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GSMC - Toqua
Event and Activities
Event and Activities
Toqua District Committee Meeting: 2/2/2012 7 PM - 8 PM
Grigsby Chapel
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[February 2nd, 2012, Thursday 22:00 PM]
Toqua District Roundtable: 2/16/2012 7 PM - 8 PM
Grigsby Chapel
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[February 16th, 2012, Thursday 22:00 PM]
Toqua Distict Eagle Board of Review: 2/23/2012 7 PM - 9 PM
West Hills Presbyterian Church
7600 Bennington Dr
Knoxville TN
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7600 Bennington Dr
Knoxville TN
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[February 23rd, 2012, Thursday 22:00 PM]
Toqua District ScoutMaster/ASM Leader Specific: 2/25/2012 8 AM - 4 PM
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
11837 Grisby Chapel Rd
CLICK HERE for more information and registration form
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[February 25th, 2012, Saturday 11:00 AM]
Toqua District Committee Meeting: 3/1/2012 7 PM - 8 PM
Grigsby Chapel
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[March 1st, 2012, Thursday 22:00 PM]
Toqua District Volunteer Banquet: 3/15/2012 7 PM - 8 PM
Where: First Farragut United Methodist Church
12733 Kingston Pike, Farragut
Who: All Toqua Leaders/Parents of Scouts
Cost: $5/person (pre-registered) or $15 at the door
The District Banquet is a time for fellowship and recognition for the leaders of Toqua District.
This year’s banquet will include a Dutch Oven Cooking Competition. Each person is either asked to enter the competition or bring items for a gigantic Salad Bar.
Dutch Oven Competition Rules:
Categories: Main Dish, Side Dish, Bread, Dessert
Entries may be a group effort, i.e. Pack or Troop
1. Food must be cooked in a Dutch Oven.
2. Heat Source-charcoal, wood, natural gas, electricity (i.e. you
may cook it in a conventional oven)
3. Prepared Food should be brought to the banquet no later than 6pm in order to enter judging. (All entries must be preregistered.)
4. Food will be judged by a panel of judges.
5. Food will be judged on: Presentation, Taste and Creativity
6. All attendees will have an opportunity to vote for “People’s
Choice”.
7. The top 4 category winners and the People’s Choice winner will receive recognition and prizes.
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[March 15th, 2012, Thursday 23:00 PM]
Toqua Distict Eagle Board of Review: 3/22/2012 7 PM - 9 PM
West Hills Presbyterian Church
7600 Bennington Dr
Knoxville TN
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7600 Bennington Dr
Knoxville TN
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[March 22nd, 2012, Thursday 23:00 PM]
Toqua District Committee Meeting: 4/5/2012 7 PM - 8 PM
Grigsby Chapel
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[April 5th, 2012, Thursday 23:00 PM]
Toqua District ScoutMaster/ASM Leader Specific Outdoor: 4/13/2012 - 4/15/2012
CLICK HERE for more information and registration form
Camp Pellissippi
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[April 13th, 2012, Friday 04:00 AM]
Toqua District Roundtable: 4/19/2012 7 PM - 8 PM
Grigsby Chapel
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[April 19th, 2012, Thursday 23:00 PM]
GSMC Scouting Blog
Welcome to the Great Smoky Mountain Council Scouting Blog. Discussions on this blog will be limited to scouting issues, topics, and information. Views expressed are those of the authors. This is not an official GSMC site.
Welcome to the Great Smoky Mountain Council Scouting Blog. Discussions on this blog will be limited to scouting issues, topics, and information. Views expressed are those of the authors. This is not an official GSMC site.
Trained or Trained?
There is a difference in Scouting between being trained and being trained. Confusing? Yes! So what is the volunteer training team trying to do to help?
A Scouter is considered trained for his or her position in the BSAs ScoutNET system when they have completed a prescribed course, or sequence of courses. This could be the current course set, or even a course or courses that they took in the past. For example, Scoutmastership Fundamentals if they took it back when it was the current basic training.
But to be able to wear the trained patch, and for the unit to qualify under the unit Journey to Excellence (JTE) standards, trained means that they have taken the current training set for their position.
Why the difference?
The BSA has long believed that a tenured leader does not need to take basic training every time there is a new course - because the assumption is through supplemental training, roundtables, Scouting magazine, and participation in activities, they stay up to date with the current methods and practices of the program. We know this is not always the case.
There may be a challenge getting tenured leaders to take the time to take a new course. In most cases these leaders can be excellent resources for the training committee to put on Specifics or an outdoor skills course. (Be sure to give them credit for taking the course when they do!) But the hope is that leaders will take - or teach - the latest course to be sure that they have the up-to-date information related to their role.
At our October committee meeting we took some steps to help make the criteria for being trained in ScoutNET, for earning the trained patch, and the unit JTE match. More on that in the next issue of Training Times.
We are also conducting a thorough review of all of the training web sites and all of the literature available, and are working to make them consistent. As you can imagine, that is a big undertaking!
We can never be fully trained. There is always something to be learned. Take advantage of training opportunities whenever they are available.
From Training Times - Scouting.org
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A Scouter is considered trained for his or her position in the BSAs ScoutNET system when they have completed a prescribed course, or sequence of courses. This could be the current course set, or even a course or courses that they took in the past. For example, Scoutmastership Fundamentals if they took it back when it was the current basic training.
But to be able to wear the trained patch, and for the unit to qualify under the unit Journey to Excellence (JTE) standards, trained means that they have taken the current training set for their position.
Why the difference?
The BSA has long believed that a tenured leader does not need to take basic training every time there is a new course - because the assumption is through supplemental training, roundtables, Scouting magazine, and participation in activities, they stay up to date with the current methods and practices of the program. We know this is not always the case.
There may be a challenge getting tenured leaders to take the time to take a new course. In most cases these leaders can be excellent resources for the training committee to put on Specifics or an outdoor skills course. (Be sure to give them credit for taking the course when they do!) But the hope is that leaders will take - or teach - the latest course to be sure that they have the up-to-date information related to their role.
At our October committee meeting we took some steps to help make the criteria for being trained in ScoutNET, for earning the trained patch, and the unit JTE match. More on that in the next issue of Training Times.
We are also conducting a thorough review of all of the training web sites and all of the literature available, and are working to make them consistent. As you can imagine, that is a big undertaking!
We can never be fully trained. There is always something to be learned. Take advantage of training opportunities whenever they are available.
From Training Times - Scouting.org
[November 12th, 2011, Saturday 20:00 PM]
Highlights
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Cubcast - Boy Scouts of America
Cubcast is an audio podcast featuring a variety of how-to and information topics for Cub Scout leaders and parents.
[LISTEN]We heard from many Cub Scout Leaders who expressed a desire to return to the old Theme-based meeting plan. Well, we responded sort of. To help us understand this new Core Value / Theme Pack Meeting Plan is none other than the Chairman of the Pack meeting Task Force, Kim Barker, a 15 year volunteer with the Bay Area Council in Galveston, TX
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[LISTEN]By now you all know that Cubcast is great resource for picking up new ideas for your Den and Pack Meetings, and this month Janet Griffin of Grapevine, TX joins us. With her many years as a Den leader, Webelos Den Leader, and Den Leader Coach, just to name a few of her many Cub leader roles, shes the prefect resource for us to learn new and exciting ways to teach the boys all about this Core Value.
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[LISTEN]Its not always easy to keep a positive outlook when things dont go our way, so how do we teach our Cub Scouts about positive attitude? Joining us is Mary Jo Brentari, committee chair of her local Cub Scout pack from Anacortes, Wash. She has more than 20 years of Cub Scouting experience and will share her secrets for always looking at the glass as half-full.
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Cubcast is an audio podcast featuring a variety of how-to and information topics for Cub Scout leaders and parents.
New Cub Scout Delivery Method
[LISTEN]We heard from many Cub Scout Leaders who expressed a desire to return to the old Theme-based meeting plan. Well, we responded sort of. To help us understand this new Core Value / Theme Pack Meeting Plan is none other than the Chairman of the Pack meeting Task Force, Kim Barker, a 15 year volunteer with the Bay Area Council in Galveston, TX
[December 31st, 2011, Saturday 19:00 PM]
Resourcefulness
[LISTEN]By now you all know that Cubcast is great resource for picking up new ideas for your Den and Pack Meetings, and this month Janet Griffin of Grapevine, TX joins us. With her many years as a Den leader, Webelos Den Leader, and Den Leader Coach, just to name a few of her many Cub leader roles, shes the prefect resource for us to learn new and exciting ways to teach the boys all about this Core Value.
[December 31st, 2011, Saturday 19:00 PM]
Positive Attitude
[LISTEN]Its not always easy to keep a positive outlook when things dont go our way, so how do we teach our Cub Scouts about positive attitude? Joining us is Mary Jo Brentari, committee chair of her local Cub Scout pack from Anacortes, Wash. She has more than 20 years of Cub Scouting experience and will share her secrets for always looking at the glass as half-full.
[November 30th, 2011, Wednesday 21:00 PM]