The National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) Conference is like Wood Badge for youth.  NYLT is an exciting, action-packed program designed to provide youth members with leadership skills and experiences they can use in their home troops, teams, crews, personal lives, and in other situations demanding leadership of self and others.  NYLT is for Boy Scouts, Varsity Scouts, and Venturing. 

2012 NYLT IS NOW FULL!  TO BE ON THE WAITLIST OR INTEREST LIST FOR 2013, CONTACT THE CAMPING DEPARTMENT AT 206-725-0361 OR campingdept@seattlebsa.org.

Click here to watch/download a promotional video about NYLT.

What to Expect at NYLT

NYLT is an intensive six-day course.  Modern leadership theory is delivered in a team (the term team may be considered synonymous with patrol in a Troop model) setting with an emphasis on immediate application of learning in a fun environment.  The course is an exciting combination of classroom and fun outdoor activities providing a challenging and rewarding learning experience.  Participants cook meals and work in their teams throughout the course.  Teams are composed of diverse participants in order to promote individuals making new friends and learning about others.

NAYLE will provide youth with a Philmont based wildermess encounter that motivates to follow a life of helping others succeed based on the values expressed in the Scout Oath and Scout Law. .

Who Can Attend?
Scouts must be 14 years old and not yet 18 years old, hold a troop leadership position, and have completed either NYLT or JLTC.

For more Information, please visit the NAYLE website.

Nature of Leadership Trek

Leadership and service to others are two key tenants of Venturing, the Boy Scouts of America's fastest growing teenage program. Combine these two elements and you get the concept of "the servant leader". Servant leadership as a philosophy teaches that the leader works with and through a team to accomplish the mission. Rather than just talking about leadership, Venturing through the new Kodiak Trek teaches useable, relevant leadership skills that every teen can use.

Methods:
Challenging high adventure trek. Participants come from around the Council. Team taught by two instructors per Crew of 8-12. Uses hands on learning approach with very short presentations. Constant reinforcement. Creates a leadership fraternity

Requirements:
Be a registered Venturer (youth only). Be at least 16 years old. Have physical capability for a specific trek and have outdoor skills for a specific trek.

Interested in Nature of Leadership Trek for your crew? Please direct questions to the council training chairman via the contact page.