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National Youth Leadership Training is a week long leadership training program for boy leaders developed by the Boy Scouts of America and offered by the Scout Council. The week long conference is designed to train the Scout in team building and leadership in an outdoor experience which calls on the use of Scouting skills. Scoutmasters are encouraged to provide opportunities within the unit for application and use of leadership training learned at the conference so that the Scout applies the skills he learned during the conference. The course is conducted by a staff of volunteer Scouts and Scouters selected by the Training Committee. National Youth Leadership Training is not another summer camp, but an intense, challenging, leadership experience.

What are the Conference Objectives?

To give participants the confidence and knowledge to run the Troop program.
To give participants a working knowledge of the eleven skills of leadership and help them relate these skills to their Troop responsibilities.
To give participants the opportunity to share ideas and experiences with Scouts from other Troops
To create an atmosphere where Scouts will experience Scouting at its best.
To enhance the relationship between the participant and his Scoutmaster
To have fun.

We must always remember that the training of leaders is the responsibility of the scoutmaster. This conference is designed to support, not replace, the Scoutmaster's role in the training process. Each scout who attends will do so as a representative of his home Troop and will wear the uniform and insignia of his home Troop.

Prerequisites

To be eligible to attend a Scout must:

Be a First Class Scout before the start of the course;
Be at least 13 years old by the start of the course;
Currently hold a leadership position in the Troop and have the potential and desire to serve as Senior Patrol Leader, Assistant Senior Patrol Leader or Instructor in your Troop;
Be recommended by his Scoutmaster to attend the course; and
Should have completed a Troop or district Junior Leader Orientation workshop prior to beginning of course.

These prerequisites are set by the National Council and may not be waived. Experience has shown that Scouts who are not at least 13 years of age generally lack the maturity necessary to complete the National Youth Leadership Training course.