Event Dates
Friday, September 6, 2024 at 8:00pm to Sunday, September 8, 2024 at 1:00pm
Check-In will begin on Friday at 6pm
Location
BSA Camp Strake
2020 Camp Strake Rd, Coldspring, TX 77331
NOTE: Your registration fee includes two nights lodging, as well as all meals starting with Saturday breakfast and ending with Sunday lunch.
The National Leadership Seminar is a weekend conference teaching the skills and attributes of leadership. It is intended primarily to enhance the leadership skills of the Order of the Arrow’s key youth and adult members as they seek to improve their services to the Boy Scouts of America and the greater community. The weekend format is designed to complement the longer, more detailed Wood Badge and National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) Programs. Near the end of the seminar, learners make a contract with themselves to apply the skills studied in the seminar on projects in their lodge, council, and community.
The Developing Youth Leadership Conference (DYLC) is a weekend conference for adult volunteers focusing on the skills, tools, and attributes of effective advisers. It is intended primarily to enhance an adviser’s knowledge of and connectivity with resources, while emphasizing personal skills that are essential to the development of effective youth leadership and ultimately the OA’s service to the council. DYLC is for Scouters 21+ with some advising experience. We have found that some of the younger Scouters/Advisers (21-25) do not always have the experience or context to fully appreciate the DYLC curriculum. If you are a younger Adviser who has not yet taken NLS, you would likely benefit more from taking NLS rather than DYLC. Adults who are unsure whether NLS or DYLC might be best for them should talk to their lodge adviser for guidance or e-mail gateway-training@oa-bsa.org.
Check-In will begin at 6:00 p.m. Friday evening. First NLS session will start promptly at 8:00 p.m and first DYLC session will start promptly at 7:30pm. The seminar will conclude at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday afternoon after a closing recognition banquet lunch.
We will host a cracker barrel on Friday evening after training sessions are concluded. The first full meal for learners will be breakfast on Saturday morning.
Refund Policy
Cancellation requests must be submitted via e-mail at gateway-registration@oa-bsa.org. The participant’s council will not be billed for the seminar fees if the cancellation request is received at least 21 days prior to the start of the event. Within 21 days of the event, registrations are transferable to others who are not already registered, but fees will still be billed in full. To transfer a registration, e-mail gateway-registration@oa-bsa.org for instructions and the name of the replacement.