National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT)

NATIONAL YOUTH LEADERSHIP TRAINING
WHO: The Current/Future leaders in your home unit
WHAT: National Youth Leadership Training
WHEN: June 7th-13th 2026
WHERE: Camp Big Timber
WHY: Enhance your leadership skills through team building, conflict resolution, communication, and goal setting! All while having fun!

OUT OF COUNCIL TROOPS WELCOME!
Participant Orientation: Will be held the week prior to the Course
NYLT Course Week: June 7th-13th, 2026

Why NLYT?
National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) is designed to have youth staff teach leadership skills to youth participants. From beginning to end, it is a YOUTH LEADERSHIP PROGRAM!
NYLT is an exciting, action-packed program designed to provide youth members with leadership skills and experience they can use in their home troops, crews, ships and in other situations demanding leadership of self and others.
NYLT is a week-long course. Content is delivered in a troop and patrol outdoor setting with an emphasis on immediate application of learning in a fun environment. Interconnecting concepts and work processes are introduced early, built upon, and aided by the use of memory aids, which allows participants to understand and employ leadership skills much faster.
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. Through a wide range of activities, games, and adventures, participants will work and play together as they put into action the best Scouting has to offer.

Participant Requirements
To attend an NYLT course, a youth must have the following qualifications by the beginning of tthe course:
Must be a registered member of a Scouting unit
Must have a current BSA Annual Health and Medical Record form parts A, B, and C
BSA Scouts must be at least 13 years of age and fall within the maximum age allowance for their program registration. They must be ranked a First Class Scout or higher and have completed Introduction to Leadership Skills for Troops.