The Official BSA Training Page

What you need , whats available and where to get it from national.

General

• My Scouting - For On Line Training
• What Makes a Trained Leader A PDF from the BSA
• Youth Protection Resources Not the training course but materials to help enforce youth protection.
• Supplemental training from the BSA. Some additional information like: How to Conduct a Pinewood Derby , Planning and Conducting a Safe Scout Outing and Recruiting Quality Training Staff just to name a few.

Cub Scout Forms from the BSA

The BSA's List of resources every leader should see.

Jump to Boy Scout Training

Cub Scout Training Handouts

Den Leader Position-Specific Training

• Glossary of Scouting Terms
• Characteristics of Cub Scouts by Age
• Den Adventure Planner
  • Scout Oath Wheel A tool for your scouts for helping to learn the scout oath /law
• The Family Talent Survey
• The Outdoor Program

Cubmaster

• The Cub Master Summary
• So Your A New Cubmaster
• Pack Meeting Planning Sheet
• Handouts
• Baloo's Bugle

Pack Committee

• The Pack Committee Summary
• So Your a New Committee Member
  • A good summary of all the committee positions can be found here
• Planning Your Budget
• The Family Talent Survey
• Handouts

From Older Versions of Training

Intro

• The Foundations of Cub Scouting = The mission,scout oath and law,the vision the aim the purpose , the methods and the 12 core values of Cub Scouting.
• The Bobcat badge score card
• How do I rate as a leader ? A self-evaluation

Tiger Leaders

• Tiger Den Leader Summary
• So You're a new Tiger Leader
• The Tiger Den Meeting
• The Tiger Den Meeting Planner

Den Leaders

• The Den Leader Summary
• So You're a new Den Leader
• The Cub Scout Den Meeting
• The Den Meeting Planner

Webelos

• Webelos Wheel.pdf A tool for your scouts for helping to learn the Boy scout oath /law
• Webelos Activity Badge resources from Santa Clara Council Pow Wow 2009
• The Webelos Den Leader Summary
• So You're a new Webelos Leader
• The Webelos Den Meeting

Webelos Outdoor Training

• Outdoor training Guide The course Syllabus
• Outdoor training handouts
• The Leaf Quiz

Pack Trainer

• The Pack Trainer Summary
  • The Pack Trainer More details then the summary.

BALOO

• Handouts
• Creative Campfires Starters
• Full course guide
• The campfire program planner
  • Boom Chika Boom song - Courtesy of http://www.boyscouttrail.com/

Boy Scout Training

Referenced Documents

• Scoutmaster handbook (color) Replaced by the Troop Leaders handbook
• Guide to Safe Scouting on-line, and in PDF (The big book of No)
  • Troop program features From the BSA Vol 1-3
• Troop Program Resources
• Troop Meeting Planning Guide
  • All the official forms from BSA including applications, medical forms, den meeting planning/attendance/rank progress and anything else you can think of.
  • Guide To advancement webpage , 2013 Advancement Guide PDF
• Guide to Awards and Insignia

Training Awards for Adult Leaders in Units

The training awards and keys are designed to recognize unit Scouters for tenure, training, and performance in their leadership roles. Progress record forms with the 2012 requirements for these awards can be found at the links below.

• Den Leader Training Award
  • Training Awards
  • Cub Scouting
  • Boy Scouting
  • Varsity Scouting
  • Venturing
  • Sea Scouting
  • Keys
  • Cubmaster
  • Scoutmaster
  • Coach
  • Advisor
  • Skipper