EVENTS

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TRAINING

Cascade Pacific Council (online training)

Guide to Safe Scouting (Cascade Pacific Council)

FAST START TRAINING

CUB SCOUTS (online)

BOY SCOUTS (online)

VENTURING (online)

EVENT	DATE	TIME	LOCATION
Youth Protection			Online Cascade Pacific Council
New Leader Essentials for Tiger Cub den leaders,  Cub Scout den leaders, Webelos den leaders, Cubmasters, Pack committee members, Scoutmasters, Troop committee members, Venturing committee members, Venturing Advisors			Contact Mario Raia 360.254.3603
Scoutmaster/Assistant Scoutmaster Specific Training Sessions 1 & 2 For Scoutmasters and assistant Scoutmasters, this training is divided into four parts. The first three parts concentrate on troop operation. The fourth part focuses on outdoor skills. The leader is considered trained upon completion of New Leader Essentials, Leader Specific Training, and Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills.			Contact Mario Raia 360.254.3603
Scoutmaster/Assistant Scoutmaster Specific Training Session 3  (see Session 2 for description)
Scoutmaster/Assistant Scoutmaster Training Session #4 Introduction to Outdoor Skills	April 18-19	Contact Rick Gifft 360.892.3661	Camp Lewis
Cub Scout Leader Specific Training for Tiger Cub den leaders, Cub Scout den leaders, Webelos den leaders, Cubmasters, and pack committee members.			Contact Mario Raia 360.254.3603
Venturing Leader Specific Training			Contact Mario Raia 360.254.3603
Troop Committee Challenge Specific Training For troop committee members, Leader Specific training includes the Troop Committee Challenge. By following the Troop Committee Training Syllabus, participants can complete the challenge in three hours, after which they are considered trained
Den Chief Training
BALOO (Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation) Held several times per year, BALOO teaches adult leaders the basics of camping in the context of a Cub Scout pack. The course focuses on teaching the guidelines and limitations associated with Cub Scout level camping.
Merit Badge Counselor Certification	Contact  Debra McElveny 254-4301
Safe Swim Defense and Safety Afloat	NOW ONLINE		offered at most CPC summer camps!
BB-Archery Training	Contact Council Office Bennett Jacobs
Outdoor Skills Institute (OSI)
Wood Badge
Youth Training	For Venturing Leadership Skills Course (for youth). Contact Mavis Kent (mavis@pacifier.com) for further information.
The Powder Horn course is designed to introduce and expose Venturing and Boy Scouting adult unit leaders to the activities and resources necessary to operate a successful outdoor/high adventure unit-level program. Required: registered BSA leader, Class 3 medical.	The upcoming training is on October 20th.Registration will be at 8 am, and training starts at 8:30 am. Venturing Leader training will run from 8:30 am until 5 pm. We are planning a parallel Venturing Leadership Skills Course for youth that will also run from 8:30 am to 5 pm so the youth can be trained while the adults are trained. Other adults from Sea Scouts and the Council Venturing Cabinet will be assisting in presenting both the Venturing Leadership and Venturing Leadership Skills Course.

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MORE ON TRAINING 

The new 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.

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.

New Leader Essentials

New Leader Essentials is an introductory session that highlights the values, aims, history, funding, and methods of Scouting. It addresses how these aims and methods are reached in an age-appropriate style within Cub Scouting, Boy Scouting, Varsity Scouting, and Venturing. Videos, discussions, and hands-on reinforcement are presented during the 90-minute training session. Ideally, all unit-based volunteers—Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Varsity Scout, and Venturing leaders—take this session at the same time, so they understand that they are all striving for the same results with the youth they serve. Each leader completes New Leader Essentials training only once.

Leader-Specific Training

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.

Leader Specific Training

Once a volunteer has a solid overview of the BSA's values-based program, he or she can begin training for a specific Scouting position through Leader Specific training. This training provides the specialized knowledge a new leader needs to assume a leadership role. Because each course is designed for a specific leadership position, the training time varies. Leader Specific training has been developed for the following positions and their assistants:

• Tiger Cub den leaders
• Cub Scout den leaders
• Webelos den leaders
• Cubmasters
• Pack committee members
• Scoutmasters
• Troop committee members
• Venturing committee members
• Venturing Advisors

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Wood Badge For The 21st Century (6 days) - Wood Badge has evolved into the core leadership skills training course for the BSA. The new Wood Badge course focuses on strengthening every volunteer's ability to work with and lead groups of youth and adults and is less focused on outdoor skills, which are more effectively addressed in other courses.

Powder Horn (6 days) - Venturing and Boy Scout Leader High Adventure Outdoor Skills Resource Course

Youth Protection - has been incorporated within Basic Leader Training

Resource - Download a copy of the Scoutmaster Handbook     ...careful this file is over 60 megabits a high speed connection is recommended!