Course overview

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Course overview

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Learning Objectives
As a result of this session you will be able to

• Understand the progression of BSA training
  opportunities and the place Wood Badge holds in
  that framework
• Get an overview of the practical and application
  phases of Wood Badge
• Understand why the Boy Scout troop is used during
  Wood Badge as the model for training and
  team-building
• Discard any misconceptions or anxiety regarding
  the course purpose, content, and methods of
  presentation

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What do you associate withWood Badge?

• Leadership!

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BSA Training Opportunities

• Orientation and Fast Start
• New Leader Essentials
• Position-Specific Training
• Appropriate Outdoor Skills Training
• Wood Badge
• Lifelong Learning

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BSA Training Curriculum

• SUPPLEMENTARY TRAINING
• Cub Scout Leader Pow Wow
• Adult Basic Backpacking
• Leave No Trace Camping
• Charter Organization Rep. Training
• Commissioner Basic Training
• Key Leader Workshop
• Trainer Development Conference
• University of Scouting

(T) Required for Trained Strip (Q) Required
for Quality Unit and Training Awards
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What can you expect fromthis Wood Badge Course?

• Acquire a global view of Scouting as a family of
  interrelated values-based programs providing
  age-appropriate activities for youth
• Become familiar with contemporary team leadership
  concepts
• Experience the stages of team development and
  practice leadership approaches appropriate for
  those stages
• Have FUN in the company of interesting,
  like-minded individuals
• Develop a renewed commitment to provide Scouting
  with the best possible leadership

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Wood Badge for the 21st CenturyCentral Themes

• Living the Values
• Bringing the Vision to Life
• Models for Success
• Tools of the Trade
• Leading to Make a Difference

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Living the Values

• Values, Mission, and Vision

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Bringing the Vision to Life

• Listening to Learn
• Communication
• Inclusiveness
• Valuing People and Leveraging Diversity
• Coaching and Mentoring

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Models for Success

• Stages of Team Development
• The Leading EDGE /The Teaching EDGE

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Tools of the Trade

• Project Planning
• Leading Change
• Problem Solving and Decision Making
• Managing Conflict
• Self-Assessment

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Leading to Make a Difference

• Leaving a Legacy

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Why a Troop Setting?

• Framework to practice leadership
• Translates to any Scouting program
• Days One through Three Three weeks of troop
  meetings
• Days Four through Six Outdoor experience

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Gilwell Gazette

• Provides full access to information
• Tells whats going on
• Includes the days agenda
• Captures important developments
• Includes articles by Patrol Scribes
• Published daily

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Patrol Project

• Challenges each patrol to plan and produce an
  outstanding product
• Illustrates a universal aspect of Scouting
  associated with Cub Scouting, Boy Scouting,
  Venturing, and District/Council Scouting
• Presented to the troop on Day Five (Sunday,
  October 22)
• Presentation involves all patrol members

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The Wood Badge Ticket

• A Wood Badge tradition
• A commitment to complete goals relating to your
  Scouting position
• An opportunity to practice and demonstrate a
  working knowledge of the leadership skills
  presented during Wood Badge
• A plan to take home a chance to strengthen
  Scouting in your Unit, District, and Council

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Summary

• BSA training opportunities
• Wood Badge course is the pinnacle of leadership
  training
• Five central themes of Wood Badge
• The Boy Scout troop format provides a practical
  framework
• The Gilwell Gazette our course newspaper
• Patrol project a teamwork exercise
• Wood Badge Ticket your commitment
• An essential requirement for every Wood Badge
  course is to have FUN!

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Review of Learning Objectives
Now you should

• Understand the progression of BSA training
  opportunities and the place Wood Badge holds in
  that framework
• Have an overview of the practical and application
  phases of Wood Badge
• Understand why the Boy Scout troop is used during
  Wood Badge as the model for training and
  team-building
• Have discarded any misconceptions or anxiety
  regarding the course purpose, content, and
  methods of presentation

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Thank You!
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Jan. 14, 2009 0.1 template Fred M. Stringer