Trainers' Corner

11/15/16 update: Many of the links on this page have been disabled due to an unexpected server change. The volunteer training team is working to recover as many of these files as possible. Please contact the training webmaster for help finding resources listed here.

Course Syllabi

• Youth Protection: Facilitator's Guide, stand-alone quiz (pdf), and Old Colony Council's reporting policy
• Introduction to Leadership Skills for Troops (ILST): main version and multi-lingual version
• National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT): overview, staff development guide, and syllabus and presentation slides
• Outdoor Leader Skills (OLS) (pdf)
• Outdoor Webelos Leader Skills (OWL) (pdf)
• Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation (BALOO) (pdf)
• Scoutmaster Basic Training (pdf)
• Cub Position-Specific Training:
  • National components (2015 edition): Den Leader, Cubmaster and Assistant Cubmaster, Pack Committee
  • Old Colony Council's combined version (September 2016 edition)
  • Cub Scout Connections resource
• Venturing Leader Specific: Syllabus (pdf) and PowerPoint slideshows for Sessions 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5
• Den Chief training (live version) (pdf)
• Trainer's EDGE (pdf)

Administrative Forms

• Training attendance report (TAR) (MS Excel)
• Training budget report (TBR) (MS Excel)

Other Resources

• Cub Outdoor Program Guidelines (pdf)
• Blank teaching plan (MS Word 2007/2010)
• Current BSA medical form
• Website that makes custom certificates