Orange County Council – Boy Scouts of America LOG...

N A T I O N A L Y O U T H L E A D E R S H I P T R A I N I N G

O r a n g e C o u n t y C o u n c i l – B o y S c o u t s o f A m e r i c a

LOG BOOK

National Youth Leadership Training

NAME

PATROL


O r a n g e C o u n t y C o u n c i l N Y L T P a r t i c i p a n t L o g B o o k i

Table of ContentsIntroduction Preface 1 Scouting Mission and Vision 2 Objectives of NYLT 3 Schoepe Scout Reservation at Lost Valley Map 4 Code of Conduct 5 Overview of the Week 6 Day One Schedule of Events for Day One 1 Woggle Tying Instructions 2 Scout Stave Ideas 3 Leadership Compass 4 NYLT Memory Tips 5 Sample Patrol Duty Roster 6 Duties of NYLT Patrol Members 7 Grace at Meals 8 Camp Site Checklist 9 Leave No Trace 12 Participant Uniform 13 Communications Skills Checklist 14 Developing a Patrol Vision Work Sheet 15 Developing Your Patrol Work Sheet 16 The Campfire Program Planner 17 Campfire Program 18 Day Two Schedule of Events for Day Two 1 NYLT Flag Ceremonies 2 Displaying the Flag 4 Setting Your Goals Work Sheet 6 SMART Goals Work Sheet 7 Day Two Patrol Meeting Agenda 9 Planning Tool Work Sheet 10 Start-Stop-Continue Work Sheet 11 Preparing Your Plans Work Sheet 12 Sample Unit Meeting Plan Work Sheet 13 Patrol Lunch Planning Challenge 14 Day Two Patrol Leaders’ Council Meeting

Agenda 15 Service and Program Patrol Assignments 16 How to Keep Notes 17 Figure-of-Eight Lashing Instructions 18 Knots and Lashings 19 Planning a Scouts’ Worship Service 25 Example Interfaith Worship Service 26

Day Three Schedule of Events for Day Three 1 Decision-Making Tools 2 Day Three Patrol Leaders’ Council Meeting

Agenda 3 Duties of a Patrol Leader 4 Venturing Crew Officer Responsibilities 5 Troop and Crew Leadership Hints 6 Why do Scouts Wear Uniforms? 7 The Scout Uniform 8 Day Three Patrol Meeting Agenda 9 Day Four Schedule of Events for Day Four 1 The Teaching EDGE 2 GPS Receiver Instructions 3 Conflict Resolution Checklist 4 Day Four Patrol Leaders’ Council Meeting

Agenda 5 Day Four Patrol Meeting Agenda 6 Making Ethical Decisions 7 Checklist for Ethical Decision Making 8 Day Five Schedule of Events for Day Five 1 Leading Yourself Work Sheet 2 Day Five Patrol Leaders’ Council Meeting

Agenda 3 Emergency Response Plan 4 Day Five Patrol Meeting Agenda 5 Valuing Others Work Sheet 6 Day Six Schedule of Events for Day Six 1 Dutch Oven Breakfast Recipe 2 Developing a Personal Vision Work Sheet 3 Day Six Patrol Leaders’ Council Meeting

Agenda 5 Day Six Patrol Meeting Agenda 6 Communicating Well Work Sheet 7 Course Evaluation 8 Keeping the NYLT Spirit Alive 9 Appendix NYLT Post-Graduate Challenge 1


O r a n g e C o u n t y C o u n c i l N Y L T P a r t i c i p a n t L o g B o o k 1

O r a n g e C o u n t y C o u n c i l – B o y S c o u t s o f A m e r i c a

NYLT LOG BOOK

WELCOME TO ORANGE COUNTY COUNCIL NYLT!

You have been selected to attend this National Youth Leadership Training because:

■ Your friends and adult leaders place their trust and faith in you, with the understanding you will study and persevere in order to obtain as much real value from this conference as possible.

■ Your friends and leaders expect you to BE PREPARED in Scoutcraft, Scout spirit, and leadership, and capable of passing along all information learned this week to younger and less experienced boys and girls.

■ Your friends and leaders will expect you to be one step ahead of them in knowledge and ability. You will and must lead by your personal example. You will also be expected to complete the Post-Graduate Challenge.

As a NYLT graduate you must feel successful. Your training will be most helpful only as you share it at every opportunity - at your Scout Troop, Crew, Team or Ship activities and in your Scout District and Council events but most of all, in YOUR EVERY DAY SCOUT LIFE!

Again, Welcome! and remember always our leadership motto:

BE – KNOW - DO



Scouting Mission and Vision

BSA Mission Statement

The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law.

BSA Vision Statement

The Boy Scouts of America will prepare every eligible youth in America to become a responsible, participating citizen and leader who is guided by the Scout Oath and Law

Scout Law

A Scout is:

Trustworthy Obedient Loyal Cheerful Helpful Thrifty Friendly Brave Courteous Clean Kind Reverent

Scout Oath (or Promise)

On my honor I will do my best To do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; To help other people at all times; To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.

Scout Motto

Be Prepared

Venturing Motto

Lead the Adventure

Scout Slogan

Do a Good Turn Daily

Outdoor Code

As an American, I will do my best to- Be clean in my outdoor manners, Be careful with fire, Be considerate in the outdoors, and Be conservation-minded.



Objectives of NYLT At the heart of NYLT (National Youth Leadership Training) is a desire to promote the Scouting program everywhere, along with its goals of citizenship, personal fitness and character development. The principal objective of NYLT is to train Scouts to become better leaders and thus be able to help their Troop/Crew/Ship put on the best quality Scouting program to the largest possible group of Scouts.

In order to achieve this goal, NYLT gives candidates instruction in leadership skills such as controlling the group, effective teaching, and setting the example. These skills have proven to be very helpful to people serving in leadership positions. By either learning these skills for the first time, or sharpening them if he already uses them, candidates will have a chance to become better leaders. As an important part of the training, candidates will be given a chance to practice these skills at NYLT, and, of course when they return to their home Troop, Crew, Team or Ship.

Another objective of NYLT is to teach or reinforce the basic Scout skills to each Scout in attendance. For example: cooking, pioneering, and nature. Knowledge in these areas will help Scouts to be a better leaders as they will have knowledge in skills that they and their fellow Scouts are likely to need through the course of their Scouting experience and their lives.

It is this process of thinking about what kind of leader one is, learning skills that will improve each Scout’s ability to lead, and practicing Scouting situations throughout the week, that will fulfill the NYLT principal objective. When candidates return to their units, they will have learned the necessary skills and the things that can be done with good leadership and Scouting Spirit in the ideal situation that NYLT provides. The Scouts will then be able to apply this newfound knowledge in their home units and in other activities with which they are now, or will be later, involved.



Schoepe Scout Reservation at Lost Valley Map

Main

Irvine Gate

10-30-12

3-D Archery Range

Rough Rider

Westmyer Woods

Bike-o-rama

Camp Borrego

LaBare Park

Main Gate Restrooms



Code of Conduct All Youth and Adult participants of National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) are representatives of the community, family, and local Scouting Council. Therefore, all Scouts and their parents are asked to sign this Code of Conduct as a condition for participating with further understanding, that serious misconduct or infraction of behavior rules may result in expulsion from the NYLT course. We want each Scout to be responsible for their own behavior, and only when necessary will the procedure be invoked to send a Scout home from the NYLT course.

ALL SCOUTS ARE EXPECTED TO LIVE BY THE BOY SCOUT OATH AND LAW AT ALL TIMES AND TO USE THESE IDEALS AS GUIDES FOR THEIR BEHAVIOR.

• I promise on my honor as a Scout that I will set a good example by keeping myself neatly dressed and presentable. The Scout uniform will be worn at all times as designated by the Program Director.

• I will be responsible for keeping my tent and personal gear labeled, clean, and neat.

• I will demonstrate respect for Course equipment, public property and will be personally responsible for cleanliness and any loss, breakage, or vandalism of property.

Serious or repetitive behavior violations by Scouts including, but not limited to, the possession or use of tobacco, alcohol, cheating, gambling, dishonesty, swearing, fighting, and cursing may result in the expulsion from the NYLT course.

Scouts must learn to respect the rights and property of others. Remember to keep your hands to yourself. The tongue is a vicious weapon, think before you speak. Remember the golden rule “Do To Others As You Would Have Them Do To You.”

I PROMISE ON MY HONOR AS A SCOUT THAT I WILL DO MY BEST TO LIVE UP TO THE SCOUT OATH AND LAW AND AGREE TO FOLLOW THIS CODE OF CONDUCT.



Overview of the Week

Day One

12:00 P.M. Participants arrive and Registration begins

1:00 P.M. Orientation Trail

2:00 P.M. Campsite setup

3:00 P.M. Opening assembly

3:30 P.M. Communicating Well (Part One)

4:15 P.M. Finding Your Vision (Part One)

5:15 P.M. Patrol meal preparation, dinner, and cleanup; finish campsite setup

7:15 P.M. Flag ceremony

7:30 P.M. Who, Me? game and cracker barrel

8:00 P.M. Development of Guidelines for Course Conduct

8:45 P.M. Opening night campfire

9:30 P.M. Silent return to campsites

10:00 P.M. Lights out

Day Two

6:30 A.M. Arise; patrol breakfast and cleanup

8:00 A.M. Troop assembly

8:45 A.M. Setting Your Goals

9:45 A.M. Patrol meeting

10:15 A.M. Marshmallow Spaghetti Challenge & Preparing Your Plans

11:45 P.M. Patrol Lunch - Planning Challenge

12:45 A.M. Model patrol leaders' council meeting

1:30 P.M. Model troop meeting

3:00 P.M. Building pioneering projects

5:00 P.M. Meal preparation

5:30 P.M. Dinner and cleanup


7:30 P.M. Scouts Interfaith Worship Service

8:00 P.M. Movie night with cracker barrel

10:00 P.M. Lights out Troop events and activities Patrol events and activities Content sessions and their connecting activities



Day Three

6:30 A.M. Arise; breakfast and cleanup


8:00 A.M. Developing Your Team

9:30 A.M. Solving Problems

10:15 A.M. Problem-Solving Round-Robin

11:30 A.M. Patrol leaders' council meeting

12:00 P.M. Lunch and cleanup

1:00 P.M. Troop meeting

2:30 P.M. The Leading EDGE

3:30 P.M. Servant Leadership

4:10 P.M. Patrol games

4:30 P.M. Patrol meeting 4:55 P.M. Meal preparation 6:00 P.M. Dinner and cleanup 7:00 P.M. Flag ceremony

7:30 P.M. Lego Challenge

10:00 P.M. Lights out

Day Four



8:45 A.M. The Teaching EDGE

9:30 A.M. Patrol activity

10:15 A.M. Resolving Conflict


11:45 A.M. Lunch and cleanup


2:15 P.M. Geocache Wide Game

3:45 P.M. Learning Reflection

4:00 P.M. Patrol meeting




7:30 P.M. Making Ethical Decisions

8:30 P.M. Troop campfires (with cracker barrel snacks)




Day Five



8:30 A.M. Leading Yourself




12:00 P.M. While lunch is being prepared: Begin camp breakdown and Preparations for Outpost Camp

1:00 P.M. Valuing People

2:15 P.M. Troop prepare for the Outpost Camp

2:30 P.M. Troop assembly to begin the Outpost Camp

3:00 P.M. Outpost Camp

8:30 P.M. AH Campfire

Day Six


7:00 A.M. Return from Outpost Camp

8:30 A.M. Troop Assembly

8:45 A.M. Shower and prepare for day

10:00 A.M. Finding Your Vision, Part Two



12:00 P.M. Lunch Feast (presentations)

1:00 P.M. Communicating Well, Part Two

2:00 P.M. Patrol presentations: The Quest for the Meaning of Leadership

3:00 P.M. Course Closing: Creating a Future

4:00 P.M. Participants depart Troop events and activities Patrol events and activities Content sessions and their connecting activities


O r a n g e C o u n t y C o u n c i l N Y L T P a r t i c i p a n t L o g B o o k D a y O n e - 1

Schedule of Events for Day One 12:00 P.M. Participants arrive and Registration begins

1:00 P.M. Orientation Trail

2:00 P.M. Campsite setup

3:00 P.M. Opening assembly

3:30 P.M. Communicating Well (Part One)

4:15 P.M. Finding Your Vision (Part One)

5:15 P.M. Patrol meal preparation, dinner, and cleanup; finish campsite setup


7:30 P.M. Who, Me? game and cracker barrel

8:00 P.M. Development of Guidelines for Course Conduct

8:45 P.M. Opening night campfire

9:30 P.M. Silent return to campsites 10:00 P.M. Lights out Troop events and activities Patrol events and activities Content sessions and their connecting activities

Notes:



Woggle Tying Instructions Place the braid around three fingers of the left hand, palm up (Fig. 1). The working end of the braid known as "X" and the stationary end as "Y".

Bring end X over the stationary end Y (Fig. 1) and around the back of the hand (Fig. 2).

Thread end X over A and under Y thus forming B (Fig. 2-3).

Loop A over B and B under A (Fig. 5). Hold in position by placing the forefinger of the left hand between A and B.

Thread end X under B through the crisscross loop thus formed by A and B (Fig. 6).

Thread end X under B (Fig. 6) over A and under B again (Fig. 7-8).

Turn the hand over, palm up (Fig. 9). Bring end X along side of and parallel to end Y by threading the strand under A and over B (Fig. 9-10). Follow the direction of the dotted arrow.

The Turk's head neckerchief slide is formed by following this strand Y around three times; i.e., until there are three braided strands parallel to each other all around the slide (Fig. s 10, 11, 12)

The second time around is indicated in fig 11 as well as the beginning of the third time around. Fig 12 indicates end X on the completion of its third time around.

In doing this it may be necessary to take in the slack from time to time in order that there will be a sufficient amount of material to complete the slide.

It is important to adjust the slide so that it will be neat as well as the right size. Then, too, it will be necessary to remove the slide from the fingers when you thread end X around the for second and third time (Fig. 11-12).

The slide ends at the same point at which it was begun (Y). This completes the neckerchief slide.



Scout Stave Ideas Decorate your stave to make it personal. Brand or carve a totem to your liking. Don’t make it too fancy, however. It should be ready for hard use.

Use staves rather than natural wood for camp structures. It’s good conservation.

Use your Scout stave, a gallon jug of water, and some light rope to weigh your pack. “A pint’s a pound the world around,” so a gallon of water weighs 8 pounds. It’s a simple ratio in the example above:

1245=8𝒳𝒳=

45×812

=30pounds

Notch the length of your slave at 1 inch Intervals so you can use it to measure.

Use six staves, some tight rope, and two tent pegs to make a patrol table. The tabletop is small sheets of light plywood carried by each patrol member.



Leadership Compass



NYLT Memory Tips

Stages of Team Development

Forming: High enthusiasm, low skills

Storming: Low enthusiasm, low skills

Norming: Rising enthusiasm, growing skills

Performing: High enthusiasm, high skills

Memory Mnemonics

Vision—Goals—Planning—Creating a positive future

SMART Goals—Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Timely

Planning and Problem-Solving Tool—What, How, When, Who

Assessment Tool—SSC—Start, Stop, Continue

Teaching EDGE—Explain, Demonstrate, Guide, Enable

Stages of a Team—Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing

Leading EDGE—Explain, Demonstrate, Guide, Enable

Conflict Resolution Tool—EAR—Express, Address, Resolve

Ethical Decisions—Right vs. Wrong, Right vs. Right, Trivial

Communication—MaSeR—Message, Sender, Receiver

ROPE—Reach out, Organize, Practice, Experience



Sample Patrol Duty Roster Rotation of duties takes place daily at the morning troop assembly.

Patrol _____________________________________________

Names/days Day One Day Two Day Three Day Four Day Five Day Six Day Seven

Patrol leader Cleanup

buddies

Fire and water buddies

Assistant patrol leader

Cooking buddies

Patrol leader

Cleanup buddies



Cooking buddies

Patrol leader


Cleanup buddies


Cooking buddies

The patrol leader leads the patrol; attends patrol leaders' council meetings; holds patrol meetings to keep members informed of troop plans and activities; leads the patrol in games, practices, and competitions; sets an example by initiative and Scouting spirit; and is responsible for keeping patrol activities on the camp’s time/event schedule.

The assistant patrol leader leads the patrol in the absence of the patrol leader and assists the patrol leader as requested in the operation of the patrol and participation in activities.

Note: The patrol leader and assistant patrol leader are not scheduled for camp duties. They should be free to assist wherever and whenever needed.

Cooking buddies secure food supplies from the quartermaster at 4:30 P.M. and at such other times as directed; follow menus and recipes exactly after reading directions twice; serve meals on time; put away food; put cooking pots to soak; place cleanup water supply over fire before serving the meal.

Fire and water buddies maintain water supply; maintain supplies of tinder, kindling, and firewood protected from weather; and start fires in time for cooks to have meals ready on time.

Cleanup buddies set up wash and rinse water for dishwashing; clean cooking pots, utensils, and patrol’s personal eating gear; clean up the kitchen and dining areas; store all patrol equipment; dispose of trash; and put out all fires after use.



Duties of NYLT Patrol Members

Patrol Leader

The Patrol Leader is the leader of the group. He instructs all members in their duties and responsibilities and follows through on their completion. He represents his patrol on the Patrol Leaders Council (PLC).

Cooking Buddies

The patrol member listed next to the Patrol Leader is the Assistant Patrol Leader and he takes charge of the cooking. Both cooking buddies read the instructions through once before starting to prepare the meal and then follow the instructions carefully and have the meals ready on time. The head cook manages the stove.

Kitchen Clean Up Buddies

The patrol member listed as the first clean up buddy is in charge. These Scouts will see that the water is put on the stove for washing the dishes as soon as the food is through cooking. They wash the dishes and store them in a clean place and clean up the kitchen and dining areas and dispose of the garbage. They are responsible for turning off the stove and propane tank every time the patrol is out of the campsite.

Campsite Clean up Buddies

The patrol member listed as first campsite cleanup buddy is in charge. These Scouts are responsible for seeing that the campsite is clean and in good shape. They make sure that all of the patrol equipment is in its proper place. They are responsible for seeing that there is plenty of water in the campsite for drinking and cooking and they are also responsible for lighting the stove the first thing in the morning and the first thing after getting to the patrol campsite after classes.



Grace at Meals It is important that grace at meals be conducted in such a manner as to be conducive to reverence.

BSA Camps

Philmont Grace

For food, for raiment, For life, for opportunities For friendship and fellowship We thank Thee O Lord.

Bechtel Summit Grace

For this time and this place For Your goodness and grace For each friend we embrace We thank Thee, o Lord.

Florida Sea Base Grace

Bless the Creature of the sea, Bless this person I call me, Bless these Keys, You made so grand, Bless the sun that warms this land, Bless the fellowship we feel, As we gather for this meal.

Northern Tier Grace

For food, for raiment, For life and opportunity, For sun and rain, For water and portage trails, For friendship and fellowship, We thank Thee O Lord.

Catholic

Blessing Before Meals.

Bless us, O Lord, and these Thy gifts which we are about to receive from Thy bounty, through Christ, our Lord, Amen.

Grace After Meals.

We give Thee thanks, Almighty God, for all Thy benefits who livest and reignest forever. May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

Jewish

Hebrew Blessing Over Bread.

Ba-ruch a-tah A-do-nai, Elo-hai-nu me-lech ha-o-lam ha-mo-tzi le-chem min ha-a-retz.

(English translation: Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe, who brings forth bread from the earth.)

Protestant

Morning Grace

Gracious Giver of all good, Thee we thank for rest and food. Grant that we do or say, in Thy service be this day.

Noon Grace

Father, for this noonday meal we would speak the praise we feel. Health and strength we have from Thee, help us Lord to faithful be.

Evening Grace

Tireless Guardian on our way. Thou hast kept us well this day. While we thank Thee we request, care continued, pardon rest.



Camp Site Checklist The following is an outline of the basic points to be considered in setting up a camp site inspection. The purpose of this outline is to point out what YOU, as a Patrol Leader or Patrol Member, should look for and try to improve.

Tents and Grounds

1. The tents should be clean with no dirt on the floor and no equipment or clothes left laying anywhere or stuffed under mattresses.

2. All ropes in your area should be either whipped or back spliced. Ropes in any area where a person could walk should have flags attached.

3. All trash of any kind in your area should be picked up and put in garbage cans.

4. Patrol duty rotation sheet and patrol inspection sheet should be posted on your bulletin board and hung up in a conspicuous place.

5. When you are not in your camp site, your sleeping bag should be straightened out on your bunk and opened up by folding back the upper part. Your pack should be neatly stowed under your cot and closed up. Extra shoes or boots may be neatly arranged on the ground beside your bunk.

Kitchen and Sanitation

1. All garbage put in trash cans or bags.

2. All dishes and utensils clean with no grease or sand on them.

3. All pots and pans stored in patrol box and all utensils hung up in net bags.

4. All food bins returned to commissary clean, dry and empty.

5. Your patrol box and your table should be washed clean including the benches. Don’t sit on the tables.

6. Clean your stove and remove spilled food.

Meals

1. If the meal is not served at a designated time, your patrol will lose points for being late. Your guest will arrive so that he is at your patrol area table at the designated time. Your complete patrol should be in attendance at that time.

2. Your patrol should eat as a family with all members sitting down during the meal. We don’t have waiters at NYLT. You will lose points if patrol members get up unnecessarily to serve things that should have been on the table.

3. Your senior guest will give you the points for quality and for being on time. The number of points he gives is entirely up to his discretion. Your table manners will be judged under quality.



Morale

1. Your patrol should work together as a team so that they can arrive at all formations on time and give your patrol yell as you arrive.

2. Your patrol members should carry out their duties as they are assigned on the rotation sheet with no arguments or bickering among themselves.

3. Your patrol members should all appear neat with their bodies and their clothes kept as clean as possible.

4. You should carry out all assignments given to you as a patrol cheerfully and promptly.

5. Your patrol gives its yell and says grace before every meal with every Scout taking his turn.

6. Profanity has no place at NYLT. Its use can lose points for your patrol and its repeated use is sufficient reason for dismissal.

Service Projects

Ideas for service projects should be developed in your patrol meeting and then be presented at the Patrol Leaders Council for approval by the Assistant Course Director. If you cannot think of something to do, ask for suggestions from your Senior Patrol Leader or Scoutmaster, but it still must be approved at the PLC.

Washing and Cleaning Up Dishes

It’s very important that dishwashing be done properly. Unless eating utensils, food-preparation and cooking equipment are thoroughly cleaned after they’re used, food particles, surface films, or deposits accumulate and support the growth of many types of germs, including those that can cause food-borne disease. An effective dishwashing procedure is essential for health protection.

Efficient dishwashing is necessary; the task should not take longer than 20 to 25 minutes if treated as a teamwork job. Assigned cleanup Scouts set up and supervise the operation, and each patrol member takes care of wiping out, washing, and rinsing personal eating gear.

Steps to follow:

• Cooks should start a meal by placing a large pot of water to heat on the stove. This is used for hot drinks, soups, cooking, etc., during meal preparation. The pot is refilled with water and placed back on the stove a second time to heat (for after-meal cleanup sanitizing) before everyone sits down to eat. Add the provided sanitizer to this pot.

• Following the meal, cleanup buddies prepare dishwashing water in a second pot by adding soap to a mixture of hot and cold water. Set up a third pot of hot water for the rinse. Leave the sanitizing water on the stove as long as possible to keep it boiling.

• Spread out a clean plastic sheet for air-drying dishes. Use hot-pot tongs to handle utensils in hot water. Dissolve a single sanitizing tablet in the hot water on the stove. The sanitizing water should be kept on the stove and as hot as possible to aid the air-drying of utensils, but it no longer needs to be kept at a rolling boil if a sanitizing agent has been added.

• Each person cleans all food particles and grease from their personal eating gear and the personal dishes of the Scouts assigned to cleanup. Cleanup people start cleaning out cook pots.



Dishwashing

• Everyone washes his own dishes, including drinking container, after each cooked meal. After dishes are washed in warm soapy water, they’re dunked in the hot rinse water and dunked for several seconds in sanitized boiling water on the stove, then 4. placed on a plastic sheet to air-dry. Towels should not be used for drying. All of the personal dishwashing should not take longer than five or ten minutes. At this point, all but those assigned to cleanup may leave, while the Scouts assigned to cleanup, finish the job.

• Using a minimum of water with a scouring pad or abrasive cloth, the cleanup people wash out the insides of all pots. They wash and rinse cook pots, then place them on the plastic sheet to air-dry.

• Dishwater is dumped in the fire pit.

• Cleanup people wash out and crush all cans, wash out bottles and jars, and then place all recyclables in the proper container.

• Store dishes and cook pots in a dry, fly-proof place, such as the food box or in plastic bags.

• Store eating utensils in bags.

• Clean up stoves and police the area. Clean, hang up, or put away all dishwashing equipment in a place where it will dry out thoroughly. Check the stoves before leaving to be sure that they are completely off. Remember: This whole process is easily completed by a well-organized patrol in 30 minutes or less.



Leave No Trace

Plan Ahead and Prepare

• Know the regulations and special concerns for the area you'll visit.

• Prepare for extreme weather, hazards, and emergencies. • Schedule your trip to avoid times of high use. • Visit in small groups when possible. Consider splitting

larger groups into smaller groups. • Repackage food to minimize waste. • Use a map and compass to eliminate the use of marking

paint, rock cairns or flagging.

Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces

• Durable surfaces include established trails and campsites, rock, gravel, dry grasses or snow.

• Protect riparian areas by camping at least 200 feet from lakes and streams.

• Good campsites are found, not made. Altering a site is not necessary.

• In popular areas: • Concentrate use on existing trails and campsites. • Walk single file in the middle of the trail, even when

wet or muddy. • Keep campsites small. Focus activity in areas where

vegetation is absent. • In pristine areas:

• Disperse use to prevent the creation of campsites and trails.

• Avoid places where impacts are just beginning.

Dispose of Waste Properly

• Pack it in, pack it out. Inspect your campsite and rest areas for trash or spilled foods. Pack out all trash, leftover food and litter.

• Deposit solid human waste in catholes dug 6 to 8 inches deep, at least 200 feet from water, camp and trails. Cover and disguise the cathole when finished.

• Pack out toilet paper and hygiene products. • To wash yourself or your dishes, carry water 200 feet away

from streams or lakes and use small amounts of biodegradable soap. Scatter strained dishwater.

• Leave What You Find • Preserve the past: examine, but do not touch cultural or

historic structures and artifacts. • Leave rocks, plants and other natural objects as you find

them. • Avoid introducing or transporting non-native species. • Do not build structures, furniture, or dig trenches.

Minimize Campfire Impacts

• Campfires can cause lasting impacts to the backcountry. Use a lightweight stove for cooking and enjoy a candle lantern for light.

• Where fires are permitted, use established fire rings, fire pans, or mound fires.

• Keep fires small. Only use sticks from the ground that can be broken by hand.

• Burn all wood and coals to ash, put out campfires completely, then scatter cool ashes.

Respect Wildlife

• Observe wildlife from a distance. Do not follow or approach them.

• Never feed animals. Feeding wildlife damages their health, alters natural behaviors, and exposes them to predators and other dangers.

• Protect wildlife and your food by storing rations and trash securely.

• Control pets at all times, or leave them at home. • Avoid wildlife during sensitive times: mating, nesting,

raising young, or winter.

Be Considerate of Other Visitors

• Respect other visitors and protect the quality of their experience.

• Be courteous. Yield to other users on the trail. • Step to the downhill side of the trail when encountering

pack stock. • Take breaks and camp away from trails and other visitors. • Let nature's sounds prevail. Avoid loud voices and noises.



Participant Uniform The NYLT participant uniform consists of the following items:

Field Uniform Activity Uniform

1. Scout or Venturing Field Uniform shirt

2. Scout or Venturing† pants or shorts (shorts recommended)

3. Scout or Venturing† belt

4. Scout or Venturing† socks

5. Hiking boots

6. Any Scout Cap or brimmed hat for Venturers

7. Name Tag worn over right pocket

8. Neckerchief

9. Woggle

10. Water bottle, with water

11. Watch

12. Rope belt

13. Stave

14. Course Compass (when received)

15. Song book

1. White t-shirt

2. Scout or Venturing† pants or shorts (shorts recommended)

3. Scout or Venturing belt†

4. Scout or Venturing socks†

5. Hiking boots

6. Any Scout Cap or brimmed hat for Venturers

7. Name Tag

8. Water bottle, with water

9. Watch

10. Rope belt

11. Stave

12. Course Compass (when received)

13. Song book

† For Venturers, BSA-issued pants/shorts, socks and belt are highly encouraged. Venturers who choose not to wear BSA issued pants/shorts, sock and belt must conform to BSA Venturing uniforming requirements and the following OCC NYLT guidelines: • Gray backpacking style pants/shorts (the bottom of shorts cannot be more than 3” above the knees) • Light gray socks • Any belt appropriate for a Scouting environment



Communications Skills Checklist Neutral position. The leader stands comfortably before the audience, hands at his or her sides.

Their posture is good. Feet. The leader positions himself or herself where everyone can see and hear them without

distraction. If possible, the leader moves around during the presentation. Hands. The leader uses their hands and arms as communicating tools, inviting the audience’s

participation while not distracting them with constant motion. Mouth. The leader communicates loudly enough for everyone to hear, and clearly enough for

everyone to understand. He or she varies the tone of their voice as they talk. Eyes. The leader makes eye contact with listeners. Ears. The leader is aware of how listeners respond to what he or she says, and he or she adjusts

his or her communicating to fit their needs. Notes:



Developing a Patrol Vision Work Sheet

The Challenge

As members of an NYLT patrol, develop one very clear shared vision of success for your week together during the course. You will use this vision throughout the course as you seek to achieve all you can as a patrol. At the end of the course, you will have an opportunity to measure the degree of progress you have made toward fulfilling your vision and to report that progress to the rest of the troop.

1. Brainstorming

Brainstorm with your patrol to develop ideas that might be included in your patrol’s vision of success by the conclusion of the course. Write your ideas down in your Participant Notebook.

2. Bringing It Together

Discuss and combine the results of your brainstorming session to develop a vision of success for your patrol. Write down versions of your patrol’s vision. Keep revising it until you have a vision that is clear and that all members of your patrol think is worthwhile.

3. Communicating the Shared Vision

Write down your finalized patrol vision!

Success looks like:

If we can see it, we can be it!



Developing Your Patrol Work Sheet A team is a group of people who share a common vision. They work together to complete goals that will help them realize their shared vision. They support and depend on one another.

Stages of Team Development

Forming—Low skills, high enthusiasm

Storming—Low skills, low enthusiasm

Norming—Growing skills, rising enthusiasm

Performing—High skills, high enthusiasm



The Campfire Program Planner How to use this sheet: Be sure that every feature of this campfire program upholds Scouting’s highest traditions.

1. In a campfire planning meeting, fill in the top of the Campfire Program sheet (see next page).

2. On the Campfire Program Planner (below), list all units and individuals who will participate in the program.

3. Write down the name, description, and type of song, stunt, or story they have planned.

4. The MC organizes songs, stunts, and stories in a good sequence considering timing, variety, smoothness, and the four “S”s: Skits, Songs, Stories and Showmanship.

5. The master-of-the-campfire makes out the Campfire Program sheet (over).

6. Copies of the program are given to all participants.

Campfire Program Planner

Group or Individual

Description

Type

Spot

Opening

Closing

Headliner

Song leader

Cheerleader

Main event

Cheer Planner Spot

Song Planner Spot



Campfire Program Place Date

Time

Camp director’s approval:

Spot Title of Stunt, Song, or Story By Time

1 Opening—and firelighting

2 Greeting—introduction M.C.

3 Sing— Yell—

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22 Closing

Campers notified Area set up by Campfire planning meeting

M. C. Campfire built by Song leader Fire put out by

by


O r a n g e C o u n t y C o u n c i l N Y L T P a r t i c i p a n t L o g B o o k D a y T w o - 1

Schedule of Events for Day Two 6:30 A.M. Arise; patrol breakfast and cleanup


8:45 A.M. Setting Your Goals


10:15 A.M. Marshmallow Spaghetti Challenge & Preparing Your Plans

11:45 P.M. Patrol Lunch - Planning Challenge

12:45 A.M. Model patrol leaders' council meeting

1:30 P.M. Model troop meeting

3:00 P.M. Building pioneering projects




7:30 P.M. Scouts Interfaith Worship Service

8:00 P.M. Movie night with cracker barrel

10:00 P.M. Lights out Troop events and activities Patrol events and activities Content sessions and their connecting activities Notes:



NYLT Flag Ceremonies

Color Guard

X X X X X X

Flag of The Day

U.S. Flag

NYLT Flag

Adult Staff

U-Troop Q-Corps

“R” Troop

“O” Troop

“L” Troop

“B” Troop “C” Troop “F” Troop

Flag Raising Ceremony

The course director directs the program to begin the flag ceremony.

With the Troops at ease, the Troop Guide of the program patrol takes charge. He moves his color guard into position near the adult staff. He then completes the following commands:

“Camp, attention!”

“Color guard, attention.”

“Color guard, advance.” The six Scouts in the color guard walk to the flag in 2-2-2 formation. Each pair stops when it reaches its designated flag pole.

“Color guard, prepare to present the colors.” Each pair of Scouts partially unfolds its flag and grabs to corners in preparation for presenting the colors.

“Color guard, present the colors.” Each pair of Scouts simultaneously carefully snaps its flag open and displays it to the audience.

“Color guard, prepare to raise the colors!” After attaching the flag to the lanyard, one Scout on each of the flags will hold the flag and the rope directly under it to guide it to the top and the other will prepare to pull the rope that makes it go up.

“Color guard, raise the colors! Camp salute!” The flags are raised briskly; when they reach the top the patrol leader commands. “Please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance, I pledge… and justice for all.” “Two.”

“Color guard, secure the halyards!” The Scout pulling the rope secures it to the cleat on the flagpole.



The Troop Guide then reads the historical flag presentation for the flag of day and leads the audience in singing the song of the day. The script and song for each flag are included in the Patrol Leaders Notebook.

“Color guard, honor the colors!” The color guards all face the U.S. Flag and salute.

“Two!” The color guards drop their salutes.

“Color guard, regroup!” Each pair of Scouts reforms in front of its flag facing toward their right.

“Color guard, dismissed!” The pair of Scouts on the NYLT flag begin marching forward. When they reach the pair on the American flag they briefly pause and then the two pairs continue marching. When they reach the pair on the flag of the day they briefly stop and then all three pairs continue marching off stage.

“Camp, at ease.” The patrol then returns to its place in the formation.

Flag Lowering Ceremony

The course director directs the program to begin the flag ceremony.

With the Troops at ease, the Troop Guide of the program patrol takes charge. He moves his color guard into position near the adult staff. He then completes the following commands:

“Camp, attention!”

“Color guard, attention.”

“Color guard, advance.” The six Scouts in the color guard walk to the flag in 2-2-2 formation. Each pair stops when it reaches its designated flag pole.

“Color guard, prepare to lower the colors.” One on each of the flags will hold the rope, and the other will catch the flag when it reaches the bottom.

“Camp, salute!

“Color guard lower the colors!” The flags are lowered slowly to the bottom. As soon as the American flag is touched, the command “Two” is given. The flags are then folded.

“Color guard, secure the halyards.” One Scout from each pair raises the empty clips up the pole and ties off the rope.

“Color guard, regroup!” Each pair of Scouts reforms in front of its flag facing toward their right.

“Color guard, dismissed!” The pair of Scouts on the NYLT flag begin marching forward. When they reach the pair on the American flag they briefly pause and then the two pairs continue marching. When they reach the pair on the flag of the day they briefly stop and then all three pairs continue marching off stage.

“Camp, at ease.” The patrol then returns to its place in the formation.



Displaying the Flag All citizens should know how to display their country’s flag, since owning a flag and displaying it properly are marks of patriotism and respect. The first code on the proper display of the US flag was passed by Congress in 1942, and has been amended several times. Most recently, it was changed to prohibit the displaying of the flag on the floor or ground. Below are several basic guidelines for displaying the US flag

During the ceremony of hoisting or lowering the flag, or when the flag is passing in parade, all persons should face the flag, stand at attention and salute. A man should remove his hat and hold it with the right hand over the heart. Men without hats and women salute by placing the right hand over the heart. The salute to the flag in the moving column should be rendered at the moment the flag passes

When flags of two or more nations are displayed, they are to be flown from separate staffs of the same height. The flags should be of approximately equal size. International usage forbids the display of the flag of one nation above another nation in time and place.

When the US flag is displayed from a staff projecting from a building, the union of the flag should be placed at the peak of the staff unless the flag is at half staff. When suspended from a rope extending from the building to a pole, the flag should be hoisted out, union first, from the building.

When the US flag is displayed other than from a staff, it should be displayed flat, or so suspended that its folds fall free. When the flag is displayed over a street, place the union so that it faces north or east, depending upon the direction of the street.

When displayed from a staff in a church or public auditorium, the US flag should hold the position of superior prominence, in advance of the audience, and in the position of honor at the clergyman’s or speaker’s right. Any other flag so displayed should be placed on the left of the clergyman or speaker or to the right of the audience.

The US flag, when carried in a procession with another or other flags, should be either on the marching right (the flag’s own right) or, if there is a line of other flags, in front of the center of that line. Never display the US flag from a float except from a staff, or so suspended that its folds fall free as though staffed.



The US flag, when displayed with another flag against a wall from crossed staffs, should be on the US flag’s own right, and its staff should be in front of the staff of the other flag.

The US flag should be at the center and at the highest point of the group when a number of flags of States or localities or pennants of societies are grouped and displayed from staffs.

When other flags are flown from the same halyard, the US flag should always be at the peak. When other flags are flown from adjacent staffs, the US flag should be hoisted first and lowered last. No flag may fly above or to the right of the US flag.

If displayed flat against the wall on a speaker’s platform, the US flag should be placed above and behind the speaker with the union of the flag in the upper left-hand corner as the audience faces the flag.

When the US flag is used to cover a casket, it should be so placed that the union is at the head and over the left shoulder. The flag should not be lowered into the grave or allowed to touch the ground. The flag, when flown at half staff, should be first hoisted to the peak for a moment and than lowered to the half staff position. The flag should be again raised to the peak before it is lowered for the day.

In Addition.... • On an automobile, tie the flag to the antenna or clamp the flagstaff to the right fender. • The US flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of distress. • The US flag should never touch anything beneath it -- ground, floor, water, etc. • Never place anything on the US flag. The flag should never have placed upon it or attached to it any

mark, sign, insignia, letter, word, figure, design, picture or drawing of any kind. • Never use the flag to hold, carry or deliver anything. • The US flag may be mended, dry-cleaned or washed. An old flag may be displayed as long as it is in

respectable condition.



Setting Your Goals Work Sheet

Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Timely

SMART Notes:

Specific—Everyone needs to know exactly what’s involved.

Measurable—You need a way to measure your goal so that you know when you have completed it.

Attainable—You should be able to see how you can reach your goal.

Relevant—If the goal is not connected to reaching the vision, why are we doing it?

Timely—Do it when it’s needed.



SMART Goals Work Sheet Goals are steps toward fulfilling a vision. They are the bites that enable you to eat the elephant.

To be effective, a goal should pass the SMART Goals test. Use the space below to write ways in which a goal you are testing fulfills each requirement of a SMART Goal. (If you need more space, use the back of this page or additional sheets of paper.)

Specific

The goal is specific in these ways:

Measurable

The goal is measurable in these ways:



Attainable

The goal is attainable in these ways:

Relevant

The goal is relevant to the vision in these ways:

Timely

The goal is timely in these ways:



Day Two Patrol Meeting Agenda 1. Welcome – Troop Guide

2. Meeting agenda - Troop Guide

3. Patrol leader responsibilities - Troop Guide

4. Patrol duty roster – Patrol leader

5. Evaluate patrol progress using Start, Stop, Continue (SSC) – Explained by the Troop guide; evaluation led by the patrol leader, with troop guide’s support

§ Start - "What should we be doing that will make things better?"

§ Stop - "What should we stop doing because it isn't helping?"

§ Continue - "What is a strength and is working well that we want to continue doing?"

(Include evaluation of the patrol's progress with the Daily Campsite Inspection Checklist and the duty roster.)

6. Closing – Patrol leader

7. Adjourn.

Notes:



Planning Tool Work Sheet Date Name

Goal or Activity

Priority (A, B, C)

What (Activity) How

When (Start/Stop; How Long?)

Who



Start-Stop-Continue Work Sheet

Self Assessment

Self assessment provides insights into ways that a troop, patrol or other group can more effectively develop into a high performance team. An effective way to evaluate performance is to use the Start, Stop, Continue evaluation process. § Start – “What should we be doing that will make things better?” § Stop – “What should we stop doing because it isn’t helping?” § Continue – “What is our strength and is working well that we want to continue doing?”

Start

Stop

Continue



Preparing Your Plans Work Sheet 1. Start, Stop, Continue

Start, Stop, Continue is a tool for testing the effectiveness of your plans. It can be used whenever evaluation is appropriate.

Start—What should we start doing that will make things better?

Stop—What should we stop doing because it is not helping?

Continue—What is a strength and is working well that we want to continue doing?

2. Action Plans



Sample Unit Meeting Plan Work Sheet UNIT MEETING PLAN

Date

ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION RUN BY TIME

Preopening minutes

Opening Ceremony minutes

Skills Instruction minutes

Patrol Meetings minutes

Interpatrol Activity minutes

Closing minutes Total 90 minutes of meeting

s Scoutmaster's Minute. SM

After the Meeting



Patrol Lunch Planning Challenge Please verify the following lunch menu with your troop guide.

Patrol lunch today will include: lunch entree, side(s), a beverage, and dessert.

Your challenge is to use the What, How, When, Who Planning Tool to fully plan your patrol's lunch.

Planning steps to use:

• What - Everything you need for the meal, including all food ingredients and utensils

• How - The process you will use to get everything from the quartermaster and to prepare the meal

• When - The order of events for gathering what you need, fixing lunch, and cleaning up

• Who - Assigning tasks so that someone takes responsibility for each portion of the plan

When you have completed your plans, give your troop guide your written request for ingredients, utensils, and anything else your patrol will need to prepare lunch.

Your request will be followed exactly, adding nothing and leaving nothing out. (Where necessary, substitutions will be made, but will stay in the spirit of the request.

Following the model patrol leaders' council meeting, patrols may pick up from the quartermaster all the items on their request lists and then will follow their plans to prepare and enjoy lunch.

Notes:



Day Two Patrol Leaders’ Council Meeting Agenda 1. Welcome and introductions

2. Purpose of the meeting - what we need to accomplish

3. Reports on the progress being made by each patrol

4. Announcements

5. Program patrol and service patrol assignments

6. Closing

7. Scoutmaster’s observations

Notes:



Service and Program Patrol Assignments

Service Patrol

The service patrol period of service is from morning troop assembly until the duties are turned over to the new service patrol at the next ceremony.

Service patrol duties include:

§ Being responsible for the general cleanliness of the camp, especially for the meeting areas and campfire circle.

§ Assisting the quartermaster with troop cracker barrels.

§ Laying campfires when requested and extinguishing the fires when done.

§ Placing lighted latrine lanterns in appropriate places every evening and returning them to the quartermaster each morning, cleaned and filled.

Program Patrol

The program patrol period of service is from the morning troop assembly until the duties are turned over to the new program patrol at the next ceremony.

Program patrol duties include:

§ Hoisting the flags in the morning at troop assembly and lowering the flags in the evening as directed by the senior patrol leader through the leadership council.

§ Making sure that the presentation area is set up and the necessary equipment is on hand before the start of each session, as requested by the assistant Scoutmaster for program.

§ Giving leadership to campfire programs, as requested, and being ready at all times to introduce and lead songs when called upon.



How to Keep Notes

Notes Are Important

They are the only dependable way to be sure that you will remember the valuable ideas you hear and see.

Get the Main Ideas

Write down only as much detail as you can without losing what the speaker is saying. The speaker usually will tip you off by announcing the main points: “There are three major reasons why . . .” or “The first reason is . . .”

Use Outline Style

I. Outlines show the relationship of ideas. A. Roman numerals represent main ideas.

1. Arabic numerals are subheads under capital letters. a. Small letters are subheads under Arabic numerals.

Abbreviate

Use key words and partial sentences. On the other hand, don’t be so sketchy that it doesn’t mean any thing. Brief, accurate notes are better than lengthy, confused ones.

Use a Notebook

Random notes scribbled on loose scraps of paper are seldom satisfactory. Have your notebook with you at all times. There are notes to take at all events - the lakefront, at a campfire or on a bike.

This Is Important

Before those notes get cold (probably within 24 hours), take time to make sure you understand them. Then you won’t be wondering several months from now what you meant by some of the abbreviations.

These discussions are wasted time unless they result in action on your part. You won’t do much about a discussion unless you remember what the speaker said. You may not remember what he said unless you keep notes.

One Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words

Don’t try to go into a detailed description of an item if you can make a drawing and label it.

Remember

Faded ink is better than best memory. —Baden-Powell



Figure-of-Eight Lashing Instructions Lay three spars alongside each other, butt to butt and tip to tip. Starting at the middle of the rope, weave around the spars a few times with each rope end. Tighten with two frapping turns in the spaces between the spars. Finish with a square knot and open the tripod.

To stabilize the tripod, three more spars should be lashed across the butts a foot or so from the base.



Knots and Lashings You cannot get very far with any pioneering without coming across the need for a lashing. In deed, there are very few structures that can be built without any at all. It is very easy to do lashings — It is even easier to do them badly! The secret is to make them as tidy as possible and as tight as possible.

Types of Lashings

Square lashing - used to lash two spars together, whether they’re at right-angles or not, when they’re touching.

Shear Lashing — used to lash poles to form a longer length, perhaps for a flagpole.

Adding a second Shear Lashing will strengthen the overlap, as then no movement is possible in any direction.

1.Start with Clove Hitch. 2. Over the first spar, under the 3. After three complete circuits, next, over and under and so on. to a horizontal direction.

4. Add three frapping turns, these 5. Finish with a Clove Hitch. tighten the lashing.

1. Overlap poles by 30 to 45cm (12-18 in).

2. Start with a Clove Hitch. 3. Wrap rope around both poles.

4. Add three frapping turns to tighten lashing. 5. Finish with a Clove Hitch.



Rope

Length

The length of rope used for a lashing should be equal to the thickness (diameter) of the pole being lashed (in inches) multiplied by the length of a fathom (6 feet). For example, if a pole is 3 inches in diameter then the length of rope should be 6 x 3 = 18 feet. Thickness

Pick a rope with a thickness (diameter) equal in inches to the diameter of the poles being lashed in feet. As an example, a pole 3 inches in diameter is the same as ¼ foot (3 ÷ 12 = ¼), so the rope used should be ¼ inch thick



Splices

Short Splice

When a rope is injured or when two ropes of the same size are to be joined together permanently, this splice is most often used. If the rope is injured, the damaged part is cut out and the sound sections arc spliced.

Splicing: Unlay (untwist) the ropes for about four or five turns. Bring the ends together so that the strands of one rope alternate with the strands of the other rope. This is called “marrying.” Tuck the strands of the left-hand rope over and under the strands of the right-hand rope; in the same manner, tuck the strands of the right-hand rope over and under the strands of the left-hand rope. If necessary, twist the rope against the lay slightly in order to loosen it enough to tuck in the strands. When each strand has been woven “over and under” twice, stretch the rope taut and trim down the strand ends, cutting in a direction away from the center of the splice. Finally, smooth the splice by rolling it under your foot on the floor.



Back Splice

No length of rope should ever be put into service without having had the end properly prepared. Whipping is one method of preventing fraying and back splicing is another. The back splice is more durable, although not suited to some uses of rope.

Splicing: The ends are first laid over each other in a crown knot (see Figs. 1-3) and protrude from the crown point back along the standing part of the rope. They are tucked as in the short splice, with the same over-and-under movement. Trim the ends and smooth the splice by rolling it on the floor with your foot.



Eye Splice

The eye splice is called the side splice when used to splice one rope into the side of another. If a permanent loop or eye is needed, no knot can rival the eye splice for neatness and efficiency. Like the short splice, it is woven “one over, one under,” and strands may be loosened for tucking by twisting the rope in the direction opposite to the lay.

Splicing: Unlay the end of the rope for four or five turns and bring the strands back on the standing part at a distance sufficient to make a loop of the desired size. Lay the three strands of the end along one side of the standing part. Take (A), the middle one of the end strands leading from the top, and tuck it under any near strand (1) of the standing part. Pull it through. Tuck the left strand (C) under the next strand above (3) and tuck the right strand (B) under the next strand below (2). The three end strands should now be woven through three successive standing part strands. Carry each end over the next strand and repeat the tucking once or twice –“one under, one over.” Clip the loose ends and roll smooth. (Fig. 1 shows side view of loop. White is the end and dark strands are the standing part.)



Planning a Scouts’ Worship Service

Location

■ Lends itself to the occasion and promotes reverence

■ Comfortable for participants

■ Has a focal point (view)

Content

■ In line with Courtesy, Kind, and Reverent

■ Participants are active (responsive readings, singing, etc.)

Sample Outline

1. Call to worship

2. Hymns or songs

3. Scriptures or reading from a variety of religious or inspirational sources

4. Responsive reading

5. Personal prayer

6. Group prayer

7. Inspirational reading or message

8. Offering (World Friendship Fund)

9. An act of friendship

10. Benediction or closing

A Suggested Opening

“Prepare yourself for prayer in your usual custom

The Boy Scouts of America maintains that no member can grow into the best kind of citizen without recognizing an obligation to God.



Example Interfaith Worship Service Call to Worship Staff 1 Invocation Staff 2 Opening Hymn Staff 5 God Bless America Inspirational Reading Staff 3

Please prepare yourself for prayer in your usual custom. We gather together now to remember that we have duties not only to ourselves and to those with whom we share this world, but duties to the Divine Source of all that is. We gather together to reflect on the obligation we have taken upon ourselves as Scouts to be “reverent.” We gather together now to consider our “duty to God.” O Lord, our Heavenly father, we lift our hearts to you. We come to this time and place of worship with your beauty all about us; in the sky, in the trees, in the earth, and in all your creation. We praise you, and come to worship you. Blessed are you, O Lord our God, who gives us each new day. Amen. God bless America Land that I love Stand beside her and guide her Through the night with a light from above From the mountains To the prairies To the oceans white with foam God bless America My home sweet home God bless America My home sweet home The story is told that Sir Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the world scouting movement, closed the first World Scouting Jamboree with the following charge: "Brother Scouts, I ask you to make a solemn choice. Differences exist between the peoples of the world in thought and sentiment, just as they do in language and physique. The war has taught us that if one nation tries to impose its particular will upon others, cruel reaction is bound to follow. The Jamboree has taught us that if we exercise mutualforbearance and give-and-take, then there is sympathy and harmony. If it be your will, let us go forth from here determined that we will develop among ourselves and our boys that comradeship, through the world-wide spirit of the Scout brotherhood, so that we may help to develop peace and happiness in the world and good will among men. Brother Scouts, answer me -- will you join in this endeavor?"

Responsive Readings Staff 1 Participants Staff 2 Participants Staff 3 Participants Staff 4 Participants Staff 5 Participants Staff 6 Participants

The Scout Law from the World’s Wisdom From the wisdom of Mesoamerica: “Never lie, for it is a great failing. When you tell anyone what has been told to you, tell the simple truth, and add nothing to it.” A Scout is Trustworthy From the wisdom of Confucianism: “The duties of universal obligation are five, and the moral qualities by which they are carried out are three. The duties are those between ruler and subject, between parents and children, between husband and wife, between elder sibling and younger, and those in the intercourse between friends. ... Wisdom, compassion and courage—these are the three universally recognized moral qualities of human beings.” A Scout is Loyal. From the wisdom of the Quran, the scriptures of Islam: “The righteous ... give sustenance to the poor, the orphan, and the captive, saying, ‘We feed you for God’s sake only; we seek of you neither recompense nor thanks.’” A Scout is Helpful. From the wisdom of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam: “All God’s creatures are God’s family; and the one is the most beloved of God who does most good to God’s creatures." A Scout is Friendly. From the wisdom of Buddhism: “Avoid harsh language ... [and] speak such words as are gentle, soothing to the ear, loving, such words as go to the heart, and are courteous, friendly, and agreeable to many.” A Scout is Courteous. From the wisdom of Hillel, a sage of Judaism: “A certain heathen came to Hillel and said to him: Convert me provided that you teach me the entire Torah while I stand on one foot. ... Hillel ... said to him: What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor: that is the entire Torah; the rest is commentary; go and learn it.” A Scout is Kind.



Staff 4 Participants Staff 3 Participants Staff 5 Staff 2 Participants Staff 1 Participants Staff 6 Participants

From the wisdom of the Book of Samuel, a shared scripture of Jews and Christians: “Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord. Surely, to obey is better than sacrifice.” A Scout is Obedient. From the wisdom of Taoism: “If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never be truly fulfilled. If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself. Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are.” A Scout is Cheerful. From a parable of Jesus of Nazareth: “The master said to his steward, ‘Well done, good and trustworthy servant; you have been trustworthy in a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.” A Scout is Thrifty. From the wisdom of the Sioux: “With the Sioux, courage is absolute self-control. The truly brave one, we contend, yields neither to fear nor anger, desire nor agony. The brave one is at all times master of oneself.” A Scout is Brave. From the wisdom of Hinduism: “Let one therefore keep the mind pure, for what one thinks that one becomes: this is a mystery of Eternity.” A Scout is Clean. From the wisdom of Augustine, a saint of Christianity: “You, O God, awake us to delight in your praise; for you made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.” A Scout is Reverent.

Personal Prayer Staff 6 Group Prayer Troop 1 Participant Troop 2 Participant Troop 3 Participant Troop 4 Participant Troop 5 Participant Troop 6 Participant Closing Hymn Staff 1 & 5 Scout Vespers (To the tune of “O Christmas Tree”) Benediction Staff 4

Please take a minute for personal prayer with our creator. Facilitated by Staff Pray for Health & Safety Pray for Fun & Learning Pray for Courage & Leadership Pray for Servant Leadership Pray for Fellowship Pray for Brotherhood of Scouting Softly falls the light of day, While our campfire fades away; Silently each scout should ask: "Have I done my daily task? Have I kept my honor bright? Can I guiltless sleep tonight? Have I done and have I dared Everything to be prepared?" Father, Creator of Heaven and Earth, thank you

for the wonderful opportunity to be here. We ask you to open our hearts and minds to the

knowledge and values being presented to us. Guide us to recognize the talents of others and

the strengths that lie in our differences. Give us the strength to endure, the wisdom to

enjoy each moment, and the courage to push ourselves further than we ever have before.

AMEN


O r a n g e C o u n t y C o u n c i l N Y L T P a r t i c i p a n t L o g B o o k D a y T h r e e - 1

Schedule of Events for Day Three 6:30 A.M. Arise; breakfast and cleanup


8:00 A.M. Developing Your Team

9:30 A.M. Solving Problems

10:15 A.M. Problem-Solving Round-Robin


12:00 P.M. Lunch and cleanup


2:30 P.M. The Leading EDGE

3:30 P.M. Servant Leadership

4:10 P.M. Patrol games

4:30 P.M. Patrol meeting 4:55 P.M. Meal preparation 6:00 P.M. Dinner and cleanup 7:00 P.M. Flag ceremony

7:30 P.M. Lego Challenge

10:00 P.M. Lights out Troop events and activities Patrol events and activities Content sessions and their connecting activities Notes:



Decision-Making Tools Brainstorming—Allows for the free flow of ideas.

Consensus— Occurs when a discussion leads to agreement without resorting to a vote.

Multivoting— Allows team members to trim a list to a manageable size.

Parking Lot— Helps a team hold onto fresh ideas whose time has not yet arrived.



Day Three Patrol Leaders’ Council Meeting Agenda 1. Welcome and introductions



4. Assignments for the upcoming troop meeting (leading patrol planning for the Outpost Camp)


6. Announcements

7. Closing


Notes:



Duties of a Patrol Leader —From the Patrol Leader Handbook

■ Represent your patrol at all patrol leaders’ council meetings and the annual program planning conference.

■ Keep patrol members informed of decisions made by the patrol leaders’ council.

■ Take a key role in planning, leading, and encouraging patrol meetings and activities.

■ Help the patrol prepare to participate in all troop activities.

■ Learn about the abilities of other patrol members. Fully involve them in patrol and troop activities by assigning them specific tasks and responsibilities.

■ Attend youth leader training and continue to work on advancement.

■ Encourage patrol members to complete their own advancement requirements.

■ Set a good example to your patrol by having a positive attitude, wearing the Scout uniform, showing patrol spirit, and expecting the best from yourself and others.

■ Devote the time necessary to be an effective leader.

■ Work with others in the troop to make the troop go.

■ Live by the Scout Oath and Scout Law.

Notes:



Venturing Crew Officer Responsibilities The following are the responsibilities of each of the officers elected to represent the crew.

Crew President

The key youth leader. Works closely with the Advisor and leadership team to plan program and preside at crew and crew officers’ meetings. Represents crews’ members through the council and/or district Venturing officer association.

Administrative Vice President

Responsible for membership and recognition. Leads the recruiting effort for new crew members. Recognizes achievements by individual crew members. Assumes the responsibility of the crew president in his or her absence.

Program Vice President

Surveys members about their interests to help plan program activities. Arranges the program planning process, schedules activities, and maintains the crew calendar. Provides support and accountability for the activity chairs.

Secretary

Serves as the communications officer. Maintains crew membership and attendance records, coordinates publicity, takes meeting minutes, and handles correspondence.

Treasurer

Serves as the financial officer. Maintains financial records, monitors the crew budget, and collects and disburses crew funds.

Activity Chair

Appointed by the crew president to chair a crew activity or project. Each chair serves through completion of his or her appointed task and is then reappointed to chair or assigned to work on upcoming crew activities.

Notes:



Troop and Crew Leadership Hints

The Leading EDGE

■ Shared values are a foundation of any team. The Scout Oath and Scout Law are expressions of the BSA’s values. Rely on them as you are making ethical choices in unit leadership.

■ Offer a vision of success. The unit’s annual program plan is a blueprint for exciting activities and outdoor adventures. Use it to focus Scouts’ energies and enthusiasm.

■ Recognize achievement differences. Some Scouts learn and advance faster than others. Give additional assistance to Scouts taking more time to learn skills and to gain Scouting experience. Offer advanced Scouts added responsibility and leadership positions.

■ Model ideal behavior. Demonstrate yourself the kind of behavior and achievement you expect from everyone in the troop. Be what you want them to be. Have high expectations for yourself, and expect the best in others.

■ Acknowledge differences. Look for ways to draw on individual strengths to the advantage of the entire unit. Develop trust by keeping the interests of the unit members in mind.

■ Make meetings count. Get outdoors and have adventures. Working through the leadership council, develop an exciting program, then carry it out.

■ Respect and value others. Help each unit member feel that he has something important to contribute to the success of his patrol and troop or crew.

Notes:



Why do Scouts Wear Uniforms? Obedience - We establish a tacit agreement to properly wear the uniform when joining Scouting.

Personal Commitment - The uniform is a constant reminder to all Scouts and Scouters of their commitment to the ideals and purpose of the Boy Scouts of America, and what others expect of them. The uniform is a way of making visible members' commitment to a belief in God, loyalty to country, and helping others at all times. It is an outward sign of an inner commitment to Scouting ideals and a young man's willingness to stand up for them.

Equality - The uniform represents a democratic idea of equality, bringing people of different racial, economic, religious, national, ethnic, political, and geographic backgrounds together in the Scouting tradition.

Appropriate attire - Uniforms are always appropriate dress for Scouting activities. Extreme fashions or problems associated with wearing inappropriate attire are avoided when the uniform is correctly worn.

Preparation - Wearing the uniform and acting in a manner befitting it can be viewed as a preparation for the young man who plans to wear other "uniforms". Through it he can learn the importance of dressing and behaving in a manner that appropriately reflects on the group he represents.

Achievement - The uniform is a reflection of the wearer's activity, responsibility, and accomplishment. The insignia worn on the uniform can recognize what each youth or adult member has achieved with program opportunities. It contributes and incentive to advance in rank which weakens if a boy's commitment to wear a uniform lessens. Without a place to wear the newly earned insignia, part of the motivation for working towards the next level is lost.

It is far more challenging for a leader to maintain a quality program when the participants lose interest in advancement.

Visibility - The uniform is a way in which we represent Scouting to the community.

The uniform identifies youth and adult members of the Boy Scouts of America, visible as a force for good in the community. A well-uniformed Scouting unit can help build a sense of pride in the group and can attract new members, leaders and parents.

Program integrity - The uniform is an inseparable element of Scouting. If local support for the uniform drops from the program, the activities sponsored erode until they become Scouting in name only. The uniform encourages all participants to take Scouting seriously because of the investment in uniforms by youths and parents and by adults.

“The uniform is a symbol of Scouting for boys and leaders alike and indicates affiliation with the Boy Scouts of America. When the boy is in uniform, he is recognized and respected by the public as a member of the largest youth organization in the free world. For the boy, the uniform creates an instant sense of belonging, helping him to get the most from his Scouting experience, have more fun, learn more Scouting skills, advance more rapidly, participate more eagerly in patrol and troop activities, and stay active in Scouting longer. The uniform is a tangible example of Scouting brotherhood in action. Others who see him in uniform recognize the boy as one who is prepared and willing to serve.”

“All that is said about a boy in uniform applies equally to the unit leader. The leader in full uniform, with proper insignia, serves more proudly and is usually more effective.”



The Scout Uniform “I have often said, "I don't care a fig whether a Scout wears a uniform or not so long as his heart is in his work and he carries out the Scout Law." But the fact is that there is hardly a Scout who does not wear uniform if he can afford to buy it.

The spirit prompts him to it.

The same rule applies naturally to those who carry on the Scout Movement - the Scoutmasters and Commissioners; there is no obligation - on them to wear uniform if they don't like it. At the same time, they have in their positions to think of others rather than of themselves.

Personally, I put on uniform, even if I have only a Patrol to inspect, because I am certain that it raises the moral tone of the boys. It heightens their estimation of their uniform when they see it is not beneath a grown man to wear it; it heightens their estimation of themselves when they find themselves taken seriously by men who also count it of importance to be in the same brotherhood with them.

Smartness in uniform and correctness in detail may seem a small matter, but has, its value in the development of self-respect, and means an immense deal to the reputation of the Movement among outsiders who judge by what they see.

It is largely a matter of example. Show me a slackly-dressed Troop and I can "Sherlock" a slackly-dressed Scoutmaster. Think of it, when you are fitting on your uniform or putting that final saucy cock to your hat.

You are the model to your boys and your smartness will reflect itself in them.”

- Lord Baden Powell



Day Three Patrol Meeting Agenda This agenda may be modified as required to fit the patrol needs.

1. Welcome - Patrol leader

2. Meeting agenda - Patrol leader

3. Evaluate patrol progress using Start, Stop, Continue





4. Using the NYLT Leadership Compass, determine the patrol's current stage of development (Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing). Discuss ways the patrol can move ahead toward the next development stage.

5. Continue work on the patrol's Quest for the Meaning of Leadership presentation.

6. Adjourn.

Notes:


O r a n g e C o u n t y C o u n c i l N Y L T P a r t i c i p a n t L o g B o o k D a y F o u r - 1

Schedule of Events for Day Four 6:30 A.M. Arise; breakfast and cleanup


8:45 A.M. The Teaching EDGE

9:30 A.M. Patrol activity

10:15 A.M. Resolving Conflict




2:15 P.M. Geocache Wide Game

3:45 P.M. Learning Reflection

4:00 P.M. Patrol meeting




7:30 P.M. Making Ethical Decisions

8:30 P.M. Troop campfires (with cracker barrel snacks)


Notes:



The Teaching EDGE Explain—Explain what you are going to teach and why.

Demonstrate—Demonstrate the skill. Ensure that your audience can see and hear clearly. Go at a slow pace so that each step in the process is clearly demonstrated.

Guide—Provide the materials and tools needed for learners to complete the exercise. Coach/guide the learners as they go through the exercise the first time. A learner must do a new activity at least twice. That’s how real learning takes place. Repetition is essential. Doing something once is not enough.

Enable—Evaluate the effort. Encourage the learners to keep trying until they master the skill. Only then have you enabled them to go off on their own and use that skill whenever they feel it is appropriate.

Remember, teaching is not effective unless learning takes place!

What would a person in each phase of learning need from a teacher?

Forming:

Storming:

Norming:

Performing:



GPS Receiver Instructions

Entering Coordinates:

1. Turn on GPS 2. Press BACK button 3. Select WAYPOINTS 4. Press MENU button 5. Select DELETE ALL, if old coordinates need to be removed 6. Press BACK button 7. Press MENU button 8. Selected ADD WAYPOINT 9. Select COORDINATES 10. Scroll to the coordinates and select the coordinate field (i.e., field above ELEVATION) 11. Scroll to the coordinates and enter data 12. Select OK 13. Select NEXT 14. Scroll to the bottom and select SAVE DISK ICON 15. NOTE: the WAYPOINT name can be modified using the same approach (e.g., WP1)

Finding Waypoints:

1. Turn on GPS, if not already on 2. Press BACK button 3. Select WAYPOINTS 4. Select WP1 or other saved waypoint, as described above 5. Press MENU button 6. Select CANCEL ROUTE, if GO is not displayed 7. Press MENU button 8. Select GO 9. Press BACK button 10. Select DASHBOARD 11. Proceed to WP1 or other saved waypoint 12. NOTE: Direction arrow is only correct while you are moving

Finding Next Waypoint

1. Upon arrival at WP1 or other saved waypoint, press BACK button 2. Select WAYPOINTS 3. Select WP2 or other saved waypoint, if previously saved 4. Press MENU button 5. Select CANCEL ROUTE, if GO is not displayed 6. Press MENU button 7. Select GO 8. Press BACK button 9. Select DASHBOARD 10. Proceed to WP2 or other saved waypoint

MAGELLAN EXPLORIST 110



Conflict Resolution Checklist 1. Be aware of yourself.

2. Be aware of others.

3. Listen.

4. Use EAR to:

Express—What do you want and what are you doing to get it?

Address—Why is that working or not working?

Resolve—What ways are available to solve the problem

Notes:



Day Four Patrol Leaders’ Council Meeting Agenda 1. Welcome and introductions



4. Assignments for the upcoming troop meeting (continuing patrol planning for the Outpost Camp)

5. Announcements (Include a reminder that there will be evening patrol campfires with follow-up discussions on Making Ethical Decisions.)


7. Closing


Notes:



Day Four Patrol Meeting Agenda This agenda may be modified as required to fit the patrol needs.










6. Plan the patrol campfire for the evening of Day Four.

7. Adjourn.

Notes:



Making Ethical Decisions

Steps to Ethical Decision Making

Life is about choices. Some are big choices, some are small. Whatever the case, there are some very clear steps we can follow to make choices that are in keeping with our ethical beliefs.

Step One: Getting the Facts Straight

Any attempt to make a good decision has to begin with getting the facts of the situation straight. In some cases that seem difficult at first, additional facts are enough to make the correct course of action apparent.

Step Two: Figure Out What Kind of Choice It Is

The categories of choices are:

■ Those that are Trivial

■ Those that are Right vs. Wrong

■ Those that are Right vs. Right

Our personal values are reflected in our behaviors. Behavior is not “Do I think the right thing?” but rather “Do I DO the right thing?

Notes:



Checklist for Ethical Decision Making This checklist can be used to test choices when you are considering whether a decision is ethical. If you answer NO to any of the items, you may be heading in the wrong direction.

Be Checks:

Yes No Does it allow me to remain loyal to my values?

Yes No Does it allow me to lead myself and others correctly?

Yes No Am I being Obedient?

Yes No Am I being Brave?

Yes No Am I following all the points of the Scout Law?

Know Checks:

Yes No Is it legal?

Yes No Does it conform with the Golden Rule?

Yes No Will this choice help me build trust with others?

Yes No Does it conform with my religious beliefs?

Yes No Does it allow me to use skills from the NYLT toolbox, such as ROPE?

Do Checks:

Yes No Does it conform to the Scout Oath and the Scout Law?

Yes No Am I fulfilling my duty to God and my country?

Yes No Does this choice help me stay physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight?

Yes No Does it conform to the principles of the Outdoor Code?


O r a n g e C o u n t y C o u n c i l N Y L T P a r t i c i p a n t L o g B o o k D a y F i v e - 1

Schedule of Events for Day Five 6:30 A.M. Arise; breakfast and cleanup


8:30 A.M. Leading Yourself




12:00 P.M. While lunch is being prepared: Begin camp breakdown and Preparations for Outpost Camp

1:00 P.M. Valuing People

2:15 P.M. Troop prepare for the Outpost Camp

2:30 P.M. Troop assembly to begin the Outpost Camp

3:00 P.M. Outpost Camp

8:30 P.M. AH Campfire Troop events and activities Patrol events and activities Content sessions and their connecting activities

Notes:



Leading Yourself Work Sheet Three questions:

1. Where am I now?

2. Where do I want to be?

3. How do I close the gap between where I am now and where I want to be?

The Foundation of Leadership

BE—Who you are and how you use your strengths KNOW—The skills of teaching and helping others achieve their goals

DO—Tools for communicating, solving problems, and resolving conflicts



Day Five Patrol Leaders’ Council Meeting Agenda 1. Welcome and introductions



4. Review plans for the Outpost Camp

5. Review campsite breakdown procedures

6. Review the emergency response plan for the Outpost Camp

7. Announcements, including a reminder that it is time for patrols to finalize their Quest presentations and breakdown camp (see checklist below)


9. Closing

Notes:



Emergency Response Plan

Patrol Outpost Camp

Patrol Name: Date:

Trip Destination and Route Description:

Medical training level of senior patrol leader and patrol members:

Group first-aid kit: ___ Yes

Steps to be taken in the event of an emergency:



Day Five Patrol Meeting Agenda This agenda may be modified as required to fit the patrol needs.










6. Complete patrol preparations for the Outpost Camp.

7. Adjourn.

Notes:



Valuing Others Work Sheet

ROPE—An effective approach to increasing a team’s diversity

Reach—Look to those who are not like you in terms of religion, race, ability, culture, and traditions.

Organize—Do all you can to help deliver the promise of the Scouting program.

Practice—Practice using the skills of NYLT to build on the diversity in your patrol, troop, or crew.

Experience—The experiences you have as you include others in your unit can make your Scouting experience richer.


O r a n g e C o u n t y C o u n c i l N Y L T P a r t i c i p a n t L o g B o o k D a y S i x - 1

Schedule of Events for Day Six 6:30 A.M. Arise; breakfast and cleanup

7:00 A.M. Return from Outpost Camp

8:30 A.M. Troop Assembly

8:45 A.M. Shower and prepare for day

10:00 A.M. Finding Your Vision, Part Two



12:00 P.M. Lunch Feast (presentations)

1:00 P.M. Communicating Well, Part Two

2:00 P.M. Patrol presentations: The Quest for the Meaning of Leadership

3:00 P.M. Course Closing: Creating a Future

4:00 P.M. Participants depart Troop events and activities Patrol events and activities Content sessions and their connecting activities

Notes:



Dutch Oven Breakfast Recipe

Menu Ingredients

Sausage and Egg Casserole Orange slices Apple Juice Tortillas

Ground sausage (10-16 oz.) Green onions (1 bunch) Chopped tomatoes (14 oz.) Sliced black olives (3 oz.) Sliced mushrooms (3 oz.) Grated cheddar cheese (1 cup) Grated mozzarella (1 cup) Tortillas (12)

8 Eggs 1 cup Milk 1 cup Bisquick 3 Oranges 1 gal Apple Juice

NOTE: Pork or turkey sausage may be used.

Utensils: Dutch oven and large mixing bowl.

Preparation: Read directions twice before starting. Put a check mark next to each step as you complete it.

1. Start 30 charcoal briquettes on fire with fire starters.

2. Cooking buddies wash hands with soap and water before starting.

3. Brown sausage in Dutch Oven on stove. Carefully drain off grease (if any).

4. Spread sausage evenly on bottom of Dutch Oven.

5. Open and drain olives and mushrooms and spread evenly over sausage.

6. Open and pour tomatoes in next. Don’t drain as liquid is needed.

7. Spread both cheeses on top.

8. Using the large bowl, scramble eggs, then mix in milk and Bisquick.

9. Pour batter over top of ingredients already in the Dutch Oven.

10. Chop the green onions finely and sprinkle over batter.

11. Place 10 coals in a circle on the Dutch oven table and set the Dutch oven over them. Place the remaining 20 coals on top of the lid and cook until the top is nicely brown. Allow 45 minutes but check occasionally after 20 minutes.

12. When casserole starts to brown, wrap tortillas in aluminum foil and place on top of coals on Dutch oven lid for warming.

13. Slice oranges into 6 pieces and serve as garnish.

Serve with Juice. Salt and pepper to taste.

BON APPETIT!!!!!!!!!!



Developing a Personal Vision Work Sheet Personal and Confidential

Name Unit

Instructions: This personal conference goals sheet is a contract that you are being asked to make with yourself. You will share it with your unit leader, and together you will develop some goals to make your unit better.

During the week, you are going to learn about leadership. Using what you have learned in NYLT, you can make a real difference in your success as a youth leader. Use this space to record your feelings about leadership, especially your personal vision and goals, and how to accomplish them. Your vision and goals may concern your troop or crew (making it better) or yourself (becoming a better leader).

Record your personal vision.

List three personal goals to ensure that your personal vision is successful.

1.

2.

3.



List five personal plans to ensure your personal goals are met.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.



Day Six Patrol Leaders’ Council Meeting Agenda 1. Welcome and introductions



4. Assignments for the remainder of Day Six (any remaining camp breakdown including assisting troop and staff)


6. Announcements

7. Closing


Notes:



Day Six Patrol Meeting Agenda This agenda may be modified as required to fit the patrol needs.



3. Evaluate patrol progress using Start, Stop, Continue.





4. Complete any remaining work on the patrol’s Quest for the Meaning of Leadership presentation.

5. Use the What, How, When, Who Planning Tool and any checklists from the PLC meeting to plan campsite breakdown and feast preparations.

6. Use the remaining patrol meeting time to put the patrol plan into action.

7. Adjourn

Notes:



Communicating Well Work Sheet Aristotle’s Model for Effective Communication Message Sender Receiver Effective Communication Work Sheet

Checklist for Organizing the Message

Use 5WH to organize a message you want to communicate.

§ Who? § What?

§ When? § Where?

§ Why? § How?

Checklist for Being and Effective Sender

1. Here is the reason I’m asking for some of your time.

2. Here is my idea.

3. Let me summarize the situation for you. (Use 5WH.)

4. Reinforce the benefits.

§ Here’s why it makes sense.

§ Here’s how it helps us reach our goals.

§ Here’s how it helps us complete an action plan.

§ Here’s what’s in it for you.

5. Let’s discuss the steps to turn this idea into action.

Checklist for Being an Effective Listener

1. Repeat the message back to the speaker.

§ Rephrase the message. “Here’s what I hear you saying.”

OR

§ Give your understanding of the message. “From what you are saying, I understand this is what you want me to do.”

2. Ask for more information. “Tell me more about that.”



Course Evaluation Dear Participant,

The NYLT staff wish to thank you for your participation. We are always working to make a better course. To achieve this we need to hear from you! Pease complete the following questionnaire:

Scout Name Email

Unit # Scoutmaster

Please answer the following questions on a scale of 1-10 (1=not at all, 10=very much):

Did you enjoy yourself? , why –

Did you learn leadership skills? , why –

Would you like to participate in a NYLT program like this again (yes or no)?

Please answer the following questions on a scale of 1-10 (1=poor,10=very good, NC=No Comment):

What was your overall impression of the Down Hill Meeting? , describe –

What was your overall impression of the NYLT Course? , describe –

Are you prepared to complete your log book assignments? , describe –

Specifically, what would you like to see changed on the course?

How would you rate the check-in process?

How would you rate the Closing Ceremony?

Do you have any comments or suggestions regarding anything that you’d like to see kept the same or done differently?

General comments, suggestions or recommendations:

Please make as many copies of this evaluation form as required. You may use the back of this form if necessary for any additional comments.

Revised 3/3/16



Keeping the NYLT Spirit Alive Congratulations on finishing the National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) week! You have learned many new skills that will enable you to become a better leader in your troop, crew, team or ship. Now that you have finished the course, we encourage you to keep the NYLT spirit alive. You can do this by: § Completing the Graduate Challenge. The attached Graduate Challenge is an additional opportunity for

you to bring what you've learned back to your unit and put it into practice. Complete this challenge by December 31 and be recognized at the Challenge Reunion in February. Completing the challenge also helps prepare you for an NYLT staff role.

§ Teaming up with other NYLT participants in your troop, crew, team or ship.

§ Keeping in touch with your NYLT patrol members

§ Calling your troop guide, assistant senior patrol leader or senior patrol leader if you need help

§ Checking the Orange County Council NYLT page for updates and new material

§ Coming back next year as a NYLT staff member!

O r a n g e C o u n t y C o u n c i l N Y L T P o s t - G r a d u a t e C h a l l e n g e C h a l l e n g e - 1

NYLT Post-Graduate Challenge

Scout Name Unit Type & Number

NYLT Patrol Name

Home Phone Email

Scout Signature Scoutmaster Signature

As soon as you return home, take your NYLT Log Book and this list of requirements and discuss them with your home unit Scoutmaster, Assistant Scoutmaster (ASM) or other adult assigned to mentor you. Arrange the time and opportunities you have to work on these tasks. After you have reached agreement, begin work on completing all of the following requirements. Each Scout must do their own work.

The NYLT course supports multiple programs within the Boy Scouts of America. Please interpret the term “Troop” to refer to your troop, crew, ship, team or post. Interpret the term “Patrol” to refer to your patrol, team, squad, committee, group, etc.

Completing the Challenge

■ Your notebook (preferably a small 3-ring binder) must be self contained, neat, organized, and fastened together. Notebooks must be typed or legibly printed in ink. We cannot approve what we cannot read. Please do not use pencil. Please include a cover page with your name, home unit number, phone number and NYLT patrol name.

■ Work and complete the 13 tasks. Include all work and reference materials in your Notebook. Do not allow potential roadblocks to stop you. Requirements should be completed at the unit “home” level. The use of summer camp is discouraged except for requirement 13.

■ Verify all items associated with each individual requirement (including ASM signature and date) are included in your NYLT Notebook.

■ All finished notebooks must be signed by you and be approved and signed by your Scoutmaster and documented by including the Scoutmaster/Advisor Review page with each item initialed by the SM/Advisor and the Scoutmaster/Advisor signature above.

■ Attend NYLT Graduation. Watch the NYLT website calendar page for location announcement.

Deliver the completed NYLT Challenge Notebook to the Adult Course Director by Dec 31.

Mr. Do NYLT Course Director 9752 Olympic Drive

Huntington Beach, CA 92646 (714) 317-9622

[email protected]

O r a n g e C o u n t y C o u n c i l N Y L T P o s t - G r a d u a t e C h a l l e n g e 2

1. Communicating Well

In your notebook, LIST and DESCRIBE in your own words, the 5WH’s of organizing the message to communicate (who? what? when? where? why? how?), and tools for effective sending and receiving messages. Use the 5WH’s to communicate a ‘point’ at your next home patrol leaders council. In which of the NYLT completion requirements, did you use communication the most and why?

Items that must be included in your NYLT notebook to be turned in:

a. Describe the 5WH’s.

b. Describe tools for effective sending you used to communicate your point.

c. Describe tools for effective receiving you used.

d. What ‘point’ did you communicate at your home leader’s council?

e. In which requirements did you communicate the most?

f. Why?

Task 1 Completion: ASM/Advisor Initial Date

2. Finding Your Vision

Explain the meaning of vision to your home patrol leaders council and then as a group, develop a unit vision. Identify and record your personal vision as well.


a. Our leader’s council developed unit vision is:

b. My personal vision is:


3. Setting Your Goals

Explain the meaning of S.M.A.R.T. goals to your home group and then as a team, write two team and two personal goals (that pass the S.M.A.R.T. Goals test) to fulfill the vision of success developed in #2 above.


a. Team goal 1 (unit vision), S.M.A.R.T.

b. Team goal 2 (unit vision), S.M.A.R.T.

c. Personal goal 1 (personal vision), S.M.A.R.T.

d. Personal goal 2 (personal vision), S.M.A.R.T.



4. Preparing Your Plans

Using the 5WH Planning Tool, create a team and plan a campfire program AND an interfaith worship service. Conduct EITHER the campfire OR the Scout’s interfaith worship service you planned. Put copies of BOTH plans in your notebook. Plans must include: date, place, names of participants and what they did, time needed, copies of songs, and what part YOU did. Set priorities and manage your time. Have an alternative ready in case your plan does not deliver the desired outcome.

(Note to Scoutmasters/Advisors, you may authorize any alternate activity such as a troop court of honor for this requirement. The key element is that planning takes place, not what activity is planned.)


a. Which Program: ❏Campfire or ❏Scout’s interfaith worship service

b. Date, Place, Participants

c. What participants did?

d. What I did

e. How the 5WH Planning Tool was used?

f. Alternative (just in case)


5. Developing Your Team

Use the team created for the planning task #4 above to answer the following question. Describe the 4 stages of team development your team went through in #4 before achieving your goal. Did understanding the 4 stages of team development help with the ability to lead the team and why?


a. Describe the 4 stages of team development your team went through in #4 before achieving your goal.

b. F,S,N,P

c. Did understanding the 4 stages of team development help with the ability to lead the team and why?



6. Solving Problems

Describe a problem you recently encountered either in your team or unit and how you applied the 5WH Planning Tool to help to solve the problem. Describe any similarities between planning and problem solving.


a. Describe a problem you recently encountered either in your team or unit and how you applied the 5WH Planning Tool to help to solve the problem.

b. Describe any similarities between planning and problem solving.


7. The Leading EDGE™

Through your home unit leader’s council, arrange for you to lead a NYLT skill session for the unit leadership where you discuss ways the Scout or Venturing Oath and Law provide an ethical foundation for leadership. Explain what is meant by servant leadership, and facilitate a group discussion about the benefits of that idea of leading. Encourage each Scout to develop an activity (either unit, team, school, community, church, etc.) to demonstrate servant leadership.


a. Discuss ways the Scout Oath and Law provide an ethical foundation for leadership.

b. Explain what is meant by servant leadership, and facilitate a group discussion about the benefits of that idea of leading. Encourage each Scout to develop an activity (either unit, team, school, community, church, etc.) to demonstrate servant leadership.

c. Date, Place, Participants.


8. The Teaching EDGE™

Describe the team development phase your 1) unit and 2) team is in and why. Describe the proper leadership approach for your 1) unit and 2) team and why.


a. Unit phase, Why?

b. Team phase, Why?

c. Unit leadership approach, Why?

d. Team leadership approach, Why?



9. Resolving Conflict

Describe a recent conflict and how you were able to use communication skills and EAR (Express, Address, Resolve) as a tool for resolving the conflict?


a. Conflict

b. Communication Skills used

c. Express, Address, Resolve


10. Making Ethical Decisions

Examine the conflict described in #9 above. List the facts and describe if you feel the choice was right vs. wrong, right vs. right and why. Please indicate which parts of the Scout or Venturing Oath and Law apply as per the Be-Know-Do CHECKLIST FOR ETHICAL DECISION MAKING from your NYLT Log Book.


a. What were the facts of the situation?

b. Choices (r v. r, r v. w), Why?

c. What parts of the Scout Oath and Law apply?


11. Leading Yourself

Using your personal vision from #2 above, describe your current phase and how you close the gap to where you want to be.


a. What phase am I in now?

b. How I plan to close the gap from my current phase to where I want to be (personal vision)?



12. Valuing People

Using your home team as an example, describe the similarities and differences you share with your teammates and list examples of how those differences and similarities help your team become stronger. Introduce ROPE (Reach, Organize, Practice, and Experience) to your team and describe their reactions.


a. Similarities

b. Differences

c. Reactions


13. Service to Others

Share your leadership skills through “Service to Others” by serving on the staff at one district or council activity. Describe in your notebook the date, place, event, and what you did. Check the yearly council calendar for ideas. Have this page of your notebook signed by the activity director. Your Scoutmaster/Advisor may substitute staffing a non-Scout event for this requirement if necessary.

Suggestions for activities:

Den Chief Training, Cub Scout day camp, Webelos resident camp, Campmaster weekends at Lost Valley or Oso Lake such as Partner & Pal, popcorn distribution, Scouting for Food collection point, fall camporee staff, fall Webelos Woods or Camporall staff.


a. Date, Place, Event information.

b. Describe what you did.

Task 13 Completion: Activity director Initial Date

ASM/Advisor Initial Date

* * * * * *

If you wish to apply for a NYLT staff position, applications are available on the Council website at:

http://nylt.ocbsa.org/

and are due on the same day as your completion requirements.


Scoutmaster/Advisor Review

Scoutmaster/Advisor, please initial each item below as it is completed. When all items are completed, please sign the first page indicating your approval.

Item #1 Communicating Well

Item #2 Finding Your Vision

Item #3 Setting Your Goals

Item #4 Preparing Your Plans

Item #5 Developing Your Team

Item #6 Solving Problems

Item #7 The Leading EDGE™

Item #8 The Teaching EDGE™

Item #9 Resolving Conflict

Item #10 Making Ethical Decisions

Item #11 Leading Yourself

Item #12 Valuing People

Item #13 Service to Others

Scoutmaster/Advisor Name Unit

Address

Telephone Email

Alt. Telephone Alt. Email

Home Troop Scoutmaster/Crew Advisor may authorize alternate activities within the local unit, schools, churches or community for completion requirements when necessary. The key element is that the subject matter is exercised in a practical application and not specifically where the activity takes place. Please document any alternate choices.

Orange County Council – Boy Scouts of America LOG...

Documents

Transcript of Orange County Council – Boy Scouts of America LOG...