Terrific Tips for Leaders Part 2




Contents

What Every Daisy Girl Scout Should Know
What Every Brownie Girl Scout Should Know
What Every Junior Girl Scout Should Know
The Little Green Hen - a Fable
Beyond Ziplock Baggies - Creative Ways to Hand Out Badges and Patches
Ideas from the Internet for Getting Help for Leaders
Forms to Help Organize Meetings and Trips

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What Every Daisy Girl Scout Should Know:

DURING HER YEAR AS A DAISY EVERY GIRL SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO:


What Every Brownie Girl Scout Should Know:

DURING HER YEARS AS A BROWNIE EVERY GIRL SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO:


What Every Junior Girl Scout Should Know:

DURING HER YEARS AS A JUNIOR EVERY GIRL SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO:


The Little Green Hen, A Fable

(Author Unknown)
Once upon a time there was a Little Green Hen that had a Girl Scout Troop. She had an Assistant Leader and a lot of mothers with this troop. One day, the Little Green Hen found she needed a Badge Manager for her troop. She asked Susie's mother, but Susie's mother said, "No, I am far too busy with the PTA." She asked Janie's mother, but Janie's mother said, "No, I'm far too busy with my Bunco club." She asked Kathy's mother, but Kathy's mother said, "No, I'm working so we can buy a big screen TV." "All right" said the Little Green Hen, "I'll do it myself," and she did. But, she was so busy handling the badge records at several meetings that they never did finish their Christmas Service Project.

Then one day, the Little Green Hen found she needed a Cookie Manager for her troop. She asked Susie's mother, but Susie's mother said, "No, I'm far too busy with my church circle." She asked Janie's mother, but Janie's mother said, "No, I'm busy redecorating just now." She asked Kathy's mother, the Kathy's mother said, "No, I'm working so we can buy a snowmobile. "All right" said the Little Green Hen, "I'll do it myself," and she did. But, she was so busy handling the Cookie Sale that they didn't finish planning for their overnight at spring vacation and so it had to be canceled.

Then one day, the Little Green Hen found she needed a Finance Manager. She asked Susie's mother, but Susie's mother said, "No, I'm busy working on the school referendum." She asked Janie's mother, but Janie's mother said, "No, we're going to Spain." She asked Kathy's mother, but Kathy's mother said, "No, I'm working to buy a motorboat for the summer." "All right" said the Little Red Hen, "I'll do it myself," and she did. But, she was so busy making finance calls that she couldn't keep up with the badge records, and so they had to cancel the Court of Awards.

Then it came time to re-register the troop. Susie's mother said, "I don't think the Little Green Hen is a very good leader because they never did finish their Christmas Service Project." And Janie's mother said, "I don't think Janie will stay in Girl Scouts because they didn't go on their overnight." And Kathy's mother said, "I don't think Kathy will stay in Girl Scouts because Kathy didn't get her badges."

And the Little Green Hen said, "I won't take the Girl Scout troop for another year because I can't do it all myself." And she didn't!


Beyond Ziplock Baggies - Creative Ways to Hand Out Badges and Patches

This is a compilation from many different contributors, so there is a fair bit of repetition, but there are also lots of great ideas!
Beyond Ziplock Baggies


Ideas from the Internet for Getting Help for Leaders

Getting Those Troop Supplies
Have a birthday party for the troop -- around Juliette's birthday -- and ask each girl to bring something for the troop supplies -- send home a list of needs -- and don't refuse that box of used crayons, or the half jar of glue that were left over last spring from the girl's school supplies. This idea even works great for stocking the troop first aid kit or rounding up troop camping equipment..

Getting Help
Remember to ask your troop parents to help you out - ask for concrete assignments. Think of it like being asked on a date. If you were asked on a date are you more likely to respond if someone asks specifically and personally with a planned date in mind? or if they stand in the back of the room and yell "Hey, anyone want to go out with me?"
***Call your Service Unit Manager or Troop Consultants or MDD and ask for help.
***Call the older girls within your service unit - Cadettes and Seniors must earn service and leadership hours. They can do everything from be extra hands at a intense meeting to plan and carry out a meeting for you.
*** Try using council and service unit events to supplement your scout program so you do not have to do all the planning.
***Call the local chapters of the Kappa Delta alumni or the local active Alpha Phi Omega chapter (check at local universities for these organizations) and ask them to come do a program for your troop so that you don't have to plan them (Both have a mandate to work with Girl Scouts - see below).
***Make meetings-in-a-box (meetings that are low/no material ideas that you can use when a meeting flops or you are short on time and need a quick way to fill that hour) and set them aside for later in the year. Replace them as you use them.
To contact Kappa Delta Sorority: Kappa Delta is a sorority which is willing to help out Girl Scouts. You can visit their web site at Kappa Delta Sorority
or click here to contact the sorority by email: Kappa Delta Sorority
or snail mail address:
Kappa Delta Sorority
3205 Players Lane
Memphis TN, 38125
(800)536-1897
They can give you information for your local area.

Sources for Cheap or Free Materials Do something just for you!!

Stress Relief Sock
Get an old stretched-out tube sock and filled it with a huge amount of rice, put oh maybe 7-10 drops of lavender essential oil in it, knot it, and throw it in the microwave for about three minutes. Then wrap it around your neck. Well, let me tell you! The whole thing took me maybe 5 minutes to make and right now it is my #1 possession in life.

Forms to Help Organize Meetings and Trips

Want to get more organized? Need help preparing for troop meetings and trips? Check out the website below:
Troop Leader Planner
Note: The Trip Planner form on the website above does not conform to Girl Scouts of Tejas Council guidelines. You can find an adapted form in .pdf format by clicking here. You will need a .pdf reader like Adobe Acrobat to read it. A free version is available on the Adobe Acrobat website. Many thanks to Liz, who created all the great forms on the Troop Leader Planner website for revising her original event form just for leaders here in Tejas GS Council!!


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