What is Big Horn National Youth Leadership Training? 
National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) is an exciting, action-packed program designed for councils to provide youth members with leadership skills and experience they can use in their home units and in other situations demanding leadership of self and others.
The Big Horn NYLT Course is an intense youth oriented leadership training experience sponsored by the Denver Area Council and held annually at Tahosa High Adventure Base near Ward, Colorado. Each week, the training is conducted by highly qualified youth staff under the supervision of adult advisers using the National Youth Leadership Training Course Syllabus, as published by the National Council, Boy Scouts of America. The course models a month in the life of a unit - four meetings (one each day for the first four days) and multiple unit meetings all leading up to a culminating outdoor experience (an overnight outpost camp).
NYLT is a six-day adventure. The program centers around the concepts of what a leader must BE, what he must KNOW, and what he must DO. The key elements are then taught with a clear focus on HOW TO. The skills come alive during the week as the scouts go on a Quest for the Meaning of Leadership. Content is delivered in an outdoor setting with an emphasis on immediate application of learning in a fun environment. Interconnecting concepts and work processes are introduced early, built upon, and aided by the use of memory aids, which allow participants to understand and employ the leadership skills much faster. While the challenge is designed to have them go through the four stages of team development, it will help teams, 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 focus of each session is not only knowledge but giving the youth a "Toolbox of Leadership Skills" that equips them with the "How".
Who should attend Big Horn NYLT?
Scouts who have attained the rank of First Class and will be 13 years of age by the start of the course, or Venture Crew members age 13 and older should consider this leadership course. The Scout should be an experienced camper with good camping, hiking and outdoor cooking skills. He or she should have held a leadership position in his or her unit, if possible, or be considering a position in the near future. He or she must agree to spend the entire scheduled week participating in the Big Horn National Youth Leadership Training Course. Applications are available in the Library section of this web site and at the offices of the Denver Area Council.
In addition, any adult Scouters wishing to join as staff are welcome to download an appropriate staff application. Big Horn is a great way to improve your own leadership skills while helping to further advance the Aims of Scouting. It is also an opportunity to understand the material that youth leaders are learning and should be applying in your unit. This understanding will help you to help these Scouts to become the best leaders possible. Please remember that for Troops or Crews with five or more Scouts on the course, it is asked that they send at least one Scouter to serve on staff.
To Register for Big Horn as a participant, pleas click on your week choice below:
Youth and Adult Staff
Adult staff must complete and submit application no later than April 15, 2012
Adult Staff Application
Youth Staff applications for Senior Patrol leader and/ or Asst. Senior Patrol Leader must be completed and submitted no later than December 1, 2011.
All other youth staff members must complete and submit your application no later than January 14, 2012.
Youth Staff Application
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