What is a ILST? - Introduction To Leadership Skill For Troops - or ITLSFT

Training of the elected youth leaders of your unit is the unit's responsibility.

Introduction to Leadership Skills for Troops (ILST or ITLSFT) Activities encountered by a troop’s youth leaders might include;
• Assigning responsibility to others
• Planning, organizing, and leading activities and meetings
• Planning menus and figuring out food costs
• Encouraging advancement
• Guiding a troop’s involvement in problem-solving
• Teaching outdoor, sports, or craft skills
• Ensuring the troop’s safety during meetings and outings
• Helping other Boy Scouts make the most of their own leadership opportunities

• MODULE ONE—TROOP ORGANIZATION includes a description of each leadership position in the troop, including roles and responsibilities, troop organization, and introductions to vision and servant leadership.
• MODULE TWO—TOOLS OF LEADERSHIP covers some core skill sets to help the Scout lead, including communicating, planning, and teaching.
• MODULE THREE—LEADERSHIP AND TEAMWORK incorporate additional leadership tools for the Scout, including discussions of teams and team characteristics, the stages of team development and leadership, inclusion/using your team, a more in-depth review of vision, and ethics and values of a leader.

⚜️ Note: Scoutmaster should encourage scouts to attend National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) each time it’s offered in your area. This is a week of training that will improve leadership skills and result in a better troop. Some troops even help pay for some of the costs knowing the benefits. Here is a link for more information. https://www.scouting.org/programs/sco...

🔗LINKS:
🌎 Training for Youth: https://www.scouting.org/training/youth/
📄 2018 Adult leader syllabus for ILST: https://filestore.scouting.org/filest...
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⏱ Time Stamp & Video Jump List:
0:00 Video Startup
0:14 What Is ITLS
2:20 Why I This Training Important
5:50 Module One*
6:49 Module Two
7:39 Module Three
9:08 Who Runs This Training

* ScouterStan said "two" but described module one.

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