Supplemental Training
You have taken the required Safeguarding Youth Training and have completed your Position-Specific Training and are now considered "Trained." What comes next?
The following course areas are designed to help adult leaders with a particular skill or enhance their Scouting role. Please see the brief descriptions below.
The purpose of National Camping School (NCS) is to provide adults with a learning experience and training related to the operation of council camp. The key staff members will, in turn, train and supervise other staff personnel in your council camping program.
There are many online trainings available through the online BSA Learning Center (which can be accessed through your My.Scouting account). Some of the available trainings include the following:
An updated curriculum and new names have been released by National (as of June 2, 2025). The purpose of the course is to provide and help develop the platform skills of a trainer. Only practice can polish these skills, but this course focuses on training behaviors and resources while offering hands-on experience in methods and media. This course is open to both youth and adults.
For more information, click HERE.
The Leave No Trace - Outdoor Ethics program is an important part of Scouting America. Instilling values in young people and preparing them to make moral and ethical choices throughout their lifetime is the mission of Scouting America. Leave No Trace helps reinforce that mission, and reminds us to respect the rights of other users of the outdoors as well as future generations. Appreciation for our natural environment and a knowledge of the interrelationships of nature bolster our respect and reverence toward the environment and nature.
For more information, click HERE.
These modules were prepared by the National Membership Committee’s New-Unit Organizer Task Force. They are designed to help Scouters understand the role of the new-unit organizer and the new-unit commissioner, and how to use the Unit Performance Guide. The modules are designed as 50-minute sessions to use at district or council training events. New-Unit Organizer Training and the accompanying slide deck are designed to be used to train new-unit organizers.
New-Unit Organizer Training
New-Unit Organizer slide deck
New-Unit Commissioner module
New-Unit Organizer module
Unit Performance Guide module
The Strategic Training Plan course is designed to support the council and district training programs. Trainers who are responsible for managing council and/or district training programs will learn how to develop a dynamic training plan that supports their council’s goals and objectives.
The course has two parts – pre-course on-line modules and in person training.
Learn Center STP Learning Plan Link – (must log into My.Scouting as part of process) (NEW)
Facilitator Guide (NEW)
Student Learning Journal (NEW)
The Council Training Day at Miakonda for Scouting volunteers will be led by experienced volunteer leaders to help you improve your skills and expand your knowledge. You will also meet other leaders, gather new resources, and share ideas on building the best possible program for your Scouts.
For more information, click HERE.