21st
Century Wood Badge is the premier adult leadership development
course for the Boy Scouts of America.
Wood Badge teaches contemporary
leadership and team-building skills in a comfortable outdoor
setting, where learners become members of their own Troop. Wood
Badge’s effectiveness as an effective leadership development
experience has been applauded by industry training professionals.
Its positive influence on graduates’ individual unit-level
program is unparalleled.
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Badge Photo Tour!!
Jeff
Kamprath starts a session at the SR2 facility's
Outdoor Learning Center.
Wood Badge
is, first and foremost, learning by doing.
Participants in the course are formed first into
a Pack, bridge over into a Troop, and finally are inducted into
a Venturing Crew, just as Scouts move up through the Scouting
program. The courses are open to all adult
Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Varsity, and Venturing leaders and district
and council volunteers that have completed Basic Training
for their position and are capable of handling the hectic, physically
demanding course schedule.
Nationally famous training
professionals and volunteers updated the Wood Badge syllabus
in 2001 to provide the best methods to adult Scouters for teaching
leadership and delivering
program to their youth. Courses now involve
two 3-day weekends.
What is the purpose
of Wood Badge?
Participants
in the air-conditioned Gilwell Hall learn about the components
of a Wood Badge Ticket from George Zahn.
The
ultimate purpose of Wood Badge is to help adult leaders deliver
the highest quality Scouting program to young people to help
them achieve their highest potential. It models the best techniques
for developing leadership and teamwork among both young people
and adults.
How much time will
Wood Badge take?
Wood Badge is conducted over two, three-day weekends scheduled
about three weeks apart. Each weekend begins at 8 a.m. Friday.
Your patrol will have one or two meetings scheduled at your
convenience between weekend sessions.
When and where
is Wood Badge?
The Longhorn Council offers three Wood Badge courses every year.
The course are held at Sid Richardson Scout Ranch near Bridgeport
and Camp Tahuaya near Temple.
How will Wood
Badge help me?
Wood Badge will teach you outdoor skills and leadership techniques
in a ‘living,’ hands-on environment, and you will
be able to apply all you learn to your Scouting involvement
and your personal life. You’ll develop a Ticket, which
is a written agreement outlining how you will apply your newly
learned skills as you continue your involvement in Scouting.
Development of your Ticket is an exercise in goal-setting and
includes creating a personal vision and mission statement and
outlining individual steps to personal success.
How do I get my
beads?
You’re probably seen other Scouters wearing their Wood
Badge beads. When you success-fully complete your Ticket, some
of your Wood Badge staff members will present you with your
Wood Badge beads, a tan neckerchief with the famed MacLaren
tartan, a leather ‘woggle’ (neckerchief slide) and
a special Wood Badge certificate.
What!?
Indoor facilities?
New showers, dressing rooms
and restrooms at Camp 10 (behind Gilwell Hall) await Wood Badge
participants (Thanks Coy!).
Both camps offer multiple, private showers, dressing
rooms (with electricity and mirrors!) and indoor restrooms with
flush toilets. And you’ll be able to enjoy air-conditioned
Gilwell Hall, our indoor learning facility at Sid Richardson.
To help keep you in the Scouting spirit, you’ll be sleeping
on cots in platform-mounted wall tents.
What do I eat?
You’ll be welcomed the first weekend with a delectable
outdoor spread prepared by our friendly quartermaster staff.
The following weekend, your patrol will return the favor by
hosting Wood Badge staff members in your campsite. If you have
any dietary restrictions, please tell your Wood Badge Course
Director before the first weekend, and we’ll be happy to
accommodate your needs.
What do I wear?
Participants are encouraged to wear a full uniform.
Wood Badge training in the
Longhorn Council has a long history of quality courses beginning
in 1954. Two courses have been conducted each year since 1980.
Wood
Badge Course Application
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Questions
about Wood Badge?
News
Flash: Graduates
of Wood Badge courses prior to the 21st Century Wood Badge
are now eligible to participate!
New
Wood Badge Award Nomination Form
Please consider recommending several
Wood Badgers for these awards. The forms are due by 5:00 P.M.,
January 11th.
Wood
Badge Nomination form (PDF
file)
Wood Badge Nomination Form (Word
document)
Wood
Badge Banquet - Feb. 2, 2008
Download
information about the Woodbadge banquet set for February 2,
2008.
Woodbadge
2008 Banquet (PDF file)
Register at Inteliscout.com
2007
Courses
SR-837
Rick Grindley, Course Director
Sid
Richardson - October 5 - 7
Sid Richardson - October 26 - 28
rick@grindleyfamily.com
2008
Courses
SR-900
Dave Chambers, Course Director
Camp
Tahuaya
- March 7-9
Camp
Tahuaya
- March 28-30
dchambers@woodbadge.org
SR-901
Phil Smith, Course Director
Sid
Richardson
- April 11-13
Sid
Richardson
- May 2-4
psmith@woodbadge.org
SR-902
Michael Bay, Course Director
Lakeview
Lodge, Conference Center, Sid Richardson
- July
14-19
mbay@woodbadge.org
SR-903
Fulton Jones, Course Director
Sid
Richardson
- October 3-5
Sid
Richardson
- October 24-26
fjones@woodbadge.org
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Badge Course Application
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Purpose
of Wood Badge?
How
much time will it take?
When
and where?
How
will it help me?
How
do I get my beads?
What
are the qualifications?
What!?
Indoor facilities?
What
do I eat?
What
do I wear?
What
is the course fee?
What
are Training Prerequisites?
What are the qualifications?
It’s for adult Scouters at all levels: Cub Scouts, Boy
Scouts, Varsity, Venture, District and Council. It's
NOT just for Scoutmasters. Here
are the qualifications:
• Be a registered member of the Boy Scouts of America.
• Complete basic training courses for your primary Scouting
position (see Scouting’s Basic Leader Training Courses
below).
• Complete the outdoor skills training program appropriate
to your Scouting position.
• Be capable of functioning safely in an outdoor environment.
• Successfully pass the BSA Class 3 physical.
Graduates of previous courses are
NOW eligible to participate! Graduates of Wood Badge courses
prior to the 21st Century Wood Badge are now eligible to participate.
What is the course
registration fee?
The individual fee for attending Wood Badge includes all your
meals, course materials, a Wood Badge Tshirt and those coveted
Wood Badge beads.
Standard Course Fee: $175
Lakeview
Course Fee: $225
(7-07)
What are the
Training Prerequisites?
New Leader Essentials
Leader specific training for all adult leaders:
• Den Leaders and Webelos Leaders
• Cubmasters
• Tiger Cub Leaders
• Pack Committee and Troop Committee Members
• District Committee Members
• Scoutmasters and Assistant Scoutmasters
• Varsity Scout Coaches and Assistant Coaches
• Venturing Advisors and Associate Advisors
Commissioner Basic Training
• District Commissioners and Unit Commissioners
Previous versions of leader training courses completed prior
to June 1, 2001, will be accepted.
Outdoor Skills Training
• Required for Scoutmasters, Assistant Scoutmasters,
Varsity Coaches and Varsity Assistants. All participants are
encouraged to complete the Introduction to Outdoor Skills
Training before attending Wood Badge, but it is not required.
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