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JLTA Purpose and Description:

In the ministry of Royal Rangers, boys have been striving to achieve all that is held high in terms of standards, growth, and honors. For years they have purposed to attain one advancement to the next but only if there is a “next” challenge. Some of these boys achieve the highest award a boy can receive, the Gold Medal of Achievement. But often times after receiving this award, there are no challenges in Royal Rangers for these boys to work to overcome. It’s not long before they are no longer actively involved in Royal Rangers and sometimes not involved in their church at all.

Many of these young men are between the ages of 16 and 21; a time in their lives when they have a need to devote themselves completely and begin to fully develop their leadership skills. As a result, young men with as many as ten years of training in the church begin to slip away from the church. Years later, one or two of these young men may reappear in the church and perhaps become involved as a leader in the church, sometimes in Royal Rangers as a commander. What happened to all those young men? What happened to all those Gold Medalists? What could have been accomplished during those years when the same young men wanted to do more in the Royal Rangers ministry?

The Junior Leadership Training Academy (JLTA) is one of the several options to help answer these

questions. It is held once a year with several camps taking place that will give boys intense, professional training along with powerful spiritual ministry. This training experience is designed to be a catalyst and springboard of spiritual encouragement.

The goal of the JLTA is to prepare young men for a gradual, ever increasing role of leadership in their local outpost. By itself, the JLTA cannot accomplish this. It takes a local outpost with the vision to provide a place of ministry for these older Rangers. More importantly, it is an active outpost that continues to give the sense of belonging with a highly skilled group of Rangers. The inspiration and training the Ranger brings back to his outpost is a source of rich ministry and edification to other boys in the outpost.

It is typical that a young man will experience a deeper, more meaningful relationship with Jesus Christ during his training at the Academy. He will learn things about himself and what he needs to do in order to follow the Lord’s will for his life. That high sense of spiritual awareness will become infectious to his outpost. The entire outpost will desire to have the same experience; to learn, to advance, and to respond to the challenge of the JLTA. In short, through the JLTA, boys are learning the importance of assuming their role of leadership within their church, thus training boys to become leaders!

JLTA Overview:

The JLTA has proven to be a very beneficial program at the district level and has now been standardized nationwide. The goal is to set minimum standards for all the camps and standardize training materials, so that boys across the country are receiving the same top-notch training no matter which district they receive JLTA training.

More information will later be provided in this page, but many training camp opportunities are available for all boys.

Pre-Academy Camps Include:

	Basic DTC - Media interactive course with workbook. This course could also be taught at a sectional and local outpost level. May become a prerequisite to DTC.
	Discovery Training Camp - District camp for boys in Discovery Rangers, which could be run at the section level. The focus will be on team building through the patrol method.
	Adventure Training Camp - For boys in Adventure Rangers. District camp, which could be run at the section level, to focus on activities and events related to camping skills.
	Basic JTC - Media interactive course with workbook. This course could also be taught at a sectional level. May become a prerequisite to JTC.

JLTA Minimum Graduation Requirements:

For a boy to graduate from the JLTA, he must attend and complete four of the following camps. These camps are in development and should all be available in March, 2004.

	Junior Training Camp
	Advanced Junior Training Camp
Optional Camp #1
Optional Camp #2
Optional Camp #3

A total of four camps must be completed, with JTC and AJTC being prerequisites to completing any of the additional camps. Trainees should have the opportunity to choose any two of the optional camps after completing JTC and AJTC in order to graduate from the JLTA. Upon completion the boy will earn the Leadership Medal. (He must also complete 25 Spirit Challenge Lessons in order to be eligible.) The district may choose which of the optional camps to hold.

*Boys completing a fifth camp will be eligible to wear the JLTA sabre. Consult with your district to determine if the sabre is used.

Graduate Camps

The goal of any trainee would be to one day be a JLTA graduate. The following camps for JLTA graduates are in development and will be available in March, 2005.

	Elite JLC - JLTA graduates who have completed 10th grade can attend this camp which will focus upon instruction reinforced by activity and leadership roles performed in a variety of opportunities.
	Junior Academy - JLTA graduates and men desiring to serve on staff at a JLTA camp can attend this camp. Each boy and leader will be taught responsibilities and skills needed to properly run a district junior training camp. Trainees will be given opportunities to solve problems through scenarios, assignments, and teamwork.

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