Common sense tells us that training is important, and research shows the importance of trained leaders. The course introduces teaching techniques and skills to new scout trainers but is also designed to help all scouters, regardless of their experience, present effective training. Trained leader requirements unit and other positions required courses to be position trained. Adult awards and recognition boy scouts of america.
Trained leader strip boy scouts of america scout shop. Trained leader emblem is available for all leaders who have completed the basic leader training program appropriate to their positions. Wood badge is known as the premier training course in the bsa. When the scout assumes a new leadership role and attends training for that role, the patch can be worn again. Training home baltimore area council, boy scouts of america. A trained leader is knowledgeable and more confident in the role being performed. This is the first part of the threepart trainthetrainer continuum t 3, or tcubed in the boy scouts of america. Adult leaders wear these square knot patches on their uniform over the left pocket. So which adult leaders are eligible to wear this badge of honor.
Adult awards and recognition most adult awards and recognitions have certificates, pins or medals, and a patch usually with a square knot embroidered on it in different colors. The bsas trained patch sends a clear message to scouts, fellow scouters and parents. The bsa s trained patch sends a clear message to scouts, fellow scouters and parents. Youth protection training is a joining requirement for all registered adults and must be retaken every year in the mount baker council. Well, such a magic wand does existin the form of the learning programs for leaders in the boy scouts of america. Every leader deserves training so she can successfully deliver the scouting program. Trained leader requirements in addition to leader positionspecific training. When a scout leaves the specific position for which the training was received, the scout should remove the trained strip. Broad creek memorial scout reservation 1929 susquehanna hall road whiteford, md 21160. The training patch program san francisco bay area council. To recognize those adults and youth who have completed training required for their position. Offered by a local council, it is held over a period of a week or two full weekends. Scoutmaster sa y01 youth protection training s11 intro to outdoor leadership skills s24 scoutmaster specific training leader of 11year old scouts 10 y01 youth protection training s11 intro to outdoor leadership skills s24 scoutmaster specific. Before the bsa went wild with colorful insignia, a set of trained strip corresponding to the background color of the uniform or contrasting in the case of the boy scout trained leader patch, as shown below, were available for wear by those that completed basic and some intermediate training for their registered position.