what is a "woodbadge course"?

by Miss Clarissa Heller DVM 5 min read

Scouting's founder, Lord Robert Baden-Powell, created Wood Badge in 1919 as the premier training course for Scoutmasters. Today, Wood Badge offers all servant leaders the skills and tools necessary to be the best servant leader you can be, whether you are involved in Cub Scouts, Scouts BSA, Venturing, or Exploring.

What is a Wood Badge course?

Wood Badge is an advanced, national leadership course open only to Scouting volunteers and professionals. Scouters from Cub Scouting, Scouts BSA, Venturing, Sea Scouts, and Explorers, and district and council Scouters all are welcome and belong here.

How many Scouters have completed Wood Badge training?

Feb 10, 2014 · Wood Badge is expertly designed to stress you out, tie you in knots and take you on the same emotional roller coaster we put our Scouts on as they advance in the program. In other words, you might not leave Wood Badge feeling relaxed, but you’re guaranteed to be recharged and ready to tackle any problem your Scouts throw your way.

Who conducted the first Wood Badge course at Gilwell Park?

Wood Badge training was begun by Baden Powell in 1919 as a way to insure that the leaders of Scout troops were properly trained. Since then Wood Badge has been held worldwide, providing advanced leadership training to thousands of Scout leaders.

What is the history of Wood Badge training in Israel?

Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting, directed the first Wood Badge course in 1919 and gave each of the participants one of the beads which he had captured from the African chieftain Dinizulu. Thus did the course name develop, for its symbol was literally a badge of wood. Wood Badge is, further, Scouting's premier training course.

What happens at Wood Badge?

At various times during Wood Badge, grown men and women impersonate Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Venturers, den chiefs, troop guides, assistant patrol leaders, patrol leaders, scribes, chaplain's aides, quartermasters, assistant senior patrol leaders, assistant Scoutmasters and a very hard-working senior patrol leader and ...

What is Wood Badge training?

Wood Badge is a Scouting leadership programme and the related award for adult leaders in the programmes of Scout associations throughout the world. Wood Badge courses aim to make Scouters better leaders by teaching advanced leadership skills, and by creating a bond and commitment to the Scout movement.

What do I need for Wood Badge?

To attend Wood Badge, Scouters must:

Have completed Basic Training for their registered Scouting position, or will do so prior to the course. Be capable of functioning safely in an outdoor environment. All participants are required to complete the Annual Health and Medical Record (parts A, B and C)

What do the Wood Badge course numbers mean?

And in reality, the code — found on every modern Wood Badge course — isn't that difficult to crack. The letter represents your Scouting region — Western, Central, Southern or Northeast. The number is your area. Then comes your council number (which you can find here), followed by the two-digit year.Apr 8, 2014

Are wood badges worth it?

Wood Badge is a serious commitment of time, either a week or two long weekends plus the tickets, but it is well worth it. A lot of participants apply what they learn at work as well as in Scouting.Sep 11, 2012

What is a Wood Badge ticket?

The Wood Badge "ticket" represents each Participant's self-directed commitment to complete a set of personal goals relating to that individual's Scouting position. These goals will significantly strengthen the program in which the Participant is involved.

What is Baloo training?

BALOO is a 2 day training course that teaches leaders skills needed to carry out a Pack successful family/Den campout. BALOO training is required for at least one adult leader of a Pack to do overnight camping as a part of the Pack's activities.

When was the first Wood Badge course?

The first Wood Badge course ran from Sept. 8–19, 1919. That's 12 days.Sep 6, 2019

What is NYLT in Boy Scouts?

National Youth Leadership Training is an exciting, action-packed program designed for councils to provide youth members with leadership skills and experience they can use in their home troops and in other situations demanding leadership of self and others.

What is S11 training in BSA?

Y01 Youth Protection Training. S11 Intro to Outdoor Leadership Skills. S24 Scoutmaster Specific Training.

How many Wood Badge beads are there?

Wood Badge Beads

Three beads are worn by staffers and Scoutmasters wear four beads. A six bead necklace was worn by Lord Baden-Powell and is currently worn by the Gilwell Park Camp Chief, now known as Director of Program and Development.

What is Himalayan Wood Badge?

This was a continuous, rigorous training and camping process spread over the past 3 years, competing equivalent to men, since Scouts is Boys/Men specific. This is the qualification needed to train and send our Scout students of Std. IX & X for Rashtrapati Award.Dec 13, 2018

Why is it called a woggle?

The American rings were called “Boon Doggles”, most probably because they were made of bone and the name was a skit on “dog bones.” To rhyme with this, Shankley called his creation a 'woggle'.Jun 4, 2019

What is Himalayan Wood Badge?

This was a continuous, rigorous training and camping process spread over the past 3 years, competing equivalent to men, since Scouts is Boys/Men specific. This is the qualification needed to train and send our Scout students of Std. IX & X for Rashtrapati Award.Dec 13, 2018

When was the first Wood Badge course?

The first Wood Badge course ran from Sept. 8–19, 1919. That's 12 days.Sep 6, 2019

Where was the first wood badge training held?

The first Wood Badge training in the Netherlands was held in July 1923 by Scoutmaster Jan Schaap, on Gilwell Ada's Hoeve, Ommen. At Gilwell Sint Walrick, Overasselt, the Catholic Scouts had their training. Since approximately 2000, the Dutch Wood Badge training takes place on the Scout campsite Buitenzorg, Baarn, or outdoors in Belgium or Germany under the name 'Gilwell Training'.

What is a wood badge?

Wood Badge is a Scouting leadership programme and the related award for adult leaders in the programmes of Scout associations throughout the world. Wood Badge courses aim to make Scouters better leaders by teaching advanced leadership skills, and by creating a bond and commitment to the Scout movement.

What is a wood badge neckerchief?

Wood Badge neckerchief, set of three beads (training staff), and woggle. Scout leaders who complete the Wood Badge program are recognized with insignia consisting of the Wood Badge beads, 1st Gilwell Group neckerchief and woggle.

Where did the wood badge come from?

Wood Badge training in Ireland goes back to the 1st Larch Hill of the Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland, who conducted Wood Badge courses that emphasized the Catholic approach to Scouting. This emphasis is now disappeared since the formation of Scouting Ireland.

Where is the Wood badge in the Philippines?

Today, Wood Badge courses are held at the Philippine Scouting Center for the Asia-Pacific Region, at the foothills of Mount Makiling, Los Baños, Laguna province.

What is the Swedish wood badge?

Sweden. As in several other Nordic countries, the Swedish Wood Badge training is known as Trefoil Gilwell, being a unification of the former higher leadership programmes of the Swedish Guides and Scouts, known respectively as the Trefoil training and the Gilwell training.

What is a Gilwell Woggle?

The Gilwell woggle is a two-strand version of a Turk's head knot, which has no beginning and no end, and symbolizes the commitment of a Wood Badger to Scouting. In some countries, Wood Badge training is divided into more than one part and the Gilwell woggle is given for completion of Wood Badge Part I.

Why do you want to go?

You want to participate in a Wood Badge course because of things you will learn and do. Here are some of the benefits:

Tickets

Have you heard of “The Ticket” and wondered what it is? The ticket is a group of five goals you set for yourself to do after course, to improve your unit. You learn more about this on the course.

Purpose of Wood Badge

The purpose of Wood Badge is to develop skilled leaders who can strengthen Scouting units in achieving the mission of the Boy Scouts of America.

More information

For more information, talk with your district or council training chair.

Where was the first wood badge training?

The first Wood Badge training took place on Gilwell Park. The estate continues to provide the service in 2007, for British Scouters of The Scout Association and international participants. Original trainers include Baden-Powell and Gilwell Camp Chiefs Francis Gidney, John Wilson and, until the 1960s, John Thurman.

What is the Gilwell Scout Group called?

These leaders are henceforth called Wood Badgers or Gilwellians. It is estimated that worldwide over 100,000 Scouters have completed their Wood Badge training. The 1st Gilwell Scout Group meets annually during the first weekend in September at Gilwell Park for the Gilwell Reunion.

Where did the phrase "working your ticket" come from?

The phrase 'working your ticket' comes from a story attributed to Baden-Powell: Upon completion of a British soldier's service in India, he had to pay the cost of his ticket home. The most affordable way for a soldier to return was to engineer a progression of assignments that were successively closer to home.

When will the Wood badge logo be redesigned?

Today’s Wood Badge program is contemporary and up-to-date. The Wood Badge logo has been redesigned for course use beginning in 2020 and thereafter. Use current, authentic, official logos, graphics and images to promote and support new Wood Badge courses, and related activities/events.

What is an axe and log?

Axe and Log. Axe and log are symbols of Gilwell Park, the home of the first Wood Badge course in 1919. Use a real axe and log (or current photos) whenever possible. Use axe and log graphics to support text about Gilwell Park, Gilwell Field and/or the early history of Wood Badge.

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Overview

International training centers and trainers

Other sites providing Wood Badge training have taken the Gilwell name. The first Australian Wood Badge courses were held in 1920 after the return of two newly minted Deputy Camp Chiefs, Charles Hoadley and Mr. Russell at the home of Victorian Scouting, Gilwell Park, Gembrook. In 2003, Scouts Australiaestablished the Scouts Australia Institute of Training, a government-registered National Vo…

Scout leader training course

Soon after founding the Scout movement, Robert Baden-Powell saw the need for leader training. Early Scoutmaster training camps were held in London and Yorkshire. Baden-Powell wanted practical training in the outdoors in campsites. World War I delayed the development of leader training, so the first formal Wood Badge course was not offered until 1919. Gilwell Park, just outside London, wa…

Insignia

Scout leaders who complete the Wood Badge program are recognized with insignia consisting of the Wood Badge beads, 1st Gilwell Group neckerchief and woggle.
The Gilwell woggle is a two-strand version of a Turk's head knot, which has no beginning and no end, and symbolizes the commitment of a Wood Badger to S…

External links

• Scouts Australia Institute of Training Site