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Venturing Leadership Skills Course
Venturing is a core program of Scouting America for coeducational teenagers and young adults ages 14 (or 13 and graduated the eighth grade) through 20. It is one of Scouting America's three programs for older youth, the others being Sea Scouts and Exploring. The purpose of Venturing is to provide a positive environment where youth members, called Venturers, can experience adventure, leadership, personal growth, and service. History While the Venturing program is relatively new, older youth Scouting has a long history within Scouting America. The program got its start in the 1930s as the "Senior Scout" Division for boys 15 and older. In 1949 the Senior Scout Division became the Explorer Division. Sea Scouts became Sea Explorers, Air Scouts became Air Explorers, and Explorer Scouts simply Explorers. The Explorer program became less of an advanced outdoor program and more a broader program for young men, with the minimum age lowered to 14 years old. Explorers received a new advancem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scouting America
Scouting America is the largest scouting organization and one of the largest List of youth organizations, youth organizations in the United States, with over 1 million youth, including nearly 200,000 female participants. Founded as the Boy Scouts of America in 1910, about 130 million Americans have participated in its programs, which are served by 465,000 adult volunteers. The organization became a founding member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1922. The stated mission of Scouting America is to "prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law." Youth are trained in responsible citizenship, character development, and self-reliance through participation in a wide range of outdoor activities, educational programs, and, at older age levels, career-oriented programs in partnership with community organizations. For younger members, the Scout method is part of the program to inst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Youth Leadership Training
National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) is the current youth leadership training offered by Scouting America. It is conducted at the Council (Scouting America), council level for members of the Scouts BSA, Venturing, and Sea Scouts (Scouting America), Sea Scout programs, which are open to youth of all genders. NYLT is part of the national organization's Leadership training (Boy Scouts of America), leadership training program and is similar to Wood Badge, Woodbadge, which is Scouting America’s program for adult leadership training. Instead of Adult Leaders conducting the training, the course is operated by youth staff, and adults serve as advisors. History In 1949 Scouts from 24 councils in 16 states formed a Junior Leader Training Troop at Philmont Scout Ranch for a forty-day training program in leadership and Scoutcraft. In 1950 the "Junior Leaders' Training Course was developed to give intensive training in Scouting skills and techniques to select Explorers. Each is tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Hope, West Virginia
Mount Hope is a city in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,125 at the 2020 census. History Early settlers came to Mount Hope to begin mining coal. Coal miners in Mount Hope continued to thrive for about 250 years, but ending due to the rise of mining in the Mid-west and closing entirely during the depression. Prior to the arrival of Europeans in Mount Hope, the land was used primarily by Native Americans for centuries until William Blake, Sr. became the first white settler in the area. During this time Blake built a Hotel, The Old Blake Inn, in order to house travelers and coal miners on their way through Mount Hope. Between the 1890s and 1930s, Mount Hope's population and economy were booming. Until a Tragic fire (The Mount Hope Fire) occurred in 1910, destroying the majority of the town, Including the Old Blake Inn, and leaving only a few buildings standing. With the help of the town, Mount Hope had been rebuilt, the Old Blake Inn was complete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Powder Horn (Boy Scouts Of America)
Powder Horn was a skills resource course for Venturing (Boy Scouts of America), Venturing and Scouts BSA leaders and youth (age 14 and up) of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). Powder Horn is also described as a "hands-on resource management course" designed to give Scouting leaders "the contacts and tools necessary to conduct an awesome high-adventure program" in their Scouting unit. The goals of Powder Horn were to help Scout leaders safely conduct outdoor activities of a fun and challenging nature, provide an introduction to the resources necessary to successfully lead youth through a program of high adventure, and familiarize participants with the skills involved in different high adventure disciplines. The Powder Horn course would also introduce Venturing leaders to the Ranger Award program, so adults may better help Venturers in meeting the requirements. Powder Horn presented a wide variety of hands-on high adventure skills experiences and thus was not designed to provide s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kodiak (Boy Scouts Of America)
Kodiak is the second level leadership development course for Venturers in the Boy Scouts of America's Venturing program. Introduction to Leadership Skills for Crews is recommended but not required. Kodiak is the second course in the overall Venturing youth leadership development program called ''Nature of Leadership''. When it was first being developed, Kodiak was being offered as ''Nature of Leadership Treks''. This training is one of several programs available within the youth leadership training program. Participants must complete unit-level training, National Youth Leadership Training or a special ''bridge course'' that has not yet been defined. This training is an element of the overall leadership training program. It was announced on February 10, 2024, that Kodiak Challenge has been discontinued. From the announcement:https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=803605215144498&set=pb.100064850792076.-2207520000 "As BSA continues to streamline and refine its trainings, the Kodia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Region (Boy Scouts Of America)
Council Service Territories (CSTs) are the administrative regions of Scouting America. Previously, the term “region” was used until June 2021, when the organization moved to “National Service Territories”. The transition from four regions to sixteen National Service Territories was made as an effort to reduce staff plus save costs. At the territory level, there is minimal staff and no board or committee structure. In 2024, NSTs were renamed to Council Service Territories and several CST boundaries were updated. Additionally, two territories were merged into adjacent ones, resulting in a total of 14 Council Service Territories. Background Until 2021, operations of Scouting America were divided into four regions for administrative purposes - Central, Southern, Western, and Northeast. Each region was then subdivided into areas. Each region had a volunteer president, assisted by volunteer officers and board members, and the day-to-day work of Scouting was managed by the reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youth Protection Program (Boy Scouts Of America)
Leadership training in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) includes training on how to administer the Scouting program, outdoor skills training for adults and youth, and leadership development courses for adults and youth. Some of these courses like Youth Protection Training are mandatory. Most of the courses are offered by the local council, while a few are hosted at the national level, currently at Philmont Training Center in New Mexico. They are available to members of all of the Boy Scout programs, including Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Explorer Posts, and Venturing Crews. Adult leadership training Depending on the adult volunteer's role the Boy Scouts require all adults to attend a variety of training and leadership programs. Every adult leader must annually complete Youth Protection Training. Each adult must also complete a ''Fast Start'' training specific to their program. Position-specific training is provided, including unit committee members, Den Leaders, Cubmasters, Scoutmast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wood Badge (Boy Scouts Of America)
Wood Badge in the United States is an advanced leadership training course available to adult leaders of Scouting America. The first Wood Badge course was presented in England by the founder of Scouting, Baden-Powell, and he introduced the program into the United States during a visit in 1936. The first course was held at the Mortimer L. Schiff Scout Reservation, but Americans did not fully adopt Wood Badge until 1948. The National Council of Scouting America provided direct leadership to the program through 1958, when the increased demand encouraged them to permit local councils to deliver the training. The program originally focused almost exclusively on Scoutcraft skills, some elements of the Patrol Method, and First Class Scout requirements. In a major cultural shift during the 1970s, Wood Badge was modified to train Scouters in eleven specific leadership competencies. The National Council has updated it several times since then, and during 2001–2002 implemented an overh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve
The Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve, often shortened to Summit Bechtel Reserve (SBR) or The Summit, is a High Adventure bases of Scouting America, High Adventure base owned by Scouting America and located in Fayette County, West Virginia, Fayette and Raleigh County, West Virginia, Raleigh counties, near Beckley, West Virginia. It comprises the Paul R. Christen National High Adventure Base, James C. Justice National Scout Camp, and John D. Tickle National Training and Leadership Center. The reserve is over in size and is the current home of the National Scout jamboree (Boy Scouts of America), National Scout Jamboree. The Summit is one of Scouting America’s four high adventures bases, the others being Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico, Northern Tier (Scouting), Northern Tier in Minnesota, as well as Manitoba and Ontario in Canada, and Sea Base in the Florida Keys. Inauguration On November 18, 2009, the BSA announced the acquisition of the property comprising the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
