Boy Scout Training

Every Milton District Scout Deserves a Well-Trained Leader

Training Chair - Gene Thorncroft - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

To be considered fully trained for your position, you need to attend the following:

• Boy Scout Committee = YPT + Troop committee Challenge (TCC)
• Boy Scout SM/ASM = YPT + SALT + ITOLS

Youth Protection

• On-line course for all adults
• Required for any adult working with our youth
• Provides adult leaders and interested parents with youth protection guidelines as outlined by the BSA.
• This training supplies information to help ensure a safe and secure environment for the youth of our program through protection guidelines that are outlined by the BSA.
• This training supplies information on the basics of recognizing and reporting abuse.
• This program helps protect our youth and YOU, as their leader, by supplying the facts!

Fast Start

• On-line course for all leaders
• Provides information to aid new leaders in planning and conducting their first meetings
• Should be completed immediately after accepting a new position

This Is Scouting (TIS)

• On-line course for all leaders
• Pre-requisite for all BSA adult basic training (CSLS, TCC, SALT, ITOLS and VLST)

Troop Committee Challenge (TCC)

• On-line course for Troop committee members

Scoutmaster/Asst. Scoutmaster Leadership Training (SALT)

Three-part training that presents the skills and methods Scoutmasters can use to organize a Boy Scout Troop and support its boy leaders in developing and delivering an effective, exciting Scouting program. The three sessions are as follows:

• Getting Started: The Role of the Scoutmaster in a Boy-Led Troop
• Lighting the Fire: The Outdoor Program and the Advancement Program
• Keeping it Going: Program Planning and Troop Administration

SALT is an all day course help from 8am-5:30 on a Saturday.

Check the schedule and Sign up for this course

Introduction to Outdoor Leadership Skills (ITOLS)

A weekend camping experience which teaches you how to teach the outdoor skills necessary for a Scout to attain the Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class ranks.

ITOLS consists of a one-day orientation and a full weekend outing, normally held in the fall. Both the orientation session and the weekend are required.

Course fee is $30

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Nothing on the Milton training calendar meets your needs?? Check surrounding districts or the Atlanta Area Council, for other training opportunities.