CUB SCOUT LEADER BASIC TRAINING

 

Four courses are required for most Cub Scout leaders to wear the "Trained" emblem:

1.       Fast Start Training:  Online @ www.MyScouting.org  [To be completed prior to first meeting with youth].

2.       This Is Scouting:  Online at www.MyScouting.org  [Each leader completes This Is Scouting only once].

3.       Youth Protection Training:   Online @ www.MyScouting.org  [To be completed prior to first meeting with youth].

4.       Leader Specific Training:  Online @ www.MyScouting.org 

 

Online Training: Go to http://www.myscouting.org/  Enter your User name and password to Log in OR Create a User name and password. From the ‘landing page’ . . . Click on ‘E-Learning’ on the left sidebar (under ‘Training’). For YPT . . . From the ‘General’ Tab find Youth Protection Training and click on ‘Take Course’. For all other Required Training . . . Click on the ‘Cub Scout’ Tab, scroll down to find the specific training module, and click on ‘Take Course’. After you complete the Course you can print out the ‘Certificate’.  Alternately, you can retrieve the ‘Certificate’ at a later time by clicking on ‘View Certificate’.

 

 

Fast Start Training:

Provides an immediate comfort level for the new leader and enables the leader to say, "I can do this!" Fast Start training is to be taken immediately after a new leader registers and before he or she meets with any youth member.

 

Cub Scout Leader Fast Start training is a series of position-specific segments. Each segment gives information and planning on conducting the first meeting and even demonstrates a meeting you can use.

 

The Cub Scout segments include:

 

• Tiger Cub Den Leader
• Cub Scout Den Leader
• Webelos Den Leader
• Cubmaster
• Pack Committee Member
• ScoutParent Coordinator

 

This Is Scouting:

This component of basic training for all program areas is an introductory session that highlights the values, aims, history, funding, and methods of Scouting. It addresses how these aims and methods are reached in an age-appropriate style within Cub Scouting, Boy Scouting, Varsity Scouting, and Venturing. Ideally, all unit-based volunteers - Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Varsity Scout, and Venturing leaders - take this session at the same time, so they understand that they are all striving for the same results with the youth they serve. Each leader completes This Is Scouting only once.

 

 

Youth Protection Training:

This course guides you on the do's and don'ts of working with youth.  At all times, the youths' safety is the number one priority.  At the same time, a leader needs to know the rules for keeping him/herself safe, too.  YPT is a required training for certain outings, including day camp.

 

Youth Protection Training maybe completed via the Internet or through a DVD presentation by your district training team.  If you complete Youth Protection Training in a group setting via video, you must still complete the online version as a requirement for day camp or summer resident camp.

 

Leader Specific Training:  

Cub Scout Leader Specific training provides the specialized knowledge a leader needs to assume a leadership role within their Cub Scout pack. Specialized instruction is carried out for pack committee members, Tiger Cub den leaders, Cub Scout den leaders, Webelos den leaders, Cubmasters, and their assistants, and pack trainers. The first half of this training session includes two modules:  Introduction to Cub Scouting and How We Have Fun.  The next  module is a specialized session tailored to your specific position in Cub Scouting.  When a Cub Scout leader changes position, he must take this leader specific training for that new position in order to be considered "trained," but does not have to repeat Introduction to Cub Scouting and How We Have Fun.

 

Trained Emblem:

Upon completion of Fast Start Training, This Is Scouting, Youth Protection Training, and Cub Scout Leader Specific Training for the position in which the leader is currently registered, a Cub Scout leader is considered "Trained" and may wear a "Trained" emblem.

 

When a Cub Scout leader changes position, he or she must take Leader Specific Training for that new position in order to be still be considered trained.