What Makes a Trained Leader?


  • Cub Scout leaders are considered trained when they have completed "This is Scouting" and the Cub Scout Leader Specific training for their position.
  • Scoutmasters and assistant Scoutmasters are considered trained when they have completed "This is Scouting", Scoutmaster and Assistant Scoutmaster Leader Specific Training, and Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills.
  • Troop committee members are considered trained when they have completed "This is Scouting" and the Troop Committee Challenge as their Leader Specific training.
  • Varsity Scout leaders and assistants are considered trained when they have completed "This is Scouting", Varsity Scout Leader Specific Training, and Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills.
  • Venturing crew Advisors, assistant Advisors, and crew committee members are considered trained when they have completed "This is Scouting" and Venturing Leader Specific Training.

Trained Leader Requirements

 

The leadership training philosophy of the Boy Scouts of America is to provide adult leaders with fundamental information about the aims and purposes of the movement, as well as specifics about their particular roles in Scouting.

A trained leader is knowledgeable and confident in the role being performed. The knowledge and confidence of a trained leader are quickly sensed by Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Varsity Scouts, or Venturers and are a positive influence on their lives.


 

  The Building Blocks of New Leader Training 

 



Leader Specific Training

After

completing

all four parts,

a leader is

Trained.


 

This Is Scouting

was

"New Leader

Essentials" 

 

Fast Start

Training

Taken Immediately 

Youth

Protection

Within 90 days 

<--- Basic Leader Training --->

is "This Is Scouting" plus

"Leader Specific Training"


Online or Class 

Online or Class 

Online or Class 

Class 




To be considered a "trained" leadersand to wear the "Trained" emblem

on the uniform, an adult leader must have completed the required

leadership training for their current scouting position.   


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