Objective is to reach a point where officers are Wood badge trained before becoming officers. National B.S.A. policy states that ALL Merit Badge Counselors must be trained. Training helps ensure that counselors understand and adhere to the purpose of Scouting, youth protection, and advancement procedures. Everyone who will be a counselor is strongly encouraged to attend Merit Badge Counselor Orientation . Click here for details, or for an to serve as a Merit Badge Counselor.
Basic training is a formal course.
Supplemental training consists of monthly Roundtable meetings and additional courses such as our Train the Trainer course, courses offered by other councils, the High Adventure Series, and training offered annually at Aptos. Advanced training consists of Boy Scout Wood Badge and training offered at the Philmont Training Center. These standards are established to serve the youth and adult volunteers of Marin Council. While some units may choose to exceed them, we need to plan and program so that the council in full will meet them. Training builds better understanding, more cooperation, better leaders, stronger units, and a better Council.