National Youth Leadership Training

July 25-27 at Camp Brown

August 1-3 at Camp Hansen

Attendance at both weekends is REQUIRED

This is an amazing opportunity to learn skills that are not only beneficial in Scouting but also LIFE.  Leadership is an action not a position. You don’t want to miss this.

National Youth Leadership Training is an exciting, action-packed program designed for councils to provide youth members with leadership skills and experience they can use in their home troops and in other situations demanding leadership of self and others. The NYLT course centers around the concepts of what a leader must BE, what a leader must KNOW, and what a leader 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.

In order to attend a NYLT course, a youth must have the following qualifications by the beginning of the course:

• Must be a registered member of a Scouting unit.
• Must have a current BSA Health and Medical Record form parts A, B, and C (bring to Camp with you).
• Scouts BSA members (male and female) must be at least 13 years old. They must have completed Introduction to Leadership Skills for Troops. 
• Venturers and Sea Scouts (male and female) must be at least 14 years old, or 13 and have completed eighth grade, and fall within the maximum age allowance for their program. They must have completed Introduction to Leadership Skills for Crews or Ships. It is recommended that they have had at least one year of camping experience.
• While NYLT is not an outdoor skills course, it is important that each participant have basic camping and outdoor cooking experience.
• Have a unit leader recommendation.

NYLT is NOT a requirement of Scouting, but a choice of the Scout to improve their leadership skills.  Unit leadership should not require this upon their Scouts.  Please understand 70% of the course is class work.  There will be a mandatory orientation via zoom prior to attendance that will need to be attended by the Scout, his/her parent & unit leader.  This date will be announced in the spring.  Parental contact information must be provided during registration.

There are scholarship opportunities available for Scouts to attend. Please reach out to the Course Director for more information.