National Youth Leadership Training

National Youth Leadership Training
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Camp Lakota, Woodstock, Illinois
June 15-20, 2008

What is National Youth Leadership Training?

National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) is a weeklong youth leadership training experience sponsored by the Northwest Suburban Council. The training is conducted by highly qualified youth staff under the supervision of adult advisors using the National Youth Leadership Training Course syllabus, as published by the National Council, Boy Scouts of America.

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 model Patrol Leader 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 Scout a “Toolbox of Skills” that equips them with the “how.”

Who may attend?

NYLT participants must be a First Class Scout as well as have mastered the skills required for First Class. Participants must also be at least 13 years old (by July 31, 2008), have at least one week-long camping experience and have been in Scouting for a minimum of one year before the course begins.

What is its Purpose of NYLT?

Scouting recognizes that Scoutmasters have the responsibility of training their troop’s junior leaders. The purpose of NYLT is not to assume that role, but to support it. Some of its objectives are:

To focus on the concepts of what a leader must BE, what he must KNOW and what he must DO.
To emphasize immediate application of learning in a fun and safe n environment.
To model a month in the life of an “ideal” troop.
To provide each participant with a toolbox of leadership skills consisting of key course concepts.
To operate according to the Scout Oath and Law.
To have fun!

What is the Cost?

The cost to attend will be $210 per participant. A $100 deposit is due at the time of registration with the balance due no later than May 15. All food, camping equipment and training materials are included. Each participant will be provided with a course hat and t-shirt. Additional t-shirts will be available for purchase at a cost of $15.00 while supplies last, first come, first serve on June 20, 2008.

Parent / Leader and Participant Orientation.

Plan on attending the course orientation on Wednesday, May 28, 2008. 7:45 to 8:30 PM at the NWSC Service Center in Mt Prospect, Illinois.
Bring your questions, final payment, medical forms and banquet registrations to this meeting.

Friday Closing and Graduation.
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Parents, Scoutmasters, siblings are invited to the Friday, June 20, 2008 closing banquet. Join the course participants for dinner and a brief graduation ceremony.
The evening begins at 6:00 pm and will conclude no later than 8:30 PM. Cost for the dinner is $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for children under $10.00. The cost for course participants is included in the registration fee. Please RSVP using the course registration form.

Health Form.

All participants are required to submit a valid Class 1 & 2 or a class 3 medical form. The required form is available on the link above.

Whats Next?

Complete the application and send along with the applicable deposit to the NWSC service center at 600 North Wheeling Road, Mt Prospect, IL, 60056.
Space is limited to the first 48 participants to register with a paid deposit. Hurry the course fills quickly.