National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT)

National Youth Leader Training (NYLT)

Important Course Dates

[ 2009 Youth Staff Application ] [ 2009 Letter to Unit Leaders ] [ 2009 Letter to Scoutmasters ]

In June of 2009 the Los Padres Council will offer National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) at Camp French. The council is seeking the best possible staff for NYLT. If you want to make a difference in the live's of your fellow youth leaders, if you are smart, dedicated and willing to work very hard then come and be interviewed. Youth may be needed for the following staff assignments:

• Senior Patrol Leader
• Assistant Senior Patrol Leader - Program
• Assistant Senior Patrol Leader - Service
• Assistant Senior Patrol Leader - Troop Guides
• Troop Scribe
• Quartermaster
• Junior Assistant Scoutmaster
• Troop Guides (1 per patrol of participants)

Adult volunteers are being sought for:

• Assistant Scoutmaster - Program
• Assistant Scoutmaster - Service
• Assistant Scoutmaster - Troop Guides
• Marketing Support
• Administrative Support

Application & Medical Forms

Course Fee: $250.00

A $50 non-refundable deposit must accompany the participant application. We recommend that the cost of the course be paid 50% by the Scout attending and 50% his unit. When the Scout that is attending the course helps to pay his own way, he tends to be more committed to the course. The unit will receive the benefit of their Scouts's leadership making it reasonable for them to help with the finances.

If a Scout and his family has a financial need for a campership, contact the course director. Limited funds are available.

The Fiesta:
On Saturday, the final day of the course at 5:00 pm the National Youth Leadership Training will have a Fiesta to celebrate the successful completion of our training. Participant’s families and Scoutmasters are invited to join us in our celebration.

The fee for guests is $10.00 each.

The NYLT participants and staff do not pay an additional fee, only guests. Following the fiesta will be the closing campfire and graduation wrapping up the evening of celebration. After the campfire the NYLT participants and guests will have a safe journey home.

What is National Youth Leader Training?

National Youth Leadership Training is an exciting, action-packed program designed for councils to provide youth members with leadership skills and experience they can use in their home troops and in other situations demanding leadership of self and others.

The purpose of NYLT is to support, not replace, the Scoutmaster's role in the training of youth leaders. NYLT is a week-long experience designed to train the participant in team building and leadership in an outdoor long-term camping setting, calling on the use of First Class rank Scoutcraft skills. The course is conducted by a staff of volunteer Scouts and Scouters selected by the Los Padres Council's Youth Leader Training Committee and will have completed over six months of preparation by the start of the course.

NYLT is not another summer camp, but an intense and challenging leadership experience. There are no merit badges offered. Every game, activity, ceremony, and even each meal is designed to be part of a total training experience. Participants get very little free time. Everything is keyed toward meeting our training objectives:

• To give participants the confidence and knowledge to run their home troop.
• To give the participants a working knowledge of of the concepts of:
  • What a leader must BE
  • What he must KNOW
  • What he must DO
• To give participants the opportunity to share ideas and experiences with Scouts from other troops.
• To teach participants the key elements with a clear focus on HOW TO.
• To create an atmosphere where Scouts will experience Scouting at its best.
• To enhance the relationship between the participant and his Scoutmaster.
• To have fun!

[ BSA National Youth Leadership Training web page ]

NYLT Course Overview

The course models a month in the life of a troop – three meetings (one each day for the first three days) all leading up to a big outdoor experience (an overnight outpost camp). The course uses the patrol method and presents a model Patrol Leader's Council meetings.

Patrols are challenged early in the week to present to the troop at the end of the week their “Quest for the Meaning of Leadership.” While the challenge is designed to have them go through the four stages of team development, it will help patrols and individual Scouts internalize the leadership skills and concepts being presented to them along the way.

Throughout the course, the staff will be modeling the concepts and skills that are the core content of the course. The focus of each session is not only knowledge but giving the youth a “Toolbox of Skills’ that equips them with the “how.”

A month in the life of a troop
Patrols experiencing the stages of team development
A toolbox of leadership skills, including:

• Vision – Goals – Planning – Creating a positive future
• SMART Goals – Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Timely
• Planning and Problem – Solving Tool – What, How, When, Who
• Assessment Tool – SSC – Start, Stop, Continue
• Teaching EDGE – Explain, Demonstrate, Guide, Enable
• Stages of a Team – Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing
• Leading EDGE– Explain, Demonstrate, Guide, Enable
• Conflict Resolution Tool-EAR- Express, Address, Resolve
• Ethical Decisions – Right vs. Wrong, Right vs. Right, Trivial
• Communication - MaSeR – Message, Sender, Receiver
• ROPE – Reach, Organize, Practice, Experience

 “IF YOU CAN SEE IT, YOU CAN BE IT”

Objectives:

• Give participants the confidence and knowledge to conduct the troop program.
• Provide participants with a clear understanding of team and personal development and how those elements relate to being a leader.
• Guide the participants through the stages of team development.
• Create an environment of Scouting fellowship and fun guided by the Scout Oath and Law.
• Give participants the opportunity to share ideas and experiences with other Scouts.
• Have fun and experience Scouting at its best.

National Youth Leadership Training

National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT)- is a Boy Scout run program with adult leadership.
The youth staff consists of:

• Senior Patrol Leader
• Assistant Senior Patrol Leader - Program
• Assistant Senior Patrol Leaders - Service
• Troop Scribe
• Quartermaster
• Junior Assistant Scoutmaster
• Troop Guides (1 per patrol of participants)

The adult staff consists of a Scoutmaster, assistant Scoutmasters for - Administration,  Program, Food & Commissary, Facilities and other adult staff may be added by the course director. All the staff members model the core learning and leadership messages of the NYLT syllabus.

Skills Being Taught

The National Youth Leadership Training begins with a presentation on Communicating Well and ends with a presentation on Communication Well. This opening and closing of the training with discussions on communication highlight the importance of effective communication skills for leaders. Participants of the course will refine a personal vision of success Participants then take the leadership skills they are taught back to their home troop and communicate what has been learned to other Scouts. The key course presentations are:

Day One
Communicating Well, Part I
Finding Your Vision, Part I

Day Two
Setting Your Goals
Preparing Your Plans

Day Three
Developing Your Team
Problem Solving
Leading EDGE

Day Four
Teaching EDGE
Resolving Conflicts
Making Ethical Decisions

Day Five
Leading Yourself
Valuing People

Day 6
Finding Your Vision, Part II
Communicating Well, Part II

Attendance Eligibility & Expectations

• Completion of troop level Troop Leadership Training (TLT) recommended .
• Be at least First Class rank by start of course and wear a complete BSA uniform.
• Be at least 13 years of age, but not yet 18 years of age on June 23, 2008
• Current registration with the Boy Scouts of America.
• Live by the Scout Oath and Scout Law at all times.
• Expect a uniform inspection will be held upon arrival at camp.
• Attend Orientation Meeting on June 9, 2009 in Santa Maria.
• NYLT will be held June 23-28, 2008 at Camp French.
• NYLT cost is $250. The Fiesta meal on Saturday, June 28 is $10.00 per guest.
• Send your completed application, medical forms, Fiesta Meal reservation and payments made out to BSA to:

NYLT, c/o Rancho Alegre, 2680 Highway 154, Santa Barbara, CA 93105.

For your Scout to attend the National Youth Leadership Training we must have a Participant Application completely filled out and signed by a parent and his Scoutmaster. The Class 2, Personal Health and Medical Record must be completely filled out and signed by parents.

Code of Conduct

All participants and staff agree to conduct themselves according to the values in the Scout Oath and Scout Law. Participants violating these values of conduct may be sent home early.

Uniform Expectations

Troop Registration Limits

Emergency Contact

In case of emergency only, please call Camp French at 805-489-2935. A message will be taken and one of the NYLT adult leaders will call you back. Be advised that it may take some time for leaders to return calls (perhaps an hour or more). Scouts will be allowed to call home ONLY in case of emergency (an adult leader will accompany a Scout when he is making such an emergency call). Homesickness, a fact of camp, is not an emergency. Scouting believes the cure is getting the boy busy with camp activities rather than calling home. Therefore, do NOT ask your son to call home, and do NOT say you will call him at camp (phones are inaccessible to Scouts and only to be used in emergencies). Cell phones are not allowed by participants.