Deer Trails National Youth Leadership Training

Course dates are June 27-July 2, 2010.

Registration OPEN THROUGH:

Thursday, June 24 2010

Why National Youth Leadership Training?

Today, leaders need to understand how to best work with teams, NYLT integrates the best of modern leadership theory with the traditional strengths of the Scouting experience.  The course teaches an individual how to lead themselves and lead others in a team environment.  NYLT aligns youth training with the adult training that is taught in Wood Badge for the 21^st Century.  BSA wants everyone to speak the same leadership language.

Course Overview

NYLT integrates the best of modern leadership theory with the traditional strengths of the Scouting experience.  Through activities, presentations, challenges, discussions, and audio-visual support, NYLT participants will be engaged in a unified approach to leadership that will give them the skills and confidence to lead well.  Through a wide range of activities, events, games, and adventures, NYLT participants will work and play together as they put into action the best that Scouting has to offer.

NYLT models a month in the life of troop.  The course uses the patrol method and presents model Troop and Patrol Leaders’ 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 patrols experience 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 patrols will be challenged with many activities and games, including using GPS receivers to participate in a Geocache wide game.  The focus of each session is not only knowledge but giving the youth a “Toolbox of Skills” that equips them with the “how” of leadership.

Objectives

• Give participants the confidence and knowledge to conduct the troop program in their home units
• Provide participants with a clear understanding of team and personal 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 Scouts from other troops
• Have fun and experience Scouting at its best

Code Of Conduct

Our Code of Conduct is the Scout Oath and Law.

Contact Us:

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Michelle Schroeder, Course Director, Deer Trails 2010