Introduction to Leadership Skills Training

for Troops/Crews/Ships

The purpose of the ILS course is to teach Scouts with leadership positions about their new roles and how to most effectively reach success in that role. The day-long training includes group activities, completion of active assignments, and games! 

Completion of this course is a pre-requisite to taking advanced youth leadership training, including National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT). Garden State Council's next NYLT course is scheduled for this July 2025.

Course cost: FREE. Participants should bring their own water bottle, bagged lunch and note-taking materials. 

When registering, the Registration Contact should always be an adult. Youth Participants are asked to identify as one of the following:

• Scouts BSA Youth
• Venturing Youth
• Sea Scouting Youth

This will help the course guides divide up the group for those modules with content specific to each Scouting program.

Adult leaders who are unfamiliar with this training are invited to attend and observe so you can administer this training to your unit in the future.