Venture Commitee Member - training opportunities:

Required for all Scouters:

Y01 - Youth Protection Training – Venturing Version (on-line)

As a Venturing Advisor, you are an important figure in the lives of your crew members. They are likely to turn to you for advice and guidance, or to tell you about problems they face in their lives. They may come to you about their problems before they talk to their parents about them

Required for your Scouting position:

PFS – Venturing Fast Start (on-line)

This is the first step for any volunteer new to Venturing. Take this course immediately after you register. You are introduced to the aims and purposes of the BSA’s coeducational program for youth ages 14-20. The one-hour course explains how the program works to deliver a relevant and compelling program.

Optional Courses:

A01 - This is Scouting (on-line)

“This is Scouting” is a great 50 minute overview of Scouting. It has hundreds of images of fun Scouting activities, showing Cub, Boy and Venture Scouting. “This is Scouting” is a great video not only for Scouters, but for parents of Scouts. You may want to direct parents to the site for this overview. It will help them understand what Scouting is all about. Parents do not need a BSA membership number to create a MyScouting e-learning account. They can log into MyScouting e-learning to take the course. (If they later become a registered Scouter, they should notify your Pack Trainer or the Scout office that they have taken “This is Scouting” to get training credit.)

Topics covered include: the mission, values and vision of Scouting, the advancement program, different Scouting programs for young people ages 7-20, type and level of adult involvement in different phases of Scouting, what youth and adults get out of being in Scouting, how to provide a fun program for youth and adults, outdoors, community service, and Youth Protection.

A90 - Wood Badge

Upon completion of Leader-Specific Training, an adult is eligible to attend the course Wood Badge for the 21st Century. Over two three-day weekends, Scouters, assigned to patrols, participate in intensive leadership and team development training. Once the training is complete, the practical portion begins: completing the Wood Badge ticket. Over a period up to eighteen months, participants complete various Scouting projects which they have designed. Skills and concepts covered by the course include: Bringing the Vision to Life, Models for Success, Tools of the Trade, Leading to Make a Difference and Living the Values. Wood Badge draws upon the most current leadership models being used by corporate America, academic circles and successful outdoor leadership organizations throughout the country.

Five Star University of Scouting

This is a cooperative training venture of five councils serving Wisconsin and part of Illinois. This conference provides continuing education for commissioners working at the unit, roundtable, district and council levels and all volunteer Scouters. Courses are designed for all experience levels.

Lord Baden Powell University of Scouting

This is a cooperative training venture of Illinois and Wisconsin councils, offered at Camp Wonderland in the Fox River District. This conference provides continuing education for commissioners, district and council operations, membership, Scoutcraft skills, Venture crew courses and communications and teaching technique courses. Website: http://lbpuniv.org

ScoutParents Unit Coordinator Fast Start (on-line)

This new unit position is a liaison between parents and the unit. The ScoutParents Unit Coordinator works to get parents more involved in the unit. Other duties involve providing an orientation on how the unit works, and keeping parents updated on upcoming unit activities and events. The Fast Start for ScoutParents Unit Coordinator can be accessed under the “General” tab in MyScouting e-learning.

"Tell me and I'll forget...Show me and I may remember... Involve me and I will understand." - Ben Franklin