Cub Scout leaders are considered trained when they
have completed New Leader Essentials and the Cub Scout Leader
Specific training for their position.
Scoutmasters and assistant Scoutmasters are considered
trained when they have completed New Leader Essentials, Scoutmaster
and Assistant Scoutmaster Leader Specific Training, and Introduction
to Outdoor Leader Skills.
Troop committee members are considered trained when
they have completed New Leader Essentials and the Troop Committee
Challenge as their Leader Specific training.
Varsity Scout leaders and assistants are considered
trained when they have completed New Leader Essentials, Varsity
Scout Leader Specific Training , and Introduction to Outdoor
Leader Skills.
Venturing crew Advisors, assistant Advisors, and
crew committee members are considered trained when they have
completed New Leader Essentials and Venturing Leader Specific
Training.
Cub Scout Leaders
Cub Scouting Provides a Continuum of Training
Training for Cub Scout Leaders is designed to provide opportunities
for growth throughout the leadership experience. The concept of delivering
training that leaders need at the time that they need is called the
Continuum of Training. The continuum includes Fast Start and basic
training as well as supplemental training experiences that provide
support to leaders on a continuous basis.
Orientation
Orientation training is delivered by the pack to parents of Tiger
Cubs, Cub Scouts, and Webelos Scouts, as well as other adults new
to Scouting. It provides an overview of the total program of the
Boy Scouts of America as well as detailed information on the benefits
of Cub Scouting and the role of parents.
Fast Start training is the first step for any new volunteer
and is to be delivered immediately after a new leader registers
and before he or she meets with any youth member.
The new Basic Leader Training comprises two parts: New
Leader Essentials for all unit-level leaders and Leader Specific
training, which is based on the leader's unit-level position. The
90-minute session introduces participants to the vision, mission,
and values of the Boy Scouts of America. It also highlights the
resources available to Scout leaders (literature, training opportunities,
the BSA's professional staff, and other volunteer Scouters), the
basics of a Scout unit's finances, and an overview of expectations
and methods for adult leaders to keep Scouting worthwhile, exciting,
and safe.
Tiger Cub den leaders, Cub Scout den leaders, Webelos den leaders,
Cubmasters, and pack committee members can complete this training
in one day or two or three evenings. The leader is considered
trained upon completion of New Leader Essentials and the Leader
Specific training for that position.
Leaders desiring a deeper dedicated involvement in the Scouting
program, and who are otherwise qualified, will find advanced
training highly rewarding. Wood Badge serves as the advanced
training program for Cub Scouting, Boy Scouting, Varsity Scouting,
and Venturing.
Successful completion of basic training is a prerequisite for
Wood Badge training.
Use the Fast Start video training as soon you become a new leader.
The Fast Start video, AV-026 and the Boy Scout Viewer Guide,
AV-026G are available to borrow at the Scout Service Center at
4031 Technology Drive, Modesto, California 95356.
This lead-in to Scoutmaster and Assistant Scoutmaster Leader
Specific Training is attended by all adults new to leadership
positions in Cub Scouting, Boy Scouting, Varsity Scouting, and
Venturing.
The 90-minute session introduces participants to the vision,
mission, and values of the Boy Scouts of America. It also highlights
the resources available to Scout leaders (literature, training
opportunities, the BSA's professional staff, and other volunteer
Scouters), the basics of a Scout unit's finances, and an overview
of expectations and methods for adult leaders to keep Scouting
worthwhile, exciting, and safe.
To be recognized as Basic Trained, a Scoutmaster or assistant
leader in the Boy Scout program must complete New Leader Essentials,
Scoutmaster and Assistant Scoutmaster Leader Specific Training,
and Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills.
This new training program is divided into three sessions:
Getting Started: Role of the Scoutmaster in
a Boy led Troop
Lighting the Fire: The Outdoor
Program and the Advancement Program
Keeping it Going: Program Planning
and Troop Administration
You'll notice that the role of the Scoutmaster comes first. Every
ting else - the outdoors, advancement through the ranks, planning,
and administration - is an outgrowth of Scoutmasters realizing
what their role should be and then fulfilling the expectations
of that role.
In fact, all three sessions of this training explore what is expected
of a Scoutmaster and how you can do what is expected of you.
Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills
This new training course is designed for new adult leaders to
learn the outdoor skills they need to teach Scouts through the
First Class rank and will required for all Scouters planning on
attending the new Wood Badge course. Instructors will help you
learn how to set up camp, cook, work with woods tool and ropes,
first aid, planning campfire programs, map reading and compass
skills, hiking and packing techniques, nature identification, and
Leave No Trace. Each outdoor session will bring to life the pages
of the Boy Scout Handbook to help deliver the promise of Scouting
to yourself and the youth you serve. It will increase your comfort
level and give your confidence as a trained leader. The program
will also give you the opportunity to work with other Scout leaders
from your area, meet new friends, and reinforce skill techniques
with fellow unit leaders.
Successful completion of Introduction to Outdoor
Leader Skills will be prerequisite for Wood Badge.
Troop Committee Challenge
If you are member of a Boy Scout Troop Committee or a concerned
parent and want to know how your troop committee should operate,
this course is for you! This NEW course meets the basic training
requirements for committee members!
Chartered
Organization Representative
The
Boy Scouts of America is unique among voluntary youth agencies in
that it makes its program available for use by community organizations.
Each such organization receives a charter to operate the program
of the Boy Scouts of America for the benefit of the youth the organization
seeks to serve. So, these community groups are reffered to as chatered
organizations. In casual conversation they may be reffered
to as sponsors. This term is not correct, however, since the orgaization "owns
and operates" its Scouting unit(s) - this is a greater commitment
than simple sponsorship.
Many
chartered organization representatives are somewhat surprised to
learn that they are voting members of a corporation - a local Boy
Scouts of America council. New chartered organization representatives
are often unaware of the important role they play in the Scouting
organization. The purpose of this training is to help chartered organiztion
representatives understand the nature of the job to which they have
been appointed and the tasks that are involved.
The
Boy Scouts of America is unique among voluntary youth agencies in
that it makes its program available for use by community organizations.
Each such organization receives a charter to operate the program
of the Boy Scouts of America for the benefit of the youth the organization
seeks to serve. So, these community groups are reffered to as chatered
organizations. In casual conversation they may be reffered
to as sponsors. This term is not correct, however, since the orgaization "owns
and operates" its Scouting unit(s) - this is a greater commitment
than simple sponsorship.