1. Course overview Your name goes here Your course position goes here
Your totem goes here, you may use a build if you desire
Once again, welcome to our NE-II-177 Wood Badge course. This presentation will give you some perspective and an overview of what you can expect to experience during the course.
Handouts of the charts will be distributed after the presentation, so it would be a good idea to make notes of key points and discussion items in your notebooks.
You can feel free to ask questions at any time. I’ll also reserve some time at the end of the presentation to answer questions.
Before we get going, though, let me explain my totem.
I’m a Bobwhite, as you can plainly see. I took my Wood Badge course in 1988 at the Pine Hill Scout Reservation in South Jersey. Our course number was NE-IV-44 and there were 7 of us in the patrol, represented by the 7 ruffled feathers. We each personalized our totem by adding our initials.
Day 1, 10:10 AM, 30 minutes
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2. Learning Objectives As a result of this session you will be able to:
Understand the progression of BSA training opportunities and the place Wood Badge holds in that framework
Get an overview of the practical and application phases of Wood Badge
Understand why the Boy Scout troop is used during Wood Badge as the model for training and team-building
Discard any misconceptions or anxiety regarding the course purpose, content, and methods of presentation
This is what you should be able to take away from this session.
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First, you should understand the progression of BSA training opportunities and the place Wood Badge holds in that framework.
Second, you’ll get an overview of the practical and application phases of Wood Badge.
Third, you should understand why the Boy Scout troop is used during Wood Badge as the model for training and team-building.
And finally, you should be able to discard any misconceptions or anxiety regarding the course purpose, content, and methods of presentation.
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3. What do you associate with Wood Badge?
Leadership!
Okay, now let’s play a word association game. I’ll say something and you respond with the first thing that comes to mind. Ready?
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Wood Badge.
(Participants may respond with a variety of answers -- Gilwell, Baden-Powell, beads, camping, etc.)
Those are all good answers. If we play this game again at the end of this course, I expect that your answer may be different. At the end of this course when I say Wood Badge, the first response that will come to mind is going to be this:
leadership.
You see, the quality of the Scouting experience for Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Venturers depends upon the quality of those leading the units and those working in the districts and councils throughout the nation. The Boy Scouts of America offers us, as leaders, a progression of training opportunities to give us the skills we need to provide leadership for Scouting and leadership for America.
Here is how it works ...
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4. BSA Training Opportunities
Orientation and Fast Start
New Leader Essentials
Position-Specific Training
Appropriate Outdoor Skills Training
Wood Badge
Lifelong Learning
Orientation and Fast Start – These video sessions provide an introduction to the Scouting organization in each program area: Cub Scouting, Boy Scouting, and Venturing.
New Leader Essentials – This is a 90-minute overview of the values, mission, and vision of the Boy Scouts of America, and an introduction to each of the Scouting programs.
Position-Specific Training – Contained in this training are the nuts and bolts of specific positions in Scouting. Adult leaders can learn how best to fulfill their particular leadership roles in Cub Scouting, Boy Scouting, or Venturing, or as district or council Scouters involved with multiple Scouting program areas.
Appropriate Outdoor Skills Training – These training opportunities are targeted to enhance the outdoor skills needed by leaders in Scouting’s various programs.
Wood Badge – This is the BSA’s ultimate leadership training for adults, and it’s why we’re here at Quail Hill Scout Reservation.
Lifelong Learning – In addition to its progression of structured training, the BSA encourages leaders to take advantage of opportunities for continuous learning and supplemental training within the Scouting organization: roundtables, pow wows, COPE courses, University of Scouting, Scouting publications, special courses tailored to specific program areas of emphasis, etc. Lifelong learning is further enhanced when we accept the challenge of teaching skills to others.
The front end of this progression of BSA training is skills-oriented. In the middle, the emphasis is on leadership. That will be our emphasis here on NE-II After that, the focus is on advanced skills that require leadership.
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5. BSA Training Curriculum
Tiger Den Leader (T)
Cub Den Leader (T)
Webelos Den Leader (T)
Cubmaster/Asst. (T)
Pack Committee (T)
Scoutmaster/Asst.
Troop Committee (T)
Venturing Leader (T)
POSITION-SPECIFIC TRAINING
Introduction to
Outdoor Leader
Skills (T)
BALOO
(Cub Scout
Family Camping)
Webelos Leader
Outdoor
Training
ADVANCED
TRAINING
Wood
Badge
CORE TRAINING
Youth
Protection
Training (Q)
Fast
Start
New
Leader
Essentials
SUPPLEMENTARY TRAINING
Cub Scout Leader Pow Wow
Adult Basic Backpacking
Leave No Trace Camping
Charter Organization Rep. Training
Commissioner Basic Training
Key Leader Workshop
Trainer Development Conference
University of Scouting
Here’s a picture that illustrates the sequence of courses.
First, there’s the core training curriculum.
Then, the position-specific courses.
Then advanced training, in the form of Wood Badge for the 21st Century.
And finally, supplemental training.
On the chart, (T) indicates the level of training required to wear the Trained strip and (Q) indicates that Youth Protection Training is required for Quality Unit and for Training Awards.
Also note that Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills is required for Scoutmasters, and Assistant Scoutmasters to have completed basic training and wear the Trained strip.
(T) = Required for Trained Strip
(Q) = Required for Quality Unit and Training Awards
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6. What can you expect from this Wood Badge Course?
Acquire a global view of Scouting as a family of interrelated values-based programs providing age-appropriate activities for youth
Become familiar with contemporary team leadership concepts
Experience the stages of team development and practice leadership approaches appropriate for those stages
Have FUN in the company of interesting, like-minded individuals
Develop a renewed commitment to provide Scouting with the best possible leadership
All right, so that’s the BSA training curriculum. Now what can you expect from this Wood Badge Course?
Hopefully, you’ll:
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Acquire a global view of Scouting as a family of interrelated values-based programs providing age-appropriate activities for youth.
Become familiar with contemporary team leadership concepts.
Experience the stages of team development and practice leadership approaches appropriate for those stages.
Have FUN in the company of interesting, like-minded individuals.
Develop a renewed commitment to provide Scouting with the best possible leadership.
Wood Badge accomplishes these goals by building all the pieces of the course on a foundation of five central themes. Those themes are…
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7. Wood Badge for the 21st Century Central Themes
Living the Values
Bringing the Vision to Life
Models for Success
Tools of the Trade
Leading to Make a Difference
Living the Values
Bringing the Vision to Life
Models for Success
Tools of the Trade
Leading to Make a Difference
Let’s look at the leadership skill presentations that directly support these themes…
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8. Living the Values Values, Mission, and Vision NE-II-177
The first of the 5 themes is Living the Values. It’s the base on which our pentagonal logo and our course is built.
This theme is demonstrated by:
Values, Mission, and Vision
I’ll share this presentation with you this afternoon.
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9. Bringing the Vision to Life
Listening to Learn
Communication
Inclusiveness
Valuing People and Leveraging Diversity
Coaching and Mentoring
The next theme is Bringing the Vision to Life –
demonstrated by presentations on:
Listening to Learn
(the Den Chiefs will present this to you immediately following this overview of the course)
Communication (tomorrow afternoon)
Inclusiveness (tomorrow morning)
Valuing People and Leveraging Diversity (Day 4, PM)
Coaching and Mentoring (Day 5, AM)
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10. Models for Success Stages of Team Development
The Leading EDGE™ /The Teaching EDGE™
Models for Success is demonstrated by:
Stages of Team Development (tomorrow morning)
The Leading EDGE and The Teaching EDGE (Monday morning)
(You’ll have to wait until then to discover what the acronym EDGE stands for. I don’t want to steal Kathy’s thunder!)
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11. Tools of the Trade Project Planning Leading Change
Problem Solving and Decision Making
Managing Conflict
Self-Assessment
The theme of Tools of the Trade is demonstrated by:
Project Planning (tomorrow afternoon)
Leading Change (Day 4, AM)
Problem Solving and Decision Making (Day 4, PM)
Managing Conflict (Day 4, PM)
Self-Assessment (Day 5, AM)
and finally…
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12. Leading to Make a Difference
Leaving a Legacy
Leading to Make a Difference is demonstrated by:
Leaving a Legacy (on the last day of the course)
That completes our pentagon, formed by the 5 course themes. Now let’s look at some of the course structure.
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13. Why a Troop Setting? Framework to practice leadership
Translates to any Scouting program
Days One through Three = Three weeks of troop meetings
Days Four through Six = Outdoor experience
First of all, why do we use a model Boy Scout Troop as the setting for our course, since Wood Badge is designed to be as valuable to leaders involved with all phases of the Scouting program?
You begin this course as Cub Scouts, actually as Webelos Scouts. In al little while your Den Chiefs will become Troop Guides as they make the transition with you into Gilwell Troop 1. Later during the course, the Troop Guides will be inducted into the Venturing program. For the bulk of the course, though, all of us will consider ourselves to be members of Gilwell Troop 1.
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Using the patrol method in a model troop setting provides us with a good framework to practice the leadership skills introduced during this course.
Be assured, though, that the course content and leadership principles are applicable to Scouters working throughout the movement, and we will provide a common foundation of leadership skills to be used in all program areas – Cub Scouting, Boy Scouting, Venturing, as well as district and council positions.
There will be three troop meetings during this course, one on each of the first three days. These represent three weeks in the life of a Scout unit.
The final weekend of the course – the outdoor experience – parallels the sort of activity a Boy Scout troop (or a Cub Scout pack or a Venturing crew) would build toward for the final week of a month-long program.
Your preparation leading up to the outdoor experience, which will take place on our October weekend, will include two mid-course patrol meetings which you will schedule before leaving camp on Monday.
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14. Gilwell Gazette Provides full access to information
Tells what’s going on
Includes the day’s agenda
Captures important developments
Includes articles by Patrol Scribes
Published daily
As the course progresses, you will find that you are being provided with a great deal of information, both as presentations and as resource material explaining what is happening and why. Teams can develop most efficiently when they have full access to resources.
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The Gilwell Gazette is the newspaper of our course and our editor is the jolly journalist Phil Crichton, who serves as our Troop Scribe. In the Gilwell Gazette you will find a wealth of information, including the schedule of events for the day, interesting stories about people and activities, articles submitted by Patrol Scribes – we hope by every Patrol Scribe – and lots of material that relates to the operation of the course.
The Gilwell Gazette is a morning paper which is published daily.
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15. Patrol Project
Challenges each patrol to plan and produce an outstanding product
Illustrates a universal aspect of Scouting associated with Cub Scouting, Boy Scouting, Venturing, and District/Council Scouting
Presented to the troop on Day Five – (Sunday, October 22)
Presentation involves all patrol members
Earlier today, you had an opportunity to see the projects which were developed by the Wood Badge staff.
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At the Patrol Leader’s Council meeting this afternoon, each patrol will be challenged to plan and produce a project of its own.
Your project must illustrate some universal theme or aspect of Scouting that is clearly associated with Cub Scouting, Boy Scouting and Venturing, and if you’re really good District and Council Scouting as well.
Patrols will present their projects to the entire troop on the fifth day of the course, which is Sunday on our October weekend.
The project must consist of a self-explanatory display and an oral presentation that involves all members of the patrol.
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16. The Wood Badge Ticket A Wood Badge tradition
A commitment to complete goals relating to your Scouting position
An opportunity to practice and demonstrate a working knowledge of the leadership skills presented during Wood Badge
A plan to take home – a chance to strengthen Scouting in your Unit, District, and Council
One of the great traditions of Wood Badge is the ticket.
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In Baden-Powell’s day, those in the military were expected to pay their way back to England at the end of their military service. In order to economize, soldiers nearing the completion of their military duties would seek assignments at posts increasingly close to home – a process known as “working your ticket.”
During this course, each of you will be asked to develop a ticket – a list of goals that will allow you to improve the Scouting program for the youth membership.
Your ticket will allow you to apply the leadership skills you’ve learned during the practical phase of this course, in ways that strengthen Scouting in your home units, districts, and councils.
Details about the ticket process will be coming along this afternoon in the session Values, Mission, and Vision.
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17. Summary BSA training opportunities
Wood Badge course is the pinnacle of leadership training
Five central themes of Wood Badge
The Boy Scout troop format provides a practical framework
The Gilwell Gazette – our course newspaper
Patrol project – a teamwork exercise
Wood Badge Ticket – your commitment
An essential requirement for every Wood Badge course is to have FUN!
In summary, here are the key take-home messages from this presentation:
BSA training opportunities serve to enhance leadership for Scouting and leadership for America.
A Wood Badge course is the pinnacle of leadership training for you as leaders in the Scouting program.
The curriculum of of this course is built around five central themes:
Living the Values
Bringing the Vision to Life
Models for Success
Tools of the Trade
Leading to Make a Difference
Wood Badge is appropriate training for adults involved with Cub Scouting, Boy Scouting, and Venturing. The Boy Scout troop format provides a practical framework for much of a Wood Badge course.
The Gilwell Gazette, Patrol project, and Wood Badge Ticket help us to bring the leadership skills to life.
An essential requirement for every Wood Badge course is to have FUN!
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18. Review of Learning Objectives
Now you should:
Understand the progression of BSA training opportunities and the place Wood Badge holds in that framework
Have an overview of the practical and application phases of Wood Badge
Understand why the Boy Scout troop is used during Wood Badge as the model for training and team-building
Have discarded any misconceptions or anxiety regarding the course purpose, content, and methods of presentation
Okay, so let’s review what we said we were going to cover in this overview session. Here is what I hope you’ve learned.
First, you should understand the progression of BSA training opportunities and the place Wood Badge holds in that framework.
Second, you now have an overview of the practical and application phases of Wood Badge.
Third, you should understand why the Boy Scout troop is used during Wood Badge as the model for training and team-building.
And finally, you should be able to discard any misconceptions or anxiety regarding the course purpose, content, and methods of presentation. Be assured that we’re not playing head-games here. Even though we expect this course to be a thoroughly enjoyable experience, our goal is for you to apply the serious skills of leadership to your job in Scouting, so that the youth membership will be the true beneficiaries.
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19. Your totem goes here, you may use a build if you desire
Thank You!
Your totem goes here, you may use a build if you desire
Thank you for your attention. I’ll now open up the floor for any questions that you might have.
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20. NE-II-177 Change control log Date Version Changes By Jan. 14, 2009 0.1
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