Advanced Training Schedule

Commissioner College

After completing basic training and being commissioned, commissioners should continue their training by attending monthly zone commissioner cabinet meetings. In addition to these meetings, a commissioner should attend this annual training event where nationally developed courses, resource materials, and training recognition provide fun, sparkle, and motivation to help commissioners to continue to learn good unit service skills.

National Service Territory (NST) Commissioner Conference

This advanced national level training for commissioners will allow you to learn and network with scouters beyond our own council. Offered in various parts of the country, these conferences provide a wealth of knowlege and experience to help you deliver excellent commisioner service to your units.

National Advanced Youth Leadership Training Experience (NAYLE)

National Advanced Youth Leadership Experience (NAYLE) is an exciting program that enhances leadership skills and expands upon the team-building and ethical decision-making skills learned in National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT). This course is offered at all four national BSA high-adventure bases.

National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT)

NYLT is an exciting, action-packed Council hosted program designed to provide older Scouts with leadership skills and experience they can use in their home troops.

NYLT Leadership Academy

The focus of this national BSA program is on inspiring and enabling Scouts BSA, Sea Scouts and Venturers participants to deliver effective, world class National Youth Leadership Training courses in their local councils with special emphasis on improving presentation skills, evaluation skills, and on learning in more depth the NYLT leadership skills.

Seabadge

Intense leadership and management training focused on the 'how-to' aspects of managing a successful youth led Sea Scout program. While Seabadge was developed as an advanced leadership training program for experienced Sea Scout adult leaders the course is open to all adult Scout leaders. Valid for three years.

Wood Badge

This course is advanced training for adult leaders in Scouting designed to enhance contemporary leadership skills and develop more effective Scout leaders. The Wood Badge program gives participants a greater understanding of Scouting aims and methods, while developing true Scout Spirit.

Participants will set goals to give meaningful service in their unit, zone or council after completion of the instructional weekends. They could use ideas of where this service is needed in our scouting community. Do you have an idea? Submit it HERE