Leadership Development For Venturers
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Kodiak
The Kodiak course combines the elements of leadership and service to others as the two key tenants of Venturing. Servant leadership is a philosophy that teaches the leader to work with and through a team to accomplish the mission.Kodiak’s methods are the following: Challenging outdoor treks to use nature as a classroom (no indoor sessions). Five leadership skills, called “commissions,” are taught. They can be offered over a week, or over two weekends. It uses a hands-on teaching approach with very short presentations.
- This new training offers a much-needed support to Venturing crews with their officers. The sections that it covers are:
- · Crew Officers Roles and Responsibilities
- · Resources Crew Officers Needs and Use
- · Working With Advisors and Older Adults
- · How to Plan Your Crew’s Annual Program
- · Planning Resources
- Youth Protection: Personal Safety Awareness
- This training deals with issues facing our young adults today. The vignette covers acquaintance rape, peer sexual harassment, stalking, and two new additions in 2007–suicide and Internet safety. This cutting-edge training addresses head-on the issues facing youth.
