Explorer Adult Advisor Basic Training -This link takes you to Learning for Life’s MyParticipation, which tracks training. Here you can sign on to your account, or create an account if you don’t have one already.
Safety First Guidelines–This link takes you to an online version or you can download and print the entire guide here.
Exploring Adult Leader Application
National Exploring Excellence Award
Exploring Annual Memorandum of Understanding
Here are some helpful tools for youth and adult leaders:
Adult Leaders
Exploring for People with Disabilities
Exploring can offer a great and worthwhile service to people with disabilities, both by involving young adults with disabilities in posts, and by giving service to people in the community who are disabled.
Developing a Community of Youth Leaders
An important part of your mission is developing young people into leaders. How do you do this? What kinds of insights, skills, and experiences do young people need to become leaders, and how do you facilitate that process?
This reflection exercise gives you a chance to stop and think about how you are doing in terms of carrying out responsibilities as an Advisor. Its goal is to show you what you have accomplished and what still must be done to achieve the goals of Exploring in your post.
Youth Leaders
Your understanding of leadership will shape how you approach your officer responsibilities, how you interact with one another, how you make decisions, and the kinds of activities and special projects you choose to engage in as a post.
Because one of the responsibilities of the post president is to “assess on an ongoing basis whether the responsibilities of the officers are being carried out effectively,” the president should ensure that this checkup becomes an integral part of officer training.
Brainstorming is an essential part of good thinking, and it is also an essential part of coming to good decisions.
How to Conduct a Post Parents’ Night
One of the most successful programs developed by posts in many locations is an annual post parents’ night held in February or March. This is a good opportunity to “show off” posts to the parents of Explorers, many of whom might not know much about Exploring.
How to Develop Service Projects
This resource on service is to give you some ideas on developing your service projects. In particular, it describes one method that will help you first identify needs for service, and then identify projects that address those needs.
Many posts decide to purchase equipment, take a trip, or plan a special project that requires additional funds. All the participants should participate in a money-earning project.
Publicity can be in the form of a talk, special event, dinner, demonstration, exhibit, interview, conference, news story, feature story, or photo essay. The list is limited only by each post’s imagination and industriousness.
The proper introduction of people presenting programs to the post is important. Explorers expect qualified speakers, and a proper introduction lends prestige and sets the tone of the meeting.
A group discussion is a planned conversation on a selected topic with a trained discussion leader. The purpose is to express opinions and gain information on the topic and learn from the other group participants.
How to Make a Speech or Presentation
When called upon to make a speech, consider these suggestions to help make your speech more interesting, worthwhile, and fun for both you and your audience.
How to Plan Your Superactivity
The highlight of your post’s program should be its superactivity – a major project, activity, trip, or other event that piques the interest of your post’s participants and serves as a long-range goal around which to rally your post’s program.
How to Recruit New Participants
Some posts have waiting lists and don’t have to worry about recruiting new participants. However, the majority of posts must make regular efforts to find and recruit new participants. These methods may help.
This how-to section addresses two important issues: how to teach and how to teach a skill in particular. An effective approach to teaching is based on discovery and learning through experiences.
A guide to developing effectively charts and posters.
How to Use Parliamentary Procedure
A brief introduction to parliamentary procedure, an effective method for conducing orderly meetings, including some of the points most often encountered.
Other Resources
- Brainstorming worksheet
- Exploring Secretary’s Records
- Exploring Treasurer’s Records
- Approval of Parents or Guardians- For Explorers and guests under 21 years of age, participating in an Explorer post trip or activity
- Money-Earning Application
- Challenge Initiative Games
- Cooperative Games
- Problem-Solving Initiative Games
- Leadership Skills
- Participation Awards Program
- Problem-Solving Skills for Explorers
- Suggested Post Bylaws
- Columbus City Schools Petition for Approval of Internship Hours