Once Basic Leader Training is completed the leader is awarded a Trained emblem for uniform wear.
This program is conducted by the local Boy Scout council. Registered 501(c)(3). The Explorer program became less of an advanced outdoor program and more a broader program for young men, with the minimum age lowered to 14 years old. The focus on career exploration was increased and, as the years progressed, Exploring focused more on career exploration posts, though outdoor and sports-oriented Posts continued to thrive.
Comes when you learn from your experiences as a Venturer.
The Pathfinder Award requires participating and leading adventures, Project Management training, giving leadership to advanced adventures, serving as a leader in the crew or serving on staff for leadership training, setting and achieving personal goals, leading a crew project, participating in service activities and completing an Advisor conference and a crew board of review. In 1949 the Senior Scout Division became the Explorer Division. Registered 501(c)(3). Learn to make ethical choices throughout their lives by instilling the values of the Scout Oath and Law. Wolters has received the Summit Award, as well as Venturing Leadership Awards at all levels of the organization. Venturers may also earn other awards common to the Scouting program such as the William T. Hornaday Awards. Wolters has served on staff for NYLT courses in his council, and has also been an instructor or facilitator for numerous other area, regional, and national Venturing trainings.
Wood Badge is the advanced training program for leadership skills for all adults in all BSA programs.
With the exception of the Eagle rank and Summit Award service projects, any work done while a Venturer can count toward both Scouts BSA and Venturing advancement at the same time. Sea Scouts and Air Scouts were nautical and aviation-focused programs, respectively.[3].
Generally, each crew will select a specialty that determines the program and activities. The final step of youth leadership training in Venturing is Kodiak X. Kodiak X adds two more commissions to those youth learned in Kodiak and allows the youth to put their skills to the test through different challenges. Kodiak X is a one weekend-long course and must be conducted at a Council level. Girl Scouts who have earned the Gold Award may wear the award on the Venturing uniform. He fell in love with the Scouting program, and the unique challenges and opportunities that it offered him, and continued on into Troop 9050 and Crew 9761. A limited number of these awards are presented on an annual basis to those involved in Venturing who have made exceptional contributions to Venturing at their particular level and who exemplify the Venturing Code. Basic Leader Training consists of This is Scouting and Venturing Leader Specific Training. The first step of leadership training in Venturing is the Introduction to Leadership Skills for Crews (ILSC) program, which replaced Venturing Leadership Skills course.
The BSA allowed young women ages 14–20 to join special-interest Explorer posts beginning in 1969.
The chartered organization is responsible for selecting leadership, providing a meeting place, and promoting a good program. Crews within a district, council or area may jointly perform activities that promote advancement through fun and competition. The National VOA, previously known as the National Venturing Cabinet, are the youth leaders of the Venturing program.
A booklet, included in the printed handbooks, providing tips to help parents talk with their sons about child abuse.
The crew must have at least five adults registered with the crew to become a legitimate crew.
Notable projects include work redeveloping the Area Standards of Venturing Excellence, designing and revising new Venturing trainings, and serving as the lead instructor for the 2017 Philmont Training Center Growing a Venturing Program conference. Venturers may also earn expert awards: the Ranger Award for outdoors,[9] the TRUST Award for religious and community life,[10] and the Quest Award for sports.[11].
They were discontinued on December 31, 2014. You love exploring your passions, making new friends, and discovering the world. Learn some fast facts about Venturing! The choice is yours!
This program is the first course in the series of leadership training offered to Venturers.
In February 2016, Sea Scouting became a separate program division. Perfecting your shot. Official Venturing uniform pieces available from the National Supply Division include a spruce green button-up shirt or blouse with a pointed collar, two front button-flap pockets, shoulder epaulets with shoulder loops, short sleeves, and a US flag attached to the right shoulder and a Venturing - BSA strip above the right pocket. The choice is yours!