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The Courses

Use our new online learning courses and you can save your place and come back later, and track your progress while you complete the course! To get started click on one of the courses below.

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Girl Scouting 101 (English or Spanish)

This course provides an overview to the Girl Scout organization, including Girl Scout pathways (various ways that girl and adult members participate), resources and support available to volunteers, the Girl Scout Mission, Promise and Law, the benefits to girls of participating in the Cookie program (builds financial literacy skills), some basic safety requirements, and an overview of the Girl Scout program for girls. Must be taken before meeting with girls.

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Getting Started

This course will provide you with a solid framework of information and points of reference on your council, policies & procedures building your adult team, financial information, how to register your troop and more. Must be taken before meeting with girls. You must have a copy of our Council Resource Guide: Volunteer Essentials (Click here to download).

PLEASE NOTE:  We have had some technical problems with our online Getting Started course.  Therefore, if you are in the process of taking the course, you may have lost your place.  We sincerely apologize for your inconvenience!

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Staying Safe

This course will help you ensure that health & safety standards are followed to allow the girls safe & fun adventures. Must be taken before meeting with girls. You must have a copy of Council Resource Guide: Volunteer Essentials (each troop/group receives one free copy in the new troop materials or you may download by clicking here. 

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Leadership Essentials

JOURNEYS TRAINING! (Online course also contains "First Four Meetings" for Daisy, Brownie and Junior levels - click on Resources tab) An effective Girl Scout troop is not all about awards & cookies. The Leadership Essentials course provides information to help your girls develop leadership skills, and will teach you how to work with journeys. This course includes an overview of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience, and teaches how to effectively partner with your girls to make their plans & goals a reality. You’ll also learn how to be able to see the impact you have on girls’ lives by thinking about outcomes. You must bring a copy of the adult and girl journey books for the grade level of the girls you work with (borrow a copy, or purchase from our retail shop). This is highly recommended within four months of your appointment as a Girl Scout volunteer.

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Event Director

Are you planning events and activities for your Service Unit or Council?  This class is required for volunteers running events where the person is responsible for the planning and implementation of the event and for the well-being of the participants. Check the council website for more information about which activities are considered events.  Learn the logistics of planning, promoting, delivering and evaluating an event, as well as effective techniques for recruiting and working with a committee.

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Cookie VIP Training

This training is required of Troop Cookie Managers and highly recommended for Troop Leaders, and is essential for a troops’ success when participating in the cookie program.  You will learn procedures and best practices for facilitating a successful cookie sale for your troop.  More importantly, you’ll also learn why the cookie program is about so much more than just earning money, and will learn how to maximize the benefits for your girls – they’ll gain financial literacy, leadership and life skills and have a ton of fun, too.

GoPayment Credit Card Training

This course is required if your troop will take credit card payment for the 2012 Cookie Season.  During the course you will download the PCI Compliance Agreement to turn in  to the Product Sales Department to receive your free credit card reader.  You'll learn how to set up your account, add users, and process transactions.  

 

Delegate Training

This course provides basic information for people serving as a Regional Delegate, Alternate Regional Delegate, or Regional Delegate Facilitator.  Information about the democratic process and parliamentary procedures, the difference between governance and operations, expectations and position descriptions, and more is included. Please note, your participation in this training will not be recorded here.

First, download the Regional Delegate Handbook then...

 

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Optional Online Learning Courses

Grade Level Courses

Our optional grade level courses are currently being updated.  We highly recommend that you take the new Leadership Essentials course if you have not already done so, which has information for each grade level (don't forget to click on the "Resources" tab which has "First Four Meetings" for Daisy, Brownie and Junior troops.  Cadette, Senior and Ambassador are coming later).  Girls at every grade level are encouraged to work with journeys.  The Adult Guides for each journey have Sample Sessions all laid out which show adults how to guide girls through their journey with activities and awards requirements (the girl companion books do NOT have the activities or awards requirements for the journey).  For more information about using journeys, go to www.girlscouts.org/program/journeys.  Click on each journey series on the left tab, and then choose your level for tons of resources and ideas.  Thanks for your patience!

Online Girl Scout Leadership Experience Overview

What is the Girl Scout Leadership Experience?  What are pathways and journeys?  What are leadership keys and outcomes?  This interactive course has been updated to show animated vignettes from the It’s Your Planet—Love It! journey series.  Click here for the Girl Scout Leadership Experience Overview!

2011-2012 New Troop Online Membership Registration
for Service Unit Registrars

This 30 minute webinar recording covers everything a Service Unit Registrar needs to know in order to mentor and support troops with their registration process.  Click here for the SU Registrar webinar.