Are the Adults in Your Unit Trained?

Scouting needs lots of leaders to help each unit run smoothly. Each scouting position is important to help the unit succeed. Each leader in these positions is to be trained on how they can be more effective in helping their scout unit.

As a district we are finding most of the leaders who are not trained are those who are serving as committee members. These members do not often work directly with the youth but have a big impact on how the program runs.

As a district we encourage all scout leaders to go to the National Scout site and login to My.Scouting.org and see what you need to do to be fully trained in your position.

The following is useful information for all scout leaders.

Where do I go online for more information?

There are two main sites for information about your troop. Each of these sites help you access different information to help you in your scouting position. It’s like being a member of two different banks. Depending on what you need, you should go to that site for the right information.

The National Scout site is your My.Scouting.org bank. This site lets you know what training you need for your position; what training needs to be completed and it also updates your personal Scouting profile. You need to set up a username and password to login to the account. This site also helps current District and Council positions in seeing who needs training and be a support to the adult scouts they serve.

Scoutbook requires the same username and password as your My.Scouting.org account. Scoutbook is your unit’s access to the advancements for all scouts in Pack, Troop or Crew. The Key Three in the scout unit have the rights to login to Scoutbook and can add three additional members of their unit to have access. For example, the Den leader could be added to mark advancements or changes for their den members and the Advancement Chairman will also need access. A scout parent can see their child’s advancement.

Special note: Scoutbook has main scout positions that have the right to be able to have access for your unit. If a person cannot login it may be that National does not have them listed in a curtain scout position to gain that access.