National Youth Leadership Training Weekend #1


National Youth Leadership Training Weekend #1
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When:

Weekend #1: August 27-29 , 2021

Weekend #2: September 17-19 , 2021

 

Cost: 

($25 deposit due at time of registration. Deposit is non-refundable.)

$290.00 if registered and paid in full by August 1st, 2021 or $335.00 if registered after August 1st, 2021

Registration Ends on Monday August 16th, 2021 or when the course is full.  Course size is limited to the first 48 participants registered.

Parent and participants will receive an email with information on what to bring & important information needed for the course.

Location:

Camp Schoellkopf

 

 

Course Brochure | Click Here

Registration | Click Here

 

Pre-course orientation dates:

Located at the Richard E.Garmin Scouting Service Center

2860 Genesee St. Cheektowaga NY, 14225

Date and Time: TBD


What is NYLT?

The National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) is the premier 6 days, 4 nights outdoor leadership experience geared towards present and future leaders of Scouting. Participants will be engaged in hands-on training led by Western New York’s finest youth staff.  The training will cover skills essential to leadership within your unit, school, and life activities.  The training activities will mimic one month of your units program.  This program is youth led under the mentorship of trained adults who provide a safe friendly Scout environment.

"What are the requirements to attend NYLT?"

1. Open to all Scouts age 13 and up. There can be no exceptions.

2.All participants must be a registered youth member of a Scouts BSA Troop, Venture Crew or Sea Scout Ship.

3. Scouts BSA members must have earned the rank of First Class and have completed Introduction to Leadership Skills for Troops. Venturers and Sea Scouts must have completed Introduction to Leadership Skills for Crews or Ships and have at least one year of camping experience.

4. Scouts must be recommended by their Unit Leader.

5. Scouts must have a properly completed BSA Health & Medical Record, parts A, B only.

What Leadership Skills will the Scout will learn from taking NYLT?

  1. Developing effective communication skills, techniques to develop obtainable goals, teaching techniques including explaining, demonstrating, guiding and enabling others, and making ethical decisions.
  2. Developing the ability to meet new people and to form a highly functioning patrol.
  3. Learning safe outdoor skills including leave no trace techniques, patrol cooking with a lightweight stove, proper food safety, pioneering skills, backpacking techniques, and fire safety.
  4. How a patrol interacts with the Patrol Leadership Council and the Scoutmaster of a unit.
  5. Resolving conflicts within a patrol environment

 


Questions? Contact:

Rob Reeves - Course Director:  wbnylt@gmail.com                                                  
Dick Hanaburgh - Staff Advisor:  dick.hanaburgh@scouting.org  Phone: (716) 512-6219