"New Leader Essentials" Training Program | Training | Long Cane District | Blue Ridge Council

New Leader (Basic) Essentials Training program is the first of two training sessions offered during the first Saturday of September, October, and November of each year to help get you the basic skills and understanding to become the best Scouter possible. Training Fee is $3 per person. Session starts at 8:30 am and lasts until about 11:00 am.

The NEW Centennial "Trained" Patch. Must take FAST START, New Leader (BASIC) Essentials, Leader-Specific Training, and Youth Protection. Image used with permission.

New Leader Essentials is an introductory session that highlights the values, aims, history, funding, and methods of Scouting. It addresses how these aims and methods are reached in an age-appropriate style within Cub Scouting, Boy Scouting, Varsity Scouting, and Venturing. Videos, discussions, and hands-on reinforcement are presented during the 90-minute training session. Ideally, all unit-based volunteers—Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Varsity Scout, and Venturing leaders—take this session at the same time, so they understand that they are all striving for the same results with the youth they serve. Each leader completes New Leader Essentials training only once.

Benefits of New Leader Essentials

Assistance in implementing the full Scouting program with chartered organizations
A better understanding of the advantages of encouraging youth and adult volunteers to move through the traditional program as their youth mature
An awareness of the different aspects of the Scouting program, which may result in leaders taking advantage of those programs for a child in a different age group

SEPTEMBER 6, 2008 "BASIC NEW LEADER ESSENTIALS" TRAINING CLASS PARTICIPANTS

Several Adult Volunteer Scout Leaders had the opportunity to increase their Scouting knowledge and hone their Scouting skills when they participated in New Leader Essentials training session on September 6^th. They are: FIRST ROW (L TO R): Billy Seawright, Darryl Lukie, Todd Harmon, and Fernando Rodriquez. SECOND ROW: District Executive Andrew Reale, District Chairman Isaac Shaffer, Joanna Grier, Vianey Leonardo, Ann Crawley, Fran Wiley, Shannon Risner, and Lou Marino. THIRD ROW: Mike Hilley, Tim Wiley, David Leslie, B. J. Leopard, Debbie Turner, and Lola Harmon. Not Pictured is District Training Committee Chairman Gary Stratton and Dale Moseley. Training conducted by District Chairman Isaac Shaffer and Training Chairman Gary Stratton. Assisting with the District Training Team was B. J. Leopard, Lou Marino, and Dale Moseley.

OCTOBER 4, 2008 "BASIC NEW LEADER ESSENTIALS" TRAINING CLASS PARTICIPANTS

Several Adult Volunteer Scout Leaders had the opportunity to increase their Scouting knowledge and hone their Scouting skills when they participated in New Leader Essentials training session on October 4^th. They are: FIRST ROW (L TO R): Mary Ann Edwards, Linda Anderson, Noelle Marino, Melissa Farmer, Scott Miller, and Sheila Tripp. SECOND ROW: Gina Drebenstedt, Chris Morgan, Julie McCoy, Ken McCoy, and Dan Farmer. THIRD ROW: David Tripp, Andrew Patterson, Darrin Davis, Steve Ehney, Heath Coker, William Culbertson, and David Rosenbaum. Not Pictured is District Training Committee Chairman Gary Stratton, District Chairman Isaac Shaffer, Debbie Tharpe, and Dale Moseley. Training conducted by District Chairman Isaac Shaffer, Gina Drebenstedt and Training Chairman Gary Stratton. Assisting with the District Training Team was Unit Commissioner Debbie Tharpe, and Roundtable Commissioner Dale Moseley.

We had two wonderful training sessions on Saturday, November 1, 2008. Eleven adult volunteers came out to get the latest training (Basic Essential Leader Development and Cub-Specific Position training); which was taught by District Training Committee Chairman Gary Stratton, District Chairman Isaac Shaffer, Den Leader B.J. Leopard, and Webelos Den Leader Dale Moseley.

For additional information about these and other training opportunities, please contact your District Training Committee Chairman, Gary Stratton, at 223 - 2013.