Troop Meeting Agenda: Skills Instruction

The Skills Instruction portion of a troop meeting can target topics that are rank-related, merit badge-related, or readiness-related, as in preparing for a special activity, project, or event.

Since Scouts most always are of different ages with varying degrees of experience and levels of proficiency, during skills instruction, the troop generally divides into different groups. In Program Features these groups are categorized by levels and termed: essential, challenging, and advanced. Often, the criteria for which instructional group a Scout attends is what will benefit him most in accordance with his individual needs, as well as the needs of the troop.