Date: Tue May 13, 7:00 PM PDT - Tue May 13, 9:00 PM PDT
Category:
- Adult Training,
- Leadership Development
Level:
- Volunteers
This adult learning is required for new Troop Leaders.
**If you have completed Girl Scout Essentials For New Leaders on gsLearn you have fulfilled the requirement. If you want to attend to ask questions, please register and join us!
During this adult learning 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
- We will run the required Mandated Reporter Training.
