Date:
Wed May 31, 6:30 PM
- 8:30 PM PDT
Category:
Community Service
Level:
Volunteers
This training is required for new Troop Leaders.
During this training we will discuss how to get started as a Girl Scout Troop Leader. Topics will include:
- Troop Leader training path and how to login to our online training platform, gsLearn
- Volunteer Resources and the Volunteer Toolkit (VTK)
- Keeping girls safe – Safety Activity Checkpoints, Permission Slips and Health History Forms and volunteer-to-girl ratios
- The Girl Scout Leadership Experience
- The Girl Scout Program (this will be discussed more in-depth at your Level Essentials training)
- Guiding your troop experience including meeting logistics, troop communication and parent meetings/getting adults to help
- Your first troop meeting
- Funding the fun, finances, product programs (Fall Product and Cookies) and how to open a Girl Scout bank account
- Organizational structure and Service Units, what they are and how to connect with local volunteers
- Girl Scout Resources
