High Adventure Training
Youth Protection
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) and Golden Gate Area Council (GGAC) emphasize youth safety for all of our programs. To support a safe environment, is it critical that all registered volunteers be compliant with required Youth Protection Training (YPT) from the BSA and California Law AB-506, which adds requirements for volunteers in all youth serving organizations. Parents are highly encouraged to complete YPT.
Wood Badge
Wood Badge is an advanced, national leadership course open only to Scouting volunteers and professionals. Scouters from Cub Scouting, Scouts BSA, Venturing, Sea Scouts, and Explorers, and district and council Scouters all are welcome and belong here.
Reflecting the best of nearly a century of Scouting experience, Wood Badge draws upon the most current leadership models used by corporate America, academic circles and successful organizations throughout the country.
National Youth Leadership Training
The current NYLT program, introduced in 2005, incorporates widely supported teaching methods and leadership techniques, for example teaching using the Explain, Demonstrate, Guide, and Enable (EDGE) teaching method.
National Youth Leadership Training
Sea Scout units– called ships- are established all across the country on oceans, bays, rivers, and lakes. They provide limitless opportunities and exciting challenges that you won’t find anywhere else. Sea Scouts is a place to grow and learn, find adventure, and build long lasting friendships.
Position Specific Training
These instructor-led courses are designed to help Scouters learn how to effectively carry out their Scouting roles. In most cases, completing the course will make a Scouter “trained” for the role(s) covered in the course. E-learning versions of some courses may be found on-line.
BALOO Information
The BSA requires that you have at least one BALOO-trained adult on every Cub Scout den or pack overnight outdoor event. That include pack camping and Webelos den overnighters.
IOLS Information
Working as patrols, this hands-on course provides adult leaders the practical outdoor skills they need to lead Scouts in the out-of-doors.
Target & Range Sports
The purpose of BSA shooting sports is to teach firearm safety while introducing youth to a variety of shooting sports programs. The BSA’s shooting sports programs are developed and implemented through age-appropriate training and experiences.
Being a Sea Scout is about more than sailing—it's about leadership, teamwork, and pushing boundaries. The Golden Gate Area Council has given me the tools to navigate life’s challenges and discover who I am.
Alexandrya
Sea Scout
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