Cub Scout Leader Specific Training
The revised Cub Scout Leader Position-Specific Training is being introduced this fall in our Council. In only three hours, new leaders are exposed to both the fun of Cub Scouting and the basic Cub Scout leader skills they need to run high-quality den, pack, and committee meetings. There is even a nodule for training pack trainers to perform their critically important duties. Two 45 minute sessions – “Introduction to Cub Scouting” and “How We Have Fun”- are followed by 1 ½ hour task-specific sessions for Tiger Cub den leaders, Wolf and Bear Cub Scout den leaders and assistants, Webelos den leaders and assistants, Cubmasters and assistants, Pack Committee Chairs and members, and Pack Trainers.

Cub Scout Leader Position-Specific Training should be the third step in training new leaders and helping them earn their “Trained” leader emblem. As of January 1, 2008, four training courses are required for leaders to earn the trained emblem: (1) Fast Start Training for their position, (2) Youth Protection Training, (3) Cub Scout Leader Position-Specific Training, and (4) New Leader Essentials (or the equivalent training upon revision of the New Leader Essentials course due in early 2009).

Next dates:

Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010	Mohican District
Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010	Muscoot District
Monday, Nov. 15, 2010	Algonquin District
Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010	Muscoot District
Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010	Four Rivers District
Saturday, Jan. 22, 2011	Manitoga District

For more information, call your District Training Chairperson or the Council Service Center at (914) 773-1135 x234. 

Scoutmaster & Assistant Scoutmaster Specific Training

A three session indoor training course plus an outdoor weekend training session will entitle you to become “Trained.”

Who: All Scoutmasters and Assistant Scoutmasters (not Troop Committee Members)

What: Specific Training for your position

Where: Westchester Putnam Council Service Center (Sessions 1,2,3)
Durland Scout Reservation  (Outdoor Weekend)

When:  

Thursday, Sep. 23, 2010
Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010
Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010 - Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010
Thursday, Mar. 31, 2011
Thursday, Apr. 7, 2011
Thursday, Apr. 14, 2011

You must attend three indoor sessions plus the outdoor weekend.
Fee: $15.00 for Outdoor Session
No fee for Sessions 1, 2, 3

PERQUISITES: You must have completion of the following on line courses before you can attend the training … please visit the BSA ON LINE LEARNING CENTER at http://olc.scouting.org/index.html

• Fast Start Training
• This is Scouting
• Youth Protection Training

To be fully TRAINED for your position you must have completed all of the above. Training will be MANDATORY in 2011 for direct contact leaders.

*Troop Committee Chairs and Committee Members: You are fully trained after completing “This is Scouting” plus “Troop Committee Challenge,” now available online at BSA On-line Learning Center at http://olc.scouting.org/index.html