Adult Leader Training

"We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do."
       - Brigham Young
 
"No man is so insignificant as to be sure his example can do no hurt."  
       - Lord Clarendon

Who should go to Training?

If you have completed an Adult Scout Leader application, you should be going to Training.  Every adult Scout leader position has important tasks in bringing the program to the pack, troop, team, or crew.

In a Boy Scout Troop, if you registered as a:

  • Scoutmaster
  • Assistant Scoutmaster
  • Troop Committee Chair
  • Troop Committee Member, or
  • Chartered Partner Representative

The leadership training philosophy of the Boy Scouts of America is to provide adult leaders with fundamental information about the aims and purposes of the movement, as well as specifics about their particular roles in Scouting.
The journey from Fast Start to Wood Badge is a seamless progression for adults and an unending benefit for BSA youth.

Start your training with Boy Scout Leader Fast Start.  Then attend New Leader Essentials with Youth Protection Training.  For Scoutmasters and Asst. Scoutmasters, you need to continue with Scoutmaster/Assistant Scoutmaster Leader Specific Training which also includes: Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills.  For Troop Committee Chairs and Members, your next step is Troop Committee Challenge.

BSA Online Learning Center

Youth Protection Training - on line

Boy Scout Leader Fast Start Training

Safety Afloat

Safe Swim Defense

Troop Committee Challenge

Los Padres Council Training Page

Wood Badge Advanced Adult Leader Training