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Evaluation Competency Session Added

We've updated the Evaluation competency session. We clarified and improved the objectives and re-sequenced the content. Get it here.

Note that you will likely NOT teach ALL objectives. You will also probably not teach ALL of the content given for each objective. You must select the objectives and the content appropriate to your candidates. Check with your Phase Advisor for information.

About SMART Objectives

In 1984, Robert F. Mager published Preparing Objectives for Programmed Instruction. He wrote that objectives must include three characteristics that help communicate your intent. These characteristics answer three questions:

What should the learner be able to do?
Under what conditions do you want the learner to be able to do it?
How well must it be done?

If you can answer these three questions, you are writing SMART objectives. Mager's three characteristics are:

Performance: An objective always says what a learner is expected to be able to do; the objective sometimes describes the product or result of the doing.
Conditions: An objective always describes the important conditions (if any) under which the performance is to occur.
Criterion: Whenever possible, an objective describes the criterion of acceptable performance by describing how well the learner must perform in order to be considered acceptable.

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The Updated White Stag Code, or Script

In use since the early days of the program, and its origins unknown until recently, we have learned that the White Stag code is in fact based on the Hungarian Runic alphabet, a writing system used by the Magyars in the Early Middle Ages in the same time period as the events depicted in the White Stag legend transpired. Bela Banathy introduced the concept of the "White Stag script" early in the program, and its name was wrongly changed over the years and some of the characters were inadvertently and incorrectly modifed.

Here is the updated alphabet for the White Stag Script:

Hungarian Runic numbers

This is an example of the original Hungarian Runic alphabet.

Similarly, numbers can be represented with runic characters. The numbers are read from left to right, as in the example below.

Hungarian Runic numbers

Source: Wikipedia

Leadership is...

...the process of influencing people by providing purpose, direction, and motivation to continually move the organization and individual forward, upward, and onward.

Building the White Stag Community

In 1997, Bela Banathy challenged us to build the White Stag community for the future. He laid out a 10 ideas for developing a vision of our future and expanding our community. Are we on the right track? To find out, read his challenge yourself.

Books

	White Stag Books
	Resources for Leadership Describes eleven essential, time-tested skills of leadership. Focuses on Representing the Group and methods for influencing others. Condensed from years of research and practical experience, articulates key elements and specific traits of leadership. 278 pages; Fifth Edition. Published 2000. Available as a Acrobat file.
	Follow the White Stag Describes the underlying Principles, Aims, Methods, and Content, Evaluation Instruments, Organizational Structure, and perhaps most importantly, the Spirit and Traditions that make the program distinctive and leave a lasting impression in young people's hearts. 236 pages. Third Edition. Published 2000. Available as a Acrobat file.

	Related Books
	The Backcountry Classroom This unique collection of lessons represents not only the fundamentals but the very foundation of leadership and outdoor skills. No outdoor students, educators, or leaders should be without a copy. Lesson Plans. By Jack Drury, Bruce Bonney, Dene Berman, Mark Wagstaff. Buy now on Amazon.com.
	Effective Leadership In Adventure Programming Explains how the key elements of leadership work in theory and practice, and it helps train the next generation of adventure leaders—training that is paramount to developing the field. By Simon Priest, Michael A. Gass. Buy now on Amazon.com.

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