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Today’s Girl Scout Experience…and You!
January 2009
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The volunteer value
• The expertise, interests, skills and life experiences of volunteers in the nine county region are essential to shaping fun and enriching leadership experiences for girls in Eastern Pennsylvania, and inspiring them to reach their personal best.
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• As a Girl Scout volunteer, you bring the New Girl Scout Leadership Experience to life for girls and are critical to the program’s success. Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania is dedicated to helping volunteers learn about purposeful leadership and reach their highest potential as they facilitate the New Leadership Experience. You will take advantage of professional development by attending workshops facilitated by volunteers and be given all the support you need to make a difference in a girl’s life.
The volunteer value
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• 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. If you are interested in volunteering, call Dale Moelter at 888 564 4657 ext 1498 for more information
The volunteer value
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 world’s 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.
Discover
Connect+
Take Action
Leadership
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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.
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
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 Pathways—the ways that girls and adults participate in Girl Scouting—offer girls a wonderful opportunity to experience Girl Scouting through one or more of the six proposed pathways.
Passport(Multipathway
participation allowed)
EventsDifferent girls, each
event
EventsDifferent girls, each
event
TroopsSame girls, all
sessions; typically spans of the length of a school year
TroopsSame girls, all
sessions; typically spans of the length of a school year
Special Interest
Same girls, all sessions relating to a specific theme or
purpose
Special Interest
Same girls, all sessions relating to a specific theme or
purpose
TravelRegional, national, and international
trips
TravelRegional, national, and international
trips
CampDay and Resident Camps, focus on
out-of-doors and/or environmental,
outdoor education
CampDay and Resident Camps, focus on
out-of-doors and/or environmental,
outdoor education
Virtual High-quality, interactive
program; safe, secure, online environment
Virtual High-quality, interactive
program; safe, secure, online environment
PROPOSEDGirl Scout Pathways
for Girls
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Pathways Criteria
• 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
CampEvents Special Interest Travel Troops Virtual
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Pathways Criteria
• Provide opportunities for continuous involvement
• Support volunteers through the Single-Entry System (SES) and volunteer structures
• Provide consistent volunteer learning opportunities (training)
CampEvents Special Interest Travel Troops Virtual
Imagine…The future for Girl Scouts of Eastern PA when girls experience all there is to discover, connect, and take action in their lives.
To find out more about the New Leadership Experience contact Jennifer Allebach at 888 564 4657 ext 1414.