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Why Do Leaders Need Training?
Training shows new leaders how to do their jobs and allows for an interchange of ideas with more experienced leaders. Every Scout deserves qualified, trained leaders who will provide the best program possible, the way it is intended. Trained leaders ensure that the goals of Scouting are met. All Scout leaders need training to help them understand the aims and purposes of the Scouting program, to improve their ability to work with boys and other leaders, to learn Scouting skills, and to learn how to plan an effective Scouting program.
Mason-Dixon Council/BSA has a wide range of training opportunities to help you develop as an adult Scout leader. It all starts with Fast Start Training, a new leader's first introduction to being a Scout leader. Fast Start is available on-line or on video tape. Next is Basic Training. Basic training starts with New Leader Essentials for all leadership positions followed by Leader Specific training that specializes in the program area for which you are a leader. All Scout Leaders are required to complete Youth Protection Training.
Learning continues with Supplemental Training events like Roundtables, Re-chartering, Leave No Trace, Friends of Scouting, Adult Awards & Recognition, Chartered Organization Representative, and many others. Supplemental Training adds to a Scout leader's knowledge base and helps bring new program ideas and skills back to the unit.
There is also Advanced Training available such as Wood Badge, Training Development Conferences, and Philmont Training Center.
Who should go to Training?
If you have completed an Adult Scout Leader application, you should be going to Training. Every adult Scout leader position has important tasks in bringing the program to you pack, troop, team, or crew.
In a Cub Scout pack, if you have registered as a Den Leader, Asst. Den Leader, Tiger Den Leader, Webelos Den Leader, Asst. Webelos Den Leader, Den Leader Coach, Pack Committee Chair, Pack Committee Member, Cubmaster, Asst. Cubmaster, or Chartered Partner Representative, you need to be going to Training starting with Fast Start, than Youth Protection Training, New Leader Essentials, and Cub Scout Leader Specific. To take Cub Scouts camping, you will also need to complete BALOO (Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation) and for Webelos Leaders, you will need WOLF (Webelos Outdoor Leader Fundamentals).
As a Boy Scout leader, Scoutmaster, Asst. Scoutmaster, Troop Committee Chair, Troop Committee Member, or Chartered Partner Representative, you start your training with Fast Start for Boy Scouts. Next it is Youth Protection Training and New Leader Essentials. For Scoutmasters and Asst. Scoutmasters, you need to continue with SM/ASM Leader Specific which all includes Outdoor Leader Skills. For Troop Committee Chairs and Members, your next step is Troop Committee Challenge.
Venture Crew leaders also follow a like path with the start with Venturing Fast Start. Venture Advisors, Asst. Venture Advisors, Crew Committee Chairs and Crew Committee Members than continue with Youth Protection Training, New Leader Essentials, and Venturing Leader Specific.