NATIONAL YOUTH LEADERSHIP TRAINING

BE - KNOW - DO

What is NYLT?

NYLT is a leadership course developed by the Boy Scouts of America to enable Scouting youth to lead their units.  NYLT uses the methods of Scouting to teach leadership skills.  A week is spent in an environment that exemplifies the “best” that Scouting can be and is the vision that Baden-Powell intended.

When is it?

July 7-13, 2024

Where is it held?

Howard H. Cherry Scout Reservation – Camp Wakonda

Who can participate?

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

  • Be a registered youth member of a BSA Scouting unit.
  • Provide a current BSA Health and Medical Record form parts A, B, and C.
  • All Scouts need a unit leader recommendation and the desire to participate in this learning experience.
  • Scouts BSA members (male and female) need to:
    • be at least 14 years of age and not yet 18 years of age
    • have completed Introduction to Leadership Skills for Troops
    • be first class rank or higher
  • Venturers and Sea Scouts (male and female) need to:
    • be at least 14 years of age and not yet 21 years of age
    • 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.

What is the NYLT Program?

The NYLT course simulates a month in the life of a troop in a six-day course.  It reinforces and expands upon Be-Know-Do leadership.  Scouts learn a number of leadership skills and concepts.  The scouts learn about the stages of team development and how to match the most appropriate leadership style with the developmental stage of the individual or team.  The course has many challenges for the scouts, including its culmination where they undergo a quest for the meaning of leadership!

The NYLT course has Eight Key Elements
  • A month in the Life of a Troop
  • Four stages of Team Development
  • Leadership requires Vision, Goals, and Plans
  • Toolbox of Leadership Skills
  • Consistent Leadership Modeling
  • Scout Oath and Law
  • Fun!

How much does it cost?

In-Council/Early Registration Cost: $235 (Early Period Ends June 5, 2024)

Out of Council/Regular Cost: $265

Registration closes July 3, 2024.  Full payment is due at time of registration.  Registration can be made without specific Scout names

What does the fee include?

All participants: Course materials, meals, snacks, two t-shirts, cap, and water bottle.

For those who successfully complete the full course:  Neckerchief, woggle, and patch.

How do you register?

All units may send 2 Scouts.  Units with 30 or more Scouts may send 3 to NYLT.  Use the “Waiting List” registration type to let us know you have more Scouts that would like to attend.

We will begin filling spots from the waiting list approximately 30 days before the course begins.

After Scouts have been registered online for one of the course per the links above, the Supplemental Information Form available at the link below should be completed for each Scout and submitted per the instructions on the form.

Questions?

Contact 2024 Course Director, Kevin Kropf at kkropf42@yahoo.com