1. ILST Introduction to Leadership Skills for Troops
ILST Mini TTT - University of Scouting
1/25/2014
Best Practices for Leading
ILST Introduction to Leadership Skills for Troops
University of Scouting
January, 2016

2. ILST Mini TTT - University of Scouting
1/25/2014
Introductions
Trainer:
Paul Simkins
Participants:
Name
Troop number and location
Chartering organization
Current position
Cell Phone Ringtone

3. Burning Questions

4. ILST Mini TTT - University of Scouting
1/25/2014
Why ILST?
Exercise: Think back to the first time you held a leadership position, either as a youth or an adult. How secure did you feel about doing the job? What kind of training did you receive? How well did you do?

5. Youth Leadership Training
“Training boy leaders to run their troop is the Scoutmaster's most important job.”
“Train Scouts to do a job, then let them do it.”
“Never do anything a boy can do.”
—Robert S. S. Baden-Powell
SM’s job to train all junior leaders ASAP after the Scout is elected or appointed
- Scoutmaster Handbook, Chapter 7 Training Youth Leaders

6. What is ILST? Introduction to Leadership Skills for Troops
New generation of unit leadership training
History
Previously was TLT (JLT prior to that)

7. Youth Training Continuum
ILST
ILT

8. Why ILST? Formal Training Experience is not always the best teacher
Understand the foundations of their role/position
Opportunity to share experiences
Helps develop relationship between adult leaders and boy leaders
Helps build the leadership team
Requirement for other leadership events
NYLT
NAYLE
Kodiak Challenge

9. What’s New? New Organization Troop Organization
Learn about the structure of a well-organized troop
Understanding of how roles are interdependent
Tools of the Trade
Learning the basic skill sets necessary to be a leader
Leadership and Teamwork
Introduction to team development
Opportunities to build the team

10. What’s New? (cont.) New Organization (cont.) Interactivity
Games built in
No more Death by PowerPoint!
Teaching games that allow for reflection and learning
FUN!
New Recommended Environment
Troop Leadership Retreat
Camping weekend or other event
Also flexibility in how to deliver

11. ILST Training Module 1 - Unit Organization Position cards
Troop Org Chart
Intro to Vision and Servant Leadership
Helium Stick Exercise

12. Helium Stick Exercise

13. ILST Training Module 2 - Tools of the Trade
Skill sets – Leadership EDGE
Communication
Planning
Teaching
Whole Picture Exercise

14. Whole Picture Exercise

15. ILST Training Module 3 - Leadership and Teamwork
Additional Leadership Tools
Teams
Characteristics
Stages of development
Inclusion – Using the whole team
Ethics and Values
Vision review
Potato/Rock Game

16. Potato (Rock) Exercise

17. Potato (Rock) Exercise
GOOD NEWS!
You can keep the potato!

19. Where is it?
Easier still:
Browse to and search for ILST OR
In your University of Scouting Resources.

20. Questions/Discussion?
What about those burning questions?
Anything else?