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Contact: Dave Bolam DCC (Adult Support and Training) |
Introduction to the Training Programme
The new training programme is modular, it builds on existing knowledge providing alternative methods, locations and times to suit your particular needs.
Once you have agreed to take on a role in Scouting, the first stage of Appointment is to agree a job description with your Group Scout Leader or Commissioner. This should state who you are working with, what you are required to do, how long for and what support is available to you. You will then be able to start a locally agreed programme to induct you into your role.
A Personal Learning Plan is an agreed planned learning programme for a specified role. The plan is constructed by firstly identifying which of the available modules is relevant to your adult role and secondly by answering a series of short questions about each of the modules identified. This establishes which modules you will require training for. You will discuss your Personal Learning Plan with your Training Adviser and this should detail:
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which modules training is required for
- which method of learning is planned to be used
- how each module is going to be validated
- the target timescales for the above
- the date of the next review meeting.
It is important when agreeing the methods of training, that you take account of what is most appropriate to you in terms of other commitments and your own style of learning.
Some modules will be available in electronic form and others as workbooks. For many, the traditional style of meeting with other adults to work on a particular module will remain the popular choice. You can participate in courses run in your own area or in other areas. You may even choose to attend a course in a neighbouring county if that is more convenient to you.
After the completion of a particular module your ability to use the skills involved in that module in practice is confirmed through the validation process. All modules required for a particular Appointment must be validated regardless of whether the skills have been gained by previous experience or by planned learning. The validation methods will involve you doing your job in Scouting and it will not be an extra task.
Once you have completed the validation of the modules in your Personal Learning Plan you will be eligible for the award of the Wood Badge.
Following completion of the Wood Badge, you should plan to undertake ongoing training amounting to five hours each year. This training may include maintenance of First Aid qualifications/First Response certificate and skills training such as activity skills.
In the beginning following the issue of your Provisional Appointment, you need to meet four requirements over the first five months before the presentation of your Warrant. These can be completed in any order:
After that you can pick the courses relevant to the modules in your Personal Learning Plan from the training diary as is convenient to you over the next ? months.
Acknowledgements
The development of these web pages for Adult Training was greatly facilitated by material available from the National Team, www.wiltshirescouts.org.uk and www.coventryscouts.org.uk.