New Horizons District
Information

CLICK HERE to view/download New Horizons Roundtable flyers.

Download the following calendar to see all district-wide activities!

2024 - 2025 District Calendar

Why is it essential to get trained?
Units with Trained Leaders that regularly attend Roundtable:

• Are more fun and less stressful
• Retain Scouts in the program longer
• Do a better job of delivering the Promise of Scouting

To be Trained for your position:

All Registered Leaders Must be Youth Protection Trained and Re-take this Training every Two years.

Cub Scouts

Cubmasters, Den Leaders, and their Assistants

• Position-Specific Training AND Hazardous Weather Training

Committee Chair and Members

• Position-Specific Training

Scouts BSA

Click HERE to find out what training is required or see below

Scoutmasters and Assistants

• Position-Specific Training AND Introduction to Outdoor Leadership Skills (IOLS) AND Hazardous Weather

Committee Chair and Members

• Position-Specific Training

Venturing

Crew Advisor and Assistants

• Position-Specific Training AND Hazardous Weather Training

Committee Chair and Members

• Position-Specific Training

Cub Scout Den Leader & Assistant Training

Online training at https://my.scouting.org
(Menu >> My Training >> Cub Scouting >> Cub Scout Den Leader & Assistant)

Cub Scout Cubmaster & Assistant Training

Online training at https://my.scouting.org
(Menu >> My Training >> Cub Scouting >> Cubmaster or Assistant)

Cub Scout Pack Committee Chair or Member Training

Online training at https://my.scouting.org
(Menu >> My Training >> Cub Scouting >> Pack Committee Chair or Pack Committee Member)

Scouts BSA Scoutmaster & Assistant Scoutmaster Training

Online training at https://my.scouting.org
(Menu >> My Training >> Scouts BSA >> Scouts BSA - Scoutmaster Position Specific Training)

Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills (IOLS)

A new Scoutmaster or Assistant Scoutmaster is considered trained upon completion of Scoutmaster and Assistant Scoutmaster Position-Specific Training and Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills (IOLS).

See https://stlbsa.org/training/outdoor-leadership-skills/ for upcoming dates, registration, and additional information.

Scouts BSA Committee Chair and Committee Members Training

Online training at https://my.scouting.org
(Menu >> My Training >> Scouts BSA >> Scouts BSA - Troop Committee Chair - Position-Specific Training)

Youth Protection Training 

Required for ALL Registered Leaders and must be Renewed Every Two Years.

Online and In-Person Training Information at https://stlbsa.org/training/youth-protection/

Hazardous Weather Training

ALL Direct Contact Leaders (e.g., Cubmasters, Den Leaders, Scoutmasters, Assistant Scoutmasters, Venturing Crew Advisors, Assistant Crew Advisors, Sea Scout Skippers) must complete Hazardous Weather Training to be considered position trained, and it needs to be renewed every two years. Please visit my.scouting.org and complete the Hazardous Weather Training!

https://my.scouting.org
(Menu>> BSA Learn >> Catalog >> Search "Hazardous Weather" >> Visit >> Enroll/Start Again.)

Cub Leader Outdoor Experience

Need help getting your Cub Scout Program into the Outdoors? This is the course for you!

Find more information, including dates and registration links, at https://stlbsa.org/training/cub-scout-leader-outdoor-experience/.

Den Chief Training

Designed for Youth (Den Chief Position), Adult Den Leaders, and Adult Troop Den Chief Advisors

The Den Chief Program is a key means of building relationships between the Cub Scout pack and the Scout troop. A den chief is a Scout who assists a Cub Scout or Webelos den leader at den and pack meetings and other Scouting events. A valuable source of guidance, skills, songs, and games, the den chief encourages the Scouts to advance and shares their enthusiasm for Scouting with the den.

Den Chief Training is the perfect course for enthusiastic Scouts (in a Troop, Crew, or Ship) who desire a leadership role and are interested in working with younger Scouts.

Den Leaders who currently have, or are interested in having, Den Chiefs should attend this training.

(Current Den Chiefs – interested in helping teach this course? Please contact me.)

• Learn about upcoming Den Chief Training Opportunities HERE.

Adult Leader Resources

New Horizons Cubmaster Training Resources
New Horizons Den Leader Training Resources
New Horizons Pack Committee Training Resources
New Horizons Scoutmaster Training Resources
New Horizons Troop Committee Training Resources
New Horizons Crew Advisor Training Resources
New Horizons Crew Committee Training Resources

Each summer Packs, Troops, and Crews should be sitting down  to program plan with their leadership.  This program plan consists of three main items:

1. An annual calendar.
2. An annual budget- including fundraising objectives and per scout sales goals to keep them motivated.
3. Leadership Succession Planning- Who is taking over key positions with the unit?

Tools:

Troop Program Planning Workbook

Unit Performance Guidebook

There are a lot of acronyms and abbreviations in Scouting! This website helps break down many of them.

Resources / Downloads

• 2024-25 Program Guides
  • Cub Scouts
  • Scouts BSA
  • Venturing
• Youth Application | Adult Application (for adult volunteers and new Venturing and Sea Scouting participants who are 18 but not yet 21)
• Criminal Background Check Form
• Financial Assistance Form
• Missouri Care - Healthy Blue Assistance Form
• Annual Health and Medical Form
• New Cub Scout Leader Guide
• New Parent Orientation Guide
• Unit money-earning application
• Certificate of Insurance – Online Request Form
• Fiscal Policies: Unit Finances & Tax Exemption Status
• Incident Report Form
• Near Miss Incident Form
• Youth Protection & Membership Infraction Reporting
• Scouting's Barriers to Abuse
• Youth Protection and Barriers to Abuse FAQs
• How to Print Membership Cards
• How to Print Charter Certificates
• Awards and Nomination Forms
  • District Award of Merit
  • Silver Beaver Award Nomination
  • Award Central
• Unit Budget Worksheet
  • Cub Scout Pack
  • Scouts BSA Troop
  • Venturing Crew

Links

• Boy Scouts of America
• Cub Scouts
• Guide to Safe Scouting
• Scouting's Barriers to Abuse
• Youth Protection and Barriers to Abuse FAQs
• Internet Advancement
• ScoutingWire.org
• Scouting Uniforms
• Merit Badge Counselor Directory

Internet Rechartering

Click here to visit the Rechartering website.

Click here for a brief tutorial (requires Flash Player)

Click here for an overview.

To renew your unit charter on-line:

• Sixty days before your unit’s expiration date, select a renewal processor. This should be someone in your unit who is familiar with the members and leaders of your unit to ensure all information provided through the process is correct.
• Your unit charter renewal packet is distributed to the unit leadership and includes an access code specifically assigned to your unit.
• Thirty to forty-five days before your unit’s expiration date, the renewal processor clicks Recharter Now on this webpage and begins the process.
• When the on-line process is completed, the renewal processor prints the completed charter renewal application.
• The Unit Leader and the Executive Officer sign the charter renewal application. The signed application along with any individual applications for new youth members or adult leaders, and materials received in the charter renewal packet and all appropriate fees, should then be brought to the Council Service Center, or your district’s charter turn-in meeting.