Brownsea Information for Scoutmasters
Scoutmasters: For Brownsea to be effective, we need your help. This page is meant to give you a short summary of what to expect and how you can help.

Youth Selection: Brownsea is meant as a training course. It is not summer camp.Scouts you send should be mature enough that they can come back to your unit and be in a meaningful leadership position.

Do Send:
Do send Scouts that you expect to take on a leadership position in your Troop.
Do send mature scouts; sometimes having a Scout wait a year before going to Brownsea is better for him and the Troop.
Do send Scouts that will be a credit to your Troop.
 
Do Not Send:
Do not send Scouts that you need to keep an eye on on your Troop outings.
Do not send Scouts that have not had at least one year of summer camp.
Do not send Scouts that do not want to go.

Do not send your trouble-maker in hopes that Brownsea will fix him in a week.

 
What is Expected: The Scout will be learning the basic leadership skills outlined in "The New NYLT - a Scoutmaster guide". For learning to be most effective, the skills need to be applied. This, in addition to the selection process is where the Scoutmaster helps most.
NEW!!! How NYLT is integrated with other Youth Training programs
The Youth Leadership Training Continuum -
A Guide for Scout Leaders and Parents - Boy Scouts of America Guide to Youth Leadership Training

 

Goals to Complete: Either going into Brownsea, or coming out of Brownsea, the Scout should have some ideas on how to make the Troop better. These need to be agreed upon by both the Scoutmaster and the Scout. The Scout should have a list of 3 goals to complete.
Completion: We encourage Scoutmasters to work with their Brownsea Scouts to have the Goals sized so that they are completed in the October-November timeframe. When the Scout has demonstrated leadership thru these agreed upon goals, then E-mail Brownsea at Info@Brownsea-NYLT.org and state what the Scout had done to demonstrate leadership.

 

 
   
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