Exploring (Learning for Life)

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Exploring
Exploring.svg
OwnerLearning for Life
HeadquartersIrving, Texas
CountryUnited States
Founded1949
Membership
  • 114,894 youth
  • 26,170 adults
  • 5,058 posts (2013)[1]
National DirectorTim Anderson
Website
www.exploring.org
 Scouting portal

Exploring is an interactive, worksite-based career education program of Learning for Life, an affiliate of the Boy Scouts of America. Participants in the program are called Explorers and previously Explorer Scouts. The program serves youth in 6th-8th grades (Exploring clubs), and young men and women who are 14 through 20 years old (Exploring posts). Exploring units (clubs or posts), are sponsored by local businesses, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations, and usually focus on a single career field, but can also introduce youth to a variety of career fields within a single unit.

Prior to 1998, the Exploring program was the main BSA program for older youth and included posts with an emphasis on outdoor activities, which are now part of the Venturing program.[2]

Programs[]

  • Arts and Humanities Career Exploring Field
  • Aviation Field / General Interest / Career Exploring
  • Business / Small or Large Exploring Field
  • Communications Career Field Exploring
  • Engineering & Technology Career Field
  • Fire & Emergency Service Exploring Field
  • Healthcare Career Field
  • Law, Government, & Public Service Field
  • Law Enforcement Exploring
  • Science Career Exploring Fields
  • Skilled Trades Career Exploring Field
  • Social Services Career Exploring
  • Hobbies Exploring

References[]

  1. ^ "Participation Totals". Annual Report 2013 (PDF). December 31, 2013. p. 12.
  2. ^ "20 facts about Venturing for the program's 20th birthday". 9 February 2018.

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