June Update from national

[Eagle92]

taken from the MyScouting community here:

 

https://community.scouting.org/groups/national_volunteer_development_training/forum/p/4137/12563.aspx#12563

 

Highlights include

 

TRAINING UP DATE June, 2009

 

 

-Selected councils will pilot required training for direct contact leaders in 2010. Plans are in development to require training for all direct contact leaders in 2011. Councils should prepare to make training more readily available and to expand their training teams.

 

-New supplemental training courses now online include Interfaith Worship, Bullying, Leave No Trace and Disc Golf. These courses can be down loaded to be used as a course outline or they can be a self study. More new courses are in development.

 

-The centennial edition (12th) of the Boy Scout Handbook will be available in August, 2009. It will feature a mixture of parts of many of the early hand books with a 21st century flair. The handbook features chapters on Leadership and Leave No Trace, which both are firsts. There will be a supplemental 100 year timeline book with the first printing and a mini-book with the rank requirements that is pocket size. A website will provide in-depth information on many subjects.

 

-Training courses that require people to be re-certified include BSA Lifeguard (3 years)

 

Paddle Craft Safely (3 years) Swimming and Water Rescue (3 years) Climb on Safely (2 years) Trek Safely (2 years) Safe Swim Defense (2 years) Safety Afloat (2 years) Camp Visitation (2 years) Chain Saw Safety (2 years) and National Camp School (5 camping seasons)

 

-A new resource of information that you may not be aware of is now available on http://.blog.scoutingmagazine.org.

 

-COR fast start training is in development and will soon be on the Online Learning Center.

 

-Florida National High Adventure Sea Base will be the site of a Volunteer Development Training Conference the week of Jan. 18-23, 2010. Courses to be offered will be Strictly for Scoutmasters, Strictly for Cubmasters, Advancement Policy and Procedures, Webelos to First Class, Geocache and Scouting, and Administration of Venturing. Additional information and registration is available on www.scouting.org

 

- The NYLT syllabus and supporting material is now restricted to being ordered only by councils. Troops were attempting to put on their own course, which is not the intent of this course.