Webelos Advancement

A fun and organized way to advance your Webelos to Arrow of

Light

George Trubisky

&

Ann Ramirez

Agenda part 1

Introduce my Scouts

Webelos Advancement 101– Activity Pins– Webelos Badge, faith requirement and earning the

religious emblem of faith– Arrow of light requirements

You will understand (if nothing else) after this part that earning these aren’t that easy!

Agenda part 2

What our den did and why it worked– Where to get help– Club Trax series spreadsheet– What to do first

• Summer Camp• Parent organizing meetings• Den meeting details

Summary

How to get handouts from this class

Questions and Comments

Who are you?

How many are Bear Den or assistant leaders?

Webelos I den or assistant leaders?

Other positions?

Who am I?(george)

Bear and Webelos Den LeaderTiger and Wolf assistant Den LeaderStarted August of 2003 with our pack (93)Other positions:– Holiday fund raiser chairperson for 2 years– WebMaster– A long, long, long time ago I was a Eagle Scout….

My Scouts

Anthony (age 11, home school)

Blake (age 10, 5th grade)

Brandon (age 10, 4th grade)

Mike (age 11, 6th grade)

Paul (age 10, 5th grade)

Tyler (age 10, 5th grade)

Webelos Advancement 101

20 activity pins in 5 groups

Webelos Badge

Arrow of Light (Graduate) requirement

18 months total

Advancement 101-Badges

Physical Skills group

Mental Skills group

Community group

Technology group

Outdoors group

Advancement 101-Badges

Beltloops are re-earned as part of activity badge requirements4 activity badges are required, 8 minimum to graduate Den and assistant Den leaders signoff on requiremnents-not parents

Advancement 101-Webelos Badge

Do first like the other ranks, but does not include everythingFitness and Citizen activity pins required1 other pin not from Physical or Community groupsFaith requirement (know, commit practice) and…..Understand the (boy) Scout Oath and Law

Webelos Badge-faith requirement (d OR e)

Requirement d– Earn the religious

emblem of your faith

Requirement e-do 2 of the 6 listed1. Attend religious

organization of choice, talk with the leaders about your beliefs, tell your family and Den leader about what you learned

Webelos Badge-faith requirement (d OR e)

Requirement d– Earn the religious

emblem of your faith

Requirement e-do 2 of the 6 listed2. Discuss with family

and Den leader how your religious beliefs fit in with the Scout Oath and Scout Law

Webelos Badge-faith requirement (d OR e)

Requirement d– Earn the religious

emblem of your faith

Requirement e-do 2 of the 6 listed3. With your religious

leader, discuss and make a plan to do two thing you think will draw you nearer to God. Do them over a month

Webelos Badge-faith requirement (d OR e)

Requirement d– Earn the religious

emblem of your faith

Requirement e-do 2 of the 6 listed4. For at least a month,

pray or meditate reverently each each day as taught by your religious group

Webelos Badge-faith requirement (d OR e)

Requirement d– Earn the religious

emblem of your faith

Requirement e-do 2 of the 6 listed5. Under the direction

of your religious leader, do an act of service for someone else. Talk about your service with your family and Den leader. Tell how it make you feel.

Webelos Badge-faith requirement (d OR e)

Requirement d– Earn the religious

emblem of your faith

Requirement e-do 2 of the 6 listed6. List at least 2 ways

you believe you have lived according to your religious beliefs.

Webelos Badge-faith requirement

Reasons Why I chose to have my den focus on earning the religious emblem of their faith (d) rather than alternate requirement (e):– Its easier to organize. There are outside

resources to help your den parents– you don’t sign off on requirements, the Scout’s

religious leader does. Alternate (e) requires the Den leader’s signoff and some participation.

– It’s the only award beside Arrow of Light the Scout can carry over to Boy Scouts

Webelos Badge-faith requirements

P.R.A.Y “Programs of Religious Activities with Youth”

Business Office)– Website: www.praypub.org– Cross reference 54 religious denominations with

religious emblem awards recognized by Boy and Girl Scouts

– religious organizations themselves retain all responsibility for curriculum development and establishing program guidelines, P.R.A.Y business office just process orders for materials on-line)

Arrow of Light

This is the “graduation” requirementEarned Webelos badge8 activity badges total minimum– Must have readyman and outdoorsman– Must have fitness and citizen (from webelos

badge)

Must do a Webelos overnight campout– Overnight is in addition to outdoorsman overnight

Must visit boy scout meeting

Arrow of Light is highest award in Cub Scouts

What my den did

Who will help me?

How do keep track?

What should I do first?

What training is required?

Are there handouts?

Get uniformed assistant Den leaders!

Tracking tools

Webelos Trax is 1 spreadsheet in a series that are FREE TOOLS By Scouters For ScoutersIndividual Webelos handbook for each scout

Tracking tools: Trax spreadsheet tabs

Complete instructionsParent contacts info by scoutAttendance record by scoutWebelos badge achievements by scoutActivity Pin achievements by scout

Beltloop achievements by scout

Arrow of Light achievements by scout

Scout detail page for each scout

Tracking tools: An example

I’m reviewing my Trax for to make sure all my scouts have met all the requirements for Arrow of light.

Brandon is missing one of the requirements for his Webelos badge!

Trax quickly lets me pinpoint what is missing

I email the parent for corrective action with supporting documentation

Tracking tools: web page

www.geocities.com/~pack215/cub-tracker.html

Summary:What to do first?

What to do first?

Go to Pow-Wow

What to do first?

Go to Pow-WowGet signed up:summer day camp/Webeloree

What to do first?

Go to Pow-WowGet all your scouts into a summer day campSet up a trax spreadsheet

What to do first?

Go to Pow-WowGet all your scouts into a summer day campSet up a trax spreadsheet Schedule a parents organizing meeting as the FIRST meeting of the scout year (August)– chart the order of activities you want to do– schedule your den meetings– Assign parents achievement part of each meeting

What to do first?

Go to Pow-WowGet all your scouts into a summer day campSet up a trax spreadsheet Schedule a parents organizing meeting as the FIRST meeting of the scout year (August)– chart the order of activities you want to do– schedule your den meetings– Assign parents achievement part of each meeting

Get your B.A.L.O.O training – Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation

Handouts from this class?

Email Me with the title “Webelos Advancements”george.trubisky@mac.comI’ll send you:– Copy of this presentation– Attach the current Webelos Trax

spreadsheet

Questions?