Venturing updates

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From the latest training update, http://scouting.org/training/trainingupdates.aspx

 

Beginning in summer 2010, male and female Venturing youth members may attend National Youth Leadership Training courses.

 

National Advanced Youth Leadership Experience, or NAYLE, will also be open to Venturing youth members in 2010. Venturers who have been unable to take NYLT may take a NAYLE bridge course, which is an electronic download on this training page. This four-hour session can be offered by a trainer with NYLT experience, or it could be a self-study course with a mentor.

 

Each region has NAYLE scholarships that are administered by the regional program coordinators, who now work out of the BSA national office.

 

Introduction to Outdoor Skills for Boy Scout leaders is being revised. The new outdoor course will be a one-size-fits-all for Webelos leaders, Boy Scout leaders, and Venturing leaders. Once a person completes the training, it is not necessary to repeat it when they move to another program.

The National Executive Board recently approved a resolution to change the joining requirements for Venturers. A youth must now be at least 13 years of age and have completed the eighth grade to join Venturing. The maximum age for participation remains 21.

 

Troop Leadership Training and Crew Leadership Training are both being revised to mirror each other and be more comprehensive in preparing a youth for NYLT. The CLT will replace the Varsity Leader Skills Course.

 

And now the big one;

 

Venturers ages 18 to 20 may take NYLT if desired and may also take Wood Badge, which might be a better fit for older youths.

 

Going back into the archives a couple of months, here is one more

 

Introduction to Outdoor Skills for Boy Scout leaders is being revised. The new outdoor course will be a one-size-fits-all for Webelos leaders, Boy Scout leaders, and Venturing leaders. Once a person completes the training, it is not necessary to repeat it when they move to another program.

 

[Eagle92]

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the 18-20 yo old Venturers taking WB actually makes sense to me. Let's face it and 18-20yo ASM, CSADL, or WADL could take WB, why not a Venturer?

[sailingpj]

I like that they are allowing 13 year olds in. In my old ship we had a bunch of 13 year old freshmen that kept visiting only to be told that while they could come to our meetings they couldn't take part in all the really fun stuff for another 2-5 months. That was very discouraging to some people.

[emb021]

They are changing the age requirement for Venturing, effective May 1, to 13 and completed the 8th grade OR 14. The idea is to enable 13 year old high school freshmen being able to join.

 

 

[BDPT00]

Personally, I think an 18-20 year old is far too old for NYLT. The course is geared toward 14 & 15 year olds.

BDPT00

[johndeer]

Actually scouting in many different councils around the country has had boys and girls (both from 10 1/2-18) attend jlt back in the 70s,80s, 90s, and early 00s. Its no suprise that national will eventually make it a standard that all training programs will be co-ed. The professional staff focus on the 3 M's which will enable a much larger group for membership if or when girls are accepted into the cirriculum. Thus in return for them, their numbers are higher in participation and the council will make more money. I know we as volunteers run our program and should decide on things like this, but proffessionals are highly influential. However..these co-ed training programs back in the day were all highly sucessful.

[hendrickms24]

I took JLT back in the late 1980s are they not doing this type of training any more? I've just got back into the Troop level and forgot about JLT until now.

 

Mark M.

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"I took JLT back in the late 1980s are they not doing this type of training any more? I've just got back into the Troop level and forgot about JLT until now."

 

JLTC (Junior Leader Training Conference) became NYLT (National Youth Leader Conference) about 5 years or so ago.

 

National has changed JTLC (including its name) several times since the 70s.