The Huguenot Trail leadership training team is legendary for providing quality and purpose driven training for scouters across the Richmond region.

Do you have other leaders that get the deer in the headlight stare? Do your committee chair and members wander aimlessly around? Were you "appointed" to a leadership position and don’t know where to start? You need training!

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Webelos to Boy Scouts

The Webelos Transition Guide is a training and planning document for both Webelos and Boy Scout units to use to assist scouts in making the transition between these two programs.  

The Webelos-to-Scout plan is a cooperative effort between the Pack and Troop that results in increased transition of Webelos Scouts to Boy Scouting. It gives Webelos Scouts and their families an awareness of the Troop program, Troop Leadership, advancement, and an appreciation of Troop organization and relationships. Studies have shown that when the plan is used, a high percentage of Webelos Scouts move into the Troop easily and eagerly.

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Fast-Start

All unit-level leaders

Fast-Start training continues to provide an immediate comfort level for new leaders and enables them to say "I can do this!".  Fast Start training is the first step for any new volunteer and is to be delivered immediately after a new leader registers and before he or she meets with any youth member.

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New Leader Essentials

All unit-level leaders

Highlights the values, aims, history, funding, and methods of Scouting. Addresses how these aims and methods are reached in an age-appropriate style. All unit-level leaders attend this session, Cub Scouts to Venturing Leaders. Explains how they are all striving for the same results with the youth they serve. Each leader completes New Leader Essentials training only once.

Leader Specific Training

Scoutmaster/ASM/Webelos II

Training is separated into four parts. Three parts concentrate on troop operation and is completed in one full day. The fourth part, Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills, which focuses on outdoor skills lasts approximately a day and a half. Leaders are considered trained after completing New Leader Essentials and all four parts of Leader specific training.