ILST - Introduction to  Leadership Skills for Troops

  OPEN TO All SCOUTS BSA

December 7, 2024

Firstlight Federal Credit Union Community Room 

5050 N. Desert Blvd.

El Paso, TX 79912

Cost: $15 - Includes all materials and lunch. Please contact the Course Director if your Scout has any food allergies we should be aware of.

WHY THIS COURSE? 

Training Scouts to be leaders is an ongoing process that begins immediately when a Scout accepts a leadership position in their troop. Leadership experiences can be frustrating and disappointing for a Scout who is not given the knowledge, skills, and encouragement that they must have to fulfill their leadership assignment. The purpose of the Introduction to Leadership Skills for Troops (ILST) course is to teach Scouts with leadership positions about their new roles and the organizational and leadership skills needed to most effectively reach success in that role.

WHO PARTICIPATES IN THIS COURSE? 

This course is for every Scout in Scouts BSA. 

It is strongly encouraged that all Scouts with troop leadership positions participate in this course, even if they have participated before, and even if they are filling the same leadership position. It is beneficial for the Scouts to go through this course together, even if only some of them are new leaders. In some cases, it can benefit the troop if youth who are likely to become troop leaders also participate in the course. 

Two key purposes of this course are the establishment of personal goals for each youth leader and the effective formation of the leadership team. Both of these purposes are best achieved if all Scouts with troop leadership positions do this together.

Course Schedule:

8:30 a.m. - Check-in begins

9:00 a.m. - Instruction begins

12:20 p.m. - Lunch

1:00 p.m. - Instruction continues

2:30 p.m. - Instuction concludes

Registration is limited to 40 participants.  First Come First Served.

Training is open to Scouts BSA youth in Yucca Council.  This course is taught by NYLT and/or LLD  trained youth.  This course is a great introduction to the week long NYLT training at Gorham Scout Ranch in 2025.