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<center><big>Resources for [[Adult Leader]]s are provided for each program area:<br> [[Cub Scout]] [[Pack]], [[Boy Scout]] [[Troop]], [[Varsity]] [[Team]], and [[Venturing]] [[Crew]].</big></center> An [[Adult Leader]] is anyone registered as an Adult in the [[Boy Scouts of America]]. The term "Scouter" typically refers to an Adult Leader who has actively served for at least 1 to 3 years and would qualify for a [[Scouter Award]]. The term "Volunteer" sometimes can mean Adult Leader depending upon context but can also refer to non-registered adults who help a unit such as unregistered parents. <center>'''There is an old saying in Scouting:'''</center> {| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="5" style="background-color: #FFFFCC" align="center" |- | align="center" width = "350" |'''''Volunteers work for free,'''''<br> '''''Professionals are paid,'''''<br> '''''and Scouters pay to volunteer.''''' |} {{clear}} Different divisions of the Boy Scouts of America use a variety of terms that all mean a registered Adult Leader including: Adult Member, Adult Scouter, Volunteer Leader, Adult Volunteer, and leader. A ''Professional Scouter'' is a paid employee of the BSA such as a District Executive or council Scout Executive. __TOC__ ==Qualification== {{Adult Leader Qualification}} ==Leadership Requirements== {{quote-source|The applicant must possess the moral, educational, and emotional qualities that the Boy Scouts of America deems necessary to afford positive leadership to youth. The applicant must also be the correct age, and subscribe to the precepts of the Declaration of Religious Principle, and abide by the Scout Oath or Promise, and the Scout Law.|[http://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/28-501.pdf Adult Application]}} ==Registration== {{quote-source|Only persons willing to subscribe to these precepts from the [[Declaration of Religious Principle]] and to the Bylaws of the Boy Scouts of America shall be entitled to certificates of leadership. The applicant also agrees to follow the [[Youth Protection]] guidelines.|[http://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/28-501.pdf Adult Application]}} Adult leaders are registered with the Boy Scouts of America using the [http://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/28-501.pdf Adult Application]. They are then rechartered each year with a [[unit]], [[council]], or national council. As a part of their registration, all adult leaders receive ''Scouting'' magazine. ==Youth Protection Training== {{quote-source|All volunteers are expected to complete [[Youth Protection training]]. It is available online on the Web site www.scouting.org and each local council provides training to leaders on a regular basis throughout the year. As a volunteer, you are expected to complete the training within 90 days of assuming a leadership position.|[http://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/28-501.pdf Adult Application]}} ==Unit Leaders== [[Unit]] leaders are registered in [[Cub Scout Leader Portal|Cub Scout]] [[Packs]], [[Boy Scout Portal|Boy Scout]] [[Troops]], [[Varsity Scout Portal|Varsity Scout]] [[Teams]], or [[Venturing Portal|Venture]] [[Crews]]. They are approved each year by the unit committee chair and [[chartered organization]]. Each [[Tiger Cub Scout]] must be registered with his [[Adult Partner]]. ==District and Council Leaders== District and Council Leaders are registered with their [[local council]]. Their registration and recharter is approved by the council Scout Executive. ==Awards== Adult leaders may earn or be awarded a number of different [[Scouter Awards]]. ==See also== *[[Cub Scout]] [[Pack]] for boys in grades 1 - 5. *[[Boy Scout]] [[Troop]] for boys who have earned the Arrow of Light Award and are at least 10 years old or have completed the fifth grade and are at least 10, or who are 11, but not yet 18 *[[Varsity]] [[Team]] for boys age 14 but not yet 18 *[[Venturing]] [[Crew]] for young men and women who are 14 (and have completed the eighth grade) through 20 years of age ==External Links== *[http://www.scouting.org/media/lcl.aspx BSA Council Finder (address, phone, fax, website)] *[http://www.scouting.org/councils/all.aspx Listing of Council Websites] *[http://scouting.org/Applications/JoinScoutingFull.aspx Find a local unit] [[Category:Adult positions]][[Category:Unit Leadership Positions]]

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