Wood Badge is Scouting's premier training course. It's the ultimate leadership training experience designed to meet the leadership needs for all Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Varsity Scout, and Venturing leaders as well as Council and District leaders and Scouting professionals.
Lord Baden-Powell designed it so that Scouters could learn, in as practical a way possible, the skills and methods of Scouting. It is first and foremost, learning by doing. The members of the course are formed into patrols and these into a troop. The entire troop lives in the out-of-doors for a week, or over two weekends, camping, cooking their own meals, and practicing Scout skills. Wood Badge teaches the same leadership skills or principles which are taught in management training courses offered all over the world.
While the skills presented are sound management techniques, they are presented in the environment of Boy Scouting, with the application of those skills geared towards the Boy Scout Troop. Cub Scout Leader Basic Training, Boy Scout Leader Basic Training/ Scoutmastership Fundamentals/ Commissioner Basic Training or Varsity Scout Leader Fundamentals must be completed prior to course.
Check out the South Coast Cluster Website for more information.
