Occoneechee Council Training Courses and Events
HR and Training Section
This section of Occoneechee Coucil is geared toward scouters who train other scouters at all levels. At the Council level, training is planned and approved by the Council HR & Training Committee. At the District level, training is planned by the District Training Chairperson, but the training plan and budget must be approved by the Council HR & Training Committee.
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Trainer and Human Resources Information
E-Learning
These courses can help adult leaders deliver quality Scouting experiences to youth. 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.
Scoutmaster and Assistant Scoutmaster Specific Training (SASST)
Specific leader training for Scoutmasters and Assistant Scoutmasters.
Venturing Leader Specific Training
The course is designed for new crew chartered organization personnel, Venturing crew Advisors, associate Advisors, crew comittee members, commissioners, and other adults involved with Venturing.
Sea Scout Officers' Specialized Training
This training is for adult Sea Scout officers only. Skippers, mates, ship committeemembers, and related district and council Scouters should be encouraged to participate.
First: All Venturing adult leaders, including Sea Scout officers, are expected to take the standard Venturing training course. All Sea Scout officers are required to take the Adult Venturing Leader Basic Training before participating in this specialized training.
Sea Scout officers should understand that standard Venturing training and national program supports apply to all kinds of Venturing units. It is just as important that Sea Scout officers understand the high-school-age youth and the basic purposes of the program as any other leader in Venturing.
Second: When the Sea Scout officer has taken Adult Venturing Leader Basic Training, he becomes eligible to take part in this specia lized course. It is composed of two 2 and one-half hour sessions that introduct adults to the Sea Scout Manual, and other program reference materials. Without a thorough understanding of these resources, the leader is seriously disadvantaged. Sea Scouts should not expect their leaders to know all the answers, but they can expect their leaders to know where to find them. This course serves that end.
SSOST (PDF 1.3MB )
Woodbadge for the 21st Century
Wood Badge is a training course for Scouters which finally results in their receiving a certificate, a small neckerchief, a leather slide, and two small wooden beads on a leather thong. Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting, directed the first course in 1919 and gave each of the participants one of the beads which he had captured from the African chieftain Dinizulu. Thus did the course name develop, for its symbol was literally a badge of wood.
Wood Badge is, further, Scouting's premier training course. Baden-Powell designed it so that Scouters could learn, in as practical a way possible, the skills and methods of Scouting. It is first and foremost, learning by doing. The members of the course are formed into patrols and these into a troop. The entire troop lives in the out-of-doors for a week, camping, cooking their own meals, and practicing Scout skills.
Outdoor Leaderships Skills (BALOO, OLSWL, IOLS)
Outdoor skills are critical to the success of the Scouting program, and Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills will provide leaders with the basic outdoor skills information needed to start a program right.
College of Commissioner Science
The college of Commissioner Science is one optional type of annual commissioner conference. The college is a format modeled after college courses and degrees. Those planning a conference with the college approach helps with factors common to all types of commissioner conferences: important planning guidelines, promotional ideas, a work schedule, sample program outlines, classroom techniques, and suggested session topics.
College of Commissioner Science
Council Roundtable
Council coordinated meeting is a place for district and council Scouters to gain pertinent information necessary to conduct the business of helping unit leaders affect the lives of youth. Specifically this meeting helps those district and council Scooters focus their efforts towards supporting the mission of the Boy Scouts of America, which reads:
The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law.
Council Roundtable & Coordinator
Climb On Safely
Climb On Safely is the Boy Scouts of America's recommended procedure for organizing BSA climbing/rappelling activities at a natural site or a specifically designed facility such as a climbing wall or tower. Boy Scout Rock Climbing.
Young people today seek greater challenges, and climbing and rappelling offer a worthy challenge. The satisfaction of safely climbing a rock face is hard to top. While introduction of the Climbing merit badge in spring 1997 spurred interest in these activities through the BSA, the proliferation of climbing gyms and facilities has also made climbing and rappelling readily available throughout the United States.
National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT)
National Advanced Youth Leadership Experience (NAYLE)
National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) is a youth leadership development training program of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) conducted at the council level. It is intended to be in-depth training covering a number of leadership ideas and skills for Boy Scouts and Varsity Scouts.
The National Advanced Youth Leadership Experience (NAYLE) is offered by the Philmont Training Center and based at the Rocky Mountain Scout Camp.
This camp is designed to provide you with a Philmont based wilderness encounter that motivates you to follow a life of helping others succeed based on the values expressed in the Scout Oath and Law. The Philmont leadership is committed to making NAYLE a very special experience. You will live in a patrol setting at Rocky Mountain Scout Camp where you will use leadership skills to resolve exciting and challenging back country situations. This week will conclude with a closing challenge for each Scout to build upon the Legacy of Waite Phillips, the benefactor of the Philmont Scout Ranch.
Trainer Development Conference
TDC LogoThe trainer development conference is part of a continuous process of updating trainers with the latest training methods, principles, and technologies. This conference is mainly for Scouters who will be delivering training to adult leaders as well as to the young people in Scouting.
Trainer Development Conference
University of Scouting
The purpose of the university is to promote learning and interaction between the different program areas, while enabling Scouters to prepare themselves to put forth a quality program in their units.
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