girl scout bronze, silver and gold awards conference call 2009
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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
• [email protected]• x236
– Brigid Howe, Manager, Program Services• [email protected]• x211