Difference between revisions of "Training"
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*[https://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Youth_protection Youth Protection] | *[https://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Youth_protection Youth Protection] | ||
*[https://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/BALOO Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation] | *[https://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/BALOO Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation] | ||
| − | *[https://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Outdoor_Leader_Skills_for_Webelos_Leaders Outdoor Leader Skills for Webelos Leaders (OWL)] | + | **Revamped in 2018; the new version covers both the old BALOO and the now-defunct OWL (below). |
| − | *University of Scouting - all day, first Saturday in November. | + | **At least one BALOO-trained leader is required for Pack or Den (Webelos) overnighters. |
| + | **Recommended for den leaders earlier in the program. While not usually ''required'' until you want to tak a Webelos den camping independently, there's a lot of good information on planning campouts that is more useful early in your den leader career. BALOO does not expire, either, so there's no harm in taking it early. | ||
| + | **An online training part (maybe an hour or two) is required before an overnighter training event (Fri-Sat or Sat-Sun depending) | ||
| + | **[https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2018/03/28/what-is-baloo-a-quick-look-at-this-crucial-outdoor-training-for-cub-scout-leaders/ https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2018/03/28/what-is-baloo-a-quick-look-at-this-crucial-outdoor-training-for-cub-scout-leaders/] | ||
| + | **Check the Occoneechee Council training calender (at ocscouts.org) for classes; you can take it through any district. | ||
| + | *<s>[https://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Outdoor_Leader_Skills_for_Webelos_Leaders Outdoor Leader Skills for Webelos Leaders (OWL)]</s> | ||
| + | **OWL no longer exists -- as of February 2018, this was rolled into the new BALOO course ([https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2018/03/28/what-is-baloo-a-quick-look-at-this-crucial-outdoor-training-for-cub-scout-leaders/ https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2018/03/28/what-is-baloo-a-quick-look-at-this-crucial-outdoor-training-for-cub-scout-leaders/]) | ||
| + | **[https://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Introduction_to_Outdoor_Leader_Skills Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills (IOLS)] | ||
| + | ***A Boy Scout (not Cub Scout) training that previously had been used to satisfy the OWL requirement...IOLS still exists, and while there's a lot of good information in it, there's no requirement for IOLS in Cub Scouting | ||
| + | *[https://www.facebook.com/OCUoS/ University of Scouting] - all day, first Saturday in November. | ||
| + | *[http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/HealthandSafety/amredcross.aspx Red Cross Agreement] | ||
Latest revision as of 21:13, 28 October 2018
- Youth Protection
- Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation
- Revamped in 2018; the new version covers both the old BALOO and the now-defunct OWL (below).
- At least one BALOO-trained leader is required for Pack or Den (Webelos) overnighters.
- Recommended for den leaders earlier in the program. While not usually required until you want to tak a Webelos den camping independently, there's a lot of good information on planning campouts that is more useful early in your den leader career. BALOO does not expire, either, so there's no harm in taking it early.
- An online training part (maybe an hour or two) is required before an overnighter training event (Fri-Sat or Sat-Sun depending)
- https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2018/03/28/what-is-baloo-a-quick-look-at-this-crucial-outdoor-training-for-cub-scout-leaders/
- Check the Occoneechee Council training calender (at ocscouts.org) for classes; you can take it through any district.
Outdoor Leader Skills for Webelos Leaders (OWL)- OWL no longer exists -- as of February 2018, this was rolled into the new BALOO course (https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2018/03/28/what-is-baloo-a-quick-look-at-this-crucial-outdoor-training-for-cub-scout-leaders/)
- Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills (IOLS)
- A Boy Scout (not Cub Scout) training that previously had been used to satisfy the OWL requirement...IOLS still exists, and while there's a lot of good information in it, there's no requirement for IOLS in Cub Scouting
- University of Scouting - all day, first Saturday in November.
- Red Cross Agreement
