Wood Badge
Troop 19 Adults who have earned Wood Badge
In 1911, four years after Scouting began in Great Britain, Lord Baden-Powell
began training Scouters through a series of
lectures. This led to the first Wood
Badge training course for Scoutmasters held eight years later at Gilwell Park
near London. In 1936, an experimental Wood Badge course was conducted in the
United States at the Schiff Scout Reservation. Then in 1948, the first American
Wood Badge course was introduced in the United States as advanced training for
trainers of Boy Scout leaders. Later, the program was extended to include troop
committee members, commissioners, and Explorer leaders.
Experiments began in the late 1960s with a leadership development Wood Badge
course emphasizing eleven leadership skills of "competencies." This program was
launched in 1972 in support of a major revision of the Boy Scout phase of the
program. In 1978, an evaluation of the Boy Scout Leader Wood Badge course
revealed a need for greater emphasis on the practical aspects of good troop
operation. The course now provides a blend of Scoutcraft skills and practical
troop operation, mixed with a variety of leadership exercises. The course is
under constant review for possible areas of further refinement.
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Wood Badge Course Directors |
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| Larry Banks -- SR-855 |
Tanya Hartje -- SR-933 |
| Craig Orr -- S5-415-12 |
Dan Hardesty -- S5-415-14 |
| Darren Seigler - S5-415-15 |
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