Links to Badge Requirements

Outdoor Adventure Skills

Badge Requirements - https://www.scouts.ca/programs/canadian-path/about/outdoor-adventure-skills.html

Remember, passing badges is different than instructing the youth. When you are passing OAS badges, the verbs in the requirements are interpreted the same way across all sections:

• "can" - the youth member is able to do the action themself, and they demonstrate actually doing it. Watching the scouters do something doesn't count

• "discuss" - the youth member actively participates in the discussion and is able to answer questions on the topic. It is very difficult to ensure participation by every member of a group of youth if the group is too large (eg: the full colony, pack or troop)

Personal Achievement Badges - Requirements

Beavers - https://scoutsca.s3.amazonaws.com/2019/02/bs-pab-guide.pdf

Cubs - https://scoutsca.s3.amazonaws.com/2019/02/cs-pab-guide.pdf

Scouts - https://scoutsca.s3.amazonaws.com/2019/02/s-pab-guide.pdf

Many sections across the country are having problems getting the youth to work on these badges, as the youth want to DO things, and complete requirements. They aren't used to building the requirements themselves. To help with this, several of our sections are using the following process to engage the youth. This will also has the benefit of exposing the youth to new ideas and opportunities.

1. Determine the interests of the youth members

   • The youth are asked to identify several of the PABs that they are interested in

   • The "sports" badges were eliminated from this selection as these are achievable by the youth through their sports teams/activities

   • The results from the youth are consolidated to see if there is a pattern, and 3-4 badges are selected to "jump start" each year. This also provides program ideas for the section leadership team

   • Different badges should be selected each year for variety.

2. For each of the badges selected

   • The section Scouters plan several activities, designed to grow the youth and expose them to something new in that area

   • The youth participate in the activity with Scouters noting their engagement with the activity

   • Following the event, the youth participate in a review of the activity - what did they each learn and what did they think of the event - what will they do with what they learned

   • To get credit for the activity, the youth member must participate in both the activity as well as the review.

   • For cubs, where 4 activities are required - the scouters plan 2 activities for the PAB. You'll want to change this number, for Beavers and Scouts.

   • For the 3rd activity, the youth are engaged in the planning process, so they can learn HOW to do this. This includes determining the activity along with the intended learnings and outcomes. They then participate in the activity and the review. In this case, the youth member must participate in all 3 phases to be given credit - plan, do and review

   • For the 4th activity, the youth member must take it upon themselves to plan the final activity, have the activity approved by the section Scouters, do the activity, and then review the results, again with the Section Scouters. Following this, the youth member is awarded the PAB.