An Active Team Committee with a Strong Committee
Chairman is Critical

The Team Committee is organized under the direction of the Bishopric Counselor assigned responsibilty for the Teachers Quorum and should be composed of parents and other interested and committed adults. The Team Committee meets at least monthly to ensure that the team has a quality weekly activity program which is priesthood-centered and involves all quorum/team members.  The major assignments on the Team Committee are:

•  Chairman

•  Program Advisors (one for each field of emphasis, corresponding to the organization of the Team, see footnote 5)

•  Other supporting roles, such as, finances, equipment, etc.  (See Appendix VARSITY SCOUT TEAM COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION.)

The primary role of the committee is to coordinate the efforts of the adult committee members who are serving as program supervisors to assist their counterpart youths who are program managers to succeed in planning and leading their assigned activities. Generally, a Program Supervisor must meet with his young man at least monthly for the boy to succeed in his assignment and for the overall program to work well. The Team Committee's efforts are essential to an effective Varsity program and are the key to achieving a boy-run program and implementing the calendar. (Of all the Scouting programs, Varsity Scouting is probably the most dependent for its effectiveness on having an active, well-run committee.)

The critical role of the Team Committee Chairman is to see that the program supervisors function to work with their assigned young men.  As such, the Bishopric should ensure that the Chairman is well trained in Varsity Scouting leadership and has a strong committment to help the young men succeed in their priesthood and Varsity Scouting assignments.

Other functions of the Team Committee are: encourage parent involvement and keep parents informed of all quorum/team activities; ensure that adult Coaches and quorum/team officers are fully trained; see that every program field of emphasis has an adult Program Supervisor and that each of these committee members (Program Supervisors) each are meeting every month and are actively assisting their youth (Program Managers) in activity planning; and are giving supports to the program in other ways that are needed.

Footnote 5)  Adult team leaders, especially for small teams, may elect to have the Coach or Assistants cover some of Program Advisor roles.  Some teams have found it to be especially helpful for the Coaches to cover High Adventure and Personal Development program supervision, since these two areas may account for a large part of the mid-week and outdoors program.

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