South Fulton District Cub Leader Training Signup Survey

Since we are past the Sign Up Deadline, if you're trying to sign up, do this: call 404.881.7385 and ask for Bert Bender or leave a message if he can't take the call.






This is a "sign up survey" for South Fulton District Cub Leader Training in two Thursday sessions, Part One on Thursday August 25 at 7:00pm and Part Two on Thursday September 1 at 7:00pm, both at the Woodward Academy Middle School. So go ahead and sign up for Part Two! The Middle School is at 1655 Hardin Avenue, but the Cafeteria is "behind" the main building (the entrance is "in the courtyard"). This is one block north of Virginia Avenue, about 3 or 4 blocks East of Main Street in College Park. This WAS going to be a Saturday, August 27 session, but the Trainer must attend another Scouting event on that day. Both parts are required to be fully trained.

The sessions noted below are a combination of "Cub Scout Leader Position-Specific Training" plus Youth Protection Training, and instead of segregated sessions (for reasons noted below), this is "Pack Team Training", geared to give Den Leaders and Cubmasters and Assistants and Committee Members the knowledge and skills they need to have a fun and meaningful meetings for their Scouts.

We require "advance signup" because we will provide materials for attendees, and we cannot magically produce extra copies for people who "drop in", and the session doesn't work very well if there are just a few people (if we cancel for that, we'll direct you to alternate training sessions). And if we cancel for lack of signups or other emergency, we will ONLY notify those who signed up! The
Sign Up Deadline is the WEDNESDAY before the session.

More details about the class are in the survey below . . .

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1. First . . .

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2. My Cub Scout leadership role is (select all that apply -- for new leaders wondering about the animal names, Tigers are generally 1st Grade, Wolves 2nd Grade, Bears 3rd Grade, and Webelos are 4th and 5th Grade):

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3. Have you participated in a Scout Leader training course before?

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4. Note: this "Cub Scout Leader Specific Training" will NOT divide into separate Tiger Den Leader, Wolf/Bear DL, Webelos DL, Cubmaster and Committee training classes. The reasons are: (1) in our "neck of the woods" there are a lot of Packs that are not much bigger than a Den, and so many Pack Meetings/Den Meetings actually include Cub Scouts of multiple ranks (and with limited leadership resources, it is often better to include 2 Tigers with an energized and well led group of 8 total scouts, than to have them alone in a less engergized Den); (2) many of those Den Leaders and Cubmasters actually take on the harder "Pack Support Roles" that are ideally done by Pack Committee Members, and so they need to know what is involved to get it done and/or pass the job to a willing Committee Member; (3) many Den Leaders will be better able to "see the progression" of the ranks by seeing how each Rank Level works; (4) to help Den Leaders -- which is the most important job in Cub Scouts! -- Cubmasters and Committee Members need to know what Den Leaders do; (5) Den Leaders need to know what Cubmasters do and how Pack Meetings run, so that they can work better with Cubmasters and at Pack Meetings; (6) knowing about the other Den levels helps all Den Leaders when you're mixing with them at Pack Events, and (7) while there are some differences in the DL roles, there is much more in common when it comes to how to lead Scouts, work with Parents, and run a meeting (and it is useful to know the other roles, if only to help others succeed in those roles).

As a result, the class will run a little longer than a "one level only" class to cover the differences and ways to "incorporate all" in one meeting.

Does that present a concern for you?

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5. To help us plan, tell us some more information about your Pack, its Scouts, and its Leadership.

First . . . how big is your Pack (or how big do you think it will be this year)?

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6. Last . . . you might be the "First Leader" for a new (or renewed) Pack, or the first to "get serious" and take training, while other Packs might have lots of trained leader resources to "help you out". We might "reach out" to some of them to help you (and us) be sure that we cover important things for you to know about your Pack.

Does your Pack have other Trained or Experienced Leaders?

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7. Also: the Trainers reserve the right to cancel the session on 24 hours notice if fewer than 7 attendees are firmly committed to attend.

The reason for this is that the lessons cannot be effectively learned without having at least a "den size" in the Class -- and attendees will have a more valuable experience in a larger group. You can check in with cubleadertraining@southfultonscouting.com for updates on signups as the date approaches.

Does this create a problem for you?

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8. Are there others you know of (in your unit or otherwise) who would be interested in attending a South Fulton Cub Scout Leader Training class that we should contact?

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9. Thank you for your responses. Please let us know if you have any other questions or comments about our Training -- like whether you have specific topics, questions or issues you would like to see covered in this class? -- put them below, or email cubleadertraining@southfultonscouting.com with your comments.

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