Training Date Schedule

Here is a brief overview of the components of the training continuum:
Fast Start Training
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.

Basic Leader Training
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.

Leader-Specific Training
These training courses include leader specific training for Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Varsity Scout, and Venturing leaders; an introduction to outdoor leader skills; and the new Wood Badge course.

What Makes a Trained Leader?

• Cub Scout leaders are considered trained when they have completed New Leader Essentials and the Cub Scout Leader Specific Training for their position.

• 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.

• Troop Committee members are considered trained when they have completed New Leader Essentials and the Troop Committee Challenge as their Leader Specific training.

• Varsity Scout leaders and Assistants are considered trained when they have completed New Leader Essentials, Varsity Scout Leader Specific Training, and Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills.

• Venturing Crew Advisors, Assistant Advisors, and Crew Committee members are considered trained when they have completed New Leader Essentials and Venturing Leader Specific Training.

Check out BSA Online Learning Center for Training at http://www.scouting.org/Applications/MyScoutingFull.aspx
A log-in is required, however anyone may create a user account and view the courses. Registered members of the BSA may provide their member numbers (as part of the user profile) to receive credit. Most courses take no more than an hour.
BUG ALERT: A number of users have reported that they are unable to create accounts for the e-learning system using Microsoft Internet Explorer version 7.0 (the very latest version) because an image is superimposed over text fields, preventing them from entering data. We are currently working on a newer version of the account creation/management interface that will not have this problem. In the meantime, these users may be able to complete the form if they use their "tab" key to navigate among text fields. Otherwise, they will need to use a different Web browser (Netscape, FireFox, or even an older version of IE) to create an account.

The following training's are available online:

Aquatics Safety (Safe Swim Defense and Safety Afloat)
Safe Swim Defense and Safety Afloat. In the first unit, we'll cover the eight crucial defenses for safe waterfront activity in Scouting (supervision, fitness, safe area, lifeguards, lookouts, ability grouping, buddy system, and discipline). 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 with them, and agree to use the eight defenses in this plan.

In the second section, we review the boating safety unit, Safety Afloat, and cover the nine defenses for safe boating activity. Please note that review of either or both of these units online is considered helpful but does not meet all the BSA qualifications for conducting water-related programs. For more, and before conducting any waterfront or boating activities, contact your local council.

Fast Start is a package of position-specific programs available to new leaders. Each program gives leaders information on planning and conducting their first meeting along with additional program activities. Cub Scout Leader Fast Start, Boy Scout Leader Fast Start, and Venturing Leader Fast Start guides are available through your unit leader or the District Training Chair or
may be accessed on-line.
Cub Scout Leader Fast Start Guide
Boy Scout Leader Fast Start Guide
Venturing Leader Fast Start Guide

Boy Scout Leader Fast Start
This is the first step to take for any volunteer new to Boy Scouting. This course should be taken before beginning youth activities. You'll learn the aims and purposes of the Boy Scouts of America's core program, then zero in on the job. You'll cover the seven parts of the troop meeting, the troop committee, outdoor program, and other basic concepts of Scouting, all in one short online experience. It's the best way for someone new to the program to quickly grasp how troop Scouting works and where additional resources can be found.

Troop Committee Challenge
This fun and interactive training serves as a vital tool for new troop committee members as well as for veterans. The mission of the Troop Committee Challenge training is to help each troop committee work as a team to improve the Scouting experience for adult and youth members. It helps build the commitment of individual members as well as cultivates a better troop committee team.

Cub Scout Leader Fast Start
This course should be taken immediately after you register but before you begin youth activities. The course introduces the aims and purposes of the Boy Scouts of America's foundational program, then zeroes in on the job. Subsections of the course will brief anyone new to the job of Tiger Cub leader, den leader, Webelos den leader, or Cubmaster. We also cover the standard parts of the meeting and tell where additional resources can be found.

Venturing Advisor Fast Start
This is the first step for any volunteer new to Venturing. This course should be taken immediately after you register but before you begin youth activities. The course introduces the aims and purposes of the Boy Scouts of America's coeducational program for youth from 14 to 20 years of age, and goes on to explain how the program works to deliver a relevant and compelling program.

Venturing Crew Orientation
Venturing is a program where high-school age boys and girls take a lead role in organizing and running their own high adventure activities. This multimedia program, covers specific leadership skills in program planning, money-earning, and running effective committees. This presentation should be a first step in training effective crew leadership."

Venturing Youth Protection Training
As a Venturing Advisor, you are an important figure in the lives of your crew members. They are likely to turn to you for advice and guidance, or to tell you about problems they face in their lives. They may come to you about their problems before they talk to their parents about them.

Generational Diversity
Online tutorial created especially for employees and volunteers in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). Intended to give you a broader understanding and deeper appreciation for the diverse range of ages and life experiences throughout our organization.

Staffing the District Committee
A healthy district committee, with sufficient resources to support all functions, is essential to provide adequate support to Scouting units. This training module discusses the importance of a fully staffed committee, including a game that simulates the task of locating, recruiting, and retaining committee members to build a healthy committee.

Hazard os Weather
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Welcome to Den Chief Training
Identify the responsibilities and what you will do as the den chief. Describes the den chief's relationship to the adult den leaders, and how that relates to the activities with the den.

Powder Horn
is a training opportunity designed to expose the Venturing or Boy Scout leader to activities and resources necessary to operate a successful Venturing Ranger Award or Troop High Adventure program in several ways:

Help Venturing Leaders and Scouters to safely conduct outdoor activities of a fun and challenging nature.

Provides an introduction to the resources necessary to successfully lead their Venturers and older Boy Scouts through a program of high adventure.

Familiarizes the Advisor with the Ranger program so that he or she can help the Venturer to meet the requirements of the Ranger Award.

This course is based on the Venturing Ranger requirements giving participants an exposure to outdoor/high adventure activities.

Sea Scouts
Sea Scouting was founded in the United States in 1912. In the 90 + years since Sea Scouts have charted a course of leadership and adventure. Sea Scouting is a coed outdoor program for young adults 14 - 20 years old and their adult advisors.

Advanced Sea Scout Training
Sea Scout Advanced Leadership (SEAL) Training is a petty officer (youth) leadership training course offered by the National Sea Scouting Committee. This is a one week, hard core leadership course that is conducted at sea. If you successfully complete the course you will be awarded the SEAL Training Award, which is a silver pin with twin dolphins, to be worn on your uniform (see above).

This course is a leadership course, not a seamanship course. It covers such topics as preparing, goal setting, organizing, supervising, commanding, communicating, training, motivating, and other skills that will help you in functioning as a leader in your Ship and in life.

To attend a SEAL class you must be a registered Sea Scout. You must have earned the Seaman Ordinary rank prior to attending SEAL training, and you must have a thorough, working knowledge of Chapter four of the Sea Scout Manual.

Youth Protection Training
The BSA places the greatest importance on creating the most secure environment possible for our youth members. All Cub Scout and Boy Scout adult volunteers should take this course. It covers the BSA's Youth Protection policies, kinds of abuse, signs of abuse, how to respond to disclosure of abuse, and proper reporting procedures. It does so by taking you through situations that require choices and produce consequences. Successful completion of this course requires an 80 percent or higher score.

The objectives of training are to:
• Enable Scouting's leaders and parents to recognize indicators of abuse when they see them.
• Increase the protection of children by promoting prompt reporting of suspected abuse.
• Inform our leaders of the BSA's youth protection policies.
• Increase leaders’ and parents’ awareness of other BSA youth protection materials, including "It Happened to Me," a video for Cub Scout age boys and their parents; "A Time to Tell," a video for Boy Scout age boys; and "Youth Protection: Personal Safety Awareness," a video for co-ed high school students involved in Venturing and Exploring.
• Inform participants of the precise child abuse reporting procedure to be used in the local council.

Council Day of Training
Council Day of Training - West Cost- $7 (no charge if only taking youth Protection); No refunds can be made)
Saturday, October 4, 2008 at Vantage Career Center
818 North Franklin Street, Van Wert, Ohio
See registration form for individual session times.
Please register by Friday, September 26

Council Day of Training - East Cost- $7 (no charge if only taking youth Protection); No refunds can be made)
Saturday, Nov. 3 , 2007 at First Presbyterian Church
2330 South Main St. Findlay, OH
See registration form for individual session times.
Please register by Friday, October 24

New Leader Essentials Training
Cub Scout Leader Specific Training
Boy Scout Leader Specific Training
Venturing Leader Specific Training

Outdoor Leader Skills
Schedule is from 5 PM Friday to 8 PM Saturday- Cost $10. For all Scoutmasters, Assistant Scoutmasters, Webelos Leaders, Committee Members and others desiring to learn or improve outdoor Scouting skills. Registration is due early in order to allow patrols to be established and organized in advance of the training. All participants must have an up-to-date medical form with them. Scout uniform is the dress code for the weekend. Low Impact Camping and Leave No Trace principles will be observed. Each patrol is responsible for its own tents cooking gear and other equipment (including Dutch ovens). Please eat supper before arriving on Friday. Each patrol will fix Saturday breakfast, and a trail lunch. Saturday dinner will be a Troop Feast. Patrols should have a song and a skit to perform at Friday's evening's campfire. Participants must complete the ENTIRE course for credit.
Camp Lakota, May 16-17, 2008 Please register by Friday, May 2, 2008
Camp Berry, November 7-8, 2008 Please register by Friday, October 24, 2008

Trainer Development Conference Saturday, September 27, 2008, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. First Presbyterian Church 2330 South Main Street, Findlay, Ohio
A one-day course designed to improve your teaching and presentation skills and familiarize you with principles, methods, and techniques used in effective training. Anyone who teaches scouts to scouters should could to this conference to learn how to put the "pizzazz" into whatever you do. Also, you can earn 2 credit hours toward a degree at the University of Scouting by completing this conference.

BALOO Training - Saturday, May 31, 2008 or Saturday, October 18, 2008 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Camp Lakota, Defiance, Ohio Course fee is $10.00 and includes lunch. Please register by Friday, October 10, 2008, at the council office (by mail or phone). No refunds can be made.
B.A.L.O.O. is the Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation course. 

"For all Cubmasters, Assistant Cubmasters, Committee Chairs, Committee members, Den Leaders, and Parents. BALOO is a basic one day outdoor training course to understand the laws of BSA camp programming and to acquire the skills and confidence to PLAN Cub Scout camping by increasing your knowledge of the resources
available from, and to carry out a Cub Scout Camping activity. You will understand the requirements for successful competition of the Cub Scout Camping activity using national and local council standards as guidelines.

BALOO includes INFORMATION on:

- Preparations for camping with Cub Scouts

- Site Selection

- Parent Involvement

- Health and Safety

- Equipment

- Feeding

- Introduction to Outdoor Skills

This Training is required for any adult who is in charge of planning a pack campout, and it is recommended that one adult per Pack complete BALOO training." (Check in at 8:30 a.m. Class starts at 9 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) covering the following material:

University of Scouting
The central theme in our University of Scouting is “Growth through Sharing”. When you became a new leader or changed jobs on a committee you were given a BSA Fast Start tape to get you familiar with your new job area. Then you attended the New Leader Essentials to learn the values, aims, history, funding, and methods of Scouting. Next was the Leader Specific Training covered how to plan and run your meetings and show how the different positions interact in a unit so you can “FIND YOUR GROOVE” in your new position.

Now you find that you still have Scouting Questions and wonder, “Where do seasoned Scouters find answers?” They will tell you to connect to other Scouters at Roundtables, Advanced Wood Badge training or the UNIVERSITY OF SCOUTING.

“FIND YOUR GROOVE” at the University of Scouting . Receive a new patch and a CD full of information and network and share with other Scouters over lunch. Mark your calendars. Invite your leaders, parents. Bring your older Scouts and Ventures!

Nearly 100 courses are available to select from. Don’t throw away a great opportunity to meet and share your experiences. Grab a friend and travel together, talk about what you hope to learn on the way down, introduce your friends to your “new Friends” at lunch, and then learn from each other on the way home.

National Youth Leadership Training
The purpose of National Youth Leadership Training is to train the young leaders in your troop to become effective and reliable "Leaders". The Council-wide NYLT is designed to compliment the JLT you do within your troop.

There are certain requirements that must be met to join in the NYLT Conference including:

* A boy must be at least a First Class Scout,
* Be 13 years old,
* Currently hold a leadership position in the troop (Senior Patrol Leader, Assistant Senior Patrol Leader, or a Scout you feel is destined for one of these leadership positions).

If a Scout is interested in NYLT, he should talk to his Scoutmaster. A NYLT application has been mailed to all eligible scouts and to all Scoutmasters. The Scoutmasters approval and signature are required on each Scout's application. Completed applications should be sent, along with the registration fee to the Black Swamp Area Council at 2100 Broad Avenue, Findlay, Ohio 45840.
Applications are taken on a first come, first served basis. The course will be held at Camp Lakota.

NYLT Application Form

 Wood Badge      
Wood Badge is the core leadership skills training course for the BSA. The Wood Badge course focuses on strengthening every volunteer’s ability to work with and lead groups of youth and adults. Wood Badge for the 21st Century is available to all Scout leaders. It has been developed for Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Varsity Scout, Venturing, and District leaders. Its focus is on leadership, not outdoor skills.
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, which are relevant to our values-based movement.
• Apply the skills that they learn from their participation as a Wood badge member of a successful working team to their unit or district committees.
• Revitalize their commitment to Scouting by sharing in an overall inspirational experience that helps provide Scouting with the leadership it needs to accomplish its mission on an ongoing basis.

Wood Badge
Erie Shores Council has partnered with Black Swamp Area Council, Great Sauk Trail Council, and Chief Okemos Council to offer Wood Badge for the 21st Century. Scouters from Ohio and Michigan will join together for Scouting's most advanced leadership training.

For more information see http://www.c-90-07.org/

BSAC Advancement and Recognition

Life Saving & Meritorious Action Awards
The council advancement committee or subcommittee may be constituted as a committee on life saving and meritorious action awards.

Unless unusual circumstances account for the time lapse, no application may be considered after six months from the deed without written explanation from the Scout executive or from the adviser to the council committee. Separate applications are required if more than one member is being recommended for recognition. The council committee must investigate the case, interview the principals and witnesses, secure necessary signed statements, and make recommendation based upon a full knowledge of the facts. It is recommended that this committee meet within 30 days of the receipt the recommendation. Only members of the committee present during the interviews and involved in the investigation should sign the application. The National Court of Honor reserves the right to contact individual members of the investigating committee.

It is recommended that no case be forward to the National Court of Honor without the endorsement or statement of an eyewitness. All recognitions are reserved for registered members and no such member should be encouraged to submit an application on his or her own behalf. Caution is urged not to submit weak cases (in terms of meaningful action or documentation) to the National Court of Honor. Deliberations are conducted by the court not only to recognize deserving individuals, but also to preserve the historical integrity of the awards.

Lifesaving Awards

1. Honor Medal With Crossed Palms:
May be awarded in exceptional cases to a youth member or adult leader who has demonstrated both unusual heroism and extraordinary skill or resourcefulness in saving or attempting to save human life at extreme risk to self.

2. Honor Metal
May be awarded to a youth member or adult leader who has demonstrated unusual heroism in saving or attempting to save human life at considerable risk to self.

3. Heroism Award
May be awarded to a youth or adult leader who has demonstrated heroism and skill in saving or attempting to save human life at minimum risk to self.

BSAC Silver Beaver Hall of Recognition
BSAC Silver Beavers 1930 - 1966
BSAC Silver Beavers 1966 - 1984
BSAC Silver Beavers 1984 - 2007
BSAC Silver Beavers 2008 - Present

We hope that you have are interested in more training. You have learned about what is available in the Black Swamp Area Council's training program from our links.

If you would like learn more about National Cub Scout Training information Click here.

If you would like learn more about National Boy Scout Training information Click here.

If you would like learn more about National Venturing Training information Click here.

 

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