Transcript VLST - Wood Badge

Venturing Leader
Specific Training
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Session #5
Program
Planning
And
Resources
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If you fail to plan,
you plan to fail.
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Crew’s Program
Planning Process
• Program Capability Inventory (PCI)
• Venturing Activity Interest Survey (VAI)
• Brainstorm
• Match Venturing activity interests with
resources
• Fill in the gaps
• Schedule the activities
• Select Venturing chairpersons and adult
consultants
• Follow-up is vital! Assume nothing!
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Step 1—Program Capability
Inventory (PCI)
• Conducted by the crew committee and adult
Advisors.
• Every adult (or Venturer) who can help the
crew is surveyed:
• Profession
• Hobbies
• Contacts
• Equipment access
• Skills
• Inventory is the basic resource pool for crew
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activities
Step 2 —
Activity Interest Survey
• This questionnaire is completed by the Venturers.
• Provides information on what activities the
Venturers are interested in doing.
• Should contain possible activities over all of the
program emphasis areas.
• Provides the officers information on the
Venturers’ interests.
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Step 3 —
Brainstorm
• After surveying the Venturers, brainstorm
additional activity potentials.
• Include all crew members.
• (See “How to Brainstorm” in the Venturing Leader
Manual.)
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Step 4 — Match Activity
Interests With Resources
• Match the activity interests with the
resources on your PCI.
• Where a match exist you have a potential
program.
• The crew will need to recruit or acquire
other resources for the remainder of the
activity interests.
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Step 5 —
Fill in the Gaps
The crew officers might feel that other
activities should be included to better balance
the crew program (or because the resources
are already available).
These might include other Venturing activities,
other activities for your sponsoring
organization, standing crew activities, training
sessions, annual recruiting open house, etc.
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Step 6 —
Schedule the Activities
• List each activity selected on your crew
calendar.
• Schedule two crew meetings, an officers’
meeting, and one other activity each month.
• “Backdate” task list for major activities, such as
your superactivity .
• Watch out for date conflicts.
• Program scheduling is done at the Crew
Officers’ Seminar.
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Step 7 — Select Activity Chairs
and Consultants
• An interested and capable Venturer
is appointed to serve as chairperson
for each activity
• Assisted by an adult consultant
(from the PCI) who has expertise
relative to the particular activity.
• The youth-adult team manages the
planning, development and execution
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of the activity.
Step 8
Follow-up is vital! Assume nothing.
At your monthly officer and crew committee
meetings check on the status of the program
development.
And, follow-up AFTER the activity!
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Program Planning Summary
• Program Capability Inventory
• Venturer Activity Interest Survey
• Brainstorm activities
• Match activity interests with resources
• Fill in the gaps
• Schedule the activities
• Select activity chairs and consultants
• Follow-up
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Open House
• Before the meeting
• Greeting
• Hands-on activity / icebreaker
• Welcome
• What is Venturing & crew purpose
• About our crew
• Questions and answers
• Advisor’s comments
• Invitation to join
• Hands-on activity again + registration
• Refreshments
• Cleanup
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Resources
• What, Where, How ??
• Venturing/BSA – literature, camps and equipment,
training (incl. roundtables/program forums), other
leaders
• Government – literature, parks, rangers, guides
• Local clubs, businesses, and individuals (ACA,
NAUI, bike shop, marinas, etc.)
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QUESTIONS?
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What’s Next?
• Set specific goals
• Such as:
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Conduct Venturing Leadership Skills Course
Conduct exciting open house
Conduct PCI / AIS and make annual plan
Conduct Youth Protection Training
Committee assemble a consultant list
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Adult Training
• What is next for Training?
• Basic Training
• Supplemental Training
• Advanced Training
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Basic Training
Basic Training
• Venturing Fast Start
• This is Scouting
• Venturing Leader Specific Training
• Youth Protection Training
• Intro to Outdoor Leader Skills
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Intro to Outdoor Leader Skills
• A weekend course
• Soon to be required for leaders of “outdoor
crews” to be considered “Basic trained”.
• Supplemental for others.
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Mandatory Training
• Mandatory Training is coming. Currently being
piloted thru 2011.
• Key unit leaders (advisor, skipper) will need to be
“basic trained” by a certain date when rolled out.
• Other unit leaders (assoc. advisors, mates) will
need to be “basic trained” by a date further out.
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Adult Training
Supplemental Training
• Safe Swim Defense, Safety Afloat, Climb On
Safely, Trek Safely, Weather, etc.
• Trainer’s EDGE
• Venturing Roundtable/Program Forum
• Florida Sea Base Conference Center
• Philmont Training Center
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Safety Training
• Safe Swim Defense, Safety Afloat, Climb On
Safely, Trek Safely, Weather, etc.
• This training can be completed on-line at the BSA
website.
• Do so asap, and keep up to date.
• Will be required for Tour Permits.
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Venturing Roundtable/Program
Forum
• On-going Supplemental Training.
• Old term- “Venturing Roundtable”; new term
“Monthly Program Forum”.
• Ideally, run once a month at district level.
• Instead, may be run quarterly, bi-monthly at
council level.
• Chance for adults AND youth to come together,
meet leaders of other units, share ideas, get
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updated, etc.
Florida Sea Base Conference
Center
• Florida Sea Base provides volunteer training.
• Usually in the spring, a week-long training course
for Venturing adults is offered.
• Check with your council for information, and go if
you can.
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Philmont Training Center
• Philmont Training Center offers volunteer training
all summer long.
• Several Venturing courses offered:
• Strictly for Venturing Advisors
• Speciality Programs for Crews
• Building Crews that Thrive.
• Etc
• Check with your council for more info and go.
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Adult Training
Advanced Training
• Wood Badge
• Powder Horn
• Seabadge Conference
• Seabadge Underway
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Wood Badge
• Weeklong or 2 3-day weekend course
• Advanced course for ALL Scouters (and
Venturers 18 and older)
• Leadership development course
• Put on by most councils annually
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Powder Horn
• Week-long or 2 3-day weekend course
• High adventure resource course for Venturing &
Boy Scout leaders.
• Covers topics needed to deliver a program for
Venturers to earn the Ranger Award.
• Bulk of training by outside consultants/experts.
• Put on by councils or council-clusters.
• Being revised. New version may allow for
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Venturers to attend.
Seabadge Conference
• Weekend course for Sea Scout leaders
• Advanced leadership course for Sea Scout
leaders
• Run by Regions 2-3 times a year
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Seabadge Underway
• New weekend course.
• Aim to teach Sea Scout leaders how to manage a
ship for safe operation.
• Run by Regions 2-3 times a year.
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Graduation
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Venturing
. . . to seek truth, fairness, and
adventure in our world.
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