What is the purpose of ? What are the qualifications? How do I register? The ultimate purpose of Wood Badge is to Wood Badge is not just for Scoutmasters. It’s Visit help adult leaders deliver the highest quality for adult Scouters at all levels: Cub Scouts, Boy http://www.pikespeakbsa.org/Event.aspx? program to young people and help Scouts, Varsity, , District and Council. id=1957 Review the event information, them achieve their highest potential. Youth older than 18 may attend and do not need then click on the register button. If you It models the best techniques for developing to be registered in an adult leadership role. Here need to make other arrangements for leadership and teamwork among both young are the qualifications: registration / payment, contact Steve people and adults. • Be a registered member of the BSA. Hayes at 719-494-7166 or • Complete basic training courses for your [email protected] How much time will Wood Badge primary Scouting position (see Scouting’s Basic A $50 payment is due at the time of take? Leader Training Courses at right). application. The first 48 fully paid Wood Badge is conducted over two three- • Complete the outdoor skills training Scouters who meet course requirements day weekends scheduled three weeks apart. program appropriate to your Scouting position. will be confirmed for the course. Each weekend begins at 7:30 a.m. Friday and • Be capable of functioning safely in an outdoor environment. What are the Training goes ‘til 4:00pm on Sunday. Your patrol will Prerequisites? have one or two meetings in between the • Complete the Colorado Boy Camps course weekends. Health & Medical Record. All leaders attending Wood Badge What? Indoor facilities? should be fully trained in their primary When and where is Wood Badge? registered position. This begins with During weekend 1, Camp Alexander will offer Pikes Peak Council 2015 Wood Badge This is Scouting and Youth Protection cabins for sleeping, showers, dressing rooms Course will be August 21-23 at Camp Training. (with electricity and mirrors!) and indoor Alexander and September 11-13.at Glen Aspen restrooms with flush toilets. During weekend 2 You must also complete the position- How will Wood Badge help me? at Glen Aspen Ranch, you will be tent camping specific training applicable for your and use outdoor oilets. Wood Badge will teach you outdoor skills t primary registered position: and leadership techniques in a ‘living,’ hands- Cub Leader Specific Training for on environment. You will be able to apply all What do I eat? Cub Leaders you learn to your Scouting involvement and to You’ll be welcomed the first weekend with Specific Training for your personal life. delectable meals prepared by our friendly Boy Scout Leaders or Troop You’ll develop a Ticket, which is a written quartermaster staff. Committee Challenge for Committee agreement outlining how you will apply your On Weekend 2, your patrol will return the favor Members newly learned skills as you continue your by hosting (~2) Wood Badge staff members in Varsity Scout Coach Leader involvement in Scouting. your campsite. Training for Varsity Scout Leaders Development of your Ticket is an exercise in If you have any dietary restrictions, please tell Venturing Leader Specific Training goal-setting and includes creating a personal your Wood Badge Course Director at least 30 for Venturing Crew Leaders vision and mission statement and outlining days before the first weekend, and we’ll be Commissioner Basic Training for individual steps to personal success. happy to accommodate your needs. Unit and District Commissioners

How do I get my beads? What do I wear? Outdoor Skills Training is required for You’ve probably seen other Scouters wearing Participants wear the full uniform for their Scoutmasters, Assistant Scoutmasters, their Wood Badge beads. When you registered position(s). Varsity Coaches, Varsity Assistants, and successfully complete your Ticket, some of Venturing Crew Leaders whose crews your Wood Badge staff members will present What is the course registration fee? have an outdoor program. If you have any questions on training you with your Wood Badge beads, a tan The fee for attending Wood Badge is $2 0, which 5 prerequisites, please ask! Call Steve with the famed MacLaren tartan, a includes all your meals, course materials, and Hayes at (719) 640-9586 or email: leather ‘’ (neckerchief slide) and a those coveted Wood Badge beads. special Wood Badge certificate. [email protected] History of Wood Badge What is Wood Badge?

Lord Robert Baden-Powell founded Scouting Wood Badge is the premier adult leadership early in the 20th century, and in just a few short development course for the of years, the movement exploded. Baden-Powell America. It teaches contemporary leadership quickly recognized the need for adult leaders to and team-building skills in a comfortable outdoor complete training in a hands-on outdoor setting, where learners become members of their environment. own Troop. Wood Badge’s effectiveness as a On Monday, September 8, 1919, 20 men leadership development experience has been clad in shorts and knee socks gathered around applauded by industry training professionals. Its a flagpole at Gilwell Field near London. positive influence on graduates’ individual unit- Organized into three Patrols, these men level program is unparalleled. launched the precursor for what eventually has become Wood Badge for the 21st Century. Baden-Powell’s and Take a look inside for more Aids to Scoutmastership were ‘textbooks’ for information! this outdoor classroom, and during the 11 day course, the Scouters learned the skills to pass on to their eager Scouts: Troop organization, campcraft, pioneering, woodcraft, signcraft, games, fieldwork, study circle work and pathfinding. Upon completion of the course, Baden- Powell awarded each of the Scouters a hand- carved bead tied to a leather thong, the beads a prize he collected from Zulu Chief Dinizulu during the British Ashanti Campaign in 1888. The conducted its first official Wood Badge course in the United Pikes Peak Council BSA States in 1948. Since that time, training 985 W. Fillmore Street professionals and volunteers have updated the Colorado Springs, CO 80908 pikespeakbsa.org Wood Badge syllabus to provide the best E-mail: methods to adult Scouters for teaching [email protected] leadership and program delivery. or Call Steve Hayes: (719) 494-7166 Source: www.woodbadge.org Register at: http://www.pikespeakbsa.org/Event.aspx?id=1957

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