Transcript VLST - Wood Badge

Venturing Leader
Specific Training
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Session #4
Awards
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Recognitions
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B. A. R. S.
Status
Recognition
Achievement
Belonging
Venturing and its awards program provide opportunities for all of this,
but Venturing has no ranks, and therefore no “advancement”.
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Venturing Recognition Map
Silver
Award
Ranger
Award
Trust
Award
Quarter-master
Award
Quest
Award
Gold
Award
Outdoor
Bronze
Previous
Boy Scout or
Varsity Scout
Religious
Life
Bronze
Arts and
Hobbies
Bronze
JOIN
Venturing
Sports
Bronze
Sea
Scout
Bronze
Venturing Awards
Bronze
Ranger – outdoor skills
Gold
Quest – sports skills
Trust – religious life
Silver
Sea Scout
Quartermaster
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Bronze Awards
All Venturers can earn any or all of these,
irrespective of the crew’s interest area
• Sports
• Religious Life (Youth Ministries)
• Arts and Hobbies
• Outdoor (half of Ranger Award)
• Sea Scouting (Ordinary rank)
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Religious Life Requirements
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Do nine of the eleven projects:
Earn religious award
Learn about cultural diversity
Plan and lead a service project
Volunteer in church for three months
Go on a religious retreat
Be in a religious play
Serve as an officer of your Sunday School
Complete a Standard First Aid class
Do five Ethical Controversies activities
Sunday School teacher
Meet with church leader
Gold Award
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Any Bronze Award, plus:
12 months tenure
Leadership role
Participate in a district (or higher) event
Personal growth
Lead 2 or more crew activities
Recite Venturing Oath
Three letters of recommendation
Written presentation and crew review
Silver Award
• Gold Award, plus:
• Emergency Preparedness (First Aid,
CPR, Safe Swim Defense)
• Demonstrate leadership
• Complete Venturing Leadership Skills Course
• 6 more months in leadership role
• Participate in two Ethics in Action, one Ethics Forum
• Crew review
Ranger Award
Complete all eight (8) core requirements …
• First Aid
• Communications
• Cooking
• Emergency Preparedness
• Land Navigation
• Leave No Trace
• Wilderness Survival
• Conservation
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Ranger Award
…plus any four (of 18) electives
Backpacking
Mountaineering
Cave Exploring
Cycling/Mountain Biking
Ecology
Equestrian
First Aid
Fishing
Outdoor Living History
Physical Fitness
Plants and Wildlife
Project COPE
Scuba
Hunting
Shooting Sports
Watercraft
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Quest Award
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Core requirements
1. Sports Bronze Award
2. Sport Safety Training
3. Fitness for Life
4. Fitness assessment
5. Sport disciplines
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One elective
1. History / heritage sports
2. Sports nutrition
3. Drug-free sport
4. Communications
5. History / heritage of
disabled sports movement
TRUST Award
1. Tending your Faith
• Learn about your own religious journey, and earn the religious
emblem for your faith group.
2. Respecting the Beliefs of Others
• Learn about freedom of religion in the US and learn about religions
other than your own in your community.
3. Understanding other Cultures
• Learn about the historical significance of cultures in the US and
study one cultural group in detail.
4. Serving your Community
• Complete a community service project and learn about
organizations in your community that serve youth.
5. Transforming our Society
• Learn counseling skills, conflict resolution, peace and
reconciliation, and how to apply them in your own life.
Quartermaster Award
• For Sea Scouts only
• See the Sea Scout Manual
• Ranks: Apprentice, Ordinary, Able, Quartermaster
Religious Life Program
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Religious Award Study (1)
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Cooking*
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Cultural Diversity (2)
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First Aid* (8)
May
Service Project (3)
Jun
Religious Play (6)
Jul
Backpacking
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Wilderness Survival*
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Religious Retreat (5)
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Religious Leader Meeting (11)
RELIGIOUS LIFE BRONZE
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Emergency Preparedness*
Dec
Winter Sports
OUTDOOR BRONZE
Ethics in Action(9)
BDAC Rendezvous
Ethics in Action
Ethics in Action
Leadership Skills
Swimming & SSD
Ethics in Action
Ethics in Action
Leadership Skills
Ethics in Action
GOLD AWARD
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Outdoor/Ranger Program
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First Aid*
Cooking*
Land Navigation*
Backpacking
Leave No Trace*
Wilderness Survival*
Mountaineering
OUTDOOR BRONZE
Emergency Preparedness*
Communications*
Project COPE
Conservation*
Winter Sports
RANGER AWARD
Ethics in Action
BDAC Rendezvous
Ethics in Action
Leaderships Skills
Swimming & SSD
Ethics in Action
Leadership Skills
Ethics in Action
GOLD AWARD
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Venturing
Awards
Game
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Awards Jeopardy
Silver Award
Ranger Award Quartermaster
General
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Four Levels of Learning
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Level 1—You read it
Level 2—It is taught to you
Level 3—You experience it
Level 4—You teach it to someone else
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Consultants
• Local experts play a key role in Venturing
• Serious expertise in an area of interest, with the
ability to instruct youth
• Advisors should seek them out
• No one-on-one involvement
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Eagle Scout
• Eligibility
• First Class Scout
• Earned as a Boy Scout or Varsity Scout
• Requirements remain the same, but
• Tenure, service, leadership position in the crew
• Board of Review by the crew committee
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Boards of Review
• Scout ranks (only) must have boards of review
• May be done by the troop or crew, if dual registered
• 3-6 committee members
• No advisors, assistants, or relatives
• Purposes
• Work has been learned and completed
• What kind of experience youth having?
• Encourage advancement to next rank
• Not an examination, 15 minutes max
• Eagle board follows council procedures
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Crew Review
• Required for Gold and Silver Awards
• Not necessary for Bronze or Ranger or Quest or Trust
• Completed paperwork to Advisor
• Crew president (with Advisor) appoints review
committee of 4-6 Venturers and adults
• Review determines if person grew as a result of
the experience
• Advancement report to council office
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Adult Training Awards
• Venturing Leader Training Award
• Basic training
• Two years tenure
• Seven of 11 projects
• Advisor’s Key
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Fast Start and Basic training
Three years tenure, seminars, VLSC
Quality Unit, parents night
Roundtable attendance
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Venturing Honorary Awards
VENTURING LEADERSHIP AWARD
Presented at Council, Regional and
National levels to Venturers and
adults who have made exceptional
contributions to Venturing
Unit Leader’s AWARD of MERIT
Recognizes Advisor for outstanding ability to work
with youth. Nominated by crew president and
committee chairman
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Questions
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Break
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