Adult Leadership Training

Building Girl Scout Leaders
               
Thank you for giving of your time and energy by volunteering with the Girl Scouts.  Your efforts will help give every girl the opportunity to participate in a program designed to develop the qualities of a great leader - courage, confider, and character - and the skills to make the world a better place. 

In order to help you along, the Girl Scouts, with the help of dedicated volunteer trainers, has developed a series of trainings that will assist you in learning the basic steps to become an effective Girl Scout Leader.  These trainings will provide you with important information on the Girl Scout Program, the Girl Scouts of Hawai`i's policies and procedures, and ideas and concepts that you can use to support your group’s activities. 

Following is an overview Girl Scout’s leadership training requirements.  For details on these trainings as well as training schedules, registration and other information, click on the appropriate menu items to the left or from the main menu.

1.  Orientation:  Schedule a meeting with your Council Membership Development Manager, or Pathways Development Coordinator to receive your Orientation for Girl Scout Volunteers.  This orientation is required before a leader can work with girls.  It focuses on the Girl Scouts of Hawai`i's expectations of leaders and other volunteers.  At this training, you should receive a Girl Scouts of the USA Safety-Wise book.
Prerequisite:   Contact the Girl Scouts of Hawai`i to speak to the staff person assigned to the area in which you will be volunteering, complete a Volunteer Application, and Volunteer Agreement form.  Be a registered Girl Scout for the current membership year.

2.  GS Basics:   At your Orientation for Girl Scout Volunteers, you will be instructed on how to complete a Home-Study training titled Girl Scout Basics.  This training will focus on the Girl Scout Movement (mission, history, and values) and the Girl Scout Program (girl/adult partnerships, safety, and goals).   Completion of this Home-Study training is required before a leader can work with girls. 
Prerequisite:   Orientation for Girl Scout Volunteers.  NOTE: Completion of both the Orientation for Girl Scout Volunteers and GS Basics is required  before a leader can work with girls. 

• Home-Study:  Home-Study trainings can be accessed in PDF format from this section of the website on the Girl Scout Basics page or via email or printed copy by contacting your island Service Center.  An examination with a passing score of 85% or better and the completion of an evaluation form must be received and reviewed by the Council to receive credit for any Home-Study training. 
  

3.    Age-Level (Program-Level):  Age-Level (Program-Level) training for Daisy, Brownie, Junior, or Cadette/Senior Girl Scout provides valuable information on age specific developmental characteristics, behavior management, troop government, girl/adult partnerships and much more.  An experienced Leader who is new to an age level should attend the Age-Level training session for that age level.  Age-Level training is currently only offered in a Home-Study format.
Prerequisite:   Orientation for Girl Scout Volunteers and GS Basics.

• Home-Study:  Home-Study trainings can be accessed in PDF format from this section of the website on the Age-Level Girl Scout Leaders page or via email or printed copy by contacting your island Service Center.  An examination with a passing score of 85% or better and the completion of an evaluation form must be received and reviewed by the Council to receive credit for any Home-Study training. 

         
4.  First Aid and CPR:  Attend a First Aid/ CPR  training or a CPR Refresher training to assure that a registered adult in your group is certified.  Adults are welcome to take advantage of First Aid and/or CPR training and renewal courses through other organizations in their communities.  Page 37 in Safety-Wise provides a list of organizations and courses for First Aid and CPR Training.  Note:  The CPR training must be adequate for the participants in the activity covered by the first-aider: for example, child CPR for children younger than eight and adult CPR for older girls and adults.  FA/CPR training is offered in a "face to face" format.

• Face to Face:  The FA/CPR "face to face" training is nine (9) hours and conducted by a volunteer Red Cross trainer at the Council's O'ahu office location.  The CPR Renewal "face to face" training is three (3) hours long.

5.  Group Travel:  Get your Group Travel Training to be able to take your girls on fun activities and trips beyond the group meeting time and place.  Every group must have a registered adult in the group that is has successfully completed Group Travel Training BEFORE their group can go beyond the group's meeting time and place.  Group Travel training is offered in Home-Study format.
Prerequisite:  Orientation for Girl Scout Volunteers and GS Basics.

• Home-Study: This Group Travel Home-Study trainings includes a DVD of an actual training and the accompanying Group Travel manual.  The DVD can be obtained by calling your Island Service Center. The Group Travel manual can be accessed in PDF format from this section of the website on the Going Beyond the Group Meeting page or via email or printed copy by contacting your island Service Center.  An examination with a passing score of 85% or better and the completion of an evaluation form must be received and reviewed by the Council to receive credit for any Home-Study training. 

6.  Camping Hawaiian Style:  Attend the Camping Hawaiian Style - Troop Camp Training (TCT) in-town and overnight training session in a camp setting.  Covers basic camping skills and safety so you can take your girls camping.  The cost is $14.00 for the overnight training. 
Prerequisite:   Troop must have at least one adult who has completed this training accompany the troop on any activity/trip involving camping. This adult does not need to be the leader.  Camping Hawaiian Style is offered in a Face to Face training.

• Face to Face:  The in-town training is a four (4) hour "face to face" training conducted by Council trainers at the Council's O'ahu office location.  The overnight training is Friday (6pm) to Saturday (6pm) at the Council's Camp Paumalu on the North Shore of O'ahu.

If you cannot attend a "face to face" training session for any reason, please call Barbara at 808-595-8400 x 518 or 1-800-691-4333 x 518 and leave a message.  To effectively prepare for the course, the volunteer trainers need to know how many people have registered for and will attend a class.  Note:  Classes have minimum and maximum participant requirements.  Please go to ‘Registration Procedures’ for details.