Venturing Youth Leadership Training

Crew Officers' Orientation

This new training offers a much-needed support to Venturing crews with their officers. The sections that it covers are:

· Crew Officers Roles and Responsibilities

· Resources Crew Officers Needs and Use

· Working With Advisors and Older Adults

· How to Plan Your Crew's Annual Program

· Planning Resources

Youth Protection: Personal Safety Awareness

This training deals with issues facing our young adults today. The vignette covers acquaintance rape, peer sexual harassment, stalking, and two new additions in 2007--suicide and Internet safety. This cutting-edge training addresses head-on the issues facing youth.

The Introduction to Leadership Skills for Crews is the first step a Venturer encounters on his or her journey toward leadership development. This course is designed to be used by Advisors to teach leadership skills to all Venturers in the crew. It has nine leadership modules that begin with an activity and follow with a reflection. Completion of this course is a requirement for the Venturing Silver Award, and conducting the course is a requirement for the Venturing Advisor Award of Merit.

Kodiak Leadership Course

	Kodiak The Kodiak course combines the elements of leadership and service to others as the two key tenets of Venturing. Servant leadership is a philosophy that teaches the leader to work with and through a team to accomplish the mission. Kodiak's methods are the following: Challenging outdoor treks to use nature as a classroom (no indoor sessions). Five leadership skills, called "commissions," are taught. They can be offered over a week, or over two weekends. It uses a hands-on teaching approach with very short presentations.  This course requires regional approval. The Last Frontier Council offers a Kodiak course annually over Spring Break at Diamond H Scout Ranch.  Sign Up for Spring Break 2014! View the 2014 Brochure!