After Youth Protection Training and Fast Start, all adult leaders are encouraged to take New Leader Essentials. It is an approximately 90 minute class that is usually taught by a district representative in a class room or auditorium type setting and is usually taught along with the Leader Specific Training courses (covered next time). It teaches the fundamental basics of what Scouting is all about.

From scouting.org, here is a description of what is taught:

New Leader Essentials:

New Leader Essentials is an introductory session that highlights the values, aims, history, funding, and methods of Scouting. It addresses how these aims and methods are reached in an age-appropriate style within Cub Scouting, Boy Scouting, Varsity Scouting, and Venturing. Videos, discussions, and hands-on reinforcement are presented during the 90-minute training session. Ideally, all unit-based volunteers—Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Varsity Scout, and Venturing leaders—take this session at the same time, so they understand that they are all striving for the same results with the youth they serve. Each leader completes New Leader Essentials training only once.

Benefits of New Leader Essentials:

• Assistance in implementing the full Scouting program with chartered organizations.
• A better understanding of the advantages of encouraging youth and adult volunteers to move through the traditional program as their youth mature.
• An awareness of the different aspects of the Scouting program, which may result in leaders taking advantage of those programs for a child in a different age group.