girl scout bronze, silver and gold awards conference call 2009

Girl Scout Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards

Conference Call2009

Agenda

•Overview of the New Approach

•Transition Planning

•GSCNC’s new Gold Award process

The Girl Scout Leadership Experience

Girl Scout Leadership Journeys

Girl Scout Bronze Award

Troop or Group

Junior Journey prerequisite

Then 20 suggestedminimum hours for Take Action project

Girl Scout Bronze Award

Community Observation

Understanding of Sustainability and Global

Learning by Reflection and Sharing of Results

Girl Scout Silver Award

Individual or Small Group

Cadette Journey Prerequisite

Then 50 Suggested Minimum Hours for Take Action Project

Girl Scout Silver Award

Community Mapping

Planning for Sustainability and Global

Learning by Reflection and Sharing of Results

Girl Scout Gold Award

Prerequisite of

Two Journeys

OR

One Journey and Silver Award

Then suggested 80 hour minimum

Girl Scout Gold Award

Meet the Standards of Excellenceusing the Girl Scout

Gold Award Toolkit

The Awards Before Summer 2009

The Awards Summer 2009

Focused on leadership but no standard or outcomes.

Aligned to the Girl Scout Leadership Experience. Each grade level guidelines offers an experience for girls to develop leadership skills/achieve the girl outcomes and to have impact in the community.

Prerequisites include Girl Scout Interest Patches, Badges. Career and leadership awards are pre-requisites at the silver and gold levels.

Journeys, a nationally consistent foundation on which girls build, are the only prerequisite as follows.

Individual or Group Project Possible at every grade level.

Bronze level girls -- troop or group. Silver level -- small group or an individual project. Gold - individual

Progression defined at the prerequisite level not by project.

Take Action Project Differentiation

Sustainability not clearly identified/outlined. Sustainability outlined.Bronze - After the project is complete, girls develop an understanding of sustainability by talking together about how solutions can be lasting.Silver - Girls demonstrate an understanding of sustainability in the project plan and implementation. Gold - Take Action Project includes provisions to ensure sustainability.

The Awards Before Summer 2009

The Awards Summer 2009

Global not addressed. Bronze - After the project is complete, girls develop an understanding of the wider world by talking together about how others may experience the same problem that their project helped resolve. Silver - Girls connect with new friends outside their immediate community, learn how others have solved similar problems and determine if the ideas of others can help with their plan. Gold - Girls identify national and/or global links to their selected issue. They learn from others and develop a plan to share the results of their project beyond the local community.

Required Hours at each Grade LevelBronze - 15 hoursSilver – 40 hoursGold – 65 hours

Suggested Hours at each Grade Level Bronze – 20 suggested minimum hoursSilver - 50 suggested minimum hoursGold – 80 suggested minimum hours

Delivery•Micro Site Plans•OCN

Transition

New GSCNC Gold Award Process

• Five Regional Panels– Washington, DC– Lorton, VA– Leesburg, VA– Hughesville, MD– Winchester, VA

New GSCNC Gold Award Process

• Girl-Led– Who is a girl’s best advocate? HERSELF!– Presentations

• 15-second “Quick Pitches”• Opportunity to answer questions from small panel

in a supportive environment• Smaller issues can be resolved at the meeting

New GSCNC Gold Award Process

• Volunteer-Supported– Regional Panels

• Set appointments• Meet with girls• Serve as mentors

Learning Opportunitieswww.gscnc.org/bsg.html

• Adult Guides for each Award/FAQs

• Gold Award Workshops

• Content Expert Conference Calls

What Girls Tell Us

“All of my work paid off. I felt pure happiness to see how much I accomplished.”

“I had to step out of my comfort zone in completing this project, and it was a really great feeling knowing that I was able to do that.”

For more information

• Website: www.gscnc.org/bsg.html

• Contact:– Caroline Schreiber, Teen Program Specialist

• cschreiber@gscnc.org• x236

– Brigid Howe, Manager, Program Services• bhowe@gscnc.org• x211