National Youth Leadership Training
National Youth Leadership Training is an exciting, action-packed program designed to provide youth with leadership skills and experience they can use in their home units and in other life situations demanding leadership of self and others. LEARN MORE
Pathway to the Rockies Council offers 2 summer courses at beautiful Glen Aspen Ranch in Woodland Park, CO. Each course lasts 6 days with a limit of 48 Scouts per course.
Objectives of NYLT
- Give participants the confidence and knowledge to conduct the troop program in their home units
- Provide participants with a clear understanding of team and personal development
- Create an environment of Scouting fellowship and fun guided by the Scout Oath and Law
- Give participants the opportunity to share ideas and experiences with Scouts from other troops
- Have fun and experience Scouting at its best
Participant Requirements
In order to attend, a youth must have the following qualifications by the beginning of the course:
Must be a registered member of a Scouting unit.
Scouts BSA members (male and female) must be at least 13. They must have completed ILST (Introduction to Leadership Skills for Troops). Registered in Scouts BSA and earned the First Class rank before attending NYLT. (There can be no waivers/exceptions)
Venturers and Sea Scouts (male and female) must be at least 14, or 13 and have completed eighth grade, and fall within the maximum age allowance for their program. They must have completed ILSC/ILSS (Introduction to Leadership Skills for Crews/Ships). It is recommended that they have had at least one year of camping experience. While NYLT is not an outdoor skills course, it is important that each participant have basic camping and outdoor cooking experience.
Have a unit leader recommendation.
Have a current BSA Health and Medical Record – Parts A, B & C
Upon successfully registering and paying the course fees, individual participants will need to complete additional forms necessary to comply with State of Colorado regulations and BSA requirements.
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June Course
June 16-22, 2024
Jessica Godsoe – Course Director
July Course
July 7-13, 2024
-Doug Meikle – Course Director
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Course Description
Built on the legacy of past JLT successes, the new 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 skills and confidence to lead well. Through a wide range of activities, events, games, and adventures, NYLT participants will work and play together as they put into action the best that Scouting has to offer.
NYLT models a month in the life of troop – three meetings (one each day for the first three days) leading up to a big outdoor experience (an overnight outpost camp). The course uses the patrol method and presents model Patrol Leaders’ Council meetings. Patrols are challenged early in the week to present to the troop at the end of the week their “Quest for the Meaning of Leadership.” While the challenge is designed to have patrols experience the four stages of team development, it will help patrols and individual Scouts internalize the leadership skills and concepts being presented to them along the way. Throughout the course, the staff will be modeling the concepts and skills that are the core content of the course. The patrols will be challenged with many activities and games, including using GPS receivers to participate in a Geocache wide game. The focus of each session is not only knowledge but giving the youth a “Toolbox of Skills” that equips them with the “how” of leadership.