Leadership Training

A big part of Scouting is building leadership skills in our Scouts.  This requires good mentors from various backgrounds.  Many of our adult leaders have a background in leadership including everything from leading teams in the workplace, community leaders to leading troops in combat.  Your leadership skills and ability to teach leadership and team building can be enhanced with some BSA specific leadership courses.

Wood Badge

Wood Badge is an advanced, national leadership course open only to Scouting volunteers and professionals.

The purpose of Wood Badge is to develop skilled leaders who can strengthen Scouting units in achieving the mission of the Boy Scouts of America.

When we accomplish the mission of Scouting, we do it in the units. Therefore, the short form of the purpose is, the purpose of Wood Badge is to strengthen units.

Although the course is different today, what Baden-Powell said in 1919 still applies:

• The is the premier Leadership Course for the BSA and has been around since the beginning of Scouting

  • This week long (or two weekend) course teaches the BSA's style of leadership training

    • Learn and be a part of the Patrol Method

  • Even if you are former military, you will learn new leadership skills and better ways to develop leadership within our Troop

  • Wood Badge covers a lot of the material that is covered in NYLT (Scout version of this course)

    • Puts you on the same page as your senior Scouts in regards to team building

    • Come back with new Scouting Skills and a broader understanding of how Scouting works

• Make connections with other scouters in this and local Councils

• Recognition

  • If you are into swag, you get a globally recognized brown neckerchief, wood beads and a special woggle