National Youth LeadershipTraining

In 2010, the program was updated to include Venturers in addition to Boy Scouts.

 

Read the BSA Vision Statement: The Boy Scouts of America will prepare every eligible youth in America to become a responsible, participating citizen and leader who is guided by the Scout Oath and Scout Law.

Above all, remember: The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Scout Law.

Participants learn to use current corporate leadership skills within the framework of the Scout Oath and Scout Law. BSA National carefully developed the NYLT curriculum with input from current corporate trainers, the United States Air Force Academy and others in the training community. Graduates of this program become leaders in their units as well as leaders in their Districts, Schools, Churches, and Communities. The course is led and taught by some of the best youth leaders in the Far East Council; all of whom are graduates of the NYLT program and many have staffed multiple courses.

 

Youth leaders and those who will be in youth leadership positions after completion of NYLT are the primary participants.  Boy Scouts and Varsity Scouts must be at least 13 years old prior to the beginning of the course and Venturers must be 14 or 13 years old and have completed the 8th grade.

 

Participants must have completed Introduction to Leadership Skills within their unit, prior to the beginning of the NYLT course.

 

Leadership Skills

The primary goal of NYLT is to develop Scouts as leaders. To be a good leader requires the knowledge and the ability to use the right tools. At NYLT, we teach the Scouts/Venturers the skills necessary to manage group dynamics and performance. These are the same skills taught at Fortune 500 companies. The Scouts/Venturers not only learn about these skills. They are placed as leaders within patrols. Here they practice these leadership skills under the guidance of an experienced staff. These leadership skills include:

• Communicating Well

• Finding Your Vision

• Setting Goals

• Preparing Plans

• Developing Your Team

• Solving Problems

• Effective Teaching

• Effective Leadership

• Servant Leadership

• Resolving Conflict

• Making Ethical Decisions

• Leading Yourself

• Valuing People

 

Model Troop

Youth leaders will become a part of a Model Troop. They will be assigned to patrols based on their age and size. Patrols will be composed of Scouts from troops throughout the Council. A patrol will have no more than one Scout from a given home troop. The patrols will cook, eat, sleep, and train together. Together they will take part in many activities including an outpost hike and campout. The patrols will take turns as the Service and Program Patrol. Participants will take turns serving as Patrol Leader and participating in a daily Patrol Leader's Council.

 

A Quality Staff

A trained youth staff member is assigned to work with each patrol throughout the week. This Troop Guide is responsible for training the participants. Youth staff members are supported by trained adult leaders, who report to a BSA Nationally-Certified Course Director.