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Supplemental Training
Other courses are available to help continue your growth in Scouting. Check the calendar for availability and dates. Here are a few:
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Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation (BALOO) Training focuses on teaching the new Cub Scout Leader with minimal camping experiencing how to plan and carry out an entry-level outdoor experience for the pack.
BSA Lifeguard Course
This course consists of 10 two-hour sessions and an outdoor boating session for adult leaders to earn certification as a BSA Lifeguard. Adults must have Standard First Aid but Responding to Emergencies is preferred. Adults must have Basic CPR but CPR for the Professional Rescuer is recommended.
OKPIK
Okpik is advanced winter camping skills for adult leaders. Techniques and behavior are taught that will not only increase your enjoyment and safety, but will add to your overall camping skills. Class size is limited every year to maximize participant safety and offer personalized instruction.
OKPIKATAVIK
Okpikatavik is a new advanced winter camping course for graduates of Okpik. This is a hands-on patrol based training that will teach participants how to lead a winter campout. The course will cover more advanced winter skills but it is not about survival. You will learn to prepare high-energy meals and how to make your winter camping experiences enjoyable and fun.
Philmont Training Center
The Philmont Training Center (PTC) at Philmont Scout Reservation near Cimarron, N.M., will offer a wide range of training conferences from June through September for council and district volunteers. Also available is a full schedule of age-specific activities for family members.
Families arrive on Sunday and depart the following Saturday. Meals are served in dining halls. Housing is in large, two-person platform wall tents, equipped with electricity, located near showers, restrooms, medical facilities, and recreation areas.
Participants must have local council approval.
Powder Horn (out-of-council training):
Powder Horn is a new training opportunity designed to expose the Venturing leader to activities and resources necessary to operate a successful Venturing Ranger program in several ways:
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- Help Venturing Leaders and Scouters to safely conduct outdoor activities of a fun and challenging nature.
- Provides an introduction to the resources necessary to successfully lead their Venturers through a program of high adventure.
- Familiarizes the Advisor with the Ranger program so that he or she can help the Venturer to meet the requirements of the Ranger Award.
- Currently Otetiana Council does not conduct this training course.
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POW WOW
A day of fun for anyone involved in Cub Scouting. Classes focus on new skills, ideas and activities you can use! Hands-on learning, fun and excitement abound. Sessions will include songs, skits, crafts, and youth protection. There will be many handouts plus the famous POW WOW Book loaded with ideas to follow the themes for the following year. There will be a resource midway and a penny carnival.
Trainer Development Conference
The Trainer Development Conference is designed to acquaint the participants with the basic elements of training Scout leaders. This course is the replacement for the Train-the-Trainer Seminar. This is an entire new course, and contains materials not covered previously. This course is a requirement for all of those interested in becoming trainers.
Webelos Leader Outdoor Training
This weekend training focuses on teaching the new Webelos Leader how to prepare for, plan and run a quality outdoor event for Webelos-aged Scouts. This course requires an overnight stay.
Wood Badge
Wood Badge is a supplemental training program for all Adult leaders in the BSA. It is intended to increase leadership skills for Leasers in all parts of the Scouting program. It has been developed for Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Varsity Scout and Venturing Leaders, a well as council and district leaders. Its focus in on leadership, not outdoor skills.
The Wood Badge program consists of two parts - practical training and application. The practical leadership experience is gained in a training setting where leadership skills can be learned and practiced. At the conclusion of the practical training, each participant makes a commitment to complete a set of personal goals related to their Scouting position. In this way, the Wood Badge experience contributes to a stronger unit, district or council, as well as provides an opportunity to practice the leadership skills learned on the course.
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