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History of 21st Century Wood Badge
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The 21st Century Wood Badge Course Why?
1948
1972
2007
In 1948 the First American Wood Badge Course was
held at Schiff Scout Reservation. In 1972
we moved to the 1st Leadership Development Wood
Badge course. 21st Century Wood Badge debuted in
2000 Why Change??????
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Wood Badge the Course Wood Badge the Culture

• 1919 First Course at Gilwell Park
• 1936 First Experimental US Course _at_ Schiff
• 1950s Explorer Wood Badge
• 1968 Leadership Development Test
• 1972 Implementation of Leadership Development
  Course
• 1974 Introduction of Cub Trainer Wood Badge

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Wood Badge the Course Wood Badge the Culture

• 1990 Consideration is seriously given to
  eliminating Wood Badge the Course because of Wood
  Badge the Culture!

• Local Traditions were added to the syllabus by
  Course Directors and Staff.
• An elite Wood Badge Staff Cult was identifiable
  across the country.
• Too much Focus was on being a Staffer.

By the 80s,Wood Badge was more than a Training
Course in most Councils.
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Wood Badge the Course Wood Badge the Culture

• In the early 90s Course adjustments were made to
  the Wood Badge material to impact the culture
• 1996 National Meeting Boy Scout Division
  authorized development of 21st Century Course.

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From the 1996 National Task Force Meeting
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Draft Time Table
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Draft Time Table
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A Year More Work Than Planned!

• 1996 Decision to end Cub Trainer WB
• 1998 Task Force Course Development
• (Boy Scout, Cub Scout, Venturing, PD)
• 1999 Draft Session Topics
• Last Cub Scout Trainers Wood Badge
• 2000 January 1st National Pilot Sea Base
• 2000 August 2nd National Pilot Philmont
• 2001 Regional Pilot Courses
• 2002 National Roll Out of 21st Century Wood Badge

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Today

• 2005 5yr Revision aligns Wood Badge and NYLT.
• 2006 Minor additional NYLT Alignment
• 2007 Local Traditions Creeping back in. (Not
  all interfere or are problems some are and do)

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Wood Badge the CourseWood Badge the Culture 2007

• Wood Badge is a Training Course
• Other Courses are equally Important
• Youth Leadership Course should be more important!
  
• Wood Badge Staffs are Servant Leaders
• We Focus on the Participants not ourselves
• We are First Among Equals NOT a step
• above those we Train.
• We follow the letter and the Spirit and Intent of
  the Wood Badge Syllabus

The History of the 21st Century Course offers
lessons for our future IF we pay attention.