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RESPONSIBLE TO: ASM First Year Scouts
QUALIFICATIONS:
 | Age: 13 or older
| Rank: 1st Class or higher
| Experience: None
| Attendance: 75% over previous 6 months
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PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS:
| Training: You must attend the troop Junior Leader training even if you have attended in the past..
| Attendance: You are expected to attend 90% of all troop meetings, Patrol Leaders' Council meetings, outings, and service projects. If your attendance is low, or if you have three (3) unexcused absences in a row, you can be removed from office.
| Effort: You are expected to give this job your best effort
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RESOURCES AS TROOP GUIDE: There are many resources available to you to help you do your job. These include people such as your Scoutmaster, assistant Scoutmasters, and troop committee members. There also are your fellow troop junior leaders, teachers, religious advisers, and community leaders. Some literature items that can help you follow:
| Boy Scout Handbook, No. 3229
| Junior
Leader Handbook, No. 3500
| Woods Wisdom, Troop Program Features.
| Fieldbook, No. 3200
| Boy Scout Songbook, No. 3224A
| Boy Scout Requirements, No. 3216B
| Boy's Life
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GENERAL LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES:
| Uniform: Set the example by wearing your uniform correctly. This means that you will wear all of the parts of the troop
uniform, Scout pants correctly worn, shirt-tail tucked in, with all required badges in their correct locations.
| Behavior: Set the example by living the Scout Oath and Law in your everyday life. Show Scout Spirit in everything you say and do.
| Attendance: Set the example by being an active Scout. Be on time for meetings and activities. You must call the Scoutmaster if you are not going to be at a meeting or if you suddenly have to miss an outing. You also need to make sure that the Assistant Senior Patrol Leader is ready to assume your responsibilities.
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SPECIFIC LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES:
| Introduces new Scouts to troop operations.
| Guides new Scouts through early Scouting
activities.
| Shields new Scouts from harassment by older Scouts.
| Helps new Scouts earn
First Class in their first year.
| Teaches basic Scout Skills.
| Coaches the patrol leader of the new Scout
patrol on his duties.
| Works with the patrol leader at Patrol leaders' Council meetings.
| Attends Patrol Leaders' Council meetings with the patrol leader of the new Scout patrol.
| Assists the Assistant Scoutmaster with training.
| Counsels individual Scouts on Scouting challenges.
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Lake Travis Area Scouting 
The Troop Guide works with new Scouts. He helps them feel comfortable and earn their First Class rank in their first year.