Wood Badge S5-414-11-1

Greetings Scouters! Welcome to the Wood Badge S5-414-11-1 webpageParticipants in Wood Badge for the 21st Century will attend a six-day course. The course is consists of one orientation day and two sessions of three days each.

Course attendees begin their Wood Badge experience as Cub Scouts, then bridge into Boy Scouting and form as a patrol for the balance of the course. Selected staff members are designated as troop guides to work with the patrol during the course and during the patrol’s interim patrol meetings held between the two weekend sessions. To cap the whole Scouting progression, several key staff members serve in the role of a Venturing crew, working side-by-side with the troop during their outdoor experience.
The whole course models first-hand what a Scout experiences during a month as a Scout. During this training, participants are given the opportunity to assume leadership roles to plan and carry out an extended outdoor experience.

Within this framework, participants take part in numerous presentations, discussions, and activities that explore and advance a wide range of leadership philosophies and tools. A key area of exploration is the process of team development. By recognizing the stages through which leadership teams, pass, participants will learn to apply appropriate leadership strategies that enable teams to reach their highest level of performance.

COURSE DATES-

March 11-13, 2011 and April 1-3, 2011     Course dates
October 10, 2010 (one afternoon)             Orientation
November 19-21, 2010                            Staff Development
January 14-16, 2011                               Staff Development
February 11-13, 2011                              Staff Development
EDGE training (one day)                           To be determined

Wood Badge: A Two-Step Process…
Practical Experience
Wood Badge for the 21st Century is a two-step process, beginning with the outdoor experience, consisting of living the Scout program. Those participating are exposed to leadership and Scoutcraft skills as they apply to both adults and youth. Through living in a Scouting atmosphere for an extended period of time, Scouters develop a deeper understanding of the Scouting program that can have a profound influence on the lives of youth in our communities.

To demonstrate an understanding of the leadership skills taught at the course, each participant writes a contract outlining how he or she will apply the lessons learned through their role in Scouting after the course. This contract is called a ticket.

Application Phase
The outdoor experience is followed by a period of up to eighteen months during which the Scouter applies the skills learned during the practical experience in his or her Scouting position – at the unit, district, or council level. Through this period, each Scouter is assigned a counselor who acts as a resource, evaluator, and Scouting mentor to assist the participant in putting into action those points discussed during the course. This is demonstrated by the process known as working your ticket.
Once the ticket is completed to the mutual satisfaction of the participant and the counselor, the Wood Badge Award is presented.