Norwela
Council Scout Leader Training
Scouting is a lifetime of learning.
The value of Scouting to young people is obvious, but adults can also develop
leadership knowledge and skills through leader training experiences. Training
programs have been designed to teach each volunteer the keys to success in his
or her position. It also helps make the leaders’ job easier and more fun. Scouts and leaders are all strongly
encouraged to take advantage of every training opportunity.
Training not only shows new
leaders how to do their jobs, but also allows for an interchange of ideas with
other and more experienced leaders. Every Scout deserves qualified,
trained leaders who will provide the best program possible using the proven Boy
Scout method. Trained leaders ensure that the goals of Scouting are
met. All Scout leaders need training to help them understand the aims and
purposes of the Scouting program, to improve their ability to work with boys
and other leaders, to learn Scouting skills, and to learn how to plan an
effective Scouting program.
Norwela Council has a wide range of training
opportunities to help you develop as a Scout leader.
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It all starts
with Fast Start Training, which is a new leader's first introduction to
being a Scout leader. Fast Start is available on-line or on video
tape.
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Youth
Protection Training must be completed by all adults with contact with the youth
members. It is available on-line or on video tape
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Next is Basic Training. Basic training
starts with New Leader Essentials for all leadership positions. New Scout Leader Essentials is an
introductory session that highlights the values, aims, history, funding and
methods of Scouting. It addresses how these aims and methods are reached in an
age-appropriate style within Cub Scouting, Boy Scouting, Varsity Scouting and
Venturing. Leader Specific
training follows and specializes in the program area you are a leader.
Learning continues with Supplemental
Training events like Outdoor Skills Training, Ballo Training and University of
Scouting/Pow Wow. Supplemental Training
adds to a Scout leader's knowledge base and helps bring new program ideas and
skills back to the unit. There is also Advanced Training available. Wood
Badge, Training Development Conference, and
What makes a Trained Leader? Click here to find out
about
trained patches, training knots, and other scouting awards
that recognize leader training. Courses
marked with the
Symbol are necessary to earn the ‘Trained’ patch.
Below is a listing of the many training
opportunities offered by Norwela Council that are available to Scouts, Cub
Scout Leaders, Boy Scout Leaders, Venture Scout Leaders, and Committee
members. Videos for all levels of
Scouting available through the Council Service Center. Click on the link in each section to see the
flyer for each training date.
Trainer Development
Conference
James E. West, the first Chief Scout
Executive, was asked in the early days of Scouting to
identify the three most important needs of the young Scout organization. After
careful thought, Mr. West responded, "Training, more training, and still
more training." Training continues to be a top priority of the Boy Scouts
of America today.
Scouters responsible for training may be
members of district or council training teams who train leaders in Cub
Scouting, Boy Scouting, Varsity Scouting, and Venturing. They may also be
Scouters who train commissioners and district committees. They may be pack or
troop trainers. The Trainer Development Conference is designed to develop and
improve the skills of both veteran and prospective trainers.
The Trainer Development Conference
incorporates numerous contemporary training techniques and emphasizes the
importance of experiential learning, or "learning by doing." In most
instances, the training sessions not only demonstrate good training methods,
but give participants an opportunity to interact and practice what they have
learned. An ongoing learning activity, the "BSA 500" game, is
featured and used continuously throughout the conference to emphasize and
reinforce the experiential learning.
Upcoming training dates (click on date for
flyer):
December 4, 2004 (Saturday) - Trainer
Development Conference
Youth Protection Training
Every adult leader should complete
Youth Protection Training to help insure your pack, troop, team, or crew is a
safe environment for both youth and adults. A Youth Protection Trained
leader is required for all Tour Permits, High Adventure programs, and the
Quality Unit Award. Youth Protection Training is good for two years. BSA
High Adventure Bases like Philmont, require training within the year you are at
the base. Youth Protection Training is now available as: 1) classroom
sessions, 2) Online, at home, on your computer connected to the Internet.
Once completing the on-line training, you will be sent electronically, your
Youth Protection Training card via your e-mail account. Videos for all levels
of Scouting are available through the
Youth Protection Training Online.
Boy Scout and Cub Scout
Leader Fast Start Training
When new leaders join Scouting, it is essential that
they receive immediate information that will help them get started. Fast
Start training lays the foundation for new leaders and should be done as soon
as a new leader joins a unit. It uses a videotape and can be done in the unit
by a trainer. It can also be done online now.
It consists of sessions concerning the roles of the Committee and
organizing troop and Pack Activities.
Fast Start training will help new leaders to
understand what is expected and to establish effective meeting patterns so that
the boys and their families can enjoy a quality program from the start. Fast
Start is the first step in the continuum of training for Scout leaders.
Its objective is to provide all the information and resources for new leaders
to conduct their first meeting, along with guidance for the meetings that
follow. Videos for all levels of Scouting are available through the
Cub Scout
Leader Fast Start Training Online.
Boy Scout
Leader Fast Start Training Online.
Cub Scout Leader Basic
Training
The new Basic Leader Training program is the
culmination of more than two years of work by volunteers and professionals from
throughout the nation. It is a revised and updated volunteer
leader-training program for the Boy Scouts of America. We would like 100% of leaders with youth
contact to be trained leaders. It begins with the Fast Start training,
continues through New Leader Essentials, and is followed by Leader Specific
training.
New Leader Essentials is an introductory
session that highlights the values, aims, history, funding and methods of
Scouting. It addresses how these aims and methods are reached using an age
appropriate style within Cub Scouting, Boy Scouting and Venturing. Videos,
discussions and hands-on reinforcement are presented during the 90-min training
session. All unit-based volunteers—Cub Scout, Boy Scout, and Venturing
leaders—may take this session at the same time, so they understand that they
are all striving for the same results with the youth they serve. Each leader
completes New Leader Essentials training only once.
Cub Scout Leader Specific Training gets you
up to speed in your new Cub Scout position. This training is focused on
teaching the new leader, or leader in a new position, just how easy and fun Cub
Scouting can be!
At least 8 participants must be preregistered
to hold this conference.
Upcoming training dates (click on date for flyer):
Boy Scout Leader Basic
Training
Scoutmaster and Assistant Scoutmaster
Leader Specific Training
The new Basic Leader Training program is the
culmination of more than two years of work by volunteers and professionals from
throughout the nation. It is a revised and updated volunteer
leader-training program for the Boy Scouts of America. We would like 100% of leaders with youth
contact to be trained leaders. It begins with the Fast Start training,
continues through New Leader Essentials, and is followed by Leader Specific
training, and culminates in Outdoor Skills training for Scoutmasters and
Assistant Scoutmasters.
New Leader Essentials is an introductory
session that highlights the values, aims, history, funding and methods of
Scouting. It addresses how these aims and methods are reached using an age
appropriate style within Cub Scouting, Boy Scouting and Venturing. All
unit-based volunteers—Cub Scout, Boy Scout, and Venturing leaders—may take this
session at the same time, so they understand that they are all striving for the
same results with the youth they serve. Each leader completes New Leader
Essentials training only once. Leader Specific Training gets you up to speed in
your new Scout position.!
After you have had the essentials and been
to some meetings, it’s time to get specific. The Scoutmaster and Assistant
Scoutmaster Leader Specific Training will teach the specific tasks that a Scout
leader needs to instill the values and ethics of the Scouting program. This one
day class will give you the tools that you need, and the resources to solve
problems.
Prerequisites: Boy Scout Fast Start Video
and New Leader Essentials training.
Materials Needed: Official Boy Scout leader uniform, Boy Scout Handbook,
Scoutmaster Handbook, pen or pencil, paper, a picture of your Scout(s). Please
contact the course director if you do not have a uniform.
This training class is open to committee
members and Webelos Leaders as an optional training
At least 8 participants must be preregistered
to hold this conference.
Upcoming training dates (click on date for flyer):
August 24/26, 2004 (Tues/Thurs) - Boy Scout
Leader Specific Training
Committee Basic Training
/ the Committee Challenge
The Committee Challenge training for Scout
committees has been developed to help pack/troop/crew committee members better
understand their roles and responsibilities. Through hands-on experiential
learning, this training will also enable troop committee members to better
deliver the promise in support of the troop, Scoutmaster/Cubmaster/Adviser,
and Scouts.
The Troop Committee Challenge (TCC) is
effective for the entire Committee and the Scoutmaster/Cubmaster/Adviser.
This three-hour interactive training session can be conducted at either the
local or district level. (One Committee Challenge kit is recommended for each
eight participants; the kits may be reused.)
This training is best when delivered to all members of the troop
committee at once; is should also include the Scoutmaster/Cubmaster/Adviser.
The mission of the Committee Challenge
training is to help each troop committee work as a team to improve the Scouting
experience for adult and youth members.
Troop committee training consists of New
Leader Essentials and the Troop Committee Challenge. The Troop Committee Challenge can be
completed in three hours. After its completion a troop committee chairman or
troop committee member is considered trained.
Introduction to Outdoor
Leader Skills Training
The outdoor program is important to the
Scouting program because the outdoors is our classroom. Scouts learn skills
that will carry them through life. They will learn to be independent and
resourceful on the road to adulthood. You will spend a weekend camping as your
Scouts do and learn the outdoor skills that you will teach to your Scouts.
Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills takes
a hands-on approach to the basic outdoor skills leaders need to take youth
camping. This training applies to troop leaders, Varsity Scout and Venturing leaders,
and Webelos Scout leaders. The skills taught are based on the outdoor skills
found in The Boy Scout Handbook.
Prerequisites: Boy Scout Fast Start Video
and New Leader Essentials training. May be taken before
Leader Specific Training.
Materials Needed: Official Boy Scout leader uniform, Boy Scout Handbook,
Scoutmaster Handbook, pen or pencil, paper, camping grear.
Please contact the course director if you do not have a uniform.
At least 12 participants must be preregistered
to hold this conference.
Upcoming training dates (click on date for flyer):
Venture Leader Fast Start
Training
This orientation training provides new venture
scout leaders with an overview of the program and how if works.
At least 8 participants must be preregistered
to hold this conference.
Upcoming training dates (click on date for flyer):
Safe Swim Defense /
Safety Afloat
Units must have along at least one adult
that is trained in Safe Swim Defense on any outing having swimming
activities. The eight points of Safe Swim Defense are: Qualified
Supervision
fitness groups Safe area
system on duty
Safety Afloat has been developed to promote
boating and boating safety and to set standards for safe unit activity afloat.
Before a BSA group may engage in an excursion, expedition, or trip on the water
(canoe, raft, sailboat, motorboat, row-boat, tube, or other craft), adult
leaders for such activity must complete "Safety Afloat Training," No.
34159A, have a "Commitment Card:, No. 34242A, with them, and be dedicated
to full compliance with all nine points of Safety Afloat. Units must have along on any outing having canoeing
or other float activities at least one adult that is trained in Safety
Afloat. Each card is valid for two years.
The next Safe Swim Defense / Safety Afloat
class will be held on the Monday of each week of Norwela Summer Camp.
University of Scouting
More information on the
Additional training course that will be
offered include Scout Leader Essential training and Baloo training.
Upcoming
January 24, 2004 (Saturday) –
February 2005 (Saturday) -
Roundtable
Roundtable is the monthly opportunity for
you to brush up on the skills you have learned, or learn a new skill.
Roundtable is also the place where all the information on events, dates and
times, new Boy Scout policy, awards, and a whole lot more. A short general
session is followed by breakout sessions for each Scouting group.
Project
COPE: Challenging Outdoor Personal Experience
Project COPE is an exciting program of
self-discovery and team building for all scouts regardless of size, personal
fitness, or physical abilities. COPE includes a series of challenges
where individuals and the group must work together. We spend time working
through initiative problems, low elements, and high ropes challenges to help
develop: Leadership, Goal Setting, Teamwork, Communication, Decision Making,
Problem Solving, Trust, Confidence, and Self-esteem.
COPE stands for Challenging Outdoor Personal
Experience. Challenging how we do things and what we believe our limits
to be. Outdoors is our classroom. Personal because you strive
only against yourself. Experience
because everyone grows.
COPE
works by using
the concept of "Challenge by Choice,” where the individual personally
decides how far to go in any particular situation. Because of the group
process, those people who may not consider themselves fit can still be included
in most challenges. In COPE, no one sits on the bench.
The programs we offer are open to all
groups. We have had a number of large non-scouting groups participate on our
course. It is ideal for corporate team training programs, student orientations,
and small business development.
Wood Badge
Wood Badge is Scouting's
premier training course. Lord Baden-Powell designed it so that Scouters could
learn, in as practical a way possible, the skills and methods of Scouting. Wood
Badge for the 21st Century is the updated advanced Scout leader-training course
for all Scout leaders. Continually updated to reflect the current BSA
policies and programs, Wood Badge incorporates the latest material and utilizes
the best training techniques available. Wood Badge has become the most
advanced leadership-training course in Scouting. The practical leadership
skills taught are applicable to every leader, and provide a common foundation
for the Cub Scout, Boy Scout and Venturing programs.
The object of Wood Badge is to demonstrate
in a practical way the aims and methods of Scouting and to develop Scout spirit
through a program of activities. It is a combination of classroom and
outdoor learning. During training, participants live the patrol method. This occurs in patrols in a model
troop. Each participant learns and shares by doing. Highly qualified
and trained Scouters act as staff for Woodbadge.
Learning Objectives
As a result of attending Wood Badge, you
will be able to:
- View Scouting globally, as a family of inter-related, values-based programs
that provide age-appropriate activities for youth.
- Recognize the contemporary leadership concepts utilized in
corporate
- Apply the skills learned from your participation as a member of a
successful working team.
- Revitalize your commitment to youth by sharing in an overall
inspirational experience that helps provide Scouting with the leadership
it needs to accomplish its mission on an ongoing basis.
21st Century Wood Badge covers these
themes:
- Living the Values:
Values,
- Bringing the Vision to Life: Listening to learn, Communicating, Giving and
receiving feedback, Valuing people and leveraging diversity, Coaching
and mentoring
- Models for Success: Team
development tool, Situational Leadership
- Tools of the Trade:
Project planning and problem solving, Managing conflict, Assessing team
performance, Managing change, Celebrating team success
- Learning to Make a Difference: Leaving a legacy, Learning the greatest
leadership secret
Course Requirements
To be considered for Wood Badge training, a
Scouter MUST have completed basic training for their current position in either
Cub Scouting, Boy Scouting or the Venturing program, Outdoor Skills training or
Baloo training if appropriate, and have current Youth Protection.
Uniforms
must be worn for all sessions.
The
Course size is 32 minimum, 48 maximum, First come - First Served.
A
standard BSA physical exam must be completed prior to beginning the course.
Recommended Tenure
At least two years active participation as
a leader in a Pack, Troop, Crew, Team, or District committee or Council
committee is recommended.
