The Key to Ultimate Leadership

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NAYLEStrong leaders are made, not born—Make the most of yourself at NAYLE.

What Is NAYLE?

NAYLE will provide youth with a Philmont-based wilderness encounter that motivates them to follow a life of helping

others succeed based on the values expressed in the Scout Oath and Law.

National Advanced Youth Leadership Experience

NAYLE is an exciting, week-long training program designed to enhance NYLT leadership skills

NAYLE is an exciting, weeklong training program designed to enhance NYLT leadership skills.

What Do I Learn at NAYLE?You will learn to:

Encourage others to a life of leadership service.

Act as a servant leader who shares the skills of NYLT and helps develop other leaders through your enhanced understanding of the material.

Intuitively use the NYLT leadership skills in all aspects of your life.

Be an advocate for Unit Leadership Training and National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) in your local council.

Use your leadership skills and abilities to help others be successful.

What Can I Expect? A backcountry experience based at

Philmont’s Rocky Mountain Scout Camp Challenging but fun backcountry activities An experience that will enable you to

build upon the legacy of Waite Phillips, the man who gave us Philmont

Learning to live a life of servant leadership

Primus inter pares—First among equals.

The ModulesThe seven exciting NAYLE modules are designed to practice NYLT skills in a realistic and challenging setting.

• Project COPE• Wilderness First Aid• GPS and Geocaching• Search and Rescue• Leave No Trace • Conservation• Philmont HistoryAnd there is so much more!

The Modules Teach These Skills

Module Purpose Leadership Skills

Project COPE

Team development Valuing people, leadership behaviors

Wilderness First Aid

Learn advanced skills for later application in search and rescue

Planning, communication,problem solving

Geocaching

Outdoor skills, allow Storming stage of team development

Teaching EDGE™, conflict resolution, problem solving

Search and Rescue

Learn advanced outdoor skills for application throughout the course

Teaching EDGE™, communication, problem solving

Leave No Trace

Learn advanced outdoor skills for application throughout the course

Ethical decision making

Conservation

Give back to Philmont through service

Teaching EDGE™, servant leadership

PhilmontHistory

Understand the value of a legacy

Servant leadership

Project COPE Purpose: Team development

NYLT skills: • Valuing people• Leadership behaviors

Wilderness First Aid Purpose: Learn advanced

outdoor skills NYLT skills:

• Planning• Communication• Problem solving

GPS and Geocaching Purpose: Learn advanced

outdoor skills; allows Storming stage

NYLT skills: • Teaching EDGE • Conflict resolution• Problem solving

Search and Rescue Purpose: Learn advanced

outdoor skills

NYLT skills: • Teaching EDGE• Communication• Problem solving

Backcountry ExperiencePurpose: Learn Leave No

Trace

NYLT skill: Ethical decision making

Leave No Trace—Ethics in Action

Keeping the beauty of Philmont pristine for the future

ConservationPurpose: Give back to Philmont

through service

NYLT skills: • Teaching EDGE• Servant leadership

Philmont HistoryPurpose: Understand the value of

a legacy

NYLT skill:• Servant leadership

And most of all . . .Servant Leadership

The core of NAYLE is “servant leadership”—learning to lead for the

good of others.

What Will You Take Home?• The ability and motivation to be a

dynamic and effective leader, gained through advanced, practical applications of NYLT skills

• Innovative techniques to deliver NYLT skills to units and council staffs

• Nationwide resources—and friends!• Life skills for now and forever• A personal, written commitment for

your unit and/or council

• Wonderful memories of a great Philmont backcountry experience!

We See These Course Outcomes

Growing self-awareness– A daily assessment of strengths and

limitations The happiness from helping others

succeed Growing creativity Understanding that everyone is a

leader– Everyone in the group contributes in a

significant way to team success Knowing leadership is a way of life Growing self-confidence

Am I Ready?To attend NAYLE, you must: Be 14, but not yet 21; Boy Scouts, Varsity,

Venturing

Hold a unit leadership position Have completed NYLT, a NYLT to NAYLE bridge

course for Venturers will be available soon. Successfully complete a Philmont Level A

physical (meet the Philmont backcountry height/weight requirement) NAYLE is not just for NYLT staff!

Unit leaders, OA members, and camp staff will all benefit.

Where and When In 2009?

Apply at www.nayle.org.

NAYLE is held at Philmont’s Rocky Mountain Scout Camp (under the Tooth of Time).

• June 13-19 • June 20-26• June 27-July 3• July 4-10• July 11-17• July 18-24• July 25-31•Aug 1- Aug 7

From Those Who Have Been There:

Quotes sent to www.NAYLE.org

“All I can say is WOW. It was such an amazing experience with so much in one week. I would highly recommend

this course to anyone who would like more leadership skills.” “I had the best time of my life. The Philmont experience

made it all come together and made it a once-in-a-lifetime event.

This was so much fun actually using the skills and then being

able to connect them back to what is taught in NYLT. It will definitely help me make the best of my home course.”

When asked if they would recommend NAYLE to others, attendees returned an average score

of 4.9 on a scale of 1 to 5 (5 is YES).

99% rated the course “Very Good” or “Excellent”

Remember . . .Strong leaders are

made, not born.

Make the most of yourself at NAYLE!