NYLT FIND OUT WHAT'S NEW!
Weekend Course: April 20-22 and April 27-29, 2012
What's new this year?
The Minsi Trails Council will be sponsoring two Troop courses in 2012 to provide additional opportunities for the Scoutmasters to train your youth leaders. The National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) course supports Scoutmasters and Crew Advisors in their primary responsibility of training youth leaders. The Minsi Trails Council will offer the two weekend course in April, 2012.
Built on the legacy of past youth leader training courses, NYLT integrates the best of modern leadership theory with the traditional strengths of 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.
The course is set up to represent a month in the life of a Scout Troop. Patrols experience the stages of team development. Scouts discover that leadership requires vision, goals, and planning. Participants are provided a "toolbox" of leadership skills.
The National Youth Leadership Training is an outdoor experience for youth leaders in support of the Scoutmaster's/Crew Advisor's responsibility for the training of Troop/Crew junior leaders. It is conducted by the council leadership training committee using an outline approved by the Boy Scout Division of the Boy Scouts of America.
What's the Date?
The two-weekend course will occur Friday, April 20 to Sunday, April 22 and Friday, April 27 to Sunday, April 29.
Attendance at both weekends for the entire weekend is required to complete the course. If you cannot be at both weekends or attend the entire time period of both weekends please do not register since you will not pass the course and you will be depriving another Scout of an opportunity.
What's the Location?
The course will be held in Settler's Camp in the Trexler Scout Reservation, Jonas, PA.
What's the Cost?
The cost for the conference is $175.00 per Scout, which includes all food and training materials. If fees are not paid in full by April 2, 2012 the fee is $200.00. Troops and Crews are encouraged to pay at least part of the fee from their budgets.
Who May Attend?
Read our requirements.
Is Any Special Equipment Needed?
An equipment list will be sent to each participant. He should bring the same clothing and equipment he would take to summer camp, together with a completed medical form from a current physical exam. Each Scout will represent his home unit and will wear its insignia. Full uniforms are needed.
How many Scouts may my Troop/Crew send?
NYLT is a training program, designed to improve the Troop and Crew program. Troops and Crews may nominate as many leaders as they wish. Troops and Crews need to name the youth leader(s) who will attend at the time a nomination is made.
Is the Home Scoutmaster/Crew Advisor Involved?
The National Youth Leadership Training is intended to strengthen the relationship between youth leaders and their Scoutmasters/Crew Advisors. The Scoutmaster/Crew Advisor will be involved in the following:
- Pre-course Meeting
A pre-course meeting will be held on March 24, 2012 for Scouts, parents and the Scout's Scoutmaster/Crew Advisor. We will review course expectations, equipment needed, the Scoutmaster's/Crew Advisor's role, and answer any questions. Final payments may be made at the meeting.
- Dinner
The Scoutmaster/Crew Advisor is also requested to join the training Troop for dinner at NYLT on Sunday April 29, at the Settler's Camp Dining Hall, to discuss with their youth leader the NYLT experience and how it can help their unit. A closing program follows this.
- After the course
All youth leaders are expected to apply the skills they have learned in their home units. Each Scoutmaster/Crew Advisor is encouraged to learn what the youth have learned and support them as they put into practice the leadership skills.
Directions to Trexler Scout Reservation
From Interstate 80:
Take Route 115 South to the crossroad at Mt. Effort. A Diner and Mt. Effort Plaza is on the left. Kresge's Sunoco and a car wash are on the right. At this cross road, turn right onto Jonas Road. Approximately 2-1/2 miles is a 3 way STOP. Go through intersection and up the hill. Entrance to Camp is 3 miles on the left.
From PA Route 209:
Follow 209 north from the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike to Kresgeville. (Or) Follow 209 South from PA Route 33 through Brodheadsville to Kresgeville. At Kresgeville go West on PA Route 534 for approximately 5 miles. Just past the Jonas Market and Texaco Station is Jonas Road (Jonas Hotel sits at the corner) Turn right. Entrance to camp is 0.2 miles on right.
Plot your own course, using Google Maps or GPS coordinates: 40.991612,-75.507889.
RESERVATIONS
The course is limited to 96 participants so reserve space for your key youth leader(s) as soon as possible as. Send in the attached nomination form to:
Minsi Trails Council, BSA
P.O. Box 20624
Lehigh Valley, PA 18002-0624
A $75.00 deposit per Scout is required with the registration form to hold the reservation. The remaining fee is to be paid by April 2, 2012. If full fee is not paid by April 2, 2012 then the fee is $200.00. No refunds after April 2, 2012.
Who Directs the Conference?
The Scoutmasters for the two training Troops are Bernie Suess and Alex Marti. They are experienced Scout Leaders who are Wood Badge trained. They are building a staff of outstanding Minsi Trails Council youth and adult leaders.
Where Can We Get More Information?
Additional information can be obtained from:
Council NYLT Coordinator Wayne Gross 570-595-2904
Email: wegseg@msn.com
2012 NYLT Flyer and Nomination Form (PDF format)
Scoutmasters/Crew Advisors and Committee Chairs:
Improve your Unit's program and help meet the objective of making yours a youth-run unit by sending your Senior Patrol Leader, Crew President or other youth leaders(s) to the Minsi Trails Council's National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT).