1. DCS 716 Journey to Excellence For Districts Instructor:

2.  Incentive for Continuous Improvement  Assessment  Recognition  Benchmarking  Early warning of Potential Problems

3.  Better performance means better scouting for youth!  Better Performance can earn a higher level of Recognition  Friendly competition among Districts  Key Criteria are tracked and improvement can be quickly identified

4. Your District’s Journey to Excellence Assessment gives  An honest and objective evaluation of your District’s strong points and areas needing improvement  Evaluation in overall performance and in 12 specific criteria including areas of: ◦ Performance by Units (on their Journey to Excellence rating) ◦ Membership ◦ Program ◦ Finance ◦ Governance

5.  Districts with a satisfactory performance receive the “Bronze” level of recognition  On a voluntary basis, Districts which do better than satisfactory receive higher recognition ◦ Effective Performance – “Silver” level ◦ Excellent Performance – “Gold” level

6.  Bronze, Silver and Gold levels are measured in overall performance and in each of the 12 criteria  You can identify other Districts in your Council which are doing well in areas you need to improve and contact them to receive ideas, tips and techniques for improvement.

7.  District Journey to Excellence assessment has several criteria shown to be leading indicators of District performance  You can be alerted if these criteria become negative and take early action to head off more severe problems

8. Finance Advanceme nt Unit Service Camping Retention Leadershi p Training Performan ce By Units Membersh ip

11. 3 Levels: Bronze Satisfactory Performance OR show a measurable improvement Silver Effective Performance OR show a measurable improvement and be over a minimum standard Gold Excellent performance OR show a measurable improvement and be over a good standard The Balanced Scorecard for Districts is determined based on a calendar year A key to Journey to Excellence is Continuous Improvement

12. Membership - With the district membership chair, develop an annual membership growth plan which results in an increase in traditional market share, including exploring, or an increase in traditional membership including Exploring.  Bronze: Increase traditional membership, including exploring, by at least one or increase market share. 100 pts  Silver:Increase traditional membership, including Exploring by 3%, or increase market share by 1 percentage point. 200 pts  Gold:Increase traditional membership, including Exploring by 5%, or increase market share by 2 percentage points. 400 pts

13. Advancement – Increase the percentage of Scouts earning rank advancements.  Bronze:Increase Cub and Boy Scout advancement OR 40% of Cub Scouts and 45% of Boy Scouts have advanced at least one rank. 50 pts  Silver:55% of Cub Scouts and 55% of boy scouts advanced at least one rank OR meet the Bronze level and have a 2 percentage point increase. 100 pts  Gold:75% of Cub Scouts and 65% of Boy Scouts advanced at least one rank OR meet the Silver level and have a 2 percentage point increase.

14. BronzeSilverGold 1) Performance Achievement for Units100200400 2) Youth Retention100200400 3) Membership100200400 4) Finance100200400 5) Training100200400 6) Unit Service (Commissioner Service)50100200 7) Advancement50100200 8) Camping50100200 9) District Leadership2550 100 10) Nominating Committee2550100 11) District Committee2550 100 12) Chartered Org. Relationships 25 SUM375500400 Total is 1275 points and District Meets 11 of 12 Criteria Bronze or better. Since Silver is 1000 and Gold is 1600, this District qualifies for Silver

15. Each year, the criterion requirements will be reviewed to reflect the improved performance by districts New standards for 2012 will likely be announced in early 2012 – Performance for 2011 will determine the 2012 standards, so 2011 data will need to be collected and analyzed A Silver performance for 2011 might only rate Bronze in 2012 The criteria will likely be the same; it will never hurt to do better and improve.

16. Questions? Comments!