Trainer's Resource CD

Trainer's Resource CD Contents

Training Syllabi
This page has a direct link to the electronic versions of training syllabi contained on this CD.

The following pages cover different aspects of training:

• Basic Leadership Training
  The training material required to provide the basic leadership training courses required for a volunteer leader to meet the basic "trained leader" requirements.
• BSA Leadership Training Overview
  This contains basic information on the leadership training philosophy of the Boy Scouts of America. It also provides a limited amount of information on each of the basic leadership training courses available for volunteer leaders.
• BSA Online Learning Center
  The Online Learning Center ( at http://olc.scouting.org/) is intended to be the "portal" to all online "learning" materials. This will include not only courses that users may take for credit on line, but also not-for-credit instructional resources.
• Highlights of District Volunteer Recruiting
  Building effective district and council training teams is always a challenging task. The Highlights of District Volunteer Recruiting is provided as a resource to help improve the process of recruiting the best teams possible.
• Leadership Training Committee Guide
  This purple covered committee guide provides the basic information all district and council training team members need to be effective as trainers.
• Leadership Training Awards
  Scouting leaders who go through training have already shown dedication to the youth in their care. Their further dedication to the youth and the program of Scouting deserves recognition, and leaders are encouraged to apply for the awards available to them. These awards are intended to honor demonstrated performance and tenure of trained leaders in all areas of the Scouting program.
• Philmont Training Center
  Attendance at the Philmont Training Center is a special experience in Scouting and requires an invitation from your local council leadership.
• Supplemental Training Modules
  Most BSA local councils offer additional training for Scout leaders, focusing on outdoor skills, Youth Protection, and youth leadership development. At the national level, a number of training courses are conducted each summer at the Philmont Training Center in northern New Mexico. Courses focus on everything from teaching outdoor skills to working with the troop committee. They are designed to give additional information on specific program areas.
• Support Information
  The following documents are provided to answer questions that may be asked during training events. Having the documents available for reference may facilitate the learning process.
• Language of Scouting, The
  The Language of Scouting provides information about the terms and style associated specifically with Scouting (the "language of Scouting") and grammar, spelling, and style norms used by the Custom Communication Division at the national office of the Boy Scouts of America.
• Training Management
  This section will contains a limited collection of information focused on managing the training process. It will grow and evolve over time in quality and quantity of content.
• Videos
  This collection of Scouting related Quicktime videos are provided for possible use during training events. If you require the Quicktime player it is located in the folder [ Software_Programs ]
• Wood Badge Presentations
  In 2001, the new Wood Badge for the 21st Century was introduced. It was developed for all Scouters: Cub Scout leaders, Boy Scout leaders, Venturing leaders, and council and district leaders. The focus is on leadership skills, not outdoor skills. The first part of the new Wood Badge course reflects unit meetings, while the second part of the course uses a troop camping activity as its delivery model.
• Youth Related Information
  Leadership training of youth leaders in Scouting offers opportunities to affect the lives of many Scouts. These resources are focused on training youth.

This CD is a collection of information on training and Scouting in general intended to help volunteer leaders in their efforts to train Scouting volunteers when access to the Internet is not available. Often training is still being conducted in locations where Internet access is not easily available. As many resources as possible have been placed directly on this CD eliminating the need for an Internet connection to access the resource.

There is a folder named "Software_programs" that contains the reader programs that will allow you to open files on this CD. The reader programs include: Adobe Acrobat, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point, and Apple's QuickTime.