In April and June forty-four adult leaders headed to Pipsico for the Wood Badge experience. Over two weekends they learned how to enjoy more success with less stress.

Meeting a new friend, coarch, or mentor at Wood Badge.

Participants went through a series of learning sessions and then practiced what they learned in exercises and games designed specifically for adult learners. In fact, the entire course is set up to allow adults to experience life in a Boy Scout troop from the Scouts' perspective. Participants are formed into patrols and function as a patrol throughout the course attending troop meetings, having patrol meetings, experiencing troop skills training, patrol games, and a campout on the second weekend.

Wood Badge participants were busy and challenged throughout the experience; learning and practicing new skills, running their patrols, and planning and participating in troop activities such as a campfire, Scouts's Own service, a service project, and a patrol project.

Learning about communicating through a game.

Along the way participants spent time reflecting on and refining their own vision for their future in Scouting using the counseling and reflection approaches that are the foundation of the BSA approach for working with youth.

John Scheib said this about the course, "Thanks to you and your team for a great Wood Badge weekend. The session on Forming, Norming, Storming, and Performing (and the following up presentation connecting it to EDGE) got me to think harder about the application of the stages of team development at work. So, I decided to teach the basic concepts of that session at work. My boss, who sat in our meeting, was a big fan of this approach. So thanks for providing the spark."

The next Wood Badge experience starts September 25, 2015. Click here for more information.

A patrol practices planning, leadership, and teamwork