1. Sizzle of the Outdoor Program John Lin

2. Image of Scouting Program When you think about a Scout troop, what image comes into your mind? doing community service Scouts in uniform in a flag ceremony, parade or at a patriotic event. Scouts hiking, camping and fun outdoor activities..

3. Scouting’s Promise The Boy Scout Handbook about outdoor programs - Scouting promises you the great outdoors. As a Scout, you can learn how to camp and hike without leaving a trace, and how to take care of the land. You’ll study wildlife up close and learn about nature all around you. There are plenty of skills for you to master, and you can teach others what you know. Everybody helping everyone else—that’s part of Scouting, too.

4. Back to Nature 在家打電動, 還是走出戶外看雲去

5. Outdoor Program and Skills Deeply entwined with outdoor experiences in earliest Scouting program. Outdoors/Nature can activate Scouts’ imaginations. Excitement, fun, adventure, camping, sleeping outside, and facing challenges with their friends. The outdoors is the stage. For Scoutmasters, the outdoors is key to delivering the promise of Scouting.

6. Classroom at Outdoor Use the skills they are mastering. Solve problems as a team. Look out for one another. Learn self-discipline. Respect others and the environment. Encounter situations that require them to become leaders. Enjoy the beauty in nature. Learn the value of leaving no trace (LNT) in the wilderness.

7. Scoutmaster’s Challenge Scoutmasters have the ability to involve Scouts in outdoor programs that will help build their character, encourage citizenship, and develop their physical, mental, and emotional fitness. Camping is one of the primary tools used by the Boy Scouts of America to achieve these goals. —The Scoutmaster Handbook, Chapter 9, “The Outdoor Program”

8. Outdoor Programs Troop’s outdoor Opportunities at a minimum, 10 days/nights outdoors each year. Troop and patrol hikes Short-term camping Conservation and service projects Resident camping Camporees and Jamborees Council high-adventure programs National and council high-adventure bases

9. Planning and Resource Yearly Planner SVMB Council Events Other Council Events

10. Planning and Resource Troop Yearly Planner

11. Planning and Resource SVMB Council Events

12. Outdoor Activities - Camping 30 Miler Snow Camp Summer Camp City Camp Raining Camp

13. Outdoor Activities - Hiking City Hike Philmont Rim of Bay 30-Miler Hike

14. Outdoor Activities - Water Kayaking Rafting Fishing Swiming

15. Outdoor Activities - Climbing Rock Climbing Summer Camp Tree Climbing

16. Outdoor Activities - Shooting Archery Black power shooting SlingShot Cow Head Roping

17. The Challenge of Delivering the Outdoor Program As adults, we make the opportunity possible. We create boundaries and a format within which Scouts have the freedom to carry out their experiences the way they wish. The boy-led troop helps make this happen. Make Things Happen, Don’t Wait Things Happen

18. Scoutmaster’s Role Resourcing and facilitating for troop to have a successful outdoor experiences. Starting small within the skill levels and comfort zones of Scouts and Scoutmasters, then more challenging and adventures. A troop can start with tailgate camping and learn many outdoor skills together, and bring more varieties of outdoor activity. Try as many as possible. The perspective of a boy’s outdoor adventure is different from an adult’s. (the Scouts got cold and wet, the tents blew down, critical ingredients for the evening meal were forgotten, etc. can be perceived by boys as fine & fun memories

19. Scoutmaster’s Role.. Continue Practice the skills they have, develop new skills, assess their performance, learn from their mistakes, and get back out there for another adventure as soon as they can. Learn together; adults and youth can use the resources to plan the outdoor adventures, gain experience and confidence together. For Scoutmasters, expend energy where the boys can resolve issues; putting together the framework of the boy-led troop, for example, helping plan worthwhile activities in PLC, and ensuring activities comply with the safety policies of the BSA.

20. Summary Outdoor program brings sizzle to Scouting Instilling the values of Scouting, for encouraging advancement, and practice skills. Scoutmaster’s responsibilities for the outdoor program … skills and safety. The training provides tools and the resources to make the outdoor experience a strong, vital part of your troop’s program.

21. Pop Quiz 1. The boy-led troop is a valuable tool for planning and conducting the outdoor program. True ____False ____ 2. If a troop has an active, exciting outdoor program, advancement is a natural result. True ____False ____ 3. Through Scouting’s outdoor program, young people can learn how to camp and hike without leaving a trace and how to take care of the land. True ____False ____ 4. At a minimum, Scouts should be spending 10 days and nights outdoors each year. True ____False ____ 5. The BSA’s outdoor program is many things, but very high on the list is the fact that it should be fun. True ____False ____