I've found that participants enjoy watching staff members interact and have fun as well. When I was Cub District training chair, we had staff sparkler events,...
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george Bruckjr
beowulf608@...
Sep 1, 2001 2:45 pm
I agree totally here. I was a Scout as a boy, and am an avid outdoorsman. I became a leader again about 10 years ago when my boy was getting old enuf for...
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scouter_t@yahoogroups...
Sep 1, 2001 6:16 pm
GROUP DESCRIPTION ... This group is for the discussion of the adult leader training program offered to scout leaders. The list is primarily aimed at members...
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doublelope@...
Sep 1, 2001 6:46 pm
Hey Nadine: Have you ever tried using a theme for your training??? That can add a lot of pizzazz to your training sessions. You can do the obvious "trains"....
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cristi@...
Sep 2, 2001 2:02 am
It's always great to change your delivery method when you feel it's getting stale, but just keep in mind, it's rare that your audience will have seen it...
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Ken Todd
krtodd@...
Sep 4, 2001 5:03 am
From what I have seen, National has been making certain training mandatory for health and safety reasons for a group to participate in some types of...
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Doug Livingston
av8or@...
Sep 4, 2001 3:14 pm
Too bad it isn't like Scouting in some other countries where you aren't allowed to wear the uniform as a leader until you have been trained. That's what I...
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Sean Scott
sscott@...
Sep 4, 2001 3:19 pm
We take pride in having "phun" training events in our district, especially so that ours are more phun than the other districts in our council. I would even say...
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Alvin Williams
aew@...
Sep 4, 2001 4:31 pm
Doug, I agree. The greatest weakness in the BSA is leader training. That's not to say that we don't have good trainers, we have great trainers. We don't have a...
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Marshall J Creighton
MCreighton@...
Sep 4, 2001 5:18 pm
Remember, you can't get your position knot without receiving training. This may not be much of an incentive, but it does motivate some folks. And what about...
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Debbie Beer
beer@...
Sep 4, 2001 11:13 pm
I agree with you. leaders should be trained and then they should be required to follow the standards set by the boy scouts. Examples that come to mind are a...
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Sean Scott
sscott@...
Sep 5, 2001 3:58 pm
All, Does anyone know the registration code for Tiger Den Leader position? Sean Scott Training Chairman Cub Roundtable Commissioner Day Camp Director, Tahquitz...
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Kevin Pate
kevinpate@...
Sep 5, 2001 4:29 pm
... Sean, So far as I know, it is DL and an Assistant Tiger Den Leader would be DA. With the new format, a Tiger Den Leader is the same as a Wolf or Bear Den...
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Dan Hammond, Sr.
danhammondsr@...
Sep 5, 2001 8:40 pm
I am working on a course in interpersonal and organizational communications. As part of the course,I have a research project to do, and I have chosen...
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bufflo@...
Sep 6, 2001 3:09 am
Tiger Cub Den Leader is "TL". There is no assistant Tiger Cub Den Leader code as far as I know. Laura bufflo@... Pathfinder District Cub Training Chair ...
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bufflo@...
Sep 6, 2001 3:09 am
... instrumental with) ... work with them) ... possibly email ... (District Cub Training Chair) Pack Committee Member, Council Employee...
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lady_tem@...
Sep 6, 2001 4:09 am
Well, I am with those of you who agree training should be mandatory. But, let me ask you this: if training is mandatory, won't you lose those leaders who...
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Ken Todd
krtodd@...
Sep 6, 2001 1:34 pm
Since the current Adult Applications have a space instead of 2 little boxes for describing the position, I would spell it out to make sure the Registrar Knows...
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Cpaitlres
rkagawa@...
Sep 6, 2001 9:57 pm
I have tried to make manditory in my council. I was told by the council legal that I couldn't make it manditory. I am still trying to figure to make it more...
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JNDunnMN@...
Sep 6, 2001 10:27 pm
Good Evening - I have posted the new brochure I created for our fall Cub Scout Leader training courses to the Files area. If you'd like - take a look....
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Bill Nelson
bnelson45@...
Sep 6, 2001 11:20 pm
safe swim, baloo, and some other courses are manditory for certain activities. Is cub scout basic a pre-req for baloo? If so, wouldn't that make it mandatory...
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Ken Todd
krtodd@...
Sep 7, 2001 1:30 pm
Bill, Since the target audience for BALOO is parents who are not Den or Pack Leaders, Basic Training is not required for this or any of the other courses you...
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wahowland@...
Sep 7, 2001 1:49 pm
There are to the best of my knowledge two, count 'em TWO, councils in the US that have mandatory training. This means new leaders have six months to get the...
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Lloyd Solis
paperclp@...
Sep 7, 2001 4:07 pm
I think BSA really missed the boat on their 'descriptive recommended target' for BALOO. Sure, it's great to 'expose new leaders' to the concepts of outdoor...
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Cpaitlres
rkagawa@...
Sep 7, 2001 6:59 pm
The liability of manditory training is in the delivery of the training. In our council we have many languages spoken here. We would have to deliver trainings...
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Bill Smith
bill@...
Sep 7, 2001 7:01 pm
... Lloyd, I must respectfully disagree with you on that. I believe that this is one of the better ideas that the National CS Committee has come up with. The...
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Sean Scott
sscott@...
Sep 7, 2001 7:13 pm
Rich wrote: <snip> There is a court precidence in northern California about the BSA trainings. <snip> Really! I'd be interested to learn some more details...
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Sean Scott
sscott@...
Sep 7, 2001 7:16 pm
... target' for BALOO. ... leader ... for ... of cub ... of ... Ooof! I agree with you both! There's lots of cool stuff in BALOO that goes beyond camping and...
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Bill Smith
bill@...
Sep 7, 2001 7:53 pm
... Yes, Sean there certainly is a lot of great stuff there, and I'm sure that a good RT Commissioner (names to be unmentioned) will see to it that all current...
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Cpaitlres
rkagawa@...
Sep 7, 2001 7:55 pm
National themselves have a problem with manditory training. This is why they have not implimented this policy. The reasons for this have been stated in the...
