Wood Badge 9-449-25 Adult Leadership Training
Black Swamp Area Council
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We invite you to challenge yourself
Course Dates (both weekends are required):
- Weekend 1 - Aug. 22-24, 2025 at Camp Berry, Findlay, Ohio
- Weekend 2 - Sept. 27-28, 2025 at Camp Lakota, Defiance, Ohio
You are invited ...
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Wood Badge is a great opportunity for adult scout leaders to challenge ourselves to become better leaders in all that we do!
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Our promise to you is a course that provides Knowledge, Leadership skills, Friendship, Camaraderie, and most of all Fun!
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Our vision is to provide a high-quality course, presented by a high-performance team of trained staff to a diverse audience of participants.
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Our goal is to empower you to provide quality programs to our youth! Every Scout deserves a trained leader! We expect the best from our scouts, and they should expect no less from us.
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Leadership is a key to a great scouting program. To provide this leadership we as Scouters need to have the right tools and resources. Wood Badge is the answer to helping you in all these areas.
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Treat yourself to this adventure! You and the youth around you deserve it! Consider and start your journey and share with other scout leaders who will discover a fellowship in Scouting that has existed for over a century. Come be part of the Wood Badge experience!
Yours In Scouting, Chad Bryan, 9-449-25 Course Director
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Wood Badge training began in 1919 by Baden Powell to ensure that the leaders of Scout Troops were properly trained. Relying on a century of Scouting, Wood Badge draws upon the most current leadership models used by corporate America, academic circles and successful organizations throughout the country to present the latest in leadership theory and team development to a new generation of Scout leaders.
Purpose of Wood Badge
The primary purpose of the Wood Badge experience is simple – to strengthen Scouting in our units, districts, and Council. Every Scout deserves a well-trained leader. It provides dedicated Scouters with the concepts, tools and methods needed to be effective leaders. Wood Badge creates a structured opportunity to develop apply critical leadership skills. Leadership is a skill that is used everywhere, daily.
Attending Wood Badge will make your Scouting job easier. Attendees gain an in-depth understanding of the skills of leadership. The skills you learn will help you become a more effective leader in Scouting, your career, your family, and your community life.
Outcome
As the five-day practical portion of the program draws to a close, you will set some personal goals (a.k.a. ticket) to practice your new knowledge and skills. (You will have 18 months to complete your ticket)
By practicing your new knowledge and skills, you will become a more effective leader. In addition to your own personal growth, the Scouts you serve will benefit most from your development commitment.
Who May Attend
• Be registered member of the Scouting America. (Youth 18 and older may attend as long as the appropriate Youth Protection guidelines are followed).
• Have completed the basic training courses for your Scouting position.
What Can You Expect 
As a result of attending Wood Badge, you will:
- Acquire a global view of Scouting as a family of Interrelated, value-based programs providing age-appropriate activities for youth.
- Become familiar with contemporary team leadership concepts.
- Experience the stages of team development and practice leadership approaches appropriate for those stages.
- Have a great deal of fun in the company of interesting, like-minded individuals.
- Develop a renewed commitment to provide Scouting with the best possible leadership.
Wood Badge accomplishes these goals by building all the pieces of the course on a foundation of five central themes. Those themes, and the presentations that directly support them, are as follows:
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 Living The Values
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 Bringing the Vision to Life
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 Models for Success
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 Tools of the Trade
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 Leading to Make a Difference
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Physical Demands
Wood Badge includes a series of fun and educational training activities. The greatest physical demands are walking around camp and playing some simple games—nothing that should keep anyone from attending. If you have mobility concerns, the course can make efforts for accommodations when given early notification. A current Health and Medical Record (Parts A, B and C) is required.
Course Fee
- $325, if paid by 5/1/2025, $350 after 6/1/2025 - A $100 deposit is due at time of registration.
Fees cover program and training materials, food, facilities, and one participant t-shirt. A $100 non-refundable deposit is required to secure a spot. Balance is due by July 1, 2025.
For more information, contact Chad Bryan, Course Director - Mobile: (419) 234-2008 or email: cdb0788@gmail.com
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