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Climb On Safely
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Venturing Training
LEADERSHIP TREKS
Background and Purpose
 Leadership
and service to others are two key tenets of Venturing, the Boy Scouts of
America's fast growing teenage program. Combine these two elements and you get
the concept of "the servant leader." Servant leadership as a philosophy teaches
that the leader works with and through a team to accomplish the mission.
Rather than just talking about leadership,
Venturing through the new Nature of Leadership Treks teaches useable, relevant
leadership skills that every teen can use.
Trek Safely
 Trek
Safety training is for adult Scouters, Boy Scout, Varsity Scout, and Venturing
leaders. It applies to all types of outdoor treks that involve at least one
overnight. Trek Safely is designed to help youth and adult leaders plan and
carry out safe trekking experiences and is similar to Safe Swim Defense, Safety
Afloat, and Climb on Safely. The training can be done in about 40 minutes.
Literature available include a Trek Safety flier, No. 20-125 and a Trek Safely
Training Outline, No. 20-129 which uses the following points:
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Qualified Supervision |
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Keep Fit |
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Plan Ahead |
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Gear Up |
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Communicate Clearly and Completely |
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Monitor Conditions |
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Discipline |
Methods
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Challenging high adventure trek |
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Nationally promoted |
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Hosted by a council |
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Participants come from around the country
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Team taught by two instructors per crew of 8-12
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Only 5 leadership skills taught called Commissions
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At least 7 days long |
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Uses hands-on learning approach with very short
presentations |
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Constant reinforcement |
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Creates a leadership fraternity |
Requirements
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Be a
registered Venturer (youth only)
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Be at least
16 years old
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Have
physical capability for specific trek
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Have outdoor
skills for specific trek
What A Council Does
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Set the
itinerary and fee
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Manage the
budget
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Order course
support materials
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Recruit
adult leadership/instructors
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Communicate
with participants
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Promote
locally
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Send an
After-action report to the national Venturing division
How a Council Hosts A Course
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Council
leadership commits to hosting a course in writing to the national Venturing
division (download the
application to host a Venturing nature of leadership trek
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Include
description of the trek for promotional purposes (pictures too)
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Set fee,
arrival and departure dates, and arrival/departure city
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Assign a
staff advisor
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Best to set
dates at least a year out, two even better
What The National Venturing
Division Does
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Supply the
Nature Of Leadership syllabus to the host council
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Approve
courses
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Annually
print a flier promoting all courses
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Promote
courses nationally
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Train and
support instructors
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Maintain
course recognition items (Supply Division)
If you
have questions, please contact Bill Evans, Associate Director, Venturing
Division at 972-580-2427 or email:
bevans@netbsa.org
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Mecklenburg
County Council
