NLE 2.0

Learn the basics of conducting a troop meeting

including facilitating activities, group management and

making activities girl-led in an interactive training.

Thank You!

• Understand the characteristics of a Good Leader

• Participate in a Troop Meeting while learning how to include Girl Scout Traditions, Games, Activities and Troop Governance

• Offer your girls a girl-led experience at all Girl Scout levels

• Incorporate Detours into your Girl Scout Year

• Increase leader confidence when managing girl behavior and encouraging parent participation

I’m Prepared… to Lead Like a Girl Scout

• Fun• Energetic• Firm and Fair• Intentional• View yourself as a

coach

• Pre Meeting Activity

• Opening Ceremony

• Troop Governance

• Activity

• Clean Up

• Closing Ceremony

• Crossword Puzzles and Seek & Finds

• Board Games and Puzzles

• Practice a Skill (Knot Making)

• Scavenger Hunt through the Girl’s Guide

• Writing a Poem

• Creating a Drawing about a specific topic

• Making Thank You, Get Well or Thinking of You Cards

• Coloring Sheets

• Girl Scout Promise & Law• Teach or Sing a Girl Scout Song• Play A Game

• Kaper Chart

• Daisy Circle

• Brownie Ring

• JuniorExecutive Board

Patrol System

Court of Honor

• Business Meeting

• Interactive or Physical Games• Crafts• Preparing for a Girl Scout Ceremony• Completing steps to earn a badge • Working towards a Journey Award• Pen Pal Letters• Learning about Juliette Gordon Low• Exploring different cultures

• Select a Clean Up Leader

• Make Sure that all girls are participating

• Girl Scouts leave a room cleaner than when they arrived

• Make it Fun– Teach a clean up song

– Time the troop and see if they can beat their record

• Friendship Circle• Great time for evaluation• Designate a Closing Song• Silent Wish and Squeeze• Provides an official end to

the meeting

• Pre-meeting activity?• Opening Ceremony?• Troop Government?• Activity?• Clean Up?• Closing Ceremony?

• Community Partner Programs and Field Trip

• Council Product Sales Program • Candy, Nuts and Magazines • Cookies

• Service Unit, Regional, & Council Events

• Founders Day & World Thinking Day

• Guest Speakers

• STEM Activities & SPARK Events

• Outdoor Activities & Adventure Programs

• Service Projects vs Take Actions

• Girl Scout Ceremonies

A Take Action Project encourages girls to address a cause of an issue. Girls familiarize themselves with an issue through study, develop skills and knowledge and make a plan in order to solve the issue. Take Action Projects have measurable impact and are sustainable.

5 Easy Steps of Taking ActionInvestigationPreparationActionReflection & EvaluationDemonstration & Celebration

A service project is work done that addresses an immediate need of an individual, organization or community.

Take Action Mini Grants are available and can be applied for on the council website

• Investiture or Rededication Ceremony

• Bridging Ceremony

• Court of Awards Ceremony

• Flag Ceremony

• Scouts Own Ceremony

• Campfire Ceremony

• Devote sufficient time to planning the ceremony

• Use Journey Adult Guides and the Girls Guide to Girl Scouting

• Take Safety Precautions

• Add personal elements to traditional ceremonies

• Consider the role of colors and symbols

• Observe Flag etiquette

• Girls are the doers, the planners and the implementers of their activities

• Leaders give girls choices and help them learn good �communication and decision-making skills

• Girl-Led looks different at each level of Girl Scouting

• Take time to reflect by yourself or with your assistant leader after each meeting and identify the portion of the meeting that was girl led, always think of ways to add more girl led opportunities

Ways to Encourage Girls to Reflect & Evaluate– Highs and Lows– Emotion or Emoticon Cards– Sentence Starters……– Draw a Picture and Share with the troop– Ask open-ended questions

• Never a good idea to yell at the girls to get their attention

• Use Attention Getters– The Girl Scout Quiet Sign– Call & Response

• When I say Girl, you say Scout• Alligator, Alligator Chomp, Chomp, Chomp• If you can hear my voice clap once……• Catch a Bubble• Put on an outrageous accessory

Parent Meeting• Make the meeting “no kids allowed”

• Maximize the time/date/location so all parents can attend

• Be Prepared: Have an Agenda and the proper forms and information

• Explain that while you are the leader it takes a village to maintain a successful troop

• Use your Parent Involvement Form to identify interests and availability

• Share your plans for the year and ask for their input and ideas

• Set Your Expectations

• Ask Early and Ask Often

• Share the plan for the meeting

• Assign specific duties to each parent volunteer

• Ask for help when needed

• Give them the opportunity to evaluate after the meeting

• Show your appreciation

…at Troop Meetings:

• Be specific when asking for assistance

• Build relationships by hosting events and inviting all parents to attend

• Show your appreciation by honoring parents at ceremonies

…throughout the Girl Scout year:

Communication is key• Troop newsletter

• Emailing all parents after meetings

• Troop Facebook or social media page

• Group messaging apps Remind.com, Beluga, GroupMe, WhatsApp

gsksmo.orgTroop Leader Central

Brand Center

Troop Meeting Outlines

What Girls Do

The Girl Scout Shop

Programs

Interactive Calendar

Safety Activity Checkpoint/ Volunteer Essentials

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