To add to what Jonathan says, there is one more thing to keep in mind:
The eight hour course estimate includes time for discussion, question and answer
sessions and soul winning practice sessions. In a District council setting,
those pieces are often omitted.
The 8 hours is not an estimate. That's the national standard. Period. We "debated" what it means to have a national standard for training on this list earlier this year. I double checked with our national training coordinator during National Council . . . the intention of the national staff and national training committee is that trainers follow the national standard in all training endeavors.
So here's the standard from the national office:
If you are teaching Ranger Basics to NEW commanders, then nothing is to be left out or added. The standard is 8 hours INCLUDING discussion, Q&A, practice sessions, etc.
Only if you are using the Ranger Basics book as part of the transitional module do you go on the accelerated schedule, and this is done only when teaching experienced commanders (those who already have their LMA). And then after covering ALL of the material in the Ranger Basics book you also cover the LMA transitions material. That gives you a six hour class.
Either way you look at it, Ranger Basics is NOT a 4 hour class. Anyone doing it in 4 hours either doesn't understand how the book is to be used, or national standards are being bent already.
Jonathan
At 09:13 PM 4/10/2002 -0500, Jonathan Trower wrote:
At 08:42 PM 4/10/2002 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jonathan,
As I read in the ICS notebook Ranger basics is an eight hour course. Lessons one thru seven, a model outpost meeting and Role Playing. Where do you think the eight hours goes?
How much time should each part take? We did the lessons one thru seven at our District Council in four hours.
The schedule for Ranger Basics is in the front of the book for classes being taught to new commanders:
Session 1: The Royal Rangers Ministry -- 30 minutes
Session 2: The Royal Rangers Team -- 90 minutes
Session 3: Teaching Boys -- 2.5 hours
Session 4: Reaching Boys -- 90 minutes
Session 5: Keeping Boys -- 60 minutes
Session 6: The Royal Ranger Uniform -- 30 minutes
Session 7: Concluding Remarks -- 30 minutes
It sounds like the class you went through was the "transitions" version of the Ranger Basics book.
Ranger Basics (the book) can be used in two different manners. First, is to teach the Ranger Basics course to new commanders. This takes 8 hours, follows the schedule above, and includes the sample outpost meeting and the soul winning practice sessions. New commanders qualify to wear the Ranger Basics patch on their uniform when they have completed this course.
Second, an abbreviated version of Ranger Basics is taught in about 4 hours, then additional transitional material is taught for about 2 hours, giving you the 6 hour Transitions course. This course is designed for commanders who already have one of the existing LMAs (red or blue), and after you complete the course you qualify for the new gold LMA. When using the Ranger Basics book in this manner, there is a modified schedule, as you can quickly skim over the material that the experienced commanders already know.
Jonathan
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