Your Learning Path

• This guide, Getting Started for the New Troop Leader, will help you start with your new Girl Scout troop! It contains information every Girl Scout leader needs to know - gaining parent support, planning first meetings, troop basics, registering members, program and resources, troop finances and management, and tips to get organized!
• Girl Scouting 101, a super awesome and interactive introduction to Girl Scouts, and an essential for all volunteers.

• Essential for all troop pathway volunteers
• Learn how the proficiency badges found in the Girls' Guide to Girl Scouting and the Journey activities work together to provide the full benefits of the Girl Scout program.
• In-person session (register online below)

Learn how to use this amazing tool and how it will make your role as a troop leader easier. We will look at creating year plans, managing the troop meeting calendar, working with troop meeting plans and more.

• Essential for all troop pathway volunteers
• Learn detailed information for your specific grade level
• Online home study or in-person session

• Working with Daisies
• Working with Brownies
• Working with Juniors
• Working with Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors
  • Questionnaire

• Essential before the first field trip or overnight adventure.
• Participants will discover that the planning process is as important as the trip itself. Information will be covered to help troops plan safe and enjoyable field trips, overnights, camping trips, hotel stays and extended travel.
• Offered as a in-person session or as a downloadable home study guide and learning log.

• Required before the first camping, fire building, or outdoor cooking experience.  Gain outdoor skills needed to provide a positive outdoor experience to girls.
• In-person learning (register online below)

• Each troop should have a First Aid/CPR certified person.

• Extended learning events offering a variety of enrichments and required learning.
• Offers opportunities for learning and networking with other volunteers.
• Optional

• As a troop leader you can't do it alone! This guide provides tips and advice on building support through your Girl Scout families so the troop runs smoothly and no one suffers burnout!

Optional but highly encouraged short trainings that can be completed in a group or on your own! If you are completing a Short & Snappy on your own, please submit this form to receive credit.

• Conflict Resolution: Can’t We All Just Get Along?
• Money Earning for the Higher Awards
• Candlelight Rededication Ceremony
• Social Media and the Girl Scout Law
• SWAPS
• My Promise, My Faith
• Tips and Advice for the Multi-Level Troop