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A junior leadership training Task Force was assembled during 2003-04 and undertook revisions to that program to bring it closer in alignment to the Wood Badge program. In 2003, the BSA pilot-tested a revised NYLT course in the Sam Houston Area Council under the name "Grey Wolf".
There are separate advancement and recognition programs for the main program divisions: Cub Scouting (ages six through 10), Scouts BSA (formerly Boy Scouting) (11–17), Venturing (14–20), and Sea Scouting (14–20) (and, formerly, through the now discontinued Varsity Scouting (14–18)). Each program is designed for its age group and goals.
Boy Scouts of America Atlanta, Georgia Area Council headquarters. The BSA program is administered through 248 local councils, with each council covering a geopolitical area that may vary from a single city to an entire state. Councils receive an annual charter from the National Council and are usually incorporated as a charitable organization ...
Requirements vary, depending on position, but all requirements basically amount to creation and/or maintenance of a quality Scouting program. The award may be earned as the Scouter's Training Award for Cub Scouts, Scouter's Training Award for Boy Scouts, Varsity Scout Leader Training Award, Venturing Leader Training Award, Sea Scout Leader Training Award or Roundtable Staff Training Award.
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Trained youth leadership is important to the heart of all of Scouting. In Scouts BSA the beginning training is the unit-level course, Introduction to Leadership Skills for Troops. There are also council level trainings like the White Stag Leadership Development Program, or the National Youth Leadership Training. [8]
Scouts BSA (known as Boy Scouts until 2019) is the flagship program and membership level of the Scouting America for coeducational young people between the ages of typically 11 and 17. It provides youth training in character , citizenship , personal fitness , and leadership, and aims to develop the skills necessary to become successful adults.
The Boy Scouts of America is an organization run by volunteers, however the day-to-day administration is performed by a staff of professional (or career) Scouters. The organization has professional staffing at every level—district, council, regional and national.