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The get-started guide for new Scouting leaders
WELCOME TO SCOUTING! You’re joining a force of volunteers a million strong, some who started in Scouting before you were born (see tip No. 38). Yet you may be uniquely qualified to have a powerfully...
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Why you should take Youth Protection Training today
Concern for youth safety has been ingrained in the Boy Scouts of America’s DNA since the beginning. Michael Johnson, BSA’s Youth Protection director, talks with Scouting magazine about the ongoing...
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How to encourage volunteers to get trained
HALFWAY THROUGH HIS first year as a den leader, Andy Albin of Pack 61 in Austin, Texas, learned to his surprise that he was undertrained. “I realized that, although I had some training, I didn’t have...
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Why Wood Badge?
Volunteers expect fun and fellowship at a Wood Badge course, but much more awaits. Read on about how this training session helps new-to-Scouting adults lead more successful packs, troops and crews. NO...
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New Web courses make training more accessible to Scouting leaders
Scouting U’s new online training courses will help volunteers learn what they need when they need it. AT YOUR SON’S pack meeting, a parent hands you a red, blue and white registration form. Before you...
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Four stories of success from the John D. Tickle, Sr. National Training and...
Height of leadership: Inside the John D. Tickle, Sr. National Training and Leadership Center in the words of four who have been.Tyler Forsberg, 17-year-old Eagle Scout from Tennessee It didn’t take...
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