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What’s New in Leadership

Development?Updates Feb 24 2010

VISION We envision BSA as the provider of

the highest quality leadership development courses for our nation’s youth and adult leaders.

Our courses draw from the best of the best leadership programs and material and will use a common lexicon.

ALL youth and adults in all programs will have access to age-appropriate Nationally sanctioned leadership courses.

Team Makeup is Diverse

Main Leadership Development Task Force (LDTF) team drawn from all 4 regions and all program divisions

Each sub team also diverse – NO past development members

Fosters new thinking ACROSS program lines

We will use Common Language

Total alignment of Leadership terms, skills, models and toolboxes

Youth and adult speak the same language

All Programs speak the same language!

Courses Open to ALL – no “silos”

Other than the specifics of “how to do your job” unit leadership training, ALL of our leadership courses will be open to all Programs and will be “program-neutral”

This means Coed

Proper age specific program – 18 year old youth may choose NYLT or Wood Badge (but Wood Badge is probably better)

Progression for Youth Unit to Council to National level Progressively adds more detail and

models Experiential component increasesUnit Leadership Development = TLT, CLT

(program specific: how to do your job)

Council Leadership Development = NYLT (for all Programs; coed)

National Leadership Development = NAYLE (for all Programs; coed)

Kodiak “optional”; suggest after NYLT

Why is Kodiak different?

Kodiak falls between “Unit” and “Council” level Leadership Development

Each “trek” different; no single standard

Experiential course related to Unit Leadership Development Training skill set but better understood after NYLT

Unit Leadership Development Training required. May require NYLT but not for several years

Progression for Adults Unit Leadership Development

– (not under LDTF purview)

Council Leadership Development– Wood Badge– Open to Youth members age 18 and over

National Leadership Development– Philmont Leadership Challenge– Sea Base Leadership Challenge

Unit Leadership Development

Three goals – to understand:– What is the unit leadership structure?– What is my job? (details/job

description card)– What leadership skills do I need to do

that job?

Troop Leadership

Training (TLT)

Soon to be Crew

Leadership Training (CLT)

TLT and “CLT” TLT has been updated and expanded with

more optional activities – need test courses

New Crew Leadership Training will combine the old Crew Officer Orientation and Venturing Leadership Skills Course (VLSC) – need test courses

Both TLT and CLT have the same “backbone” structure and will use the same terms!

Kodiak Skills and Models aligned with other

Leadership courses– uses same basic 7 skills as in TLT and CLT

Open to all programs – age 14 minimum or 13 with completion of 8th grade

“Trek” need not be high adventure

Better tie between “Leadership skills” and “Trek” written into syllabus

No more “read the syllabus” verbatim

NYLT

Open to all Programs (coed) on optional basis in 2010; all councils coed in 2011

New syllabus out to 55 users – “program neutral” yet underscores Unit structure

More 2010 courses may try our draft syllabus if they wish – email us at leadershipbsa@gmail.com

Coed Logistics All Youth Protection guidelines must

be followed

Mix of Programs and genders on teams preferred (use buddy or “Truddy” [3-deep] system)

Attendees can SLEEP in different places with no proven impact on patrol method

As with “boy only” small age spread within teams preferred (ie don’t mix 13 yr old boys with 17 year old boys or girls)

Coed NYLT Many councils have been doing

this for years with NO issues Philmont treks and Sea Base also

coed Common outcome is raised

performance for both males and females

NAYLE

All sessions (weeks) will be open to all programs in 2010 (coed)

Must take NYLT or a new “Bridge course” to attend

Bridge course will bring current Venturers who have not had NYLT up to speed

Bridge course will level the field for Venturers who have not attended NYLT

Sign up SOON as space will fill early!

Wood Badge

Syllabus changes– New Presentations on

• Diversity/Inclusiveness (Day 2)• Communications Patrol• Generations (Day 4, replaces original

Diversity session)

We are testing a new Patrol Project idea in January – if successful, you may have the option to use this in 2010

Philmont Leadership Challenge

Updated in 2009 to Program Neutral format

PLC will be the model for NAYLE – they will be nearly identical

“Beyond Wood Badge” concept of presenting new material should also work for “Beyond NYLT”

SIGN UP NOW is there is only ONE PLC for 2010!

The Beads…. Wood Badge, NYLT, NAYLE and PLC

staff are all eligible to earn 3 and 4 beads

Guidelines in the new NYLT syllabus Quartermaster can earn 3 beads Course Director may earn 3 beads if

they do not qualify for 4 (ie NYLT CD may not have been WB Troop Guide and so not eligible 4 beads)

Course Director Conference attendance REQUIRED of Course Director for ANY staff to get beads

New Certificate in production

Above all, remember It’s not about the beads….

It’s about

Servant Leadership

Powder Horn

Syllabus changes underway Will be Program Neutral Focus is “Resources for Units” not

Ranger Award (all appropriate advancement and recognition will be mentioned – ie Hornaday, Merit Badges etc)

Will be open to youth and unit “crews” Powder Horn is NOT a “leadership

course” but a “resource course” but requires a Course Director Conference

What do we teach now?

Until the new training course roll out or you are involved in a Pilot, use the current syllabus as you have in the past.

Wood Badge, NYLT, NAYLE and PLC changes are out NOW and in effect as per the 2010 syllabus.

TLT, CLT, Kodiak, and Powder Horn syllabus changes expected by spring

Trainer’s EDGE

Revisions are done!

Retested at PTC in July

Find at: Scouting.org/training

Mentoring

A new course on Mentoring is under development

This Mentoring course is required for the new Leadership Society Award, which is open to Boy Scouts and Venturers

Summary The ties between youth and adult

Leadership Development will continue to strengthen

Program Silos will disappear

Until a new training course rolls out, use current syllabus

Promote PTC, PLC and NAYLE to your councils!