National Youth Leadership Training

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National Youth Leadership Training

National Youth Leadership Training is the newest and most advanced training program in Scouting today. It is designed to provide the best in Leadership Training for young scout leaders and leaders to be. The new name reflects the evolution of the program in a way that expresses the value of the content and is more readily accepted by today’s youth.

What is National Youth Leadership Training?

National Youth Leadership Training is a six day experience conducted by the Great Smoky Mountain Council. It is designed to provide each Scout with a meaningful experience in Scouting. The program will enhance every participant’s knowledge and create a deeper understanding of his role and responsibilities as a leader, teacher, and role model in both his troop and his life. NYLT includes useful management and planning training, instruction on how to be an effective communicator, and guidelines for making ethical decisions that affect the leader and those around him. Sometimes referred to as “Wood Badge for Youth”, NYLT corresponds with the learning principles taught in the new 21st Century Wood Badge course, so that youth and adult leaders will be speaking the same leadership language. In sum, NYLT is a comprehensive program designed to equip scouts with everything they will need to become a successful leader.

NYLT Course Overview

Through in-depth activities, events, training, and adventures, National Youth Leadership Training participants will work and train together as they both learn and practice the skills of the NYLT program.

Course participants will experience:

• A simulated month of troop and PLC meetings where the scouts will plan all aspects of an upcoming outing that they will embark upon at the end of the week.
• Dozens of team building games and exercises.
• The responsibility of leadership as each participant takes charge in a troop leadership position during the week.
• Training sessions conducted by the best teachers and volunteers Camp Buck Toms and the council at large has to offer

NYLT Course Objectives

• Give participants the confidence and knowledge to operate as a youth-run troop
• Provide participants with a clear understanding of team and personal development and how those elements relate to being a leader
• Train participants in all aspects of effective leadership, ranging from teaching skills to conflict resolution
• Guide the participants through the stages of team development
• Create an environment of Scouting fellowship and fun guided by the Scout Oath and Law
• Experience Scouting at its finest.

Download registration form: 2009 NYLT flyer

Tom Newman — Council Contact
Phone: (865) 588-6514
E-Mail: tnewman at bsmail dot org