Session Two: Lighting the Fire

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Session Two Lighting the Fire
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Outdoors The Sizzle

• The allure
• The arena
• The classroom
• The adventure

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Outdoors A Pop Quiz
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Outdoors The Skills
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Key Resources to Develop Your Skills

• BSA training opportunities
• Supportive adults
• The boy-led troop using the patrol method
• BSA outdoor-related literature

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The Scoutmaster Handbook Checklists

• Scoutmasters Campsite Quick Checklist
• Scout Outdoor Essentials
• Personal Overnight Camping Gear
• Troop Overnight Camping Gear
• Outdoor Program Checklist
• and your Scoutmaster Handbook

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Leave No Trace

• Plan ahead and prepare.
• Travel and camp on durable surfaces.
• Dispose of waste properly.
• Leave what you find.
• Minimize campfire impact.
• Respect wildlife.
• Be considerate of other visitors.

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Outdoors Safety
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Trek Safely

• 1. Qualified Supervision
• 2. Keep Fit
• 3. Plan Ahead
• 4. Gear Up
• 5. Communicate Clearly and Completely
• 6. Monitor Conditions
• 7. Discipline

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Additional Safety Resources

• Safe Swim Defense
• Safety Afloat
• Climb On Safely
• Guide to Safe Scouting

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Drivers Pledge

• I will make trip preparations far enough in
  advance so that last-minute preparations dont
  interfere with my rest.
• I will make travel plans that take into account
  my personal biological clock and will drive only
  during the part of the day when I know I will be
  alert.
• I will be smart about engaging in physical
  activities during Scouting outings and will make
  sure that I will be ready to drive alert.

• I will not drive when I feel fatigued. I realize
  that when I am fatigued, I process information
  more slowly and less accurately, and this impairs
  my ability to react in time to avoid accidents.
• I will arrange my schedule so that for several
  days before a Boy Scout driving trip, I will get
  a good nights sleep every night to avoid the
  cumulative effects of not getting enough sleep.

Do all you can to keep Scouts safe.
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The Four Steps to Advancement

• A Scout learns.
• A Scout is tested.
• A Scout is reviewed.
• A Scout is recognized.

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Video segment No. 7 Teaching Scout Skills
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Video segment No. 8 The Scoutmaster Conference
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The Board of Review

• Not a retest, but a discussion
• Atmosphere of trust and support
• Encouragement and praise

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A Scout Is Recognized

• Immediately by the Scoutmaster
• Publicly in a court of honor

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Strengths of the Advancement Program

• Its fun.
• It offers adventure.
• It allows Scouts to measure their progress.
• It provides recognition.
• It promotes development of mental and physical
  fitness, character, and citizenship.
• But its just one of the eight methodsof
  Scouting!

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Secrets to Growing A Troop

• Retain current members.
• Bring Webelos Scouts into the troop.
• Build strong pack relationships.
• Recruit boys not currently in Scouting.
• Emphasize the importance of Scouting to parents.
• Accept the responsibility to bring in
  new members.
• Encourage boys to recruit other boys.

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Video No. 9 Growing the Troop
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The biggest disservice we can do is fail to give
a boy an invitation to take advantage of all that
Scouting has to offer.
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Supplemental Training

• Passport to High Adventure Training
• Other local training
• Philmont Training Center
• Troop junior leader training
• Troop Annual Program Planning Conference
• Video support
• Powder Horn

• Youth Protection Training
• Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills
• Wood Badge for the
• 21st Century
• Boy Scout roundtables
• Advanced camping skills
• Climb On Safely
• Project COPE

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Scoutmasters and assistant Scoutmasters need to
attend Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills to
be considered trained.
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Boys Want Ceremony!

• Set the scene.
• Make it meaningful.
• Keep it simple.
• Involve the boy leaders.

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You can deliver the promise of Scouting!

• What will your action plan be?