NYLT Course Rescheduled to May 31 – June 5th
Due to School Districts extending their calendars past the traditional Memorial Day holiday, the Jayhawk Area Council has shifted the dates of our National Youth Leadership Training course. It will now begin on Saturday, May 31st and conclude on Thursday, June 5th.
Should you have any questions regarding this change please contact Josh Evans, SM Troop B @ jaeagle1742@gmail.com, Lucky Hoang, SM Troop G @ jstjnxy@gmail.com, or Dan Wadley, Program Director, dan.wadley@ks.gov
Make sure your Voice is Heard
To impact membership growth, Scouting America must focus on Supporting Unit Leaders and provide them with the information, tools, and support they need to execute our world-class programs.
Scouting America’s 2025 organizational goals to enhance performance, drive growth, and ensure we continue to deliver exceptional value to units and members include a “Satisfaction Index” goal. The goal metric for determining if we are improving in this area comes from the Voice of the Scout Unit Leader Council/District satisfaction score.
Why use the Unit Leader Council/District satisfaction score as our national metric? Unit leaders drive retention and recruitment through the quality of the program they provide to youth. Voice of the Scout will help us better understand what support unit leaders need to be more satisfied in their leadership role. An unhappy, unsupported leader cannot lead to their fullest potential.
Once per quarter, email invitations are sent to a quarter of the population of Cub Scout parents, Scouts BSA parents who have children under 14, Scouts BSA youth who are 14 or older, Venturers, Sea Scouts, Explorers, and Unit leaders/advisors. Voice of the Scout emails come from noreply@scouting.org, with the name “Voice of the Scout” in the invitation. Please add the above address to your “safe sender” list so that the survey will not go to your spam folder.
We strongly encourage you to consider completing the survey. If our council has at least 100 responses, we will receive a council-specific report that will help us with our long-range strategic planning. Your input is critical!
Jayhawk eBugler – March/April 2025
All Star Troops Forming NOW!
Does your Unit have an individual Scout or two interested in attending Summer Camp but you are having trouble finding Adult Leaders who can take the time off from work? The Jayhawk Area Council has openings for two All Star Troops that are now forming. This is also an excellent opportunity for newer Scouts who may have never been camping before or those who prefer camping closer to home.
Camp Jayhawk is providing an opportunity for these Scouts to be part of an All-Star troop. The All-Star troop is a provisional troop with volunteer adult leadership of Scoutmaster-experienced adults. The Scout will have the opportunity to register as an individual Scout, select their Merit Badges and not miss out on making memories at Summer Camp in 2025!
For more information, please contact:
Brenden Feldt, Camp Jayhawk Camp Director at 785. 640-8233 or bwfgolf98@yahoo.com
Joe Blasko, Council Program Director at 785.276-3346 or joseph.blasko@scouting.org
NYLT Registration is Now Live
NYLT Course Rescheduled to May 31 – June 5th
Falley Scout Reservation
NYLT is the premier youth leadership training course for Scouts BSA and Venturing youth leaders. It provides the skills that youth leaders need to be successful in their Scouting roles and in life. Through the Scouting method, skills such as communicating, developing a team, applying leadership, and much more are learned and applied!
The National Youth Leadership Training course centers around the concepts of what a leader must BE, what they must KNOW, and what they must DO. The key elements are then taught with a clear focus on HOW TO. The skills come alive during the week as the patrol goes on a Quest for the Meaning of Leadership.
NYLT is a six-day course. Content is delivered in a Troop and Patrol team outdoor setting with an emphasis on immediate application of learning in a fun environment. Interconnecting concepts and work processes are introduced early, built upon, and aided by the use of mnemonics (memory aids), which allows participants to understand and employ the leadership skills much faster. For more information or to get registered, click on the link below.
