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The following is from the National BSA
site:
The Basic Leader
Training program is the culmination of more than two years of work
by professionals and volunteers from throughout the nation. Their
goal was to revise and update the volunteer leader training
materials for the Boy Scouts of America. The result is a seamless
training program that helps leaders easily graduate through the
courses quickly and with little duplication.
The package provides the
district training committee with tools to achieve 100 percent
trained unit volunteers. It begins with the existing Fast Start
training, continues through New Leader Essentials, and is followed
by Leader Specific training for each adult's role in the unit.
Here is a brief overview
of the components of the training continuum.
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Fast Start training
is the first step for any new volunteer and is to be delivered
immediately after a new leader registers and before he or she
meets with any youth member.
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The new Basic Leader
Training comprises two parts: New Leader Essentials for all
unit-level leaders and Leader Specific training, which is based
on the leader's unit-level position.
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These training
courses include leader specific training for Cub Scout, Boy
Scout, and Venturing leaders; an introduction to outdoor leader
skills; and the new Wood Badge course.
What
Makes a Trained Leader?
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Cub
Scout leaders are considered trained when
they have completed New Leader Essentials and
the Cub Scout Leader Specific training for
their position.
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Scoutmasters
and assistant Scoutmasters are considered
trained when they have completed New Leader
Essentials, Scoutmaster and Assistant
Scoutmaster Leader Specific Training, and
Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills.
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Troop
committee members are considered trained
when they have completed New Leader Essentials
and the Troop Committee Challenge as their
Leader Specific training.
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Varsity
Scout leaders and assistants are
considered trained when they have completed
New Leader Essentials, Varsity Scout Leader
Specific Training (available April 2002), and
Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills.
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Venturing
crew Advisors, assistant Advisors, and crew
committee members are considered trained
when they have completed New Leader Essentials
and Venturing Leader Specific Training.
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