Course List

Apr 23, 2024
A list of courses which have been offered in the past through the Sam Houston Area Council. For more information about courses, please visit the National BSA web site at https://www.scouting.org/commissioners/training/college/
Type & Number Description
ACS 100 Commissioner Basic Training
ACS 101 District Commissioner Basic Training
ACS 102 AC/DC Basic Training
ACS 110 CS Roundtable Commissioner/Staff Basic
ACS 120 BS Roundtable Commissioner/Staff
BCS 101 The Commissioner Concept
BCS 102 Supporting Timely Charter Renewal
BCS 103 Linking District Resources
BCS 104 Contacting Units
BCS 105 Resolving Common Unit Issues
BCS 106 Coaching Leaders
BCS 107 Journey to Excellence
BCS 107a Youth Protection Training (pre-2011)
BCS 108 Mining Internet Resources
BCS 108a Effective Roundtables I (pre-2011)
BCS 109 Servants Heart
BCS 109a Effective Roundtables II (pre-2011)
BCS 110 Commissioner Style
BCS 111 Health and Safety Training
BCS 112 Recruiting Unit Commissioners
BCS 113 Service to New Units
BCS 114 Understanding and Communicating with Today's Leaders
BCS 115 Commissioners and Diversity
BCS 116 Collaborative Assessments
BCS 117 Commissioner and Unit Key-3
BCS 118 Serving Scouts with Special Needs (Disabilities)
BCS 119 Webelos-to-Scout Transition
BCS 120 Unit Service Tools for Commissioners
BCS 121 Introduction to Veturing Commissioner Science
BCS 124 Venturing Crew Visitation
BCS 127 Personal Safety Awareness for Venturing
BCS 128 Venturing Monthly Program Forum
BCS 129 Emphasizing Duty to God in Scouting
BCS 130 Commissioners and Advancement
BCS 150 Roundtables in Commisioner Science
BCS 151 The Roundtable Commissioner Team
BCS 152 The Year-Round Rountable Planning Process
BCS 153 Roundtables and Commissioner Tools
BCS 154 Cub Scout Roundtable
BCS 155 Boy Scout Roundtable
BCS 156 Recruiting, Traning and Recognizing Roundtable Team Members
BCS 201 Quality Unit Award
BCS 202 Software for Unit Records
BCS 203 Camp Promotion
BCS 204 Charter Partner Relationships
BCS 205 Effective Roundtables - Boy Scout
BCS 207 National Council Update
BCS 210 Venturing for Commissioners
BCS 250 Leave No Trace
BCS 900 Elective Bachelor-level course (historical)
BCS 999 BCS Lunch and Learn
MCS 301 No-Lapse/No-Drop Commitment
MCS 302 Unit and Council Finance.
MCS 303 Managing Unit Service at the District Level
MCS 303a Commissioner Lifesaving I
MCS 304 Commissioner Service for Units at Risk
MCS 304a Commissioner Lifesaving II
MCS 305 Resolving Critical Issues
MCS 306 Mentoring Skills
MCS 307 Commissioner Service for Newly Formed Units
MCS 307a Webelos-to-Scout Transition
MCS 308 Venturing and the Commissioner
MCS 309 Good Commissioners Need Both Head and Heart
MCS 311 All About ADCs
MCS 312 Recruiting New Commissioners
MCS 312a Recruiting the 21st Century Volunteer
MCS 313 Orienting and Training Commissioners
MCS 314 The Commissioner and the Professional
MCS 314a Advanced Roundtable Leadership
MCS 315 Effective Unit Service in Urban Communities
MCS 316 Effective Unit Service in Rural Areas
MCS 316a Developing the Unit Service Plan
MCS 317 How to Remove a Volunteer
MCS 318 Top 10 Ways to Ensure Good Commissioner Service
MCS 319 District Commissioner Basics
MCS 321 New-Unit Service
MCS 322 Advanced Special Needs Scouting
MCS 323 Mining UVTS for Gold
MCS 324 Preventing Commissioner Burnout
MCS 325 Consider Your Spouse and Family
MCS 350 Unit and Roundtable Commissioners Working Together
MCS 351 How to Conduct the Annual Planning Session
MCS 352 Roundtable is Over, Now What?
MCS 353 The Cub Scout Breakout
MCS 354 The Boy Scout Breakout
MCS 355 Using the ADC for RT in your District
MCS 356 Using the ACC for RT in your District
MCS 357 Managing Long Distance Roundtables
MCS 358 RT and Solving Unit Problems
MCS 401 Just for ADCs
MCS 402 Recruiting New Commissioners
MCS 403 Orienting and Training Commissioners
MCS 404 Advanced Roundtable Leadership
MCS 405 Effective Unit Service in Low-Income Urban Communities
MCS 406 Effective Unit Service in Remote Rural Areas
MCS 407 How to Remove a Volunteer
MCS 407a How Unit Contacts. Detailed Assessments, and JTE work together
MCS 408 The Commissioner’s Top 10 List
MCS 409 District Commissioner Basics
MCS 410 * The Summer Camp Commissioner
MCS 411 * Putting outing back in scouting
MCS 412 * Scouting for special needs youth
MCS 413 Retaining, Recognizing, and Rewarding Commissioners
MCS 414 Best Practices and Unique Insights to Linked Units and Girl Troops
MCS 417 Exploring – Council vs District Resource Models
MCS 421 My.Scouting and Commissioner Tools
MCS 423 Leveraging My.Scouting tools for Commissioner Tasks
MCS 430 Build the Commissioner Team
MCS 440 Harvesting Commissioners
MCS 441 Using Brainstorming to Solve Problems
MCS 450 Virtual Roundtables
MCS 502 Summer Camp Commissioning
MCS 503 Scouting for Special Needs Youth
MCS 504 Leader Liability - Fact vs Myth
MCS 505 Running Effective Dist Commissioner Meetings
MCS 506 Administration of Commissioner Service
MCS 900 Elective Masters-level course (historical)
MCS 999 MCS Lunch and Learn
DCS 501 Selecting a Thesis/Project Topic
DCS 502 Limiting the Scope of the Topic
DCS 503 Developing the Thesis Project
DCS 504 Thesis - Project Workshop
DCS 505 Being a Thesis - Project Advisor
DCS 506 Coaching for Administrative Commissioners
DCS 508 Administering Commissioner Lifesaving
DCS 509 Legacy of Servant Leadership
DCS 512 Commissioner Recruiting Workshop
DCS 514 The Commissioner and the Professional
DCS 514a Building Meaningful Relationships
DCS 515 Quality District - JTE
DCS 516 Succeeding with the Unit Service Plan
DCS 520 Assessing Council and District Health
DCS 550 Leveraging Roundtables in Unit Service
DCS 601 Successful District Commissioner Meetings
DCS 602 Servant Leadership
DCS 603 Recruiting for Diversity in Scouting
DCS 611 Consider Your Spouse and Family
DCS 612 The Commissioner's Awareness of AIDS
DCS 701 Beyond BCS 114: The Commissioner and Professional—A Working Relationship
DCS 715 Quality District
DCS 900 Commissioner Conference at PTC
DCS 999 DCS Lunch and Learn
CED 701 Combatting Stress
CED 709 LDS Church Organization
CED 710 Scouting in the LDS Church
CED 711 International Scouting
CED 712 Friendstorming
CED 712a Sea Scouting
CED 713 Advancement for Special Needs
CED 714 Special Needs Scouting - ADHD
CED 715 Special Needs Scouting - Autism
CED 716 Conflict Resolution/Navigating Difficult Conversations
CED 718 Effective Communication
CED 719 The Art of Listening
CED 720 Valuing Diversity - Introduction
CED 721 Valuing Diversity - Generation X
CED 723 Reaching the Next Multi-Cultural Generation
CED 724 Men and Women - Different Not Better
CED 752 Advanced Roundtable Promotion
CED 800 Diversity and Inclusion
CED 801 Commissioner Tools
CED 802 Using Commissioner Tools to Manage Your Commissioner Team
CED 803 Keeping Packs on Track
CED 804 Detailed Assessment Commissioner Tools
CED 809 LDS - What Now?
CED 810 Scouts and Liability
CED 811 Best Practices for Girl Dens (Pack) and Troops
CED 813 Commissioning for Special Needs: Know Your Scout
CED 815 Scoutbook for Commissioners
CED 816 Best Practices for Operating a Unit in COVID Era
CED 817 How Commissioners Support Membership Growth
CED 818 Commissioning in the Outdoors
CED 895 Keynote by Nelson Block, Scouting Historian
CED 896 Keynote by Frank Tsuru, National President of NESA
CED 897 Morning Coffee with Keynote Speaker, Marvin Smith, SHAC CEO
CED 898 Fireside Chat with Roger Mosby
CED 899 Keynote Presentation with Ellie Morrison BSA National Commissioner
CED 999 Post-Doctoral studies
CED 999 CED Lunch and Learn