Re: Are we about to make TRAINED meaningless?
Rick Clements (rickcl@POGO.WV.TEK.COM)
Mon, 22 Aug 1994 09:53:20 PDT
Having just spent 4 years with a Pack, I can tell you why our pack had
all our Cubmasters, Committee chairmen, Den Leaders and most of our
asstants trained. It's because the people who had been to training said
it was worth while. If people don't feel that they are learning
anything, the attendence will go down not up.
I do like the idea of the four hour training followed by a four hour
workshop that was already suggested. That would allow the the course
to be four hours and still have time to go into more detail for those
who want it.
I think this is similar to the question people ask when they first
start. "How much time will this take?" My answer is 1 hr/week for
Cubmaster and 3 hr/week Den Leader MINIMUM. But, many people find they
WANT to spend more time. They don't have more time than the rest of
us; they just feel it's worth the time.
Many people think 8 hrs is a long time for training, but at the end of
the year how many things did they wish had been covered in the
training? If they are left with too many things that they wish had
been covered, they will stop seeing training as worth the time. If we
see a drop off in people being trained next year and the year after,
it will be because the unit leaders are saying that the training isn't
worth their time. It's the unit leaders that affect how many new
leaders get trained.
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