We are slowing getting the site up and running in an attempt to get it functional before the scouting season starts. To date we have added pages which contain:
- The History of Venturing
- The Venturing Oath (replaced by Scout Oath)
- The Venturing Code (replaced by Scout Law?).
- And the requirements for the new awards that took effect on May 1st of this year.
New Rank Requirements & Award System
First let’s just right to the point and explain what the new rank requirements and their corresponding awards are replacing. Only the following are being replaced:
- Venturing Bronze Award
- Venturing Gold Award
- Venturing Silver Award
These were simply awards that progressed with the Silver being the highest. Under the new program, these are actual ranks youth can achieve that have a corresponding award with them. They are:
- Venturing Award
- Discovery Award
- Pathfinder Award
- Summit Award
What will *NOT* be going away:
- The Ranger Award
- Quest Award
- TRUST Award
- Quartermaster Award (Sea Scouting)
- STEM/NOVA Program
- COPE Program
Additionally, the new handbooks and leader materials will have all the information
HANDBOOKS
Unfortunately the new materials appear to be delayed yet again. Originally due out in June/July they were pushed to late July, then mid/late August and now there is conflicting statements saying early September. The materials that will be released and a summary of what they will contain are:
- Handbook for Venturers
- Part 1: Venturing Essentials
- Part 2: What Venturers do: areas of program emphasis (adventure, leadership, service, and personal development)
- Part 3: Planning and leading adventure and your crew
- Venturing Advisor Guidebook
- Part 1: Venturing Essentials, including Venturing pedagogy (i.e., experiential education and youth development)
- Part 2: Advising youth (i.e., how the program operates through Venturing’s methods and areas of program emphasis; how to advise and support the youth who design and lead the program)
- Part 3: Program Resources and Administration
- Venturing Awards and Requirements Book
- Focus on support for TRUST, Quest, Ranger awards (requirements and resource materials) as well as a compendium of additional programs of interest to Venturers…
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