Todays Girl Scout Experienceand You

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Todays Girl Scout Experienceand You!

• June 2008

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The volunteer value

• The expertise, interests, skills and life
  experiences of volunteers are essential to
  shaping fun and enriching leadership experiences
  for girls, and inspiring them to reach their
  personal best.

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The volunteer value

• As a Girl Scout volunteer, you bring the New Girl
  Scout Leadership Experience to life for girls and
  are critical to the programs success.

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The volunteer value

• Your commitment and passion to the Girl Scout
  Movement are indispensable.
• We value and celebrate your dedication and ask
  you to join us as we embark on our newest
  adventure.

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We are redefining Girl Scouting by focusing on
outcomes of the New Girl Scout Leadership
Experience
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The New Girl Scout Leadership Experience

• Is the worlds best leadership experience that
  defines activities and outcomes, differentiated
  by grade level, for girls from kindergarten
  through high school, and offers flexible pathways
  for participation.
• Keeps us focused on our core mission of building
  girls of courage, confidence and character, who
  make the world a better place.

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New Leadership Journeys

• Help us transform Girl Scouting and guide girls
  through their new leadership journeys as they
  become courageous, confident leaders of the
  future.

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What is a journey?
A journey has a beginning and an ending. As we
travel the distance between the two, we learn and
grow! A national Girl Scout journey offers girls

• An invitation to explore the three keys to
  leadership
• A chance to reflect on what they learn
• Fun and challenges

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A national Girl Scout journey offers volunteers

• How-to guides, which explainhow the leadership
  experience ties to the outcomes
• Specific examples that show how to use the
  Girl-Led, Cooperative Learning, and Learning by
  Doing processes
• Tips and encouragement for easy participation in
  fun and purposeful experiences with girls

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Girl Scout Pathways

• Girl Scout Pathwaysthe ways that girls and
  adults participate in Girl Scoutingoffer girls a
  wonderful opportunity to experience Girl Scouting
  through one or more of the six proposed pathways.

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Events Different girls, each event
PROPOSED Girl Scout Pathways for Girls
Special Interest Same girls, all sessions
relating to a specific theme or purpose
Camp Day and Resident Camps, focus on
out-of-doors and/or environmental, outdoor
education
Travel Regional, national, and
international trips
Virtual High-quality, interactive program safe,
secure, online environment
Passport (Multipathway participation allowed)
Troops Same girls, all sessions typically spans
of the length of a school year
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Pathways Criteria
Camp
Events
Special Interest
Travel
Troops
Virtual

• Be mission-driven
• Align to the New Girl Scout Leadership
  Experience
• Adhere to the Blue Book of Basic Documents 2006
  and Safety-Wise
• Be relevant and accessible to all girl and adult
  populations

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Pathways Criteria
Camp
Events
Special Interest
Travel
Troops
Virtual

• Provide opportunities for continuous involvement
• Support volunteers through the Single-Entry
  System (SES) and volunteer structures
• Provide consistent volunteer learning
  opportunities (training)

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Imagine The Future State