Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Österreichs

The Association Scouts and Guides of Austria ( PPÖ ) is the largest Austrian Scout Association and a member of two world organizations World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts and the World Organization of the Scout Movement. The association has about 85,000 members in 300 claims to local groups.

Construction

Structure

It is divided into nine regional associations, which in turn are subdivided into districts, regions or columns. The local groups are either non-autonomous subdivisions of PPÖ or legally separate terminal clubs.

Ages

The separation of the different age groups is based on stages:

  • Younger Members ( WiWö ) are girls and boys aged 7 to 10 years.
  • Guides and Scouts ( GuSp ) are girls and boys aged 10 to 13 years old.
  • Caravelles and Explorer ( CaEx ) are girls and boys aged 13 to 16 years.
  • Rangers and Rovers ( RaRo ) are young women and men aged 16 to 20 years.

After completing the regular ages can scout as a scout leader (until 2002: Scoutmaster ) act or in the Austrian Scout Guild (also called Altpfadfinder ) occur.

For children 5-7 years, there are mainly in Vienna and Lower Austria the level beaver. Also in Salzburg, Tyrol and Styria individual groups with Beaver home hours have begun. This level is, however, only at the country level and does not exist nationwide. Last was taken in April 2007 by the Federal Council 's decision, continue to introduce beavers as official step or not to promote this stage on, but they do not prohibit.

The stages use different game ideas and working methods. Thus the Wölflingsstufe based on The Jungle Book, the gnomes stage in the book " Puck is looking for her name," as the method they use the game. The Guides and Scouts working method is the adventure, and the competition in the patrols will be used. The Caravelles and explorers, the company's method is in the foreground. The young people from their own ideas to learn a filter to plan a business, carry out, and finally to look back. The more complex the project method helps rangers and rovers to make their program.

Basis of program design are in all ages of the eight priorities of PPÖ, allow for a holistic design.

Scoutmaster

All scout leader ( equivalent to from 2002: Scoutmaster ) the PPÖ are volunteers. They go through a five-step rule training culminating in the Wood Badge Course: Introduction Seminar, Basic Seminar, Methods Seminar, Advanced Seminar ( in the National Association of Vienna divided into two in advanced seminar level and building seminar team ) and the Wood Badge course, the Leadership Institute of the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts in Austria. In addition, special seminars ( character-building, educational, religious, artistic, administrative and technical seminars) are offered.

Focus

The eight priorities in the program design of the home and business hours of PPÖ are:

  • Life of faith
  • Responsible Living in the Community
  • Global connectedness
  • Critical involvement enabled and the environment
  • Simple and nature-loving life
  • Readiness for adventure of life
  • Creative activity
  • Body awareness and physical performance

Notable groups

In 1910 Georg Pfligersdorffer founded the Boy Scouts Corps Wiener Neustadt, which to this day as the groups Wiener Neustadt Wiener Neustadt 1 and 2 is active and thus were the first scout groups in Austria. Also that they are among the oldest existing scout groups around the world.

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