Adult Training

The Boy Scouts of America takes great pride in the quality of our adult leadership. Being a leader in the BSA is a privilege, not a right. The quality of the program and the safety of our youth members call for high-quality adult leaders.

Assistant Scoutmaster: The Troop needs Assistant Scoutmasters in order to achieve all of the goals of the Troop. The Assistant Scoutmasters attend and help out with the running of weekly meetings, provide support to the patrols, help out with teaching skills to the Scouts, help transport scouts on trips and provide adult leader coverage at events. Every activity requires a minimum of 4 adults to attend. Assistant Scoutmasters must be Youth Protection Trained and in order to be eligible to accompany scouts on overnight events must be fully trained by March 31 (within one year after the date they joined). Our Troop has a busy schedule, and it is important to have enough adults available so that no one person is overly burdened with Troop event operations. There is a $10 registration fee to become an Assistant Scoutmaster. Research has shown that Scouts whose parents are registered leaders are more likely to stick with Scouting.

Any adult Boy Scout Leader in a youth contact position must have at least the following: (Click here for more info.)

• Youth Protection Training (offered online). Youth Protection Reporting Guidelines for Narragansett Council

Any adult Boy Scout Leader accompanying scouts on overnight events have until March 31 within the year that they joined to successfully complete the following training. Any Boy Scout who turns 18 and re-charters as an Assistant Scoutmaster has until his 21st birthday to complete these three training sessions.

• This is Scouting formerly New Leader Essentials (offered online)
• Scoutmaster and Assistant Scoutmaster Leader Specific
• Outdoor Leader Skills

All adults who work with scouts must have Youth Protection Training. 

Each position in scouting requires certain training.  Some of this training can be done on the Internet and some must be done in person. 

An adult Boy Scout Leader must have at least the following:

• Youth Protection Training
• New Leader Essentials
• Scoutmaster and Assistant Scoutmaster Leader Specific
• Outdoor Leader Skills

Other recommended training is:

• Safe Swim Defense Training
• Wood Badge

There is a Boy Scout Leader Training Assessment Tool found on www.Scouting.org. For the link click here.  Please note that Narragansett Council's link is dead for this site.

Check Narragansett Council for specific training dates. The link below will give you all the information you need. Click here for a list of training and training dates for scouting.

Here are some good resources for adult leaders:

• The Boy Scout Leader Fast Start Viewer Guide
• The Troop Program Resources Guide
• The ScoutMasters Minutes