What is IOLS/SM?
Outdoor Leadership Skills combines both the requirements of Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills with Scoutmaster Position Specifics Training. Both courses follow a BSA official syllabus. The course is conducted outdoors, participants are expected to supply their own tents and camping gear. Food is provided for Patrol cooking.
When is IOLS Offered?
Courses are offered three times a year: once each at Stearns, Fred C. Andersen, and Phillippo Scout Camps.
![A course leader is teaching a group of adult leaders how to tie some knots using the EDGE method on picnic tables in the Spring. A course leader is teaching a group of adult leaders how to tie some knots using the EDGE method on picnic tables in the Spring.](/portals/0/IOLS_Table_1.jpg)