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AMEN!
oops! Sorry! forgot and turned lurk mode off. QQ
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Running an Outpost. That's when you dress out
and go outside and do laps around the church and parking lot. Running an
outpost. Cross Training is when you study the Bible intently. Leadership
Training is when One goes before the Lord and says "Here am I send me!"
not " I am here now what?" Be the clay before it goes into the kiln.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 8:56
PM
Subject: Re: [RR] Re: Training
Question
Jonathan in the past I have ran into a lot of people that had the
assumption they were the only ones that could sanction a teaching leason and
teach it the way it needs to be taught. They are almost without
exception a bottle neck and 100% a pain in the neck. Facts
show that we only retain a few percent of what we are taught in a
classroom. Hands on experience and a few years working with a good
example of how to run an outpost blows any amount of classroom training
out of the room. I am not selling short training. As it is very
important. But to assume we are the only ones that can teach it right is
building on the wrong foundation. Every minute of every day someone is
doing it better than you or I will. With God's help I will do my best to
serve God ...
I know your intentions are of the very best but don't sell short others
training methods. God can use most anything for good. The Bible is
full of people who didn't measure up to man's standards but God can!
Mark Jones
At 06:48 PM 2/16/2002 -0800, Jim Hufferd wrote:
I have
heard of different styles of LTC, but had no idea the liberties that are
being taken and yet make the claim that the leaders are actually being
trained!!
This has been a problem for years in the
US. Each district has taken the national guidelines for training and have
taken liberties. Sometimes it was because of unique constraints in their
district, but more often I suspect it was due to the belief that they had a
"better idea" of how training should be done. Right now it is very difficult
to look at a commander who has their LMA from another district and to have
an idea of what he/she knows, because of the variability in training from
district to district.
Rumor
has it that Natl. will set some type of a time framework for the new
LTA's. I sure hope they do as a lot of the styles that I have read
in the last few days do not even come close to actual
training. It's more like open the hatch, pour it in until you
are full, now go home and digest it. A mind can not absorb that
information in that short of a time. We have leaders struggling just
to keep their head above water, when we do the weekly method. To keep from
having to call the paramedics on our all day sessions, the leaders have
their books 30 days ahead of time, do their homework & bring it with
them on the day of the class.
No rumor to it. There
will be a comprehensive set of guidelines for the LTA modules, and the set
of modules that lead to the LMA. The LMA will require 25 hours of classroom
instruction, plus the first aid course and either a 24-hour training
camp-out (for Discovery, Adventure, and Expedition Rangers commanders) or a
6-hour skills training session (for Ranger Kids commanders). Part of the
problem in the past was that there were no clear guidelines for things like
the training camp-out, so some districts ran them like a mini-NTC while
others treated it like a fun camp-out. That has been fixed in the LTA --
there is a good clear set of guidelines for the camp-out, and every other
module. That should help assure that a commander in one district is
receiving the same training that a commander in another district is
receiving.
The modules have all been designed with the goal of 100%
learning and retention of the material presented in each module. In
addition, they are designed to encourage additional training, and to enable
a commander to immediately apply what he or she has learned in a weekly
meeting or a camp-out or outing. The 25 hours of classroom instruction is
designed to provide leaders what they need to know to function as a leader
at the local level. Thus, some material that some districts are currently
requiring may be left out of the new LMA requirements. That's o.k. -- the
average local commander doesn't need to know that stuff at the beginning.
Subsequent modules that they may take after the LMA can teach them the
advanced stuff, or it can be covered in sectional Round Tables, District
Commanders Conferences, or Regional Seminars/Conferences. Often times, the
additional material that is being required isn't needed until someone
becomes a senior commander, or a member of a sectional staff. The LTA is
designed to provide additional training to folks as they progress in their
RR ministry, providing that training as it is needed, rather than requiring
it all up front. You can see a graphic of this training hierarchy that the
LTA is built around at http://hsb.baylor.edu/html/trower/traininghierarchy.jpg
Some of the top RR trainers from across the
nation have had input in the design of the LTA, the modules, and the
requirements for the LMA. If everyone will give the LTA a chance, and use it
as it is designed, these objectives will be
achieved.
Jonathan
For
well over 15 years I have been training leaders in our District and stand
by our policies and methods.
I have
sat on the District Training Committee as an IT, and have helped to shape
the policies and methods for our District. As ideas for new methods
come to light we evaluate them and make a decision based on their merits.
Jim Hufferd
Sectional
Commander
North San Joaquin Section
So California.
District
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Trower
South Central Region Training Coordinator
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