The EDGE Model

• Teaching EDGE• Leading EDGE• Trainer’s EDGE

• Teaching EDGE• Leading EDGE• Trainer’s EDGE

The first one to fall asleep gets today’s competitive-edge award.

Intro to EDGE

•Explain•Demonstrate•Guide•Enable (Empower!)

•Explain•Demonstrate•Guide•Enable (Empower!)

Boy Scout Handbook

• 12th edition,page 53

• 12th edition,page 53

Boy Scout Handbook: Teaching• A Scout is helpful. Scouts live up to that point of the

Scout Law by sharing what they know. Teaching someone helps you to become better at using a skill too. You can think of it as hands-on research.

• You can use Scouting's Teaching EDGE any time you are helping others to learn. – First, think carefully about

how to explain to others the way the skill is done. – Then demonstrate the steps – and guide them as they practice. – Lastly, provide the support they need to enable

them to use the new skill on their own.

• A Scout is helpful. Scouts live up to that point of the Scout Law by sharing what they know. Teaching someone helps you to become better at using a skill too. You can think of it as hands-on research.

• You can use Scouting's Teaching EDGE any time you are helping others to learn. – First, think carefully about

how to explain to others the way the skill is done. – Then demonstrate the steps – and guide them as they practice. – Lastly, provide the support they need to enable

them to use the new skill on their own.

Boy Scout Handbook: Teaching

• That’s what happened when you learned to tie the square knot as you were joining your troop. – Another Scout explained the knot to you and – then demonstrated how to tie it. – Then he gave the rope to you and guided through

the steps. – The two of you kept at it until he had enabled you

to tie a square knot yourself.

• That’s what happened when you learned to tie the square knot as you were joining your troop. – Another Scout explained the knot to you and – then demonstrated how to tie it. – Then he gave the rope to you and guided through

the steps. – The two of you kept at it until he had enabled you

to tie a square knot yourself.

New Tenderfoot Requirement

• A Scout must teach another person how to tie a square knot using the EDGE model– Explain– Demonstrate– Guide– Enable

• A Scout must teach another person how to tie a square knot using the EDGE model– Explain– Demonstrate– Guide– Enable

Boy Scout Handbook: Teaching

• Page 53• Page 53

New Life Requirement• While a Star Scout, use the EDGE method to

teach a younger Scout the skills from ONE of the following six choices so that he is prepared to pass those requirements to his unit leaders satisfaction.a. Second Class—7a and 7c (first aid)b. Second Class—1a (outdoor skills)c. Second Class—3c, 3d, 3e, and 3f (cooking/camping)d. First Class—8a, 8b, 8c, and 9d (first aid)e. First Class—1, 7a, and 7b (outdoor skills)f. First Class—4a, 4b, and 4d (cooking/camping)

• While a Star Scout, use the EDGE method to teach a younger Scout the skills from ONE of the following six choices so that he is prepared to pass those requirements to his unit leaders satisfaction.a. Second Class—7a and 7c (first aid)b. Second Class—1a (outdoor skills)c. Second Class—3c, 3d, 3e, and 3f (cooking/camping)d. First Class—8a, 8b, 8c, and 9d (first aid)e. First Class—1, 7a, and 7b (outdoor skills)f. First Class—4a, 4b, and 4d (cooking/camping)

Stages of Leadership

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Scouting’s Leading EDGE• Page 59• Page 59

Stages → EDGE

Where the group is:

What a Trainer can do

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  Skills are low; Enthusiasm high  

StormingStorming Becoming discouraged— DemonstrateDemonstrate

  Skills and enthusiasm are low  

NormingNorming Making progress— GuideGuide

  Skills and enthusiasm are rising  

PerformingPerforming Finding success— EnableEnable

  Skills and enthusiasm are high  

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Inter-Patrol Activity

• Activity– Knot tying

• Patrol Leaders:– Send one representative to the PLC for

instructions

• Activity– Knot tying

• Patrol Leaders:– Send one representative to the PLC for

instructions

Intro to EDGE: Explain1: Hold your scarf flat, red side on the left.2: Roll up the scarf four or five times to make the ends

narrower, more rope-like.3: About four inches from the end, cross the green end

underneath and back over the top of the red.4: Hold your finger on the red end at the crossing and wrap it

towards you, underneath.5: Pull the red end up over the top of the green.6: Pull your finger out of the red loop and push the green end

over the red and through that loop.7: Pull the green end all the way through and tighten as

needed to get an even square shape.

1: Hold your scarf flat, red side on the left.2: Roll up the scarf four or five times to make the ends

narrower, more rope-like.3: About four inches from the end, cross the green end

underneath and back over the top of the red.4: Hold your finger on the red end at the crossing and wrap it

towards you, underneath.5: Pull the red end up over the top of the green.6: Pull your finger out of the red loop and push the green end

over the red and through that loop.7: Pull the green end all the way through and tighten as

needed to get an even square shape.

Intro to EDGE: Explain

Intro to EDGE: Demo

Questions?

• Comments• Comments

Stages of Leadership

• Leadership and teaching are closely related. Think again about learning to tie a square knot. Another Scout used Scouting’s Teaching EDGE to explain, demonstrate, guide and enable you to tie a square knot.

• A good leader can help a group such as a Scout patrol work through the same stages with a project that the patrol members are doing.

• Leadership and teaching are closely related. Think again about learning to tie a square knot. Another Scout used Scouting’s Teaching EDGE to explain, demonstrate, guide and enable you to tie a square knot.

• A good leader can help a group such as a Scout patrol work through the same stages with a project that the patrol members are doing.

Where the group is →

What a leader does

• At the beginning, the patrol’s enthusiasm is high, but it can turn to discouragement as the work becomes hard. A leader can help by explaining and demonstrating what to do.

• At the beginning, the patrol’s enthusiasm is high, but it can turn to discouragement as the work becomes hard. A leader can help by explaining and demonstrating what to do.

Where the group is →

What a leader does

• This encourages group members not to give up while at the same time showing them how to tackle difficulties.

• As the group’s skills and motivation increase, the leader can step back and guide the group as it begins to succeed.

• This encourages group members not to give up while at the same time showing them how to tackle difficulties.

• As the group’s skills and motivation increase, the leader can step back and guide the group as it begins to succeed.

Where the group is →

What a leader does

• When the group members have the ability and enthusiasm to move ahead on their own, the leader enables them to keep going by providing support when they ask for it.

• When the group members have the ability and enthusiasm to move ahead on their own, the leader enables them to keep going by providing support when they ask for it.