Training

General Information

• Saftey Resources

  • Guide to Safe Scouting  on-line, and in PDF  (The "Big Book of Know")

    • Age-Appropriate Guidelines for Scouting Activities,

  • Scouting Safely

  • Incident Reporting

  • Scouting's Barriers to Abuse

• Guide To Advancement web page

• Guide to Awards and Insignia

  • Awards Central

• The Official Scouting America Training Page  See here for the latest information from Scouting America including  what makes a trained leader  supplemental training and “Training Award”

• How to take Hazardous Weather Training

• Scouting America Advancement Resources

Scouts BSA

General  Scouts BSA Information

• Scouts BSA Program Resource  - A collection of resourses from national (like this page)

• Advancement and Awards 

• Outdoor Program

• Program Updates

• Troop Leader Resources

• Troop Family Resource Survey

• Scouts BSA Facebook Page

• #TroopTalkLive

• Trek On Tuesday

Scoutmaster Training

• Scoutmaster Training Handouts

• Scouting America The Adventure Plan (TAP)

• Troop annual planning worksheet

• Fillable Troop Meeting Planning Form (pdf)

Introduction To Outdoor Leadership Skills (IOLS)

• IOLS Handout

• Essentials 

  • Ten Essentials

  • Warm Weather Essentials

  • Cold Weather Essentials

  • What to do if  you are lost

• Outdoor Ethics Resources

• 2021 Foild Pack Cookbook

• 2021 IOLS Cookbook

• 2021 Baloo - IOLS Interfaith Service

• Foil Pack Cooking Demo (video)

• Totin Chip Leason Plan

• Lashing Games

• Older courses

  • IOLS Cookbook Booklet

  • IOLS Scout’s Own 2016

• Other Additional Resources

  • Animated Knot Guide

  • Long Island Orienteering 

  • http://www.backpacking.net/beginner.html

  • http://www.wta.org/hiking-info/basics/backpacking/backpacking-101-on-the-trail

  • http://www.wikihow.com/Build-a-Fire

  • http://www.princeton.edu/~oa/manual/mapcompass.shtml

  • http://scoutermom.com/14534/hiking-activities/

  • http://www.dec.ny.gov/education/72444.html

Merit Badge Counselors

• Intro to Merit Badges

• Guide For Merit Badge Counselors