"Every Youth Deserves a Trained Leader"
Jim Whitehead is our District Training Chairman
Contact him at james.a.whitehead@us.army.mil or Phone: 615 848-2926. If you would like to arrange training or to volunteer to help train other Scouters.
Training has a very large impact on the quality of your unit’s success and your personal growth as a Scouter.
The District urges all of leaders and parents to become trained.
Here's a Training Code List to Help With Quality Unit Reports
>> Click below to get course descriptions
2008-09 District Training Opportunities : Click to see the District Calendar
Please email or call Jim to register in advance for any of these courses.
It is critical
that you let us know your are attending so that we can provide you with
materials.
BALOO
(Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation)
This training will provide the necessary knowledge and skills for a pack to be
able to go Family Camping in the Middle Tennessee Council. Each pack is required
to have a BALOO trained individual on any family campout.
Introduction to Outdoor Leader
Skills
Outdoor skills are critical to the success of the Scouting
program, and Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills will provide leaders with the
basic outdoor skills information needed to start a program right. Introduction
to Outdoor Leader Skills is the required outdoor training for all Scoutmasters,
Assistant Scoutmasters and Varsity Scout coaches. The skills taught are based on
the outdoor skills found in the Boy Scout Handbook.
Powderhorn
The High Adventure Resource Management course for Venture Crew
Leaders and will enable you to provide an exciting and safe high adventure
program for their crew members.
Supplemental Training
Wood Badge for the 21st Century
POW WOW
WLOE (Webelos
Leader Outdoor Experience)
National Youth Leadership Training
District Junior Leader Training
Philmont
National Training Center
Serving as the only national volunteer training center for the Boy Scouts of America since 1950, the Philmont Training Center (PTC) provides a unique environment for the training of volunteer and professional leaders. Each year, more than 6,000 Scouters and family members attend PTC.