Venturing Leader Specific Training

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Venturing Leader Specific Training
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Session 1 Heres Venturing
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Small Discussion Groups

• What are you looking forward to?

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Small Discussion Groups

• What are you concerned about?

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BSA Mission Statement

• The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to
  prepare young people to make ethical and moral
  choices over their lifetimes by instilling in
  them the values of the Scout Oath and Law.

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What does it mean to prepare young people to
make ethical and moral choices and instill
values?
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The Venturing Oath

• As a Venturer,
• I promise to do my duty to God
• and help strengthen America,
• to help others, and to seek truth,
• fairness, and adventure
• in our world.

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Venturing Code

• As a Venturer, I believe that Americas strength
  lies in our trust in God and in the courage,
  strength, and traditions of our people.
• I will, therefore, be faithful in my religious
  duties and will maintain a personal sense of
  honor in my own life.
• I will treasure my American heritage and will do
  all I can to preserve and enrich it.

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• I will recognize the dignity and worth of all
  humanity and will use fair play and goodwill in
  my daily life.
• I will acquire the Venturing attitude that seeks
  the truth in all things and adventure on the
  frontiers of our changing world.

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What Is Venturing?
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Venturing Uniform

• No universal official uniform
• Recommended uniform is
• Spruce green shirt
• Green tabs
• Gray shorts or casual pants
• Uniform, if any, is crew choice

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Venturings Unique Place (see chart 3, syllabus)

• Venturing Crew
• Stand-alone unit
• Coed, ages 14-20
• Varsity Team
• Stand-alone unit
• Boys, ages 14-17

• Scout Troop
• Stand-alone unit
• Boys, ages 11-17
• Venture Patrol
• Optional patrol of the troop
• Boys, ages 13-17

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Charter Agreement

• Chartered organizations role
• Venturing crews role
• BSA local councils role

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Venturing Methods

• Adult association
• Leadership
• Recognition
• Ideals

• Group activities
• High adventure
• Teaching others

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Nationwide Crew Interests

• Eighty-five percent are outdoor oriented.
• Eleven percent have a sports and hobbies focus.
• Four percent are Sea Scout ships.

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Advisors Responsibilities

• Protecting young people in the crew from abuse
• Ensuring safe activities
• Cultivating the Venturing spirit and fun

• Fostering a sense of community
• Developing crew officers to lead
• Encouraging participation and support among the
  crew
• Upholding standards of the Boy Scouts of America

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Session 2 Understanding and Protecting Youth
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What Is the Purpose of Venturing?
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Adolescent Developmental Issues

• Experimentation
• Movement from dependence to interdependence
• Social relationships
• Physiological changes and sexual maturity
• Reevaluation of values

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Understanding Young Adults

• What do we notice first about youth?
• Size
• Behavior
• Many times we misjudge based on the above.
• It is harder to know what is going on in their
  heads.

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Understanding Young Adults

• Teenagers deal with opposing emotions.
• They fear and crave independence.
• They are in a constant struggle for
• power / independence.
• They want to be unique, but are affected by peer
  pressure.

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Leadership Styles for Advisors

• Be a mentor.
• Be a coach.
• Walk your talk.
• Understand teen needs for autonomy.
• Relate to youth.
• Show mutual respect.
• Demonstrate conflict management skills.

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Protecting Our Youth

• Guide to Safe Scouting

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Protecting Our Youth

• Video Presentation
• Youth Protection Guidelines Training for Adult
  Venturing Leaders

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Protecting Our Youth

• Video Presentation
• Youth Protection Personal Safety Awareness

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Session 3 Leadership and Organization
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Venturing Crew Organization
Committee Chair
Committee
Crew
Consultants
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Officers Briefing

• Get officers started quickly.
• Brief new officers on current program.
• Schedule PCI, AIS, and seminar.
• Explain officers responsibilities.
• Understand the Advisors expectations.

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Venturing LeadershipSkills Course

• Vision
• Communication
• Organization
• Synergism

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How to Conduct a Reflection
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Session 4 Awards and Recognitions
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B. A. R. S.
Status
Recognition
Achievement
Belonging
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Venturing Advancement
Bronze
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Bronze Awards

• Sports
• Youth Ministries
• Arts and Hobbies
• Outdoor (half of Ranger Award)
• Sea Scouting (Ordinary rank)

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Gold Award

• 12 months tenure
• Leadership role
• Participate in a district (or higher) event
• Personal growth
• Lead crew activities
• Recite Venturing Oath
• Three letters of recommendation
• Written presentation and crew review

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Silver Award

• One Bronze Award
• Gold Award
• Emergency Preparedness (First Aid, CPR, Safe
  Swim Defense)
• Demonstrate leadership
• Including Venturing Leadership Skills Course
• Participate in Ethics in Action
• Crew review

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Ranger Award

• Eight core requirement
• First Aid
• Emergency Preparedness
• Leave No Trace
• Navigation
• Wilderness Survival
• Communications
• Cooking
• Conservation

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Ranger Award

• Plus four of eighteen electives
• Backpacking Cave Exploring
• COPE Cycling/Mountain Biking
• Ecology First Aid
• Fishing Equestrian
• Hunting Lifesaver

• Mountaineering Outdoor Living History
• Physical Fitness Plants and Wildlife
• Scuba Shooting Sports
• Watercraft Winter Sports

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The Advancement Game
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Ranger
Quartermaster
General
Silver
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Four Levels of Learning

• Level 4 Teach it to someone else.

• Level 3 Experience it.

• Level 2 It is taught to you.

• Level 1 Read it.

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Consultants

• Advisors should seek them out. Youth should
  integrate them into the programming.
• They play a key role in Venturing.
• They have special skills or resources.
• They maybe registered as adult volunteers.
• They have no one-on-one involvement.

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Boards of Review

• Scout rank must have board of review
• Conducted by troop, team, or crew
• Three to six committee members
• Review, not an exam
• Fifteen minutes maximum
• Follows council procedures

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Purposes of Board of Review

• Ensure work has been completed
• Determine the quality of experience
• Encourage advancement to next rank

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Conducting a Crew Review

• Required for Gold and Silver awards
• Give completed paperwork to Advisor
• Crew president (with Advisor) appoints review
  committee
• Determine the quality of the experience
• Send advancement report to council office

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Venturing Advisor Award of Merit

• Recognition for outstanding ability to work with
  youth
• Recipients nominated by crew president and
  committee chair

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Session 5 Resources and Program Planning
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If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
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Crews Program Planning Process and the Crew
Officer Seminar

• Before the seminar
• Conduct Program Capability Inventory.
• Conduct Activity Interest Survey.
• Brainstorm!
• During the seminar
• Match interests with resources.
• Fill in the gaps.
• Schedule the activities.

• After the seminar
• Select chairpersons and adult consultants.
• Follow-up is vital assume nothing!

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Open House

• Before the meeting
• Greeting
• Hands-on activity/icebreaker
• Welcome
• What is Venturing and crew purpose

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Open House

• About our crew
• Questions and answers
• Advisors comments
• Invitation to join
• Hands-on activity again registration
• Refreshments
• Cleanup

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Questions?
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Whats Next?90-Day Action Plan

• Set specific goals
• Conduct Venturing Leadership Skills Course.
• Conduct open house.
• Conduct PCI/AIS and make annual plan.
• Conduct Youth Protection training.
• Committee assemble a consultant list.
• Train crew officers.

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• A child is a person who is going to carry on
  what you have started. He is going to sit where
  you are sitting, and, when you are gone, attend
  to those things which you think are most
  important. You can create all the policies you
  please, but how they are carried out depends on
  him.

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He will assume control of your cities, states,
and nations. He is going to move in and take
over your churches, schools, universities and
corporations... the fate of humanity is in his
hands.

• -Abraham Lincoln

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Thank you for your Time!

• Go
• Lead our youth to Lead the world

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Silver Award 10 Points

• May a Venturer earn all five Bronze awards?

Yes (VLM, p. 5)
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Silver Award 20 Points

• How does the Venturing Leadership Skills Course
  relate to the Silver Award?

Completion of VLSC is required.(VLM p. 8)
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Silver Award 30 Points

• Must a crew review be conducted for all Venturing
  awards?

No, only the Gold and Silver(VLM, pp. 267, 273)
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Silver Award 40 Points

• Which award requires participation in two Ethical
  Controversies?

Silver Award (VLM, p. 273)
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Ranger Award 10 Points

• How many of the 18 electives must a Venturer
  complete to earn the Ranger Award?

Four (RG, p. 3)
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Ranger Award 20 Points

• How does the Outdoor Bronze Award relate to the
  Ranger Award?

Outdoor Bronze is 1/2 Rangerrequirements four
core and twoelectives. (RG, p. 3)
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Ranger Award 30 Points

• Who may sign off on requirements and electives on
  the scoresheets in the Ranger Guidebook?

Advisor or consultant who worked with you (RG,
p. 4)
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Ranger Award 40 Points

• Explain how a Venturer can receive multiple
  credit and/or past credit for work done as a Boy
  Scout.

See page 4 of Ranger Guidebook
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Quartermaster Award10 Points

• Name the three ranks a Sea Scout must earn before
  Quartermaster.

Apprentice, Ordinary, Able(SSM, pp. 85-93)
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Quartermaster Award20 Points

• Explain how Sea Scout advancement is related to
  the Bronze Award.

Sea Scout Bronze is Ordinaryrank (VLM, p. 255)
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Quartermaster Award30 Points

• What percentage of a ships meetings must a Sea
  Scout attend to achieve Sea Scout ranks?

75 for Ordinary, Able, and Quartermaster (SSM,
pp. 85-96)
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Quartermaster Award40 Points

• Describe the relationship between the
  Quartermaster service project and the Eagle
  service project.

Must use the Eagle service project workbook
(SSM, p. 93)
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General 10 Points

• T/F Venturers may work toward the Ranger and
  Silver awards at the same time.

True (VLM, p. 255)
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General 20 Points

• Must a BSA advancement report be completed?

Yes (Heres Venturing, p. 32)
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General 30 Points

• May a male Venturer pursue the Eagle rank?

Yes, First Class Scouts, until 18(VLM, p. 331)
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General 40 Points

• Name the Venturing leadership positions a male
  Venturer may apply toward Eagle.

President, vice president, secretary, treasurer,
boatswain, boatswains mate, yeoman, purser,
storekeeper
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