| HOW IS YOUR SCOUTING EXPERIENCE? |
Do you have a story about Scouting you want to share?
Email Chris Clark to make your voice, and your story, heard!
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| NEW COUNCIL SHOULDER PATCH |
Purchase one of our New Special Edition Council Shoulder Patches!
Now available at our Council Service Center for $5.00 each.
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There's a new Patrol Leader Handbook and Senior Patrol Leader Handbook
The leadership lessons learned in Scouting aren't taught in
 schools, but you can find them in a book.
That is, provided that book is the Patrol Leader
Handbook or Senior Patrol Leader Handbook.
These essential guides for Boy Scout leaders have been updated for 2017. They include ready-to-use tips to help Boy Scouts become effective leaders at troop meetings and on the trail.
Judge these books by their covers, and you'll see designs that've been freshened to match the 13th edition of the
Boy Scout Handbook,
released in 2016.
But what's inside really counts.
Read More...
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2017 BOY SCOUT REQ. CHANGES
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Here's a complete list of 2017 Boy Scout requirement changes
The BSA's 2017 Boy Scout Requirements book, detailing major and minor changes to Boy Scout ranks and merit badges, is now available.
Inside you'll find:
- Modifications to the Second Class and First Class ranks
- The new Exploration merit badge
- Major changes to four merit badges
- Minor changes to 32 merit badges
The changes are the work of volunteers and Scouting professionals who have analyzed feedback from Scouts and Scout leaders about current requirements.
Read More...
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NATIONAL YOUTH LEADERSHIP TRAINING
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Got New Troop Leadership? Send them to NYLT!
Leaders, has your unit held Leadership elections for next year's Senior Patrol Leaders, Assistant Senior Patrol Leaders or Crew President yet?Are your youth prepared for the roles their peers elected them for?
Do you want to help them succeed?If the answers is Yes, NNJC has a program geared to helping all youth leaders become successful in their roles leading their units.
National Youth Leadership Training is a National Training Course that Northern New Jersey Council offers to our Boy Scout and Venturing Youth to help them learn and develop the planning and leadership skills to run their Patrol, Troop or Crew more effectively.
During the week long course, our future youth leaders are placed into a Patrol where they will work as a team in discovering new skills, problem solving methods, working within a team and most of all having fun while doing this!
The course is held in a "Model Troop" setting so the participants learn more about the mechanics of a troop or crew and will be able to bring back the knowledge and skills on how to run more effective PLC and troop meetings thereby taking your units program to the next level.
For 2017, the course will be held at Camp Turrell from August 13
th
to the 19
th
and the cost is $335 per Scout until June 30
th
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After that the price jumps to $360, so take advantage now before the price increases!
There are only 120 slots available for the course and they are filling up fast, so sign up now so your Troop's Youth Leaders don't miss out on an experience of a lifetime!
To sign up now go to: http://bit.ly/2017NYLTregistration
for up to date information on the course!
Camp Turrell
Cuddebackville, NY
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CATHOLIC PROTECTING GOD'S CHILDREN WORKSHOP
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The National Catholic Risk Retention Group, Inc., has come out with a training on Protecting God's Children program for all adults associated with Catholic youth organizations. This training will view some of the information presented in the two awareness videos: A Time to Protect God's Children
and A Plan to Protect God's Children
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SAVE THE DATE:
Wednesday, May 24, 2017 6-9pm at the Council Service Center in Oakland. Cost will $5 and will include snacks.
REGISTER HERE!
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2017 Philmont Training Center
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The Philmont Training Center (PTC) is the national volunteer training center for the Boy Scouts of America. Since 1950, the PTC has provided a unique environment for training volunteers, creating leaders, and hosting family friendly experiences and adventures. Each year, more than 6,000 Scouters and their families attend the PTC.
Every conference at the PTC features tools, techniques, audiovisuals, discussions, idea sharing, and activities led by a faculty of experienced Scouters. All registered Scouters are invited to attend training center courses; council approval is not required.
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 Powder Horn is a resource course designed to introduce Scouting's adults and youth to the exciting program possibilities for their unit. The course supports the mission of strengthening units so they can achieve the mission of the Boy Scouts of America. One common denominator of successful courses is that creativity and variety play a role in the delivery of the curriculum. Each course is somewhat different, and that is a good thing. Some courses have had participants arrive by canoe, horseback, on bike, or even on skis. Creativity is fun, too! The ultimate goal is for the participants to leave the Powder Horn course with a list of ideas to help their program, along with the contacts and resources needed to implement them. This will lead to a more robust program, which in turn should lead to increased membership and a higher retention rate in our units.
For More Information about the 2017 NNJC / PPC Course and to register, please
click here
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| CUB SCOUT LEADER ONLINE TRAINING |
Key Cub Scout Leader training via my.Scouting
The Cub Scout leader curriculum has recently been updated! Reached via the
my.Scouting.org portal, these training modules have been broken down into 2-10 minute segments to make pausing them easier! Don't be intimidated by the number of segments, they're all very short and designed to make the most of your available time!
Training is currently available for the following Cub Scout positions: Cubmaster, Asst. Cubmaster, Den Leader, and Pack Committee Member.
Each learning path is broken into three specific modules:
"Prior to the first meeting," "The first 30-days," and "Position Trained." This decision was made to ensure that as you become trained in your new position, you build confidence and experience without being overwhelmed with information you wont be able to fully utilize yet!
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| E-LEARNING VIA MY.SCOUTING |
My.Scouting.org is transitioning to become the one place volunteers can go for volunteer resources.
Now, e-Learning training courses can be taken online at my.Scouting.org. Leaders can complete any of the courses found in their My Dashboard under the Home menu list. When My Dashboard is selected, it displays the My Training page with four new tabs to select:
- YPT - Displays the Youth Protection training courses available. To make it easier for new volunteers, the system defaults to the YPT tab.
- Training Center - Displays the Scouting programs (Cub Scouting, Boy Scouting, Venturing and Varsity, and Other) containing training courses applicable to the specific program. Those under "Other" contain courses related to Health and Safety and district-level training.
- Requirements - Displays training courses that are required to be completed to become position-trained for current registered position(s). Courses that are not offered online will show "Classroom Training." Please consult your council's website for scheduled classroom trainings.
- Completions - Displays training courses that were completed. It also allows the ability to print a certificate for a completed course.
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Council Training Chair
Lenape Trails Training Chair:
Three Rivers Training Chair:
Ramapo Valley Training Chair:
Check the Council Training page for Upcoming courses dates and times!
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