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A Constellation of Opportunities September 15, 2020
• The Power of the Girl Scout
Leadership Experience
• Earning Badges
A Constellation • Understanding Journeys
of Opportunities • Difference between community
service and Take Action
• Highest Awards Take Action
Project & Making a global impact
• Special interest troop
CEO Remarks Molly T. Fuller
The Power of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience
Girl Scouts Leadership Experience
What Girls Do:
Discover 5 Leadership Outcomes
Connect Long Term Outcome &
Take Action • Strong Sense of Self Our Mission Statement:
• Positive Values
• Challenge Seeking Girls lead with courage,
• Healthy confidence, and
Relationships
character to make the
How They Do It: • Community Problem
world a better place.
Girl Led Solving
Learn By Doing
Cooperative
Learning
Earning Badges
“A Badge is a symbol
that you have done
the things it stands
for often enough,
thoroughly enough
and well enough to be
prepared to give
service to it”
Juliette Gordon Low
Badge Explorer
Girl Scout Shop
VTK
Badge Packet
Badge requirements
VOLUNTEER TOOLKIT – YEAR PLAN
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15HOW TO EARN BADGES IN A MULTI-LEVEL TROOP
Understanding
JourneysThink Like an Engineer Journey
Difference Between Community Service & Take Action Projects
Community Service vs. Take Action Projects • What’s the difference between community service and Take Action? • How do Girl Scouts Take Action? • How do girls make their project sustainable? • How can I help girls organize a Take Action Project? • How can girls find out what other Girl Scouts have done for their Take Action projects?
Community Service
COMMUNITY SERVICE
• Food drive for local food pantries
• Toy drive for homeless families
• Clothing and toiletries for victims of natural disasters
• Serving food at soup kitchen
• Making cookies for first responders
• Helping elderly neighbor rake leaves
“Helping out right now”Take Action
TAKE ACTION PROJECTS
• Creating a recycle bin at school
• Creating shelves at local pantry
• Creating a youth club to support the elderly needs of our
community
• Creating a club to support people after natural disasters
“Keeps on giving after the Project is complete”How do Girl Scouts Take Action? Girls team up to: • Identify a problem they want to do something about • Come up with a creative and sustainable solution • Develop a team plan • Put the plan into action • Talk about what they learned — and what they can’t wait to do next!
How do girls make their project
sustainable?
Sustainable:
• Make the solution permanent
• Educate and inspire other people: the ripple effect
• Change a law or regulation
“Pass it on”How can I help girls organize a Take Action Project? Guide the girls through these steps: 1. Girls identify a problem they care about 2. Girls choose an issue 3. Girls learn more about the issue, then work together to come up with a plan 4. Girls do their Take Action Project 5. Girl reflect on their project
How can girls find out what other Girl Scouts have done for their Take Action Projects: Check out map! https://www.girlscouts.org/en/for-girls/girls- changing-the-world.html Share on the social media channels of Girl Scouts of the Commonwealth of Virginia: • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/comgirlscouts/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/gscofva • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/girlscoutsofva/ Share on your service unit's social media pages
Highest Awards
Take Action
Project & making
a global impactBRONZE AWARD
BRONZE AWARD • Bronze Award must be completed by Junior Girl Scouts • Must be Troop or Small Group • 20 hr minimum per Junior. • Pre-requisite one Junior Journey & Take Action Project • Approval & Recognition by Troop
BRONZE AWARD
• Complete a Junior Level Journey
• Recommend Agent of Change, Get Moving or aMuse Journeys
• Journey time and take action project at end of the Journey do not
count as hours
• STEP 1: Build your Bronze Awards Team
• https://www.comgirlscouts.org/content/dam/girlscouts-
shared/template/documents/about/bronze-girls_01.pdf
• STEP 2: Explorer your Community
• Observation List
• STEP 3: Choose Bronze Award Project
• Project Idea ChartBRONZE AWARD • STEP 4: Make a plan • STEP 5: Put plan into motion • Planning chart • STEP 6: Spread the Word • STEP 7: Celebrate Bronze Award Ceremony
SILVER AWARD
SILVER AWARD • Silver Award must be completed by Cadette Girl Scouts • Must be Small Group or Individual • 50 hr minimum per Cadette. • Pre-requisite one Cadette Journey & Take Action Project • Approval by troop, Recognition by Troop, SU and Council
SILVER AWARD
• Complete a Cadette Level Journey
• Recommend aMaze, Breathe, MEdia
• Journey time and take action project at end of the Journey do not count as
hours
• STEP 1: Identify Issues You Care About
• https://www.comgirlscouts.org/content/dam/girlscouts-
shared/template/documents/about/silver-girls_01.pdf
• Issues Chart
• STEP 2: Build your Silver Awards Team
• STEP 3: Explore your Community
• Community Map
• Community Contact ListSILVER AWARD • STEP 4: Choose your Silver Award Project • Issues Chart • STEP 5: Develop your Silver Award Project • STEP 6: Make a plan and put into Motion • Planning Chart • STEP 7: Reflect, Share your story and celebrate!
GOLD AWARD
GOLD AWARD • Gold Award must be completed by Senior & Ambassador Girl Scouts • Must be Individual • 80 hr minimum • Pre-requisite earned Silver Award, and one Senior and/or Ambassador Journey & Take Action Project • Pre-requisite two Senior and/or Ambassador Journey & Take Action Projects • Approval & Recognition by Council
GOLD AWARD
• Complete a Senior or Ambassador Level Journey
• Senior’s recommend Girltopia, Sow What?, Mission Sisterhood
• Ambassador’s recommend Your Voice Your World, Justice, Bliss Live it, Give
it!
• Journey time and take action project at end of the Journey do not count as
hours
• STEP 1: Choose an Issue
• Gold Award Guideline -
https://www.comgirlscouts.org/content/dam/girlscouts-
shared/template/documents/about/Girl_Scout_Gold_Award_Guidelines.pdf
• STEP 2: Investigate
• STEP 3: Get HelpGOLD AWARD • STEP 4: Create a Plan • https://gogold.girlscouts.org/en/sign-in.html • STEP 5: Present your plan and get feed back • STEP 6: Take Action • STEP 7: Educate & Inspire
Make a Global Connection:
• Create a website or blog
• Websites to share your story:
• GSUSA https://www.girlscouts.org/en/for-girls/girls-changing-the-
world.html
• World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
• https://www.wagggs.org/en/blog/
• https://www.wagggs.org/en/what-we-do/speak-out/advocacy-toolkit/
• Taking it Global https://www.tigweb.org/
• Global Youth Service Day https://leadasap.ysa.org/gysd/Highest Award’s
Special Interest Troops & Groups
GSCV Special Interest Troops:
Flaming Arrows: • Competitive Archery Team • Girls who are Junior through Ambassadors • Interest meeting in February • Practice starts in March • Commonwealth Games in July
Green Aide Brigade: • Specialty group with a focus on helping during camp programs during the year. • Includes an application process which includes a short essay and an interview • GABs are Seniors, Ambassadors and Adult Members
Travel Troop: • Specialty Troops that meet and plan a trip. • These are normally international or extended trips. • They take multiple years to plan and girls are engaged in all aspects of the planning process. • Girls still meet and participate with their traditional troop.
Girls Engaged in the Movement:
• Brand New!!
• Specialty group focused on being
the face of Girl Scouts for special
occasions, community events
and media opportunities
• Girls will receive training on
public speaking and crafting their
Girl Scout storyGSUSA Interest Specific Troops:
Girl Scout Mariners: • Grades 8-12 • Develop skills in swimming, safety and rescue, canoeing, kayaking, sailing, paddle boarding or boating, navigation and weather • Year-round activities • Variety of environments and climates
Girl Scout Trailblazers: • Grades 8-12 • Develop skills in diverse hiking styles, different types of camping, orienteering methods, and conservation • Year-round activities • High-adventure sports • Survivorship, outdoor preparedness and safety in diverse weather conditions, climates and terrains.
Girl Scout Leadership Experience • Badges • Journeys • Community Service • Take Action • Highest Awards • Special Interest
• Be sure to register for the four remaining Be sure to register for the two remaining segments of our Five-Star Leadership Circle: Sept. 22 Our North Star: Outdoor Progression Girl Scout research has documented that even one outdoor activity a year has an impact on a girl’s life. We will discuss each of the Outdoor Progressions, give you badges and activities you can do with your troop both in-person and virtual.
• Be sure to register for the four remaining Sept. 29 Aim for the Stars with STEM You don’t need a degree in nuclear physics to enjoy STEM Badges with your troop. This training will show you how to use science all around you for some of our STEM badges, and we will make Coding and Robotic badges simple and fun.
Prize Drawings Two lucky participants will win the legacy badge of their choice from the Girl Scout shop for the girls in their troop.
www.comgirlscouts.org gshelper@comgirlscouts.org 804-746-0590
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