Kodiak

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Kodiak Kodiak-X

• Presenters
• Kodiak Regional Coordinators
• Connie Elliott Mark Belli
• Central Region Southern Region

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Kodiak Learning Objectives

• What is Kodiak
• Who will benefit
• Course Methods
• Course Requirements
• Course Schedule
• Kodiak vs. NYLT and NAYLE
• Kodiak Treks During Summer Camp

• Kodiak High Adventure Treks
• Resources
• Course Director Training
• Staff Development
• Regional Coordinators
• Web Sites
• Recognition
• Question and Answer Session

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What is Kodiak?

• FUN!!! FUN!!!! FUN!!!!!
• Relevant to participants life
• Internalized by participants

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What is Kodiak?

• Based on nature
• Based on the servant leadership concept
• Overlaid on a trip, trek, or activity
• Offered by units, districts, and councils

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What is Kodiak?

• Relevant to teens
• Uses adult and teen facilitators
• Leadership skills are internalized to last
  for a lifetime

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Who will benefit from Kodiak?

• Youth-advanced leadership skills
• Adults-leadership skills are reinforced
• Crews- better leadership for crews
• Council-Venturing Officers Association

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Who will benefit from Kodiak?

• District council day camp staff
• Summer camp staff
• The local community
• Can you think of anyone else?

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Course Methods

• Team taught by two instructors (one adult and
  one youth if possible)
• Five leadership skills taught called
  Commissions
• Symbolism of bear paw claw

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Course Methods

• Commissions have hands-on exercises followed by
  short lecturette, then reinforced with one or
  more exercises
• Use constant reinforcement

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Course Requirements

• All Kodiak courses must
• Use and follow the Kodiak syllabus
• Be approved by Scout Executive prior to course
• Be financially self-sustaining

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Course Requirements

• No maximum course size
• Six days required to do the course
• Two weekends or 1 week
• All commissions must be presented

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Schedule for Sessions
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Kodiak vs. NAYLE NYLT

• NAYLE NYLT
• Boy Scouts only
• Only focus on training
• Use patrol method
• Are circular timed
• Are youth performed
• Are adult supervised

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Kodiak vs. NAYLE NYLT

• Kodiak
• Focuses on FUN as well as the added training
• Team based
• Training time dictated by Trek or Activity
• Youth and adult team delivered
• Youth and Adult staff mentored
• Offered to youth inside outside of scouting
• More advanced and geared towards the older youth
  

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Opportunities for Camp Staff

• Training key leadership senior staff during
  camp staff week
• Two weekend staff trainings prior to summer camp
  staff week

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Kodiak Treks During Summer Camp Run

• With a high adventure program
• Using a camp as a base camp for local area day
  trips of high adventure
• In conjunction with the mtn. man program
• In conjunction with staff week
• As a separate program

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Kodiak High Adventure Treks

• Week-long, high adventure treks
• White water rafting
• Mountain treks
• Sailing treks
• Scuba treks

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Kodiak High Adventure Treks

• Week-long, alternative high adventure treks for
  the less experienced
• Two weekends at camp with camp activities
• such as COPE, Shooting sports, water sports,
• GPS, Mountain biking, etc. local county parks
• State and federal parks

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Resources

• Course director training
• Staff development training
• Regional coordinators
• Web Sites- Yahoo and Facebook
• Venturing website links
• www.Kodiak-bsa.org

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Venturing Websites
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Regional Coordinators

• Central Region
• Connie Elliott
• (419)-340-8022
• central_at_kodiak-bsa.org
• Northeast Region
• Scott Andersonscottanderson_at_att.net
• Tom TempleArrowman09_at_yahoo.com

• Southern Region
• Mark Belli
• 704-824-7489
• southern_at_kodiak-bsa.org
• Western Region
• Richard Dreweryradrew_at_cox.net

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Recognition

• Medal Patch Staff Patch

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Kodiak Video

• This video was produced by a youth for the
  promotion of Kodiak on a national basis. This is
  an amateur video and is now one of many. It has
  spurred others to show off their talents on the
  web and to help promote Kodiak nationwide. We
  hope you enjoy it.

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Questions?

• Contact Your Regional Kodiak Coordinator

• Central Region
• Connie Elliott
• (419)-340-8022
• central_at_kodiak-bsa.org
• Northeast Region
• Scott Andersonscottanderson_at_att.net
• Tom TempleArrowman09_at_yahoo.com

Southern Region Mark Belli 704-824-7489 southern_at_k
odiak-bsa.org Western Region Richard
Dreweryradrew_at_cox.net
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Kodiak-X
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Kodiak-X

• Final installment in Venturing leadership
  development
• (1) Venturing Leadership Skills
• (2) Kodiak
• (3) Kodiak-X

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Kodiak-X

• Adds two more leadership commissions
• Challenges teens to use the skills they learned
  in Kodiak
• Uses innovative, simple, easy-to-get, economical
  props

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Who May Run the Course?

• District or council level only
• Approved by scout executive

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Course Setting

• Two day course
• Camp or outdoor conference center
• Any outdoor setting
• No need to be on a trek
• Usually scheduled within 6 months
• of a Kodiak course

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Recognition

• Medal Patch Staff Patch

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Kodiak Course Directors Course

• Given at the Area level, or if a council would
  like to sponsor a Course Directors Course please
  contact your area Kodiak Director
• Cluster Council Course Director Conferences are
  also encouraged

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Questions?

• Contact Your Regional Kodiak Coordinator

• Central Region
• Connie Elliott
• (419)-340-8022
• central_at_kodiak-bsa.org
• Northeast Region
• Scott Andersonscottanderson_at_att.net
• Tom TempleArrowman09_at_yahoo.com

Southern Region Mark Belli 704-824-7489 southern_at_k
odiak-bsa.org Western Region Richard
Dreweryradrew_at_cox.net