Wood Badge -
Purpose
Wood Badge is Scouting’s advanced training course for all adult leaders:
Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Varsity and Venturing leaders, district and council volunteers, and
professional Scouters.
The object of a Wood Badge course is to demonstrate as practically as possible the aims
and methods of Scouting. Six days in duration, the course is a multi-faceted presentation of
leadership skills, organizational tools, and participatory activities based on the best of
Scouting traditions and the latest in team-development theory. In addition, participants
will enjoy the fellowship of learning alongside many other volunteer and professional
Scouters, and along the way will have a great deal of fun.
Because of your commitment to Scouting, you may be a candidate to participate in Wood
Badge. This will be a tremendous opportunity for you to:
- Understand Scouting as a family of interrelated, values-based programs providing
age-appropriate activities for youth.
- Learn about contemporary leadership concepts and discover how those concepts are
relevant to our values-based movement.
- Apply the skills you learn from your participation as a member of a successful
working team.
- Revitalize your commitment to Scouting by sharing in an inspirational experience
that helps to provide Scouting with renewed leadership to accomplish its mission.
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Wood Badge - Program
The Wood Badge program consists of two parts: Practical Training
and the Application Phase.
The Practical Training is a 6-day outdoor experience where the Scouter lives as a
member of a den/patrol, practices skills of leadership, and learns how these skills apply in
the role of the adult leader in developing youth through the Scouting program. Through
living in this setting for this extended period of time, they develop a Scouting spirit and
zeal for the program that motivates them to do a better job in the Scouting task they have
accepted.
During the Practical Training all participants develop a "Ticket." This Ticket is a
written plan for how the Scouter intends to apply the skills and knowledge gained during the
course in service to others, to specific goals and objectives in one’s Scouting program, and
to areas of personal growth.
A "ticket counselor" from your council is appointed to provide assistance and guidance as
this "ticket" is worked. The "working of the ticket" is called the Application Phase
of Wood Badge.
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