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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. Additional training for Senior Patrol Leaders, Life-to-Eagle Scout sessions, and Order of the Arrow.
 

Wood Badge for the 21st Century

In 1911, four years after Scouting began in Great Britain, Lord Baden-Powell began training Scouters through a series of lectures. This led to the first Wood Badge training course for Scoutmasters held eight years later at Gilwell Park near London. In 1936, an experimental Wood Badge course was conducted in the United States at the Schiff Scout Reservation. Then in 1948, the first American Wood Badge course was introduced in the United States as advanced training for trainers of Boy Scout leaders. Later, the program was extended to include Troop committee members, commissioners, and Explorer leaders.

Experiments began in the late 1960s with a leadership development Wood Badge course emphasizing 11 leadership skills or "competencies." This program was launched in 1972 in support of a major revision of the Boy Scout phase of the program. In 1978, an evaluation of the Boy Scout Leader Wood Badge course revealed a need for greater emphasis on the practical aspects of good Troop operation. The course now provides a blend of Scoutcraft skills and practical Troop operation, mixed with a variety of leadership exercises. The course is under constant review for possible areas of further refinement.

In 2001, the new Wood Badge for the 21st Century was introduced. It was developed for all Scouters: Cub Scout leaders, Boy Scout leaders, Venturing leaders, and council and district leaders. The focus is on leadership skills, not outdoor skills. The first part of the new Wood Badge course reflects unit meetings, while the second part of the course uses a Troop camping activity as its delivery model.

Purpose

As a result of attending Wood Badge, participants will be able to

• View Scouting globally, as a family of interrelated, values-based programs that provide age-appropriate activities for youth.
• Recognize the contemporary leadership concepts utilized in corporate America and leading government organizations that are relevant to our values-based movement.
• Apply the skills they learn from their participation as a member of a successful working team.
• Revitalize their commitment by sharing in an overall inspirational experience that helps provide Scouting with the leadership it needs to accomplish its mission on an ongoing basis.

Health and Safety Training

The one and one-half hour course covers the health and safety policies required by the Boy Scouts of America. This course is required training for at least one adult member of each unit.

 

 

Safe Swim Defense/Safety Afloat Online Training

Safe Swim Defense

Before a BSA group may engage in swimming activities of any kind, a minimum of one adult leader must complete Safe Swim Defense training, have a commitment card (No. 34243) with them, and agree to use the eight defenses in this plan.

The eight points of the defense are:

• Qualified Supervision
• Lookout
• Physical fitness
• Ability groups
• Safe area
• Buddy system
• Lifeguards on duty
• Discipline

This course may be taken online. The course will take approximately 1/2 hour, and is followed by a test of the material. At the end of the test, if you pass, you will be able to print your training card and a Safe Swim Defense Commitment. When the print box comes up, select 2 copies so that you will have one for your records and send the other copy to the council office as proof that you have taken the class and to update your training record. Take Safe Swim Defense first, some of the questions refer to Safe Swim Defense.

Safety Afloat

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.

This course may be taken online. The course will take approximately 1/2 hour, and is followed by a test of the material. At the end of the test, if you pass, you will be able to print your training card and a Safe Swim Defense Commitment. When the print box comes up, select 2 copies so that you will have one for your records and send the other copy to the council office as proof that you have taken the class and to update your training record. Take Safe Swim Defense first, some of the questions refer to Safe Swim Defense.

Safe Swim Defense/Safety Afloat Online Training

High Adventure Team
 

 

Training courses for unit leaders that are required to participate in the outdoor High Adventure program.
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Climb On Safely

Climb On Safely is the Boy Scouts of America's recommended procedure for organizing BSA climbing/rappelling activities at a natural site or a specifically designed facility such as a climbing wall or tower.

Young people today seek greater challenges, and climbing and rappelling offer a worthy challenge. The satisfaction of safely climbing a rock face is hard to top. While introduction of the Climbing merit badge in spring 1997 spurred interest in these activities through the BSA, the proliferation of climbing gyms and facilities has also made climbing and rappelling readily available throughout the United States.

For more information on Climb on Safely
 

Project COPE Passport to High Adventure Training

Challenging Outdoor Personal Experience
COPE is a very powerful program designed to meet seven major goals/objectives. This type of ropes course experience is unmatched by any other type of teamwork training. It works by using the concept of "Challenge by Choice," which has been used throughout the history of ropes courses.

There are three basic activities that any type of ropes course uses; they are: Initiative Games, Low Course
Events, and High Course Events . In addition to the ropes course program, our course also provides a Rock Climbing and Rappelling Program.

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.
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