2012 Trainer Development Conference - Trainer's EDGE

Located at Factoria LDS Church
4200 124th Avenue Southeast, Bellevue
On February 11, 2012 from 7:30am to 5:30pm

Are you a...

• Wood Badge Staff Candidate
• NYLT Staff Candidate
• Prospective or Beginning Trainer?
• Experienced or Advanced Trainer?
• Administrator of Training Events?
• A Youth Trainer (OA, Venturer, Scout, etc)?
• An Adult Who Trains Youth?
• Program & Training Conference Instructor?
• A Unit Trainer?

Then this training event is for you! The Trainer Development Conference is designed to develop and improve the skills of both veteran and prospective trainers. This course provides skills and knowledge that anyone can use in three tracks:

• Basic-basic training skills
• Administrator-skills for running a training event
• Youth-for youth and how to train youth.

Unit Recharter Requires
Trained Leaders

All unit top leaders must be trained by the end of 2011

All top leaders are required to complete position-specific training in order for their units to recharter during 2011 for the 2012 program year.
Top leaders are Cubmasters, Scoutmasters, Varsity Coaches, Venturing crew Advisors and Skippers.

All unit direct-contact leaders must be trained by the end of 2012

All direct-contact leaders are required to complete position-specific training in order for their units to recharter during 2012 for the 2013 program year.
Direct-contact leaders include top leaders and all assistant leaders and den leaders.

What Makes a Trained Leader?

A Scout leader is considered fully trained and entitled to wear the Trained Leader emblem  when he or she has completed general training courses and the specific training for the position.
General training courses required for all leaders include Fast Start, Youth Protection Training. and This is Scouting.

Click here for an adult training chart for all positions in a grid format.

Many courses are available through the BSA Online Learning Center.  You will be asked to sign in to MyScouting for online learning.  If you are new to Scouting, you will be asked to create a MyScouting account, which requires your BSA registration number.

Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills
(CONDENSED SCHEDULE)

The Chief Seattle Council has condensed the schedule, but not the syllabus, for the Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills (IOLS) training.  This change, which has been approved by the council, aligns the course with current needs and complies with national directives to innovate and accomplish our training objectives.

All Scoutmasters, Varsity Coaches and Venturing Advisors of crews with an outdoor program must complete IOLS to become fully trained before charter renewals at the end of 2011; and all other leaders working directly with youth (assistant Scoutmasters, assistant Varsity Coaches and assistant Venturing Advisors of crews with an outdoor program) must complete IOLS to become fully trained before charter renewals at the end of 2012.

The accompaning schedule (click here) consolidates the course into one 24-hour outdoor experience (for example: 6 pm Friday through 6 pm Saturday).  All districts should use this council version instead of the longer version.  This will enable us to make greater headway in teaching outdoor leader skills and spreading that knowledge throughout the council in time for 2012-2013 rechartering.

Districts may adjust the schedule some, if needed. Anyone completing this condensed course in any district will receive credit, regardless of their home district. Click here to see what you need to bring to this course.

Before you send in missing training, please check your training record in ScoutNET by way of MyScouting.org.  Here is a help sheet for Accessing ScoutNET training records if you need it.  Please try to do all of your updates at once, and only send missing training.

Once you have checked your records, please complete the Training Record Updates form, save it, and email it as an attachment to TrainingUpdates@web.SeattleBSA.org.  Some non-BSA training simply cannot be entered into ScoutNET.

If you have trouble with the Adobe form, email TrainingUpdates@web.SeattleBSA.org, and we will figure something out.