Venturing

Youth Training

	Nature of Leadership The Venturing Leadership Skills Course 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 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.

	Kodiak X Kodiak X is the final step in Venturing's Nature of Leadership series, which began with learning introductory leadership skills in the Venturing Leadership Skills Course, followed by Kodiak, a much more in-depth leadership course done in conjunction with a trek or trip. Kodiak X is a weekend leadership challenge course designed to test a Venturer's leaderships skills learned in Kodiak. It is a fun and funky weekend!

New 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.
Kodiak Mountain Trek, July 26-August 1, 2009: While Venturing courses for adult leaders are held at Philmont Training Center, a special mountain trek/Kodiak training for Venturing youth and older Boy Scouts will be offered as well.

NEW! 2009 Philmont Training Center Conference Schedule

Fast Start Guide: This training comes with optional delivery formats. It illustrates how using the Venturing program planning process can get a Venturing crew up and running and off to a successful start.; · CD-ROM self training; · Illustrated guide [PDF]; · Web-based training

Venturing Leader Specific Training (Basic Training): This basic course explains Venturing to all adults new to Venturing. There are five sessions: Here's Venturing, Understanding and Protecting Youth, Leadership and Organization, Awards and Recogniation, and Resources and Program Planning. These sessions may be offered at one time or individually. It usually takes about 5 hours to complete. This course is required for the Advisor Key and Venturing Advisor Training Awards. The course uses syllabus No. 33491

Venturing Leadership Skills Course: This syllabus is designed to be used by Advisors to teach leadership skills to all Venturers in the crew. Nine leadership modules each 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.

Powder Horn: High-adventure resource training designed to introduce and expose Venturing and Boy Scout adult unit leaders to the activities and resources necessary to operate a successful outdoor/high-adventure unit-level program.

Youth Protection Guideline: Training for Adult Venturing Leaders: This training provides an overview of the developmental transition experienced by young people of Venturing age and how those transitions relate to the personal safety concerns of the Venturing program.

Training Courses: The Venturing Division conducts training courses each year at Philmont Scout Ranch. Click here [PDF] to see current course offerings.

2009 Venturing Administration Training Conference: Venturing leaders will have the opportunity to attend a training conference at the Florida National High Adventure Sea Base the week of March 2–6, 2009.