The Boy Scout Leader Wood Badge course may be conducted as a weeklong experience, or on a series of three weekends with patrol meetings between each session.
Experience shows that either format produces satisfactory results.
Separate staff guides are provided for each. A guidebook, Administration of Practical Training, outlines the procedures for administering the program. The Wood Badge program consists of two parts-practical training and application. The practical leadership experience is gained in a training troop camp setting where Scout- craft skills can be learned and practiced as a part of life in the troop. At the conclusion of the practical training, each participant has a minimum of 6 months from ticket acceptance and 2 years following practical training to complete the application phase and meet all of the goals that have been established.