National Youth Leadership Training

January 16-18 & February 13-15
Scouts must attend BOTH weekends

Wallwood Scout Reservation, Quincy, FL

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 course as the patrol goes on a Quest for the Meaning of Leadership.

NYLT is a six-day course broken up over two weekends ( January 16-18 & February 13-15).   Participants MUST attend both weekends to complete the course.   When registering, you are registering for both weekends.  Content is delivered in a troop and patrol outdoor setting with an emphasis on immediate application of learning in a fun environment.  NYLT integrates the best of modern leadership theory with the traditional strengths of the Scouting experience. Through activities, presentations, challenges, discussions, and audio-visual support, NYLT participants will be engaged in a unified approach to leadership that will give them the skill and confidence to lead well. 

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.
• Members must have completed "Introduction to Leadership Skills for Troops" (or Crew/Ship) by the start date of the NYLT course.  Unit leaders conduct this training. 
• All Scouts must be at least 14, or 13 and have completed eighth grade, and fall within the maximum age allowance for their program. 
• 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 a "leadership" course, therefore a certain level of maturity is needed to be successful.   Scoutmaster's are encouraged to consider a Scout's maturity level before recommending them for the course.  

Cost: $325 (if regsitered before December 1st, 2026)
$50 non-refundable deposit is required at time of registration, final balance due by january 1st, 2027

Interested in being on NYLT Staff (youth or adult)? Please contact NYLT Director Rusty Hunt at SRACNYLT@gmail.com