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GSMC - Toqua
Event and Activities
Event and Activities
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 6:30 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
CLICK HERE for printable registration and more information
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[March 15th, 2012, Thursday 22:00 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]
Che-Toq- Tuc Spring Family Camp: 4/21/2012 - 4/22/2012
Online registration ends on April 15, 2012
Each participant must complete the Health Form Parts A and B to participate. Follow link below to receive a copy.
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[April 21st, 2012, Saturday 04:00 AM]
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]You have a group of 8-year-old boys coming to the house next week for a den meetingnow what? It will be OK; we understand, and were here to help. Joining us to explore the Core Value of compassion is Nancy Ferrell, a Cub Scout leader for over 28 years who had held many volunteer leadership positions in councils all over the country. She currently serves on the Pack Meeting Plan Task Force.
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[LISTEN]This segment is the perfect companion topic for the Part 1 segment of Compassion. Even if you dont have any special-needs boys in your den or pack, we are certain youll find it enlightening. Joining us is Carla Bigelow, a 30-year volunteer with the Mount Baker Council in Everett, Wash. Over the past 17 years, Carla has been a foster parent to more than 150 children, most of whom had special needs.
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[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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Cubcast is an audio podcast featuring a variety of how-to and information topics for Cub Scout leaders and parents.
Compassion
[LISTEN]You have a group of 8-year-old boys coming to the house next week for a den meetingnow what? It will be OK; we understand, and were here to help. Joining us to explore the Core Value of compassion is Nancy Ferrell, a Cub Scout leader for over 28 years who had held many volunteer leadership positions in councils all over the country. She currently serves on the Pack Meeting Plan Task Force.
[January 31st, 2012, Tuesday 21:00 PM]
Special Needs Youth
[LISTEN]This segment is the perfect companion topic for the Part 1 segment of Compassion. Even if you dont have any special-needs boys in your den or pack, we are certain youll find it enlightening. Joining us is Carla Bigelow, a 30-year volunteer with the Mount Baker Council in Everett, Wash. Over the past 17 years, Carla has been a foster parent to more than 150 children, most of whom had special needs.
[January 31st, 2012, Tuesday 21:00 PM]
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]