Unit commissioners may ask, "How will
I know I'm doing a good job?" That's an important
question for all Scouters. There are several answers.
A unit commissioner is successful when the units the commissioner
serves are successful. Are your assigned units providing
a quality program for youth? Are your assigned units growing
in membership? Did your units register on time? Did they
meet the requirements for the National Quality Unit Award?
A good tangible "yardstick" that provides unit
commissioners with specific checkpoints of their effectiveness
is the Self-Evaluation
for Unit Commissioners, No. 34424A.
This one-page form has more than 20 areas to mark
either "outstanding," "satisfactory,"
or "needs improvement." After you have filled
it out, review it with your assistant district commissioner
or district commissioner. Discuss with them how you
might provide even better service to units.
We often say that a commissioner's best work needs
to be done with our weakest units. Therefore, the fairest
use of data in a unit commissioner's evaluation is to
measure the improvement in the unit from the time the
commissioner was first assigned to the unit, or by specific
problems the commissioner helped that unit to solve.
A commissioner is a person who sets high goals and
has high standards. America's youth deserve no less!
