Transcript Youth Venturing Advancement Area 5 Conference February 21, 2011 Presentation Objectives 1. Provide an overview of Venturing recognition 2.

Youth
Venturing
Advancement
Area 5 Conference
February 21, 2011
Presentation Objectives
1. Provide an overview of Venturing recognition
2. Show that a good advancement program
strengthen and benefits council Venturing youth
and its Venturing organization
3. Demonstrate the important role that advancement
plays in the crew’s program
4. See that advancement is not intended as a
process of amassing shiny awards
5. Provide glimpses of both the bottom-up view and
top-down view of advancement
Outline
A. The Aims and Methods of Venturing
B. The Method of Advancement
C. Advancement Program
•
Basic advancement
•
Expert-level awards
•
Additional advancement opportunities
D. Advancement Strategies
E. Conclusion
The Aims and
Methods of
Venturing
Venturing BSA
Program
• Venturing is a youth development program
of the BSA for young men and women who
are 13 (and have completed the eighth
grade) through 20 years of age
• Launched in 1998, it has traditions in the
Explorer Program, but it is not the “Senior
Scouts” of the 1950s and 60s, nor is it the
“career awareness” posts of the 1980s
Local Resources
• Community organizations are to establish
Venturing crews by matching their people
and resources to the interests of youth
scouting.org
Purpose and Intended Outcome
Purpose
• Provide positive experiences to help young
people mature and to prepare them to
become responsible and caring adults
Intended Outcome
• Venturing to provide exciting and
meaningful activities that helps youth
pursue their special interests, grow,
develop leadership skills, and become
good citizens
scouting.org
Venturing Aims and Methods
Target improvements:
Way to hit the target:
Aims of the BSA
Methods of Venturing
• Build character, develop
citizenship, and foster
personal fitness
• Leadership
• Group activities
• Adult association
• Recognition
(through advancement)
• The ideals
(Venturing Oath and Code)
• High adventure
• Teaching others
Recognition Method
Goal of advancement is to:
• Provide a pathway for personal
development
• Encourage Venturers to learn, grow,
and serve
• Recognize the high level of achievement
of Venturers who acquire Venturing skills
• Develop a training, leadership, and
program resource for other Venturers,
Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, organizations,
and the community
Advancement Committee
Policies & Procedures, 2009
In short
Advancing = Progress in personal
growth
Personal Growth is
the Prime Consideration
in Advancement
Venturing advancement:
Is achieved as a result of a youth’s participation in
his or her crew program
Is measured by how youth live the Venturing ideals
within their daily lives
We know advancement is occurring when:
1. There is learning by doing
2. It is educational and fun
3. Youth progresses at his or her own rate
Advancement Committee
Policies & Procedures, 2009
Advancement occurs
whether or not
patches and metals are bestowed
To foster personal growth, the BSA does provides an
awards framework in support of the crew’s program
A Recognition System
Supports the Crew’s Program
This is the purpose of published
requirements and awards
• Venturing awards offer a framework of
requirements and recognition that supports to
every crew
• Provide a good crew program, advancement
will naturally follow
Advancement requirements are a good way to:
• Jumpstart a new crew
• Add substance and spice when things get stale
• Acquire new crew consultants and engage
adult leaders
The Method of
Advancement
By Choice of Venturers
• The Venturing advancement program
is available to all youth Venturing
members of the BSA
• Recognition is available to those crews
that choose to pursue Venturing
advancement
Advancement Committee
Policies & Procedures, 2009
Uniform is Optional
• The recommended uniform for Venturers is
the spruce green Venturing shirt with green
epaulette tabs and gray backpacking style
shorts or gray casual pants
• However, the uniform, if any, is the
choice of the crew
Types of Youth
Venturing Awards
Learned skills
(earned)
Basic
advancement
Expertlevel
Honor
(nominated)
Additional
opportunities
for crews
and individuals
Leadership
(VLA)
Exceptional
service
(heroism)
Venturing Skills Advancement
Basic Advancement
Expert-level Awards
If unfinished
Basic Advancement
Expert-level Awards
• A progression of three
awards where youth
acquire Venturing skills,
achieve goals, and lead
and teach others
• Recognition of elite proficiency
in specific Venturing skills
Unfinished Eagle Trail
• Males who are First Class or
above and are not yet 18 - this
is not the primary focus
Advancement
Program
Venturing Requirements
Venturing requirements and details are
documented in official BSA manuals
Online resources include:
• Meritbadge.org
• Usscouts.org
• Scouting.org
Credit Requirements
Past Credit
Multiple Credit
• If requirements were
completed previous to
being registered as a
Venturer, then they must
be redone to satisfy a
Venturing award
• Many awards have
overlapping requirements
within Venturing and for those
dual registered in Boy
Scouting
• Exception exists for:
• Venturers may apply
requirement credit to multiple
awards
 Standard First Aid
 Wilderness First Aid
 Sports First Aid/
First Aid for Coaches
 EMS training
 CPR certification
• Multiple credit does not apply
to tabletop displays or
presentations
Advancement Committee
Policies & Procedures, 2009
Role of Crew Leadership
Crew leadership help advance members
• The Vice President - Program responsible
for a crew’s program
• Activity chairs plan specific program events
for the crew
• The Vice President - Administration manages
the recognition of crew members
To advance, youth should seek to become
• Activity chair or crew leaders
• Den Chief or Den Leader
• Leaders in school, church or other
volunteer organizations
Council-level Sponsoring of
or Promoting Activities that
Support Venturing Advancement
Training Examples
Activity Examples
• Leadership
ILSC (formerly VLSC), NYLT,
NAYLE, Kodiak
• Venturing Olympiad
• Power Horn (Ranger and
more training)
• Climbing trips
• Philmont treks
• Venturing resident camp
• COPE instructor training
• High adventure promotions
• Wilderness First Aid
• CSI Day - local police dept.
• Out all night - teen city tour