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The New
Girl Scout Leadership Experience
What an exciting time in Girl
Scouting! The nation's premier
organization for girls is on its way
to being even more relevant and
beneficial to girls ages 5-17 than
ever before. After years of
research and hard work, the new Girl
Scout Leadership Experience is ready
to guide girls through their own
leadership journeys! Through
all of these improvements, the Girl
Scout mission remains the same:
Building girls of courage,
confidence, and character who make
the world a better place.
Got Questions?
Get Answers! See
FAQs below.
JOIN US AT
THE
2008 Jamboree...October 4th, 2008
What's New?
Grade Levels:
Research shows that girls learn best
and have the most fun when they are
in the right development/social
grouping. To accommodate these
findings, GSUSA has reorganized just
a bit!
Girl Scout Daisy:
K-1
Girl Scout Brownie: 2-3
Girl Scout Junior: 4-5
Girl Scout Cadette: 6-8
Girl Scout Senior: 9-10
Girl Scout Ambassador: 11-12
Journeys: Journeys are
the experiences Girl Scouts engages
in to achieve leadership outcomes.
GSUSA will create a new journey each
year with sessions specified and
tailored for each Girl Scout grade
level. The launch journey is
called "It's
Your World--Change It!"
Pathways:
Pathways are the ways girls and
adults participate in Girl Scouting.
Girl pathways include: Camp, Events,
Travel, Special Interest, Virtual,
and Troop.
Outcomes: While the
mission of Girl Scouting has not
changed, the new Girl Scout
Leadership Experience now provides
concrete outcomes that Girl Scouts
can achieve.
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Girl Scout Daisy
Grades K-1 |
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Six sessions on the journey with tips on how volunteers can easily add more
sessions.
Through a story,
girls meet “flowers
and critters” who
guide them to
explore Global
diversity (people,
plants, languages),
Botany (the
environment and
stewardship of the
land), Girl Scout
history and values
of the Law
Session activities
parallel the story.
Girls explore the
natural world, using
their “growing
skills” to make the
world a better
place.
Girls can earn three
awards: the Watering
Can Award, the
Golden Honey Bee
Award, and the
Amazing Daisy Award.
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Girl Scout
Brownie
Grades 2-3
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Six sessions on the journey with an example of a special closing ceremony as a
seventh session.
Girls search for and
find three keys.
Sshhh! Girls
will uncover for
themselves how these
are the keys to
leadership.
Along the way they
uncover their
special talents and
qualities, lead
their families in a
healthy living
activity, and
participate in a
Brownie Brainstorm
designed to engage
them in identifying
their own Take
Action project.
Girls can earn three
awards: one for each
leadership key and,
ultimately, a
special lock. |
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Girl Scout Junior
Grades 4-5
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Seven sessions on the journey.
Girls explore real
power! The
power of one, the
power of team, and
the power of
community.
They explore the
“herstory” of
heroines.
Girls practice
teaming up and
create a comic book
style story based on
steps for taking
action. They
then plan and carry
out a Take Action
project.
Girls earn three
awards as they
journey from the
power of one, to the
power of team to the
power of community. |
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Girl Scout
Cadette
Grades 6-8
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Eight sessions on the journey.
Girls navigate the
twists and turns of
relationships.
They use quizzes and
team games to
explore friendship
dramas, first
impressions, and
coping with bullies.
After resolving
these “obstacles,”
girls travel onward
by creating a Take
Action project which
allows them to share
their relationship
savvy with others.
Before girls exit
the maze, they see
themselves as
peacemakers,
advancing peaceful
interactions one
relationship at a
time.
Girls earn three
awards as they
travel through the
maze: the Interact,
Diplomat, and
Peacemaker awards. |
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Girl Scout Senior
Grades 9-10
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Eight sessions on the journey.
Seniors explore
problems impacting
girls in the world.
They create an art
project based on
their vision of a
better world.
Girls create a Take
Action project that
brings the world one
step closer to their
vision.
They take turns
guiding discussions
or activities based
on some of the
topics/options in
their books.
Seniors earn one
award on this
journey: the Girl
Scout Senior
Visionary Award. |
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Six sessions on the journey.
Girls explore the
rich and global
history of women’s
advocacy efforts.
They engage in an
eight-step process
for identifying an
issue and proposing
a solution and
consider how to use
this process in
their own lives.
Ambassadors build
their networks using
their own Six
Degrees of
Separation.
Girls take some time
out for themselves,
exploring their
“many moods” and
career
possibilities.
Ambassadors earn one
award on this
journey: the
Advocate Award. |
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The Journey Begins October 2008
This membership year
will be a transition year. If
you wish to stay with the old model,
you may choose to do so, but we hope
you decide to make the transition
now. By September of 2010, the
transition will be complete.
For
more information:
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Click Here to view the
Transforming Leadership slide show
presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting
by Cathy Tisdale, Vice President of
Council Partnerships for Girl Scouts
of the USA. |
Frequently Asked Questions:
FAQs about
new journeys and books.
FAQs about
awards and badges.
FAQs about
the Girl Scout Leadership Experience
GSUSA Transition Document
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