The focus of this program is on inspiring and enabling participants to deliver effective, world class National Youth Leadership Training courses in their local councils with special emphasis on improving presentation skills, evaluation skills, and on learning in more depth the NYLT leadership skills.
While attending the NYLT Leadership Academy, you will be engaged in a full program with a wide variety of activities including:
- Understanding, using, and evaluating your use of the NYLT Leadership Tools
- Making presentations on Leadership topics (you will make 5 presentations)
- Living and learning about the concepts of Leading Yourself, and Servant Leadership
- Learning how to prepare for and effectively evaluate a presentation
- Remarkable evening Guest Speakers sharing their life leadership lessons
- Quest for the meaning of Teaching Leadership
- Participating in effective model NYLT activities such as realistic first aid, geocaching, instructional campfires, instructional inter-faith worship services.
- Exceptional hike experience at your respective course location.
Participant Qualifications
This course is for Scouts BSA, Sea Scouts and Venturers who meet the following qualifications:
- Have completed your council’s National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT). If your council does not have an NYLT program, you may still qualify by working with a council representative to become familiar with the NYLT Staff Guide and Syllabus.
- First Class rank or above; or a Venturer.
- All participants must be 13 years old and have completed 8th grade by the opening day of course, but not yet 18; or if a Venturer not yet 21.
- Willingness to take back to your newly acquired knowledge and skills at the NYLT Leadership Academy back to your council, troop and community.
Scholarships are available to those who qualify.