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Venture Scouts / Explorers in the Netherlands

Learn about the Explorer program in the Netherlands, where youth aged 6 to 16 have autonomy with self-government, plan their own activities, and earn proficiency badges. This challenging program promotes responsibility, learning by doing, and personal growth.

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Venture Scouts / Explorers in the Netherlands

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  1. Venture Scouts / Explorersin the Netherlands Malta, May 2013 Marcel Baartmans Spelspecialist explorers

  2. Age sections in the Netherlands

  3. Age sections in the Netherlands

  4. Activity fields Challenging Scout Techniques Outdoors Expression Sports & Games International Safety & Health Identity Society

  5. Progression matrix

  6. Progression matrix – an example

  7. The Explorer Guide

  8. The Explorer Unit • 6 to 16 explorers • 2 mentors (not called leaders!) • Autonomy with self-government - chairman - secretary - treasurer • Unit number (started in 1958)

  9. Key elements in the programme • Responsibility! • Learning by doing in optima forma • Explorers make their own programme • Manage their own money • Plan their own summercamp • Mentors assist and support

  10. Why self-government? • Learn to cope with responsibility • Learn to divide tasks • Learn to take control • Everyone is resonsible for the result • Extra challenge in the programme

  11. Aid for the programme

  12. Progression system explorers • Eight proficiency badges, one per activity field • Three year badges • Four awards

  13. Proficiency badges explorers • Eight different badges, one per activity field • Each badge consists of two parts: content and presentation • You choose your own project which has to be challenging for you. • 1 to 3 months • 25 sample projects per activity field or come up with your own idea

  14. Proficiency badges explorers

  15. Proficiency badges explorers

  16. Year badges • 3 years > 3 year badges • Requirements increase per year and linked to what you might expect from an explorer in that year. For example: • 1st jaar: investment, organise 3 regular meetings, achieve 1 proviency badge, take part in weekend- and summer camp • 2nd jaar: discussion leader at three evaluation, co-organizing a larger programme, achieve one other proviency badge • 3rd jaar: achieve a third proviency badge, coordinate weekend camp and be co-responsible for summer camp, assist cubscouts leaders during 1 meeting, having been on a cummer camp abroard

  17. Year badges

  18. Certificate year badge

  19. More badges … • Four awards: • International Award for Young People (Duke of Edinburgh Award) • Europe award • Nature award • Development award

  20. Website

  21. Challenges • Implementation • Implementation in the local groups • Direct contact with explorers using social media • Youth participation on regional and national level • Convey vision to regional level • Streamline vision in all national activities • National explorer weekend: Exxploraxxion

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