Required Training and Pilot Councils

1. Required Training and Pilot Councils Bob Sirhal sirhal@aol.com 401-789-7929 Chris Smith Christopher.smith@scouting.org 972-580-2417

2. A leader is considered fully trained and entitled to wear the Trained Leader emblem when the following training courses have been completed: Cub Scouting: completed Fast Start (for their position), Youth Protection training (online or instructor-led); Cub Scout Leader Specific Training (for their position, instructor-led) and This Is Scouting (online or instructor-led DVD).

3. A leader is considered fully trained and entitled to wear the Trained Leader emblem when the following training courses have been completed: Boy/Varsity Scouting: completed Fast Start (for their position); Youth Protection training (online or instructor-led); This Is Scouting (online or instructor-led DVD); leader specific training (for their position, instructor-led); and Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills.

4. A leader is considered fully trained and entitled to wear the Trained Leader emblem when the following training courses have been completed: Venturing: completed Fast Start (for their position); Youth Protection training (online or instructor-led); This Is Scouting (online or instructor-led DVD); and leader specific training (for their position, instructor-led); and Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills (outdoor Venture crews only).

5. Northeast Region Theodore Roosevelt Council – Massapequa, NY Connecticut Rivers Council – East Hartford, CT National Capital Area Council – Bethesda, MD Otschodela Council – Oneonta, NY Hiawatha Seaway Council – Syracuse, NY Central Region Bay Lakes Council – Appleton, WI Simon Kenton Council – Columbus, OH Detroit Area Council – Detroit, MI Potawatomi Council – Waukesha, WI Central Minnesota Council – Sartell, MN Pilot Councils for 2010

6. Southern Region Occoneechee Council – Raleigh, NC Circle Ten Council – Dallas, TX Atlanta Area Council – Atlanta, GA Caddo Area Council – Texarkana, TX South Plains Council – Lubbock, TX Western Region Utah National Parks Council – Orem, UT Grand Canyon Council – Phoenix, AZ Montana Council – Great Falls, MT Yucca Council – El Paso, TX Los Padres Council – Santa Barbara, CA Pilot Councils for 2010

7. Existing Required Councils Central Region • Cleveland, OH • Kansas City, MO Southern Region • Jacksonville, TX Northeast Region • Allentown, PA • Buffalo, NY • Providence, RI • Rochester, NY • Wilmington, DE

8. National Required TrainingPilot Councils’ Checklist • “Culture” of Training • Establish commitment from council/district training teams. • Seek commitment from the council executive board. • Consider reorganizing the council and district training teams to better serve the council. • Council Executive Board Resolution • Secure an approved resolution for the “Training Requirements for Top Unit Leaders,” which includes Cubmasters, Scoutmasters, Varsity Scout Coaches, Venture Advisors, Sea Scout Skippers, and Explorer Advisors.

9. National Required TrainingPilot Councils’ Checklist • Council Top Leader Training • Have council/district training volunteers focus on updating all training records. • If the pilot council’s resources allow, have a volunteer or employee update training records and follow up with volunteers for training validation. • Begin the unit inventory/training in October versus the traditional December unit inventory. • Training Calendar Development • Increase the number of council/district training opportunities offer convenient times for unit leaders.

10. National Required TrainingPilot Councils’ Checklist • Training Costs • Keep training costs very low or free. •  Training Teams • Recruit additional/qualified trainers within all districts. • Create training teams to conduct minicourses for individual units at meeting locations. • Look to nontraditional staff members for new trainers (NYLT, OA, Venturing youth trainers). Utilize young people who are the products of the program to demonstrate how new opportunities can open doors.

11. National Required TrainingPilot Councils’ Checklist • Trainer Development Conference • Have all trainers sharpen their skills by taking this conference or the new “Trainer’s Edge” course. •  Council Kick-Off • Send all unit leaders, unit training coordinators, and chartered organization representatives a letter informing them of the new training standards, and request validation of their current training status. • Attach a training calendar to each letter. Encourage leaders to take advantage of future training opportunities.

12. National Required TrainingPilot Councils’ Checklist • Training Attendance Reports • Develop a process to record training completed in the field and to return reports to the council service center for proper documentation. • For record keeping of online training, create a “holding bin” for new leaders who have not been issued a membership number prior to the completion of a training course.

13. National Required TrainingPilot Councils’ Checklist • Report Generators • Develop a system that council staff members/district volunteers can closely monitor on a monthly basis, to ensure leaders are completing the required training within the one-year time frame (from initial registration or official launch of the council’s required training initiative).

14. National Required TrainingPilot Councils’ Checklist •  Base Line of Current Conditions • Create a baseline for all units for advancement, resident/family/day camp participation, and retention (youth and adult). Training can improve numerous program elements that directly impact the program youth members experience.

15. National Required TrainingPilot Councils’ Checklist • Charter Renewal • Establish a system of direct correspondence to keep training requirements of unit leaders and chartered organizations up to date. • Within 90 days of charter renewal, the district commissioner’s staff must alert the unit’s top leaders that training requirements have not been met and that and the unit cannot be rechartered until those requirements have been fulfilled.

16. National Required TrainingTime Frame • Jan. 1, 2010 1. Pilot councils implement required training for all top leaders. All top leaders should complete training by the end of 2010. Top leaders include Cubmasters, Scoutmasters, Varsity Scout Coaches, Venture Advisors, Sea Scout Skippers, and Explorer Advisors. • Jan. 1, 2011 1. Pilot councils implement required training for all direct contact leaders. 2. All councils implement required training for all top leaders. All top leaders should complete training by the end of 2011.

17. National Required TrainingTime Frame • Jan. 1, 2012 1. All councils should implement required training for all direct contact leaders. Direct contact leaders include den leaders, assistant den leaders, assistant Cubmasters, assistant Scoutmasters, assistant Varsity Coaches, assistant Venture Advisors, and assistant Explorer Advisors. 2. All direct contact leaders should complete training by the end of 2012.

18. Because Every Scout Deserves a TRAINEDLeader!