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Jerry CeresScoutmaster

THE WOOD BADGE Ticket N5-347-14

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1. Identify a significant thing in your scouting position you want to improve

2. Experience the adult learning process during the “classroom portion” of the course.

3. With help from TG develop 5 significant goals

4. With help from the TC apply your learned skills to complete your 5 goals

5. Go back to step 1

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The Wood Badge Learning Experience (Process)

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What’s my current Scouting job?

What would I like to see happen over the next year and a half?

How am I going to do it?

Pre-Course Questions

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A commitment to apply knowledge The practical application of learned skills

A vision of success A plan of action composed of five significant goals

The Wood Badge Ticket

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Rifle shot vs. shotgun approach. Not intended to be overwhelming. Skills not necessarily linked. An opportunity to practice leadership skills.

The Wood Badge Ticket - Intent

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Which comes first, the chicken or the egg? Our values or our mission? Our mission or our vision? The truth is, values, mission, and vision are so interrelated that it is hard to say. Perhaps the diagram should look like this:

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◦ A values statement represents the core priorities in the organization’s culture, including what drives members’ priorities and how they act within the organization.

◦ A mission statement explains the organization’s or individual’s main aim or purpose. It defines why we exist.

◦ A vision statement expresses the organization’s or individual’s desired destination within a certain time frame. It defines where we are going.

Each element is unique, but they all work together.

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As Scout leaders, we share the BSA’s mission, helping to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law.

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1. Your values – core beliefs that guide your actions.

2. Your mission- the action plan in support of the BSA’s mission.

3. Your vision- your picture of future success.

Values, Mission, and Vision

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Remember, your personal vision statement involves knowing:

◦ Who you are

◦ Where you’re going

◦ What success looks like

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Remember: The vision may not be realized upon completion of the 5 goals!

Reaching the goals might only be part of a long term work in progress!

The Wood Badge Ticket

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Ticket is “final” when Participant and Ticket Counselor say it is …..and then it can still change.

The Wood Badge Ticket

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• Offer young people responsible fun and adventure.

• Instill in young people lifetime values and develop in them ethical character as expressed in the Scout Oath and Law.

• Train young people in citizenship, service, and leadership.

• Serve America's communities and families with a quality, values-based program.

The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young

people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by

instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law.

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Should we provide sample tickets? No (Consensus of Conferees at the 3rd National Wood Badge Alignment Symposium, March 2007)

Should we provide ticket templates?

Yes – but keep them simple

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◦None of them are right,

◦None of them are wrong,

◦They’re just different.

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It takes all of the pieces working together to make a ticket and bring our vision to life.

Supports the BSA mission.Position basedIt has to be realistic.

Five goals ◦At least one goal must deal with diversity.

◦One goal may involve developing and applying a self assessment tool

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SMART

SpecificMeasurableAttainableRelevantTime-based

Significant Meaningful Appropriate Reasonable Targeted

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Encourage patrol members to help each other

Keep the momentum going.

Participants shouldn’t be afraid of being too specific for fear of failure

Step back and give participants some space

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Participants need to use the time between the course weekends

Don’t forget the leadership skills.

Don’t get hung up on semantics

IINHIWA

Encourage ticket completion in 12 months

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It’s Their Vision

KISMIF

Keep In Touch

Encourage attendance at the post course meeting. (September, 2014)

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Provides an opportunity to practice the skills we have learned.

Makes us think about the BSA mission and the role we play in making that a reality.

Makes us think about the end result before we even begin.

Gives us a useful planning tool Inspires us and others to excel.

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