New Leader Essentials

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 in an age-appropriate style within Cub Scouting, Boy Scouting, Varsity Scouting, and Venturing. Videos, discussions, and hands-on reinforcement are presented during the 90-minute training session. 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 New Leader Essentials training only once.

Benefits of New Leader Essentials

Assistance in implementing the full Scouting program with chartered organizations
A better understanding of the advantages of encouraging youth and adult volunteers to move through the traditional program as their youth mature
An awareness of the different aspects of the Scouting program, which may result in leaders taking advantage of those programs for a child in a different age group

Prerequisites: Fast Start Video

Learning Objectives

Presentation 1 What Are the Goals I'm Trying to Accomplish?
- The Mission of the Boy Scouts of America.
- Aims and Methods of Scouting.
Presentation 2 How Do Youth Grow and Develop?
- The concept of stages of youth development.
Presentation 3 Where Do I Fit In?
- How Troops are organized, the involvement of youth, adult leaders, the Troop committee, and the chartered organization.
Presentation 4 Where Do I Get Help?
- How do I find people resources, program literature, and information about the leadership process.
Presentation 5 Who Pays For Scouting?
- How youth members and their parents financially support Scouting activities.
- Fiscal support from the Troop and chartered organization
Presentation 6 How Do I Keep Scouting Safe?
- Leadership requirements for keeping Scouting safe
- BSA policy on drug, alcohol, and tobacco use and abuse
Presentation 7 Your Bridge Into Scouting

Be ready to take on leadership of your Scouting unit with confidence.