Scouting Jargon
The Language of Scouting, Acronyms, and Terms
APL - Assistant Patrol Leader
ASM - Assistant Scoutmaster
ASPL - Assistant Senior Patrol Leader
B-P - Baden-Powell (Scouting’s Founder)
BSA - Boy Scouts of America
COPE - (Challenging Outdoor Personal
Experience)
COR - Chartered Organization Representative
CSE - Chief Scout Executive
DE - District Executive
DiD - District Director
EDGE - Training method (Explain,
Demonstrate, Guide, Enable)
FOS - Friends of Scouting
JASM - Junior Assistant Scoutmaster
LNT - Leave No Trace
NESA - National Eagle Scout Association
NYLT - National Youth Leadership Training
OA - Order of the Arrow
PRAY - Programs of Religious Activities with Youth
PL - Patrol Leader
PLC - Patrol Leaders Council
PTC - Philmont Training Center
SE - Scout Executive
SM - Scoutmaster
SPL - Senior Patrol Leader
YPT - Youth Protection Training