on Understanding the Roles of the Chapter Officers and Advisers.
To gain the most from this session today, we encourage you to actively participate and take notes.

3. Our Session
Who is the most important adviser in the Order of the Arrow!
Why is this so?

4. Role of the Youth
Every youth in our organization is different. They all come from various backgrounds and experience levels.
What would be some characteristics of chapter officers?

5. Role of the officer
Now that we know characteristics of our officers, what are the officers roles in the chapter?
Take a minute or two with the person next to you and and develop a short phrase describing the chapter chief’s role in the chapter, the lodge, and the district.
Draw a line down the middle of your paper and write these descriptions on the left side of the paper.

6. Role of the Adviser
Advisers come from different backgrounds and experience levels, just like the youth.
What exactly though is the advisors role.
Yes, we all agree to support the youth but it is more complicated than that.
Now take a few minutes with the same neighbor and write down a few short phrases for how the adviser supports the youth in his role in the chapter, lodge, and district.
Write these on the right side of the same page.

7. Developing our Chapter officers
Now that we know the roles and characteristics of our chapter officers and advisers, lets return to the foundation of our session.
Chapter advisers play a large, if not the largest, role in developing our youth.
For our next exercise, lets develop a profile of a chapter adviser supporting a youth officer and the characteristics he or she would have.

8. Role of the adviser with everything else
As scouts and scouters we know that one leadership position tends to lead to more responsibility and more positions than expected.
Scouting only takes an hour a week…Riiiiight haha
As you take on more positions and new assignments it is important to remain balanced. Don’t take on to much or burn yourself out.
Also, as an adviser you could find yourself in tough situation or a politically charged one. Handling these appropriately is the important for a good adviser.

9. Conclusion
As a chapter adviser, you are the forefront counterpart for our chapter officers. You provide them with guidance and direction, so they might develop and grow into the leaders of our future.
You aide the youth, but know that they (the youth) should never be pushed to the side. Providing guidance doesn’t mean doing the work for them.
Additionally, you know as an advisor that maintaining a health work balance and a calm demeanor in difficult situation is important to the success of all.

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