Training posts from 2014

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Qualified, Trained Leaders (opens in a new tab)

The Scoutmaster Minute · archived copy

We often talk about having all of our adult leaders trained. When we speak of training we are talking about the basics. Has the adult completed Youth Protection? Attended their Basic Course for the specific position? And according to the Boy Scouts of America, that's pretty much a trained leader.

Ask the Expert: Wood Badge course numbering, decoded

Bryan on Scouting / On Scouting ·

W2-590-14-8, C6-160-14-2, S4-83-14-2, N4-527-14. Are those nuclear launch codes? A paranoid person's computer password? Some sort of weird locker combination? Nope. Those four sets of characters describe the numbers of actual Wood Badge courses being offered in 2014. And in reality, the code - found on every modern Wood Badge course - isn't that difficult to crack.

Councils Make Strides In Trained Leaders Achievement In 2013

Scouting Wire ·

Ensuring every youth member is led by a trained leader is critical when it comes to providing "life changing experiences you can't get anywhere else." The year-end figures for the 2013 Journey to Excellence show that 71 percent of the councils in the BSA improved their JTE score in direct contact leaders trained.

Conflict Resolution (opens in a new tab)

The Scoutmaster Minute · archived copy

So who here has a perfect Troop? A group of Scouts that get along with no issues? A unit that has a culture of absolute peace and harmony? Yeah? If you have that Troop, please let me know what side of Utopia you live on and I will come and check that out..