Venturing Leader Training

What makes a trained Venture Leader? Four training modules available online through MyScouting.org and through group training in the districts and council.

Youth Protection Training

• Required for all leaders who have direct contact with youth
• Recommended for parents of all youth
• Teaches do’s and don’ts of working with youth
• Varsity-specific version
• Offered through MyScouting.org, or your district/council

Fast Start Training

• Take immediately after registering as a leader and before meeting with youth members
• Course is specific to the Venturing program.
• Offered through MyScouting.org, or available on DVD

This Is Scouting

• New online training session that replaced New Leader Essentials
• Offered through MyScouting.org 
• DVD (No. 36118) available for areas with limited Web access

Position-Specific Training

• Hands-on training in how to run meetings and work with youth
• Based on leader’s position
• Venturing Crew Advisors and Assistants
• Offered by the district or council as group training

A direct-contact Scout leader is considered fully trained and entitled to wear the trained leader emblem when he or she has completed the above-mentioned training courses.

Supplemental Adult Training for Venturing Leaders

Wood Badge

• Advanced training in leadership skills
• Available to all leaders in Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Varsity Scouts, and Venturing, as well as council and district Scouters
• Offered through the council

Powder Horn

• High-adventure resource training provided by the council
• Designed to introduce and expose Venturing and Boy Scout adult unit leaders to the activities and resources necessary to operate a successful outdoor/high-adventure unit-level program

The Trainer's EDGE

• The required train-the-trainer course for Wood Badge and NYLT staffs
• Supplements the practice offered through Wood Badge and NYLT staff development
• Offered through the council

University of Scouting

• An annual training conference for Scout leaders provided by the council