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Courses for all Scouters
WA01 - This is Scouting
(on-line)
“This is Scouting” is a great 50 minute overview of
Scouting. It has hundreds of images of fun Scouting
activities, showing Cub, Boy and Venture Scouting. “This is
Scouting” is a great video not only for Scouters, but for
parents of Scouts. You may want to direct parents to the
site for this overview. It will help them understand what
Scouting is all about. Parents do not need a BSA membership
number to create a MyScouting e-learning account. They can
log into MyScouting e-learning to take the course. (If they
later become a registered Scouter, they should notify your
Pack Trainer or the Scout office that they have taken “This
is Scouting” to get training credit.)
Topics covered include: the mission, values and vision of
Scouting, the advancement program, different Scouting
programs for young people ages 7-20, type and level of adult
involvement in different phases of Scouting, what youth and
adults get out of being in Scouting, how to provide a fun
program for youth and adults, outdoors, community service,
and Youth Protection.
Y01 - Youth Protection Training (on-line)
This 45 minute Youth Protection Training course is an
excellent overview to help insure the safety of youth in a
unit. It teaches how Scouting works with parents to teach
Scouts about abuse avoidance. It covers physical, sexual,
and emotional abuse and neglect, and helps adult Scouting
volunteers identify signs of potential abuse. It also
provides guidelines for reporting abuse.
The course also includes with discipline in units, including
adult leader responsibility, involving parents, establishing
a code of conduct, being clear about expectations and
consequences, providing activities with a purpose, and
avoiding adolescent power struggles.
This interactive online course features case studies to
review how BSA Youth Protection might be violated. The
course ends with a 25 question test on Youth Protection,
with a minimum 80% score required for Youth Protection
certification. A leader’s Youth Protection certificate is
valid for two years, after which the course must be retaken.
A90 - Wood Badge
Upon completion of Leader-Specific Training, an adult is
eligible to attend the course Wood Badge for the 21st
Century. Over two three-day weekends, Scouters, assigned to
patrols, participate in intensive leadership and team
development training. Once the training is complete, the
practical portion begins: completing the Wood Badge ticket.
Over a period up to eighteen months, participants complete
various Scouting projects which they have designed. Skills
and concepts covered by the course include: Bringing the
Vision to Life, Models for Success, Tools of the Trade,
Leading to Make a Difference and Living the Values. Wood
Badge draws upon the most current leadership models being
used by corporate America, academic circles and successful
outdoor leadership organizations throughout the country.
D75 – Health and Safety Course
This is a 90-minute training session emphasizing the
“Sweet 16 of Safety” in detail. This course is to be
completed by all unit leaders, and district and council
staff. All leaders should receive this training every two
years.
Five Star University of Scouting
This is a cooperative training venture of five councils
serving Wisconsin and part of Illinois. This conference
provides continuing education for commissioners working at
the unit, roundtable, district and council levels and all
volunteer Scouters. Courses are designed for all experience
levels.
Lord Baden Powell University of Scouting
This is a cooperative training venture of Illinois and
Wisconsin councils, offered at Camp Wonderland in the Fox
River District. This conference provides continuing
education for commissioners, district and council
operations, membership, Scoutcraft skills, Venture crew
courses and communications and teaching technique courses.
Website:
http://lbpuniv.org
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Highlight: The quality of unit is directly related to the
quality of training of the unit leadership |
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