2026 National Youth Leadership Training
Tuscarora Council, Boy Scouts of America

Camp Tuscarora - 965 Scout Rd. 
Four Oaks, NC 27524

August 28-30  & September 18-20 2026

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This Course is open to Scouts BSA, Explorers, Sea Scouts & Venturers

What is NYLT? The National Youth Leadership Training Course is a six-day outdoor experience for youth leaders in support of the Unit Leader’s responsibility for training the Unit’s youth leaders. It is conducted by the Tuscarora Council’s Training Committee using a syllabus published by Scouting America. Scouting recognizes that Unit Leaders have the responsibility of training their own youth leaders. The purpose of the National Youth Leadership Training Course is not to assume the Unit Leader’s role, but to support it. This course is very similar to the Wood Badge training for adults.

Purpose: The training of youth leaders in the Unit is important in helping individual Scouts, Venturers, and their Units grow. Scouting America has developed a six-day training experience, the National Youth Leadership Training Course (NYLT) that has proven valuable in the training of youth leaders. The course will stress the skills of leadership that will make youth leaders more effective in their Unit leadership positions. The skills taught will build upon and reinforce the Unit Leader’s leadership development of the youth and directly benefit the Unit’s program.

More importantly, the Scout or Venturer will be exposed to living skills that will allow him to become a successful leader in any organization. This course will provide the youth with the tools needed to develop to his or her full leadership potential.

Qualifications: Any Scout who participates in the course must be at least a First Class Scout and 13 years old (but not yet 18), and a Scout that the Unit Leader feels is mature and currently filling a Unit leadership position or likely to assume a leadership position in the near future. The Scout may only attend on the Unit Leader’s recommendation, and MUST have completed Introduction to Leadership Skills For Troops (ILST) training prior to the first day of NYLT. It is important that the Scout have camping, cooking and hiking skills. There is no rank requirement for Explorers, Sea Scouts or Venturers – but a recommendation is required.
 
Course Dates:

• Weekend One - 3:00 pm Friday August 28, to 4:00 pm Sunday, August 30 
   
• Weekend Two - 4:00 pm Friday September 18 to 5:00 pm Sunday September 20

 
Full participation for both weekends is required to complete the course. Please arrive on time in order to keep the program on schedule.

Participant Fees:

The cost to attend is $225.00. A $50.00 deposit is required upon your initial registration and full payment is due no later than TBD. (Deposits are non-refundable but are transferrable.)

How can you attend? Registration is available online only. We regret that we are unable to accept any mailed or “paper” registrations. 

All registrations must be completed online by 5:00p. on Friday, March 26, 2021 at the following link: 

(Final deadline to register is March 26, 2021)

With questions please contact –

Course Director: Chad Talton at 919-920-1529 taltonc96@nc.rr.com
Staff Advisor: Trey Eskridge at 919-734-1714