BOY SCOUT LEADER TRAINING
Every youth deserves a trained leader
and every leader deserved to be trained.
Welcome to the wonderful
world of Scouting! Eager and energetic boys will be looking to you
for fun, adventure, and leadership. Have no fear -- there is plenty of
training and resources available to make you a great success!
Click
here for a chart showing what training is required for your
position.
Click
here for a schedule of all
Boy Scout training courses scheduled in the
council.
NOTE: Before completing any online training, please enter your member ID into the profile of your MyScouting account. If you have not yet received your member ID, you may still take online training, but you must present your completion card to your district training chair in order to receive credit for the course. See further instructions at the Online Training section of this web site.
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BOY SCOUT LEADER BASIC TRAINING
The following courses are required for most Boy Scout leaders to wear the "Trained" emblem:
To be completed prior to first meeting
with youth
Fast
Start Training provides an immediate comfort level for the new
leader and enables the leader to say, "I can do this!" Fast Start
training is to be taken immediately after a new leader registers and
before he or she meets with any youth member.
Boy Scout Leader Fast Start training gives basic information on the mechanics of Boy Scout troop meetings, committee meetings, and campouts.
The Boy Scout segments include:
- Introduction
- The Troop Meeting
- The Outdoor Program
- The Troop Committee
This component of basic training for all program areas 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. Ideally, all unit-based volunteers -
Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Varsity Scout, and Venturing leaders - 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 This Is Scouting
only once.
This course guides you on the do's and
don'ts of
working with youth. At all times, the youths' safety is the number one
priority. At the same time, a leader needs to know the rules for
keeping him/herself safe, too. YPT is a
required training for certain outings, including long-term summer or winter camp.
Youth
Protection Training maybe completed via the Internet or through a
DVD presentation by your district training team.
If you complete Youth Protection Training in a
group setting via video,
you must still complete the associated online
quiz.
4.
Leader
Specific Training: Approximately
3 hours - classroom course
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- Scoutmaster & Assistant Scoutmaster Leader Specific training provides the specialized knowledge a
leader needs to assume a leadership role within their troop. Topics include advancement, outdoor program, troop administration, and a boy-run troop.
Scoutmasters and assistant Scoutmasters must also complete a second course -- Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills.
- For their leader specific training, troop committee members should take the online course -- Troop Committee Challenge.
Click
here for a list of
Leader Specific training opportunities in Sam Houston Area Council.
Upon
completion of the appropriate courses listed above, a Boy
Scout leader is considered "Trained" and may wear a "Trained" emblem.
When
a trained Boy Scout leader changes position, he or she must take Leader
Specific Training for that new position in order to be still be
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WOOD BADGE
Recommended within first two years of
registration.
As the adult leadership skills training course for the BSA,
Wood
Badge focuses on strengthening every volunteer's
ability to work with and lead groups of youth
and adults. The course teaches participants the basic of listening,
communicating, valuing people, team development, situational leadership,
problem solving, and managing conflict. Once the skill is learned,
each participant is given the opportunity to use the skill as a member
of a successful working team. At the conclusion of the course, each
participant develops a set of personal goals related to his or her
Scouting role. Working these goals allows the participant to practice
and demonstrate new skills.
Training time: Two full 3-day
weekends (including overnights)
Prerequisite: Basic training.
New Leader Essentials plus Leader Specific Training in the position for
which you are currently registered.
Click here
for more information on Wood Badge in Sam Houston Area Council.
It is the goal of BSA for
every
leader to attend Wood Badge within the first two years of his or
her registration.
SUPPLEMENTAL TRAINING
At any time a Boy Scout leader can take part in these supplemental
trainings:
Boy Scout roundtable, conducted monthly in each district, gives Boy Scout leaders the skills and ideas they need to deliver an exciting Boy Scout program to boys. The subject of each roundtable is selected to be relative to important and timely aspects of the Scouting program in your district.
Boy Scout roundtables are for adult leaders
in all registered positions - the program schedule offers something for
everyone!
| University
of Scouting: February 13, 2011
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University of Scouting, traditionally held in on a Saturday in
early February in Sam Houston Area Council, offers a wide variety of
program activities for all Scouting leaders. It's a great time to get more information on topics that are relative to your Scouting responsibilities.
| Health
and Safety Training Courses |
BSA
offers a variety of health and safety courses:
- Scouting Safety Begins with Leadership
(classroom course) makes leaders aware of the policies and
procedures of the Boy Scouts of America as well as heightening the
awareness of the risks involved in any outing and how to avoid them.
- Physical Wellness - available online at MyScouting.
Some of the courses are required before a troop can engage in certain activities:
- Before a BSA group may engage in swimming activities of any kind, a
minimum of one adult leader in attendance at the activity must complete Safe Swim Defense training, have a
commitment card (No. 34243) with them, and agree to use the eight
defenses in this plan. Click
here to complete Safe Swim
Defense training online. Keep a copy of your certificate of
completion on hand for appropriate events.
- Before a BSA group may engage in an excursion, expedition, or trip on
the water (canoe, raft, sailboat, motorboat, rowboat, tube, or other
craft), adult leaders for such activity must complete Safety Afloat training, No. 34159C,
have a commitment card, No. 34242A, with them, and be dedicated to full
compliance with all nine points of Safety Afloat. Click
here to complete Safety Afloat
training online. Keep a copy of your certificate of completion
on hand for appropriate events.
Planning and Preparing for Hazardous
Weather training, available online through the MyScouting portal, makes leaders
aware of the risks involved with weather during an outing and how to
avoid them. Beginning January 1, 2009, at least one registered leader
attending the outing must have completed Hazardous Weather training in
order to secure a Local Tour Permit.
- Climb on Safely - available online through MyScouting - required for climbing and rapelling activities
Merit Badge Counselor Orientation
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Merit Badge Counselor Orientation helps a merit badge counselor understand his or her job as a coach and counselor, who provides realistic learning experiences to a boy in his study of a merit badge subject. The course is offered at University of Scouting and by districts periodically throughout the year.
Trainer's EDGE is conducted by the council at University of Scouting and
on a Saturday in August. Other opportunities may be hosted during the year by
districts.
Click
here for more information on scheduled dates.
Trainer's EDGE is for those leaders who want more training and
leadership skills and who want to be a part of the district or council
training team. It provides hands-on, interactive opportunities to
practice your training skills in a small-group environment.
This annual training event is for any Scout leader involved in
commissioner service, including those who work with Boy Scouts- unit
commissioners, assistant district commissioners, district commissioners,
as well as Boy Scout roundtable commissioners and staff. Sessions will
assist you in improving the quality of service that commissioners
provide to Boy Scout troops. The conference is traditionally held on the
first Saturday of December each year.
Philmont
Training Center, the National Volunteer Training Center of the Boy
Scouts of America, provides a unique environment for
Scouting
conferences each summer and fall. Nestled in the foothills of the
Sangre de Cristo mountains in northern New Mexico on the Philmont Scout
Ranch, Philmont Training Center is an outstanding opportunity to learn
and to share your experiences with other Scouters from across the
country.
In addition to hosting these Conferences, the Training Center also
provides the opportunity for families to attend with their Scouters and
enjoy a wide range of family programs, making the Philmont Training
Center experience one of a kind. Fully-staffed, age-appropriate day
programs are available for infants through spouses.
If interested in attending,
click
here to check the conference
schedule. Registration is through the "Events" tab in
MyScouting.
Training Awards
Boy Scout Leader Training Awards
Boy Scout leaders have opportunity to earn a training award - recognized by a square knot to be worn on the uniform shirt - that
recognizes them for training, tenure, and performance.
Completed forms should be submitted through your district training
chair.
Scoutmaster's Key - for Scoutmasters only
Boy Scout Leader's Training Award - for all other troop leadership positions
