Junior PNB 2012

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Working With Girl Scout Juniors

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National Program Portfolio

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Product Sale and Financial Literacy

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Resources

1-800-447-GIRL (4475)

web site: www.girlscoutsnorcal.org

Girl Scouts of Northern California Certificate of Completion: Junior Leadership

Name

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Date ______________________________________

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FOCUS OF GIRL SCOUT

ACTIVITIES

Discover

Connect

Take Action

GIRL SCOUT PROCESSES

Girl Led

Learning by Doing

Cooperative Learning

LONG—TERM OUTCOME

OUR MISSION

Girls lead with

courage, confidence,

and character

to make the world

a better place.

15 SHORT-TERM AND

INTERMEDIATE OUTCOMES

Girls gain specific

knowledge skills,

attitudes, behaviors,

and values in Girl

Scouting.

THE GIRL SCOUT LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

15 GIRL SCOUT LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE OUTCOMES

Girls develop a strong sense of self

Girls develop positive values

Girls gain practical life skills

Girls seek challenges in the world

Girls develop critical thinking

Girls develop healthy relationships

Girls promote cooperation and team building

Girls can resolve conflicts

Girls advance diversity in a multicultural world

Girls feel connected to their communities, locally

and globally

Girls can identify community needs

Girls are resourceful problem solvers

Girls advocate for themselves and others, locally\and

globally

Girls educate and inspire others to act

Girls feel empowered to make a difference in the world

DISCOVER

CONNECT

TAKE ACTION

LEADERSHIP

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WORKING WITH JUNIORS

Girl Scout Traditions

Quiet Sign:

Traditionally, the Quiet Sign is the open

hand (referring back to an older version

of the Girl Scout Law—the fifth Law was

‘to be courteous’, so when you raised

your five fingers and were quiet, you

were being courteous to the speaker.

Sometimes people use the three

fin-gered sign for the quiet sign. New

tradi-tions are always being started in Girl

Scouting, so that works, too. Either way,

“when your hand goes up, your mouth

goes shut

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Talking Stick

:

No one may speak

unless they are holding

the talking stick.

Dues Bucket

To teach the girls leadership skills and to

reinforce their financial literacy why not let them

collect and keep track of the troop dues every

meeting. A suggestion is to get a clean coffee can

and have the girls decorate it with whatever they

would like, attach a clothespin with each girl’s

name on it to the rim of the bucket. When a girl

brings her dues to the meeting she can unclip her

clothespin attach her dues to it and drop it in the

bucket. If the girl forgot her dues she just drops

the empty clothespin in the bucket. A girl,

appointed troop treasurer, will then mark it in the

troop ledger for future reference

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Dues

Bucket

L E A H

S A R A H

A L E X

A L L Y

S U E

Kaper Chart

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Making Decisions

Girl Scout Juniors want to choose what they do. Leaders need to guide the girls by providing them direction, not control. As Martha confesses, "It's a struggle for me. I'm basically a control freak and I have to suppress it. I realize that the girls need to make their own decisions—even if they aren't the ones I want them to make."

Jill thought that her troop would like the holiday tour at the governor's mansion. But the girls had other ideas: they decided on a badge workshop on digital photography. "That's something we had no idea they were interested in," Jill said.

Another activity Jill's girls decided not to do was an extra money-earning activity. Once the girls found out about the details— booth fees, start-up costs, etc., they had second thoughts. Instead they put their energies into selling more Girl Scout Cookies®.

1. Becoming

independent

2. High energy

level

3. Wants to

voice her ideas

Activities

Barriers

Solutions

Keeping these three traits in mind, write down some ideas for activities your troop might explore and ways to help all the girls feel they have a say in the decision. Then write some possible barriers to this process. Finally write some possible solutions to those barriers.

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GIRL LED PROCESS CHECKLIST

Girls look to Girl Scout adults to provide: How to tell if you are providing it:

In our troop/group:

A safe place built on trust and confidentiality where they can be themselves.

Girls are learning skills to manage group disagreements.

Activities and events are affordable so as not to exclude any member.

Events are planned to encourage family participation and accessibility (time schedules, cultural, religious holidays and customs).

Girls seem comfortable with group rules, and were part of setting them. Girls know that what they say will remain confidential.

Girls are free to choose not to participate in some activities.

A place where they can support each other and discuss their lives.

Girls demonstrate respect for each other and themselves.

Girls demonstrate respect for the racial, ethnic, cultural, and diverse back-ground of others.

Girls freely express their likes, needs and dislikes.

Girls feel they are not being judged by each other.

Girls have the time and comfort level to discuss issues of concern to them.

An all-girl program where the girls are valued for their abilities.

Girls feel involved in the decisions being made by the group.

Girls experience a variety of leadership roles in a non-threatening environ-ment.

Girls show interest in trying activities suggested by other girls.

Girls are involved in age-appropriate activities that progressively build skills. Girls are choosing activities that reflect a diverse range of interests.

Volunteer group includes a variety of racial, religious, socio-economic and age groups so that girls have a diversity of role models.

A “girl-driven” experience with girl

decision-making and girl/adult partnership in planning, carrying out, and

evaluating experiences.

Girls speak of “our” troop and say that “we” did it.

The interests and needs of girls guide the planning of activities within the troop.

Girls generate most of the conversation and ideas.

Girls actively participate in planning meetings and activities.

Girls are encouraged to honestly evaluate their activities.

Girls are encouraged to make suggestions for doing things differently. Girls are actively involved in money management.

Girls take responsibility in leaving the meeting room in good condition.

Fun and interesting things to do—things that the girls think are meaningful.

A majority of girls come every meeting, and seem to be having a good time. Girls have good attention spans when participating in activities.

Girls show enthusiasm and excitement about Girl Scout activities. Girls tell other girls to join the troop.

A program where adults won’t take over their projects or overprotect them, and where they have a chance to learn by doing instead of watching.

Girls can take healthy risks and make mistakes (where safety is not an issue) without the fear of embarrassment.

Girls are encouraged to problem-solve when things don’t go according to their plans.

Girls feel they are not being judged by the adult leaders.

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In earning awards, as with all activities in Girl Scouting, the adult’s role is to help girls to Discover, Connect, and

Take Action so that they may become girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place.

EARNING AWARDS: THE ADULT’S ROLE

CONNECT

• Take full advantage of support from your council and Service unit and other

community resources by asking for assistance and attending training events.

• Recruit other adults and older Girl Scouts to help with specific awards.

• Let girls act as teachers and share their talents and desire to help others.

TAKE ACTION

• Many badge activities ask the girls to show, find out about, or share

something without giving specific directions on how this should be done. Guide each girl to choose an appropriate way; e.g. an artistic girl might share what she’s learned through a painting, sketch, dramatics, music, or dance. Other girls express themselves best in written form, so they might write a poem, a journal, a newspaper article, or a play. Other girls might give a talk, teach others, or demonstrate their skill. Encourage girls to try different approaches.

• The awards stress girl planning, decision-making, and individualization. You

can capitalize on this by actively involving girls in determining whether they have satisfactorily completed a badge. Working in partnership, help them decide whether they’ve done all the required activities, and whether they’ve done their best.

• Encourage the girls to use award activities as a springboard to taking things

further—even if those further activities don’t count towards an award. Help them not to expect a badge for everything they do so that they can learn to feel a sense of accomplishment for a job well done.

PROGRESSION

Unlike with Brownie Badges, it is expected that not all girls will choose to work on all the same Junior Badges, or they may choose different requirements while working on the same badges.

• Girls can work in interest groups at

troop meetings.

• Individual girls or groups may work on

activities between meetings (with the appropriate supervision).

• Girls can teach each other in or outside

of meetings.

• Sometimes girls will be absent when

the rest of the group does an activity. Help these girls see possible ways of catching up without being rigid about having them do exactly what the rest of the group did.

About the Bronze Award

The highest honor a Girl Scout Junior

may achieve

!

DISCOVER

• Help girls choose badge topics that will build on their current interests and

abilities, and will stretch their creativity, knowledge and skills, and will be fun.

• Awards offer a great opportunity for girls to make choices by choosing to

work on specific badges or requirements. It’s OK if girls choose different things!

• Allow for individual approaches and solutions to activities.

• Show girls that you, too, are learning; model that learning is fun.

• Choose “action” over lecture or reading in working with Junior-aged girls.

• Evaluate with the girls as you go on the basis of fun, learning, and desire to

continue the activity. Not every badge or award must be completed!

Information, requirements and

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Across

4. ____is a list of jobs that need doing and who will do them.

6. ____ is a skill-building badge where you could visit a camera store.

7. How many bridging to Cadette steps are there?

9. How many steps are there to earn the Bronze Award?

10. The processes we use in Girl Scouts are _____, learning by doing, and cooperative

learning.

11. ____ is a legacy badge where you could shadow the owner of a business you are

interested in.

12. It's Your World-Change It is a leadership _____

14. The Girl Scout motto is____.

16. Which journey could you take if you were interested in energy conservation?

17. ____can be earned by working with a Daisy or Brownie troop.

Down

1. What is the highest award a Junior Girl Scout can earn?

2. What is a skill-building badge where you could visit an outdoor garden?

3. ____has a map listing all of the councils in the United States.

5. ____ is a legacy badge where you could make a short video of your sports workout.

8. ____ is a legacy badge where you could interview an elected official.

13. Girl Scouts welcomes____.

15. ____ is a ceremony where Girl Scouts get together to share inspiration and

celebration around a theme.

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HINTS:

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ESOURCES

* Leaders Resource Downloads

http://www.girlscoutsnorcal.org/pages/

for_volunteersresource_downloads.html

Activity or Topic

Resource

Where to find it

15 Leadership Outcomes

CRG: Volunteer Essentials

Quick Start Guide

Activities and Games

*Leaders Resource Downloads

Badge Activity Sets Shorts

*Leaders Resource Downloads

Bridging to Cadettes

Girls’ Guide to Girl Scouting

Pages 38—39

Bright Ideas & Tips for meetings

*Leaders Resource Downloads

Bronze Award Requirements

Girls’ Guide to Girl Scouting

Bronze Award

Section

Customize It!

It’s Your Journey– Customize It!

GSNorCal Store

Dividing Responsibilities

*Leaders Resource Downloads

Journey Snapshots

*Leaders Resource Downloads

Journey Snapshots

*Leaders Resource Downloads

Jump to Journeys Patch Program

*Leaders Resource Downloads

Meeting planner

*Leaders Resource Downloads

Person First Language

CRG: Volunteer Essentials

Chapter 3 Prevention/Intervention

*Leaders Resource Downloads

Respectful Accommodation

CRG: Volunteer Essentials

Chapter 3 Skill Building Badge Activity Sets

Requirements and badges

GSNorCal Store

Team Building

*Leaders Resource Downloads

What Should I do now?

*Leaders Resource Downloads

Working With Girls

CRG: Volunteer Essentials

Chapter 3 Working With Girls

Any Journey Adult How to Guide

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Girl Scout Junior

Leadership

Evaluation

Your Service Unit_______________________ Facilitator

Date, Location of Class

(Use the back of this form if needed)

1. Overall, how helpful was this training?

2. What information or techniques will you be able to use with your troop/group?

3. What would you change about this training?

4. Did your trainer model her/his messages effectively?

5. I just want to say…

Please rate how much importance you place on incorporating the

following concepts into your troop/group program (circle) This isn’t worth the effort I’ll make this happen

Please rate your readiness for the following: (circle)

I don’t get it

Need more

info I’m ready to try it

Using the National Program Portfolio (journeys, Legacy Badges, Badge Activity Sets)

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Using the Girl Led, Learning by Doing and Cooperative Learning processes

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Finding resources and support for working with Girl Scout Juniors

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Finding requirements for the various awards

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Incorporating the girls’ ideas into the troop program

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Girl Led Process 1 2 3 4 5

Girl leadership, empowering girls 1 2 3 4 5

Teambuilding 1 2 3 4 5

Girl planning & decision-making 1 2 3 4 5

Awards as a healthy part of the troop program, not the whole program 1 2 3 4 5