2025 National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT)

Dates: August 1-3, 2025 & August 15-17, 2025 (You MUST attend both weekends)

Weekend #1: Check-in at 12 pm-1 pm on Friday, (Day One) August 1st. Location for check-in CRK Dining Hall. Pick-up time for Scouts is 6 pm on Sunday, (Day Three) August 3 rd at the CRK Dining Hall.


Weekend #2: Check-in at 7 pm on Friday, (Day Four) August 15 th at CRK dining hall. Graduation is currently planned for 4 pm on Sunday, (Day Six) August 17 th at the Chapel.


An NYLT course is ideal for training youth leaders. It can also be a valuable experience for other older Scouts and Venturers.

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.


What is National Youth Leadership Training aka NYLT?
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 week as the youth go on a Quest for the Meaning of Leadership.


NYLT is a six-day course. Content is delivered in a troop and patrol outdoor setting with an emphasis on the 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.


To attend an NYLT course, a youth must have the following qualifications by the beginning of the course:

  1. Must be a registered member of a Scouting unit.
  2. Must have a current BSA Health and Medical Record form parts A, B, and C.
  3. Scouts must be at least 13 years of age and fall within the maximum age allowance for their program. (They must have completed Introduction to Leadership Skills for Crews or Ships.
  4. Must have a unit leader recommendation.

Register before May 1st for the Early Bird rate of $195. Following May 1st, the course fee is $210.

Registration Due Date Is July 21, 2025. 

Needs-based scholarships are available. Complete and submit the Request for Financial Assistance must be turned in no later than July 21, 2025.

We have space for 36 male participants and 12 female participants. If demand exceeds our limit, you will
be placed on a waiting list and notified if space becomes available.