3 Rivers District, Northern New Jersey Council: February 2019

Saturday, February 23, 2019

New Scout Handbooks at the Scout Shop

Girl-friendly Scout handbooks now available

Girls who are members of a Scouts BSA all-girl troop will want to buy this version of the Scout handbook, with photos of girls in action along with appropriate girl-friendly pronouns.

Just to be fair, BSA National cloned a boy-friendly version -- completely identical to the girl version, but with different photos and different pronouns. Note that boys can buy either the new handbook or the old existing 13th edition.

With one exception, rank requirements have not changed since last year, and all rank requirements apply equally to boys and girls. The exception is a one-time relaxation of the requirement to complete Eagle Scout prior to the 18th birthday, which applies to girls (and boys) who first join a troop in 2019. Click here for details.

Monday, February 11, 2019

Mandatory Training for Adults - Part 2

The Part-2 requirement for 2020 is to have all direct-contact leaders go through position-specific training.

By way of review, Part-1 affected all units that rechartered in January 2019. The mandate was to enforce Youth Protection Training (YPT) certification for every adult listed on the unit's roster. Any adult without current YPT certification had to be dropped. (Exceptions were Tiger adult parent-partners and the unit's Executive Officer.)

Part-2 will affect all units when they recharter in January 2020. The mandate will apply to all "direct contact" leaders: Cubmaster, Assistant Cubmaster, Den Leader, Scoutmaster, Assistant Cubmaster, Crew Adviser, Post Adviser. These leaders must go through position-specific training if they have not already done so.

Presumably, most leaders will opt to sit through the online training module, which can be found and launched from My.Scouting.org (see left image). Another possibility is to request that a trainer come to your unit for an in-person session. District Exec Lumie Perez is the contact. Lumie can also provide a list of your unit's leaders, showing who is okay and who needs to get it done.

Friday, February 1, 2019

Three Rivers Events During February 2019

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Saturday, February 23, 2019

New Scout Handbooks at the Scout Shop

New Scout Handbooks at the Scout Shop

Girl-friendly Scout handbooks now available

Monday, February 11, 2019

Mandatory Training for Adults - Part 2

Mandatory Training for Adults - Part 2

The Part-2 requirement for 2020 is to have all direct-contact leaders go through position-specific training.

Friday, February 1, 2019

Three Rivers Events During February 2019