Bear Claw

National Youth Leadership Training

Theodore Roosevelt Council

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Call the Council Service Center at 516.797.7600

Email the course director at bearclaw@trcbsa.org .

PARTICIPANTS BY DISTRICT

COURSE DATES FOR 2008

Schiff SR - two weekends course 

July 4-6 & July 11-13, 2008

Onteora SR - one week course    

August 10-16, 2008

What is Bear Claw?

Youth leaders are provided with leadership and teambuilding skills to manage the troop program.  Participants experience and observe the stages of team development through experiencing a  month in the life of a troop, including patrol and troop meetings, program, and an outpost trip. Participants acquire a toolbox of leadership skills including planning, conflict resolution, and evaluation.

Our objective is for the participants to have fun and to return to their troops with enthusiasm and ideas that will help make their job a lot easier and improve the troop’s program.

Check out photos from the 2007 courses at Onteora and Schiff.

PLEASE NOTE

What are the Qualifications for Participants?

Each participant must be 13 years of age or older and a First Class Scout by June 1 of year he attends the course.  With his troop, the Scout must have completed Troop Leadership Training . 

The troop Scoutmaster must first approve the Scout’s application and verified that Troop Leadership Training has been completed by the applicant.

Who Should Attend?

Participants do not have to be serving currently in a leadership role, but should have the skills and abilities to do so in the future. 

Onteora Bear Claw will have a limit of 36 participants

Schiff Bear Claw has 36 participants, and will conducted on two weekends in July.

What are the Fees?

Fees for the 2008 courses are $300 per scout. 

Fees cover meals, patrol and troop equipment, binder, T-shirts, program supplies, course preparation, and insurance. Please pay the Council Service Center directly; all checks please place 1-6801-047-20 Bear Claw in the memo field.

What is Troop Leadership Training

Troop Leadership Training (TLT), which is designed to be run frequently in a troop setting. The Scoutmaster and senior patrol leader will conduct this three-hour training whenever there are new Scouts or there has been a shift in leadership positions within the patrol or the troop. It is part of the Youth Leadership Training Continuum - TLT, Bear Claw NYLT, and NAYLE (National Advanced Youth Leadership Experience)

Click here for more information on Troop Leadership Training

Click here for 18-632 BSA Youth Leadership Training Continuum

Click here for more info on NAYLE:     Flyer    Application