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... 🎬 Introduction to Leadership Skills for Troops:    • Introduction to Leadership Skills for Troo...   🎬 NYLT Promo    • NYLT Promo   ⏱ 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. 🎧 PodCast: https://anchor.fm/scouterstan #scouterstan #scouting #scoutleader ‪@ScouterStan‬