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National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT)

For more information, please contact:

ADVANCED YOUTH TRAINING COORDINATOR
BRANDIE LEACH
BLEACHMOM1814@GMAIL.COM

Leadership training is perhaps the most important opportunity available to our Scouts and Venturers. National Youth Leadership Training is a key part of the leadership development of the BSA’s youth members. NYLT is an intense, six-day experience centered on the concepts of what a leader should BE, what a leader should KNOW, and what a leader should DO.

The training of youth leaders in Scouting is important to promote the growth of the individual youth and a leadership model for the Boy Scout and Venturing (unit) programs. The unit leader is the primary source of youth leader training. As a supplement to that training, the National Youth Leader Training course provides youth with a one-week or two-weekend-long experience – a month in the life of a model unit – designed to give potential youth leaders the skills they can use to lead their units. The objectives of the course are:

  • Develop a youth’s confidence and knowledge in leading the unit’s program.
  • Gain a working understanding of the resources, skills and methods needed to undertake further unit leadership responsibility.
  • Share ideas and learn from the experiences of other youths from units across the council.
  • Support adult unit leaders in training youth leaders in the unit.
  • Reinforce a youth’s relationship with his unit leader and other adult leaders.
  • Experience Scouting/Venturing at its very best.

Who is Eligible to Attend NYLT?

NYLT is designed for those Scouts/Venturers that are likely to serve in senior leadership roles in their unit in the near future.  Scouts selected should be made aware that this is NOT a summer camp program and does involve classroom style and hands on training sessions.

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

  • Must be a registered member of a Scouting unit.
  • Must have a current BSA Health and Medical Record form parts A, B, and C.
  • Scouts BSA must be 13 years of age and fall within the maximum age allowance for their program registration. They must be a First Class Scout and have completed Introduction to Leadership Skills for Troops.
  • Venturers and Sea Scouts (male and female) must be at least 13 years old, and fall within the maximum age allowance for their program. They must have completed Introduction to Leadership Skills for Crews or Ships. It is recommended that they have had at least one year of camping experience.

UPCOMING NYLT COURSES

Full week and two-weekend courses are available. 

D-Bar-A Scout Ranch

Week-long Course:
June 15-20, 2025

D-Bar-A Scout Ranch

Week-long Course:
June 22-27, 2025

Camp Weidman – Mt. Pleasant

2-Weekend Course:
July 11-13, 2025 &
July 18-20, 2025

Gerber Scout Reservation

Week-long Course:
July 27-August 1, 2025

Camp Rotary

2-weekend course
July 18-20, 2025  &
July 25-27, 2025

Introduction to Leadership Skills for Troops/Crews/Ships (ILST/ILSC/ILSS)

The purpose of the ILST/ILSC/ILSS course is to teach Scouts with leadership positions about their new roles and how to most effectively reach success in that role. It is intended to help Scouts in leadership positions within their Crew/Troop/Ship understand their responsibilities and to equip them with organizational and leadership skills to fulfill those responsibilities. ILST/ILSC/ILSS is the first course in the series of leadership training offered to Scouts. Completion of ILST/ILSC/ILSS is a prerequisite for Scouts to participate in the more advanced leadership courses National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) and the National Advanced Youth Leadership Experience (NAYLE). It is also required to participate in a Kodiak Challenge Trek.

Most often this training is offered within a unit and taught by current youth leaders and adults. On occasion, a district/council training will become available.  For more information and the course guide for leaders, visit the BSA Youth Training page.

What: Intro to Leadership Skills for Troops @ University of Scouting
When: November 2, 2024
Where: Allendale Middle School

What: Intro to Leadership Skills for Troops AND Crews
When: November 9, 2024
Where: St Clair Lions Club

introduction to leadership skills for crews

What: Intro to Leadership Skills for Troops AND Crews
When: November 9, 2024
Where: St Clair Lions Club

DEN CHIEF TRAINING

IN-PERSON DEN CHIEF TRAINING

None currently scheduled

ONLINE DEN CHIEF TRAINING

The new online Den Chief training is now available for Scouts who are registered in Troops, Crews and Ships. The new online course identifies den chief responsibilities and tasks along with describing the den chief’s relationship with supporting Den Leaders and how it relates to the den chief’s activities with the den. At the end of the online training module, Den Chiefs can print their certificate of completion signifying they are trained for their position and fulfilling a requirement towards their Den Chief Service Award.

RELIGIOUS EMBLEMS TRAINING

Did you know that Scouting America recognizes 42 different religious organizations that have developed Religious Emblems programs? These are programs owned by the faith organizations that are eligible to be worn on Scouting Uniforms.

For more information and to find programs being held in-person in the MCC, visit the Religious Relationships page.

Religious Emblem - Youth

Fall / Winter 2024-2025:  Protestant Religious Emblems Course

Grades K-1, 2-3, 4-5, 6-8, 9-12
Christ Church Cranbrook, Bloomfield Hills, MI

Religious Emblem - Youth

Fall / Winter 2024-2025:  Protestant Religious Emblems Course

Grades 6-8 and 9-12
Holy Cross Episcopal Church – Novi, MI

2025 Dates:

Session 1: Jan 31 – Feb 2, 2025
Session 2: Feb 7 – Feb 9, 2025

Both session are being held at Camp Rotary in Clare, MI

OKPIK Winter Outdoor Training

OKPIK, which is Inuit for “Snowy Owl,” is the Cold Weather Camping Adventure program offered by the Boy Scouts of America.  OKPIK will give you the skills to go where few dare.

This two day and two night adventure develops confidence and skills in camping and living in the outdoors during extreme weather conditions. Receive training in physical preparation, cold weather dress, first aid and emergency procedures, food and water, equipment use while experiencing cross-country skiing, snowshoeing and winter shelter building.

OKPIK is state-of-the-art training to give leaders, (both youth and adult), confidence in taking groups into a cold environment and support a year-round camping program. Our cold weather training is appropriate only for those leaders and campers who already have basic Scouting skills and mild weather camping experience. Our training includes skills that can ensure a successful, fun and safe cold weather camping experience. These must know skills are important because cold weather camping mistakes can be serious and certainly are not something upon which to build young Scout’s experience.

Level 1: Participants learn basic winter camping skills and spend both nights indoors
Level 2: Participants put the skills learned in Level 1 into practice and spend 1 night indoors and 1 night outdoors in a shelter they build
Level 3: Participants learn advanced winter camping skills and spend both nights outdoors in a shelter they build
Veteran: Participants who have completed all 3 levels of OKPIK can come back as a Veteran, spending the whole weekend outdoors and learning how to become an OKPIK Staff member.

Ages 13 – Adult

First Aid, CPR, and Wilderness First Aid

A leader is always prepared.  And part of being prepared is knowing how to respond to medical emergencies at meetings, outings, and high adventure events.  Even a simple cut can become infected and turn into a major medical event, so know how to treat all of the common injuries and conditions your Scouts and leaders may encounter on the trail.  These courses are recommended for adult leaders and older Scouts.

Wilderness first aid, or “WFA”, is a generic term that commonly refers to any training course that focuses on prevention, assessment, and treatment for an ill or injured person in a remote environment where definitive care by a physician and/or rapid transport is not readily available, i.e.,  being an hour or more away from advanced care.  WFA courses are intended for anyone planning a remote high adventure, from lay responders to medical professionals.  Youth (14 years old and up) and adult Scout leaders are encouraged to take a 16-hour WFA course based on the specific curriculum developed by the BSA, which includes a management dimension that most course fail to address.   High adventure bases have requirements on the number of participants that must be current with their WFA training (which lasts for two years).

Course: ECSI Wilderness First Aid courses
Dates: January 4 & 18, 2025
Location:
Dauch Scout Center, Detroit

Course: Red Cross Blended Adult and Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED
Dates: 4/5/25, 4/25/25, 5/31/25, 6/7/25, 6/13/25, 9/27/25, 10/10/25
Location: Camp Teetonkah, Jackson

Course: ECSI Wilderness First Aid courses
Dates: March 1 & 15, 2025
Location:
Dauch Scout Center, Detroit

Course: ECSI Wilderness First Aid courses
Dates: April 25, 2025
Location:
Camp Teetonkah, Jackson

Course: ECSI Wilderness First Aid courses
Dates: April 4-6, 2025
Location:
Cole Canoe Base, Alger

Course: ECSI Wilderness First Aid courses
Dates: April 11-13, 2025
Location:
Cole Canoe Base, Alger

Course: ECSI Wilderness First Aid courses
Dates: June 14, 2025
Location:
Camp Teetonkah, Jackson

Course: ECSI Wilderness First Aid courses
Dates: September 26-28, 2025
Location:
Cole Canoe Base, Alger

Course: ECSI Wilderness First Aid courses
Dates: October 11, 2025
Location:
Camp Teetonkah, Jackson