Wood Badge is Scouting's advanced training course for all adult leaders: Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Venturing, district and council volunteer, and professional Scouters. The new "Wood Badge for the 21st Century" training course provides a common leadership foundation for all Scouters in the program. It incorporates current leadership practices and designed to increase the number of top trained leaders.

Reflecting the best of nearly a century of Scouting experience, the course also draws upon the most current leadership models used by corporate America, academic circles, and successful outdoor leadership organizations through the country. You will live the magic of Scout leadership training as envisioned by the founder of Scouting, Lord Baden-Powell.

There are two parts to Wood Badge training: practical - experiential learning during two 3-day weekend sessions, and then application of the leadership skills in your Scouting position. This combination of practicing the skills with fellow participants and applying the skills in your Scouting position is incredibly effective.

A key area of the process is team development and learning to recognize the stages through which developing teams must pass. Participants learn to apply appropriate leadership strategies that enable teams to reach their highest levels of performance. This course will help you understand the full values-based family of Scouting programs as well as discover ways to use the leadership skills to improve your personal and professional life.