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BSA
offers Youth Protection Training on the web through the BSA
Online Learning Center.
The course will take approximately 1 - 2 hours to complete, depending
on the speed of your web connection. Anyone
is welcome to take the course.
If
you are a registered member of the Boy Scouts of America be sure
to have your BSA Person
ID
number ready at your fingertips before you start the course. A
BSA registered adult leader who completes the course and the test
will get an email confirmation that includes a printable YPT card.
NOTE:
Youth Protection Training cards are good for three years in the
Longhorn Council. The State of Texas is specifically NOT requiring
those Scouters who took BSA’s online Youth Protection Training
before May 15, 2006 to go back and retake the online YPT course.
Click here for an Outline
of Youth Protection Training Requirements
If you have problems
with the Youth Protection Training website
or
need help getting your BSA Person ID number,
please email Patricia at pphillips@longhorn.org
Si usted tiene problemas con el sistema o necesita ayuda para obtener
su número de miembro: escriba por correo electronico a Patricia
en pphillips@longhorn.org
| HOW
TO get a YPT Card
- read this before you take the course. |
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Go to the BSA Online Learning
Center and click on Youth Protection Training. This will
require you to register at MyScouting.
Click on click here to create an account. Afterwards,
you will need to respond to the confirmation email that was
sent to the email address you assigned to your MyScouting account.
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In
the box for “Council Number” select:
“Longhorn Council – Hurst, TX – 662”
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In
the box for “Member ID” enter your BSA
Member ID number from your BSA Registration card.
If you don’t have a BSA Member ID number just leave
it blank! It is not required. (You can also enter it at
a later date.)
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Once
logged in, click on E-Learning and click the "Take
Course" link for Youth Protection Training
under the General tab. Take the Online YPT Course
and test.
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PRINT
the screen that shows your card after you take the test
(in case you don't get the email).
For Windows users, if you have trouble printing
the screen, enter [ ctrl ] + [ print screen ],
(it might read: prt sc), then open a Word document,
paste the screen into the document, adn print the Word document.
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BSA
will send you an email with a printable PDF copy of your YPT
card.
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Write
down the date you take the course. (It can help you get a card
later in case there is printer or computer error after you finish)
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If
you have problems printing the card please email Patricia
at pphillips@longhorn.org.
Include the date when you took the test and your name. (Include
your BSA Person ID number if you have one.) |
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If
you experience other problems before you finish the course
and test - such as computer lock-ups, network freezes, etc.
- try the system again. BSA regularly updates the software
and glitches are fixed as fast as they are found. At times of
peak use your may have to try multiple times! Remember - there
are millions of BSA volunteers around the USA! |
Troubleshooting:
If
you take a course without inputting your BSA Member ID number and
try to add it to your account later in the My Profile section
and receive an error that says:
"The Council # 662 and Member ID you supplied could not be
verified. Please try again."
Try these two steps:
- Check
the name on your card. Your profile name that you enter must be
the exact same name that is on your BSA Registration card.
- Make
sure that you are registered with the Longhorn Council.
Click
here to:
Take the Youth Protection
Training Course.
Take
the VENTURING ADVISOR YPT Course.
(Once logged in, click
on E-Learning and click the "Take Course"
link for Youth Protection Training - Venturing Version
under the Venturing tab.)
Find other
BSA Youth Protection Resources and Information.
Haga
clic aquí para:
Entrenamiento
Normas de Proteccion Juvenil.
Haga
clic aquí para Venturing: Entrenamiento
Normas de Proteccion Juvenil - Venturing. (Note que esta
conexión trabajará sólo cuando se use de este
sitio web.)
Haga
clic aquí para: los Recursos
de la Protección de la Juventud de BSA
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Youth
Protection Info |
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Click
here or scroll down to see:
Youth Protection
Policy
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| YPT
Contacts |
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For
problems with the system or help getting your member number:
please email Patricia at pphillips@longhorn.org
Si usted tiene problemas con el sistema o necesita ayuda para obtener
su número de miembro: escriba por correo electronico a Patricia
en pphillips@longhorn.org
Jeff Peters email J. Peters
Council YPT
Training
Staff Advisor
Joe Robertson joedr@charter.net
Council YPT
Training
Coordinator
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| Adult
Youth Protection
Training Policy |
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1.)
All adult participants in all Scouting programs are encouraged to
become "Youth Protection Trained".
2.) YPT "Trained" adults are only "certified"
in the Longhorn Council, for a period of three years, after taking
Youth Protection Training and will receive a "Trained" card
after attending the training. Units participating in activities outside
the Longhorn Council must comply with the Youth Protection requirements
of BSA National or the Council where the activity takes place.
3.) YPT Cards are good for 3 years for Weekend Camping reservations,
local tour permits, Unit Fundraising Projects, District and Council
weekend program events (camporees, OA events, Webelos Woods, Fall
Festival, Score-O, etc.), and unit program.
4.) All units must have at least one current YPT "Trained"
(i.e. within the three year period) adult on-site participant
for any activity requiring Council approval (e.g. Local Tour Permit,
short-term weekend Camp Reservations, Unit Fundraising Projects).
Camp Rangers will insist on seeing the card
before a unit may set up camp.
NOTE 1: For National Tour Permits: "All registered adults
must have completed BSA Youth Protection training for participation
in any national event/activity" (e.g. Philmont, National Jamboree).
NOTE
2: Scouters and other adults who took the BSA Online Youth Protection
Training Course before May 15th are NOT required to retake the course.
Click
here for an Outline
of Youth Protection Training Requirements
NOTE
3: Adults attending (or staffing) summer and long-term camps and
day camps in the state of Texas must provide the camp director with
a photocopy of their YPT card from the BSA Online YPT Course. The
online YPT course must be taken within two years of attending camp.
(Note that this state requirement is different from the 3 year requirement
for weekend camping reservations, etc., and only applies to the long-term
camps and day camps that are listed below.) The BSA Online YPT Course
is the state-approved course for BSA long-term and day camps in the
state of Texas. This requirement applies ONLY to adults attending
or staffing the following:
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Summer
Camp: Camp Tahuaya, Worth Ranch, SR2 |
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Texas
High Adventure Base: Chisholm Trail, Wakeboarding,
BRCT |
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Cub
Scout Day Camp |
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Cub
Scout Resident Camp |
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Twin
Arrows courses (adult staff) |
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Winter
Camp |
Click
here for an Outline
of Youth Protection Training Requirements
5.) All units are encouraged to have at least one YPT "Trained"
adult participant for EVERY unit activity even if the activity does
not require Council approval.
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Protection Training News |
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The
course is hosted on on BSA's national website in the new Online Learning
Center.
Anyone is welcome to take the course, although only registered Longhorn
Council Scouters can receive a YPT Training Card.
One of the
benefits of having Youth Protection Training on-line is that it is
immediately available for new Scout Leaders at any time of the day.
The on-line version is also available for all parents in the unit.
Getting parents to complete the training will help them understand
what YPT policies are so they can follow the policies when working
with Scouts.
Youth Protection Training in the Districts is being discontinued and
is being replaced with the on-line training and instructed courses
which will be offered by Council training teams. Initial plans are
to offer an instructed course once per year in Fort Worth and once
per year in Waco. Additional courses will be offered if there is a
demand for a traditional instructed course. On-line YPT was made available
at University of Scouting last fall and plans are being made to make
YPT training in that format available at University of Scouting again
this year.
The on-line course takes one to two hours to complete, depending on
the speed of your internet connection. Scouters wanting to be certified
for completing the training should have their BSA member number available.
They MUST provide the number at the end of the training session in
order to get a Youth Protection Training card.
The member number is used to enter the name of the successful participant
in the Council database records. A pocket YPT card (PDF file) is e-mailed
to participant as soon as they complete the course. The on-line training
site must be entered through the Longhorn Council Web Site in order
to received credit in the Longhorn Council. Entering the YPT site
from the Council Web Site provides assess to YPT policies and reporting
procedures that are written specifically for the Longhorn Council.
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