Council-wide Youth Protection Training Initiative
Recently at the August meeting, the Colonial Virginia Council Executive Committee approved a resolution to improve the percentage of registered leaders that are current in Youth Protection Training.
National Boy Scouts of America policy states that Youth Protection training is required for all BSA registered volunteers. In addition, national policy states that Youth Protection training must be taken every two years. If a volunteer does not meet the BSA's Youth Protection training requirement at the time of recharter, the volunteer will not be reregistered.
Registered volunteers include ALL adult volunteers in Scouting with the exception of Tiger Cub Adult Partners and Unit Executive Officer (Institutional Head). For full information on Youth Protection in the Boy Scouts of America, please click here.
In the resolution approved by the Council Executive Committee, registered volunteers will be required to take Youth Protection Training EVERY CALENDAR YEAR.
Effective October 1, 2014, at the time an adult submits an application to be a registered adult volunteer, they are required to include a copy of their Youth Protection Training Certificate that has the current year as the year the training was taken. For example, if an application is submitted in October 2014, the training certificate must indicate that the training was completed in 2014. This applies to all NEW, TRANSFER & MULTIPLE adult leader applications submitted.
Effective this upcoming unit rechartering cycle in December 2014, for every registered adult volunteer included on the unit recharter paperwork, there must be included in the submission, a training certificate for every registered volunteer that covers the entire calendar year of 2015. All training certificates must have either 2014 or 2015 as the training completion date.
OWL and BALOO Training
Date/Time: BALOO - October 11th from 8:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.
OWL - October 11th from 5:00 p.m. until October 12th at 3:00 p.m.
Location: Gosnold Hope Park, 901 East Little Back River Road, Hampton, Virginia
Deadline: September 30th
Cost: OWL - $25, BALOO - $15
Contact: Dana Reid: 757-291-7551 or cvc.baloo.owl@gmail.com
Click here to view the registration form.
Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills Training for Troops and Crews
This is a required course for Adults registered as a Scoutmaster or Assistant Scoutmaster in CVC.
Date: Oct 7 and 17-19, 2014 (part 1 is changed from Oct 8 - date that was on the CVC calendar - due to a scheduling conflict)
Cost: $20 if registered by October 2nd
Location: Prep Meeting at Scout Office Conference Room on Oct 7; Campout at Ft Eustis on Oct 17-19
Contact: Karen Sutley, 757-209-7989 or karensutley@cox.net
Click here to view the flyer.
Cub Scout Leader Specific Training
This is a required course for all Adults registered as Cub Scout Leaders in CVC.
In addition, Pack Trainers must take Pack Committee Training offered in this course and The Fundamentals of Training to be considered "trained."
http://www.scouting.org/Training/TrainingUpdates.aspx
Date: October 25, 2014
Time: 8:15 am to 5:00 pm
Cost: $10 if registered by October 16th
Location: Peninsula Community Chapel; 4209 Big Bethel Rd, Yorktown
Contact: Steve Helmerson at shelmerson@aol.com or (757) 867-7927 Click here to view the registration form.The Trainer's EDGE For both youth and adult trainers - Leadership training is a major part of Scouting, and this training session will teach trainers how to conduct an effective training session. All CVC trainers should have the Fundamentals of Training or Trainer's E.D.G.E. Date: November 8th, 2014 Time: 7:45 am to 5:00 pm Cost: $15 if registered by October 30th Location: Peninsula Community Chapel; 4209 Big Bethel Rd, Yorktown Contact: Karen Sutley, karensutley@cox.net or (757) 209-7989
Scoutmaster Specific/Assistant Scoutmaster Specific Training
Date: September 20th
Time: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Cost: $10 if registered by September 13th
Contact: Butch Cooper, 757-851-6065 or fsucalum@cox.net
Click here to view the registration form.
Boy Scout Leader Fast Start and Troop Committee Challenge
Date: September 27th
Training Awards
Your youth work hard to earn advancements and awards AND so do your adult leaders. Be sure they are recognized appropriately. Please remember to use the Progress Record Forms with the 2012 requirements for the Adult Leader Training Awards. The old forms will no longer be accepted.
CPR and Basic First Aid
This course covers adult and child/infant CPR with AED, how to respond in an emergency, and render basic first aid. This meets and exceeds the requirements for Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts Level 1 Provider.
Click here to view dates, times, and locations.
Contact: Al Materia, 757-869-7627 or al@emta.net.
Wilderness First Aid Course
Date: October 25th to 26th
Time: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Cost: $85
Click here to register online.
Contact: Al Materia, 757-869-7627 or al@emta.net.
Date: September 20th and 21st
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 pm (until 5:00 p.m. on Sunday)
Cost: $99.95
Location: Saturday at 11 W. Mercury Boulevard in Hampton and Sunday at Sandy Bottom Nature Park
Deadline: September 12th
Contact: 757-224-0909 or www.getemergencyready.com
Click here to view the flyer
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