{"id":305,"date":"2007-01-07T10:56:11","date_gmt":"2007-01-07T15:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/netcommissioner.com\/askandy\/?p=305"},"modified":"2011-11-07T11:01:16","modified_gmt":"2011-11-07T16:01:16","slug":"issue-92-whatever-happened-to-njlic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/netcommissioner.com\/askandy\/2007\/01\/issue-92-whatever-happened-to-njlic\/","title":{"rendered":"Issue 92 – Whatever Happened to NJLIC?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maybe you\u2019re already familiar with the BSA\u2019s National Junior Leader Instructor Camp<\/span><\/strong> (NJLIC) at Philmont Scout Ranch. Heck, you may have been a participant or staffer there yourself! Maybe you already know that this premiere training course builds Scout leaders, builds top-flight home council course staffers, and BUILDS MEN.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt dropped off the ole radar screen! What happened?\u201d<\/em>maybe you\u2019ve asked.<\/p>\n

Well, it\u2019s not gone. It\u2019s simply in its latest evolutionary phase, as the premiere region-based youth leadership-and-teaching training course now called Youth Staff Development Course<\/span><\/strong> (\u201cYSDC<\/span>\u201d).<\/p>\n

Remember the famous red-white-and-blue \u201cshield\u201d Scouts wear? Well here\u2019s the new one:<\/p>\n

\"NRYSDC<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cHey, what\u2019s that Northeast Region stuff? I thought this was a national<\/span> course!\u201d<\/em>you\u2019re now saying.<\/p>\n

Well, guess what\u2026 It still is! But, instead of being offered only to those Scouts able to afford getting to Cimarron, New Mexico and back, it\u2019s going to be more available to Scouts by being offered in each of the four BSA regions. The Northeast Region is the first, to ultimately be followed by its Central, Southern, and Western brothers. One of the key benefits springing from this is that ultimately more Scouts will be able to take advantage of this course, for less travel money!<\/p>\n

YSDC<\/span><\/strong> has been specifically designed for council NYLT (National Youth Leadership Training) youth staffers. It teaches Scouts how to be outstanding presenters and teaching-learning evaluators. YSDC<\/span><\/strong> also teaches in-depth understanding of key NYLT leadership models.<\/p>\n

Councils\u2019 NYLT youth staffers usually attend YSDC<\/span><\/strong> very early in their staffing tenure. In fact, some councils send their Scouts before they actually staff a course, so that they\u2019re 100% up to speed on Day One (many councils make it a prerequisite to staffing an NYLT course)! Other councils send Scouts after they\u2019ve successfully staffed NYLT.<\/p>\n

OK, enough about councils. What do Scouts who\u2019ve gone through YSDC<\/span><\/strong> have to say about it? Well, here\u2019s what three Scouts, from the 2006 courses, had to say\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cTo me this camp (YSDC) is more than just a training course for staff of NYLT courses. I feel this has been a life-altering course. A week ago, I would have trembled at the thought of making a presentation. Now, I believe I can make them with confidence. I want to take this back to not only my council\u2019s NYLT, but to my own troop, too!\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Michael, Chester County Council, 2006 Graduate<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThis course helped me realize how much better my home NYLT could be. I\u2019m going to be Senior Patrol Leader next year, and I believe the YSDC nightly Problem Solving Panels have been a great help in understanding the NYLT further. The Northeast Region has put on an excellent program for NYLT staffers.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n


\nTom, Cradle of Liberty Council, 2006 Graduate<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cYSDC has been an experience I\u2019ll never forget. I came knowing nobody, and by the end of the week a lot of Scouts felt like life-long friends. It\u2019s taught me many skills in presenting and the ability to take the presentations and skills back to my council and troop. It\u2019s a feeling unsurpassed in my Scouting experience!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Chris, Minsi Trails Council, 2006 Graduate<\/em><\/p>\n

Turned on yet? If you\u2019re a Scout, Scouter, or parent, and you want more information about the SUMMER 2007 YSDC<\/span><\/strong> courses coming up, here\u2019s who to contact:<\/p>\n

Doug Fullman, Northeast Region Program Director<\/span><\/p>\n

Northeast Region-Boy Scouts of America<\/p>\n

P.O. Box 268, Jamesburg, NJ 08831-0268<\/p>\n

[609] 655-9600 ext. 222 or <\/span>DFullman@netbsa.org<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.nylt-ysdc.org\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

We\u2019re waiting for YOU! Sign up NOW!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"NRYSDC<\/a><\/p>\n

Oh, I should tell you this\u2026 YSDC<\/span><\/strong> will be held in the summer of 2007 in two consecutive session-weeks \u2013 July 8-14<\/span><\/strong> and July 15-21<\/span><\/strong>\u2013 and you can sign up for either one! The venue is a Scout camp in North-Central New Jersey.<\/p>\n

Want more? Here\u2019s a brief history\u2026<\/p>\n

NJLIC, the National Junior Leader Instructor Camp<\/span> at Philmont Scout Ranch, has historically been the most important \u201ctrainer of trainers\u201d for your local council JLT courses. NJLIC was one of the evolutionary stop-off points springing from the original National Junior Leader Training Camp<\/span> (National JLTC) that operated at both Schiff Scout Reservation, in Mendham, NJ, and Philmont Scout Ranch, in Cimarron, NM, beginning in the very early 50’s. Beginning in the 60\u2019s and continuing through the 70\u2019s and 80\u2019s and beyond, this seminal 12-day training course originally created for troops\u2019 junior leaders (i.e., Patrol Leaders and Senior Patrol Leaders) became, first, NJLITC (National Junior Leader Instructor Training Camp \u2013 Boy, that\u2019s a mouthful!), and then, ultimately, NJLIC.<\/p>\n

NJLIC\u2019s purpose was entirely different from the original NJLTC (National Junior Leader Training Camp). Its mission: \u201cTo develop the knowledge, skills, motivation and confidence of selected junior leaders to enable them to give superior leadership and guidance to their local councils\u2019 Junior Leader Training Conference.\u201d Where NJLTC was a 12-day course with typically four training troops at each venue, NJLIC became a six-day course, organized into two training troops. Another significant change occurred in staffing. The original NJLTC had just two troop-dedicated\/troop-specific staffers\u2014the Scoutmaster and the Senior Patrol Leader\u2014and the balance of the staff comprised experts in Scoutcraft, troop operations, and leadership skills. They provided training content to all participants across all training troops. With the advent of NJLIC, each training troop had a staff of up to ten, including Scoutmaster and ASM, Senior Patrol Leader and ASPL, and as many as six Troop Guides (for Wood Badge folks, that\u2019s \u201cPatrol Counselors\u201d). Another change was in staff age. Whereas the \u201cold\u201d NJLTC courses had adult Scoutmasters, youth Senior Patrol Leaders and usually adult general\/specialist staffers, the NJLIC courses were virtually entirely youth-led. Of course, the biggest change was in course content itself. Scoutcraft skills became prerequisites, as did patrol and troop leadership experience and local council JLT (Junior Leader Training) course and\/or staff experience. The course content no longer focused on how to run a successful patrol and\/or troop, but how to run a successful and meaningful council JLT course. One thing, however, didn\u2019t change: The Patrol Method has been a part of every \u201cNJ\u201d course starting with \u201cDay One\u201d!<\/p>\n

NJLITC ran successfully at both Schiff and Philmont for a bunch of years, and between the two venues trained upwards of 750 to 1,000 Scouts each summer. But following the sale of the Schiff property in 1979, the program was subsequently operated at Philmont only, now training between 400 and 500 Scouts each summer.<\/p>\n

At NJLIC, Scouts learn methods for effective teaching, how to evaluate learning, preparation methods, and presentation skills. NJLIC strived to develop participants\u2019 knowledge and understanding of specific skills relating to the council-level JLT program, the skills of leadership, plus the \u201csafe haven\u201d and \u201creflection\u201d processes. Not totally abandoning Scoutcraft skills, these are now used as \u201cteaching tools\u201d designed to create interest and spark imagination that NJLIC-trained Scouts can carry home to their local councils, and to their troops, too.<\/p>\n

Then, around 2005-06, both \u201cNJLIC\u201d and \u201cJLT\u201d seemed to evaporate. But they didn\u2019t, really. NJLIC reappeared almost instantly as YSDC<\/span><\/strong>, and JLT became NYLT<\/span>. (A plan had been afoot for years to drop the term, \u201cjunior,\u201d and replace it with \u201cyouth,\u201d so as not to imply any diminutive or lesser status to the roles of Patrol Leader, Senior Patrol Leader, and other Scout leadership positions. Although it didn\u2019t take an \u201cAct of Congress\u201d to finally make this happen, it did take a lot of working in and around longstanding BSA \u201clanguage.\u201d)<\/p>\n

For council-based Scouts, National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) is an exciting, action-packed program in which councils provide Scouts with leadership skills and experience they can use in their home troops and in other situations demanding leadership of self and others.<\/p>\n

For many years, Junior Leader Training (JLT) was an important part of the leadership training continuum of BSA local councils throughout America. In 2003 and 2004, a task force of leadership experts and hundreds of Scouts in pilot courses across the nation reviewed and tested every aspect of a new syllabus that incorporated the most current leadership concepts, presenting them in fresh, vital, and meaningful training modules for today’s Scouts. Out of this grew the new NYLT. The NYLT course centers around the concepts of what a leader must BE, what he must KNOW, and what he must DO. The key elements are then taught with a clear focus on HOW TO. The skills come alive during the week as each patrol and each Scout in it goes on a Quest for the Meaning of Leadership.<\/p>\n

Built on the legacy of past JLT successes, the new 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 skill and confidence to lead well. Through a wide range of activities, games, and adventures, participants will work and play together as they put into action the best Scouting has to offer.<\/p>\n

NYLT is a six-day course conducted by BSA councils across America. Content is delivered in a troop and patrol outdoor setting with an emphasis on immediate application of learning in a fun environment. Interconnecting concepts and work processes are introduced early, built upon and augmented by memory aids, thereby allowing the Scouts to understand and employ new leadership skills much faster.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, NJLIC moved out of Philmont while \u201cNAYLE\u201d (National Advanced Youth Leadership Experience) moved in. NAYLE is new in both concept and method, different from the historical continuum of troop-council-national. NAYLE is aimed at providing unique outdoor leadership challenges to advanced Scouts who are brought together in provisional patrols for a week-long experience, headquartered at the Philmont Rocky Mountain Scout Camp. NAYLE focuses on the concepts of servant-leader, ethical decision-making, and leaving a legacy, for individual Scouts to embrace in their daily lives.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why YSDC<\/span><\/strong> remains so vital \u2013 It\u2019s a national-level course that tracks right back to the local council and home troop!<\/p>\n

So SIGN UP NOW! This is a CALL TO ACTION \u2013 It\u2019s time to check out YSDC<\/span><\/strong> and get on board!<\/p>\n

Happy Scouting!<\/span><\/p>\n

Andy<\/h3>\n

Got a question? Have an idea? Found something that works? Send it to me atAskAndyBSA@yahoo.com<\/a><\/span>.
\n(Please include your Council name or your town & state)<\/p>\n

(Special – January 2007 \u2013 Copyright \u00a9 2007 Andy McCommish)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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