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Youth
Leadership Council
Do you want to:
- Have a say in what goes on in
Girl Scouts in the Milwaukee area?
- Give feedback to the leaders and
directors of Girl Scouting?
- Learn how to be a leader with
other girls from other troops?
- Have fun?
Then
apply now for the youth leadership council and represent
your age group on the council for two years. It’s
easy to apply! Simply fill out the application,
get a letter of recommendation from a non-relative
adult who know you well (troop leader, coach, teacher,
etc.) and bring a completed project to discuss at the
interview. Application deadline is March 26, 2007.
You do NOT have to do a special project, you may use
something from school, Girl Scouts, badge work, community
service group or any other applicable project. The
project can be art work, writing, something you built,
or any other special interest project you may have.
Be creative and have fun – let your
personality shine!
You
must be at least 12 years old and a registered member
of Girl Scouts. If you are not registered, you can
join now. For more information, contact Sonny Ost.
Cadette
Challenge Award
This recognition
will get you thinking about who you really are and how you
can be the best possible person. To do so, knowing yourself,
relating to others, developing values, contributing to your
community, and knowing about Girl Scouting form the
basis of the Cadette Girl Scout Challenge. Complete
activities from these five sections to finish the Challenge.
(The Cadette Handbook, available at the Girl Scout
office, will be helpful in completing this
award). You may work on the activities by yourself
or with others. The following is a list of ideas. You
may want to design one of your own for each section.
Discuss the "wrap-up" questions and each
section with an adult advisor.
For "Knowing myself better" complete
any of these activities:
- Select and complete two activities
from Chapter 3, pages 46-47, 50-59 in the Cadette
Girl Scout Handbook.
- Make a list of qualities you
value in a friend. Check off the qualities that
you believe you demonstrate and choose one or two
that you would like to have. Over a 3 or 4 week
period, work on making these qualities your own.
- Try something new, an activity,
sport, cooking, etc. Seek out someone who could
help you learn the new skill. Spend at least 5
hours learning/practicing this skill.
- Try 2 or more of the activities
from the Fitness to Fashion Interest Project.
For "Relating to Others Better" complete
any of these activities:
- Select and complete two activities
from Chapter 4 in the Cadette Handbook, page 66
- 79.
- Plan and carry out a party for
a family, hospital patients, senior citizens, or
other group in your community.
- Plan and carry out a co-ed event,
such as a day of sports, backpacking, debate or
party. Include boys on the planning committee.
For "Developing Values or Living" complete
any of these activities:
- Read
the "Your Values" section
in Chapter 3. Complete the activity on exploring
your attitudes, values, and interests on page 56
as well as the value ranking activity on page 57.
- Read the sections on prejudice,
stereotyping, and discrimination in Chapter 3.
Complete the activity on page 59.
- Take an active part in planning
and carrying out a Girl Scout's Own ceremony (see
page 19). It should demonstrate the ways the Girl
Scout Promise and Law can help you serve God and
your country and become a good citizen.
For "Contributing to my Community" complete
any of these activities:
- Organize a children's sports
day, assist at a community fair, or become involved
with the work of a well-known organization (such
as Special Olympics).
- Become a Literacy or library
volunteer, help conduct programs for immigrants,
assist with voting campaigns, organize anti-drug
efforts, or educate community members about childhood
immunizations.
- Serve as an audiovisual assistant
for your school, religious organization, troop,
or council.
- Become a volunteer math or science
tutor.
- Teach arts and crafts to children,
senior citizens, or hospital patients.
- Demonstrate water safety for
children, help repair, and maintain the your council's
small craft, or assist in a water-conservation
project.
In "Knowing about Girl Scouting" complete
any of these activities:
- Read about Juliette Low in Chapter
1. Talk about her life to other teens or younger
girls.
- Design an activity that will
help others learn more about Girl Scouting and
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts.
- Prepare
a booklet or presentation for younger girls that
describes at least two countries, other than the
United States, in which there are members of the
World Association. Trefoil Around the World is
a useful reference book about Girl Scouting and
Girl Guiding and can be found at the Girl Scout
Resource Center’s library.
- Write a biography, poems, or
songs, a short story, or a play about Girl Scouting.
- Accompany a Girl Scout council
staff member, camp staff person, or volunteer for
a few hours to explore career possibilities in
Girl Scouting.
- Learn about ways to volunteer
in Girl Scouting or volunteer to work at your Girl
Scout council office.
- Assist in your council's efforts
to attract new members to Girl Scouting.
Wrap-up (whew!, almost done with
the Cadette Challenge).
Ask yourself the following questions
and discuss your thoughts and ideas with your adult
advisor or group.
- What did you learn about yourself?
- How did your Challenge work
affect others?
- How did you apply your talents?
- How do your accomplishments
relate to the ideals of Girl Scouting?
- How would you improve what you
did?
- How will the things you learned
help you in the future?
From
Dreams to Reality
From Dreams to Reality focuses you
on exploring careers that may be of interest to you
while finding out more about how a woman balance the
priorities in their lives. The award is for middle
school girls and is a requirement for the Silver Award.
You can earn the award by completing
the following requirements:
- Find out about at least 5 careers.
Identify the type of training required and salary
range.
- Spend a day at work with someone
who has a job in which you are interested. Discuss
job responsibilities and note how time on the job
is spent.
- Research two fields in which women
are not the majority.
- Interview 3 mothers with salaried
positions. Find out how they balance their jobs and
families, how they came to be in their current positions,
and what their future dreams are.
- Collect several advertisements
for at least three different positions that interest
you. Compare ads to get a general profile of each
position. This can be done via the employment section
of a Sunday newspaper or the Internet.
Another
way to finish the Dreams to Reality Award is to attend
the "What Next/College
Week" event. This event normally occurs during
Spring Break every year. You will visit the Milwaukee
Career Center and learn about various careers, education
and training. You will visit local universities and
colleges to see what they have to offer you!
Silver
Award
The Silver Award is the highest recognition
that a middle school Girl Scout can earn. It is comprised
of 5 components. Generally, girls take about 2 years
to complete this project while having fun and doing
other activities. A girl or troop can earn the Silver
Award in one year, but that will require a lot of time
dedicated simply to earning this award.
Why
work toward the Silver Award? Because you will be working
on something that you believe in, making a difference
in your community, and having fun while you do it.
You will get the chance to develop and polish your
leadership skills as well.
To
earn the Silver Award, you must complete a series of
requirements, which are explained in the Silver
Award Project Book. The book is given out at the "One
is Silver..." training. Silver Award Project forms
can be downloaded here.
Every
fall, Silver Award recipients from our Girl Scout council
share how to work on the Silver Award at an event called "One is Silver
. . ." Check the Teen Scene newsletter for the
dates for this workshop, or visit our online program events calendar.
If
you need adult support, you can request a Silver
Award Mentor. Your Mentor will help you stay focused
and motivated, while giving you assistance throughout
the Silver Award process. This is particularly helpful
if you don’t currently have a group advisor.
JCIT
Junior Counselor in Training
The
JCIT program helps you explore individual leadership styles,
practice teamwork, and learn to facilitate games, songs,
sports, and outdoor skills with younger campers. Your two
weeks will combine both counselor training and core camp
activities like swimming and crafts. About 75% of your
time will be spent in trainings and 25% of your time will
be spent working with girls in units. NEW THIS YEAR…join
the JCs for an overnight on Thursday during your first
week at camp.
JC
Junior Counselor
If you have completed Junior Counselor In Training
and/or have been a JC before, become a part of this summer's
JC team! Teens can be JCs for up to four weeks! Bonus,
join fellow JCs for an overnight on Thursday for no additional
fee. On your Day Camp Registration form, please indicate
the weeks you want to help.
Senior
Junior Counselor (JC)
Have
you already done the JC thing and are looking for more
leadership? Become camp staff and assist in many areas
of camp. This is a paid position and those interested must
attend at least 3 weeks of summer sessions.
Application:
Contact the Camp Director for an application and for more
information at (414) 476- 1050 ext. 1223.
Required
Training: Attend portions of Staff Training in June.
Lead
On! (Pre-CIT))
Jump
to the first stepping stone from camper to staff and discover
your leadership potential. Enhance your skills in team
building and kid-savvy-responsibility. Plus, participate
in everything camp has to offer. Not required for entrance
into CIT.
(5 nights)
CIT
I Counselor in Training I
Improve
your leadership resume and learn about campers’ needs
and wants. Explore the basics of developing and delivering
the camp program. Road trip to other nearby camps, lead
camper council, run activity stations, teach new games,
and be a cool role model. Bring ideas and games to work
your ‘magic’ with the girls. Earn your
CIT patch and pin. (12 nights)
CIT
II Counselor in Training II
Great
campers make great future staff! Enjoy more fun, more time
with kids, more everything. We will take it up a notch
from CIT 1 so that you can practice your ‘style’ of
camp counseling. There will still be time on your own with
friends…swimming,
campfires, and camp visits. Earn your CIT patch and pin.
Prior camp experience helpful, plus a sincere desire to
work with younger children and learn leadership techniques.
(12 nights)
CIT
III…The
Apprentice (3-10 weeks)
Become
camp staff and assist in many areas of camp and directly
with our outstanding campers. This is a paid position and
those interested must attend at least three weeks of camp
sessions. Prerequisite: Complete CIT, JC or equivalent.
Application:
Contact the Camp Director for an application or for more
information at (414) 476-1050 ext. 1257.
Required
Training: Attend paid staff training in June. Option for
First Aid and CPR certification.
Senior
Challenge
This Challenge asks you to put the
Girl Scout Promise and Law into action. When you combine
your talents and energies with your values and convictions,
you can make a positive difference in the lives of
others. You can work on the activities alone or with
others who share your interests.
Section 1: Developing your potential
Challenge: Design a self-development
plan.
- Set some short-term (one week
to one year) and long-term (five to ten years)
goals for yourself in the following areas:
Education/Work
Friends/Family
Health/Recreation
- Prioritize your goals and develop
a timeline for your short-term goals.
- Decide what types of skills
might help you achieve your long-range goals and
how you might acquire those skills.
- Follow through on your plan
for a period of at least two months. At the end
of this time, evaluate your progress and your timelines.
What have you learned?
Section 2: Relating to others
Challenge: Examine your skills in
relating to others.
- Plan to increase your skills in
at least one area of relating-family, friends, peers,
children, or adults.
- Write out personal goals to do
this. Develop a time line that includes skill development
(such as practicing, reading articles, or attending
workshops) and planned experiences in relating to
others.
- With another person, evaluate
what you have learned about yourself from identifying
your goals and working toward them.
Section 3: Developing values for
living
Challenge: Decide what you value
the most.
- What issues or concerns are the
most important to you? List ten things that you would
most like to change and how. Circle those things
that you can begin to work on right now.
- Decide how the Promise and Law
can help you achieve positive change. Decide on at
least three activities that you can and will do to
make a positive change for yourself and others. If
you work with others, be able to distinguish your
own personal contributions to the effort.
- Find a way to summarize your discoveries
about yourself and your values.
- What activities did you complete?
Did you learn things about yourself after working
on each one?
- Is there a difference between
what you actually say and do and what you believe?
How can you work to change this?
Section 4: Contributing to society
Challenge: Participate in a service
project that will benefit something you value in your
community.
You may join an effort directed by
others, or you may design, develop, and implement your
own effort. You can work alone or with others, but
be sure you choose an activity that is personally important.
There are ideas for service projects in every chapter.
Your effort should total a minimum of 15 hours. When
the project is complete, consider the following:
- Who or what benefited from this
project? How?
- Which of your talents were put
to use?
- What skills and abilities would
you like to develop further?
- What did you learn about yourself
and your values?
Section 5: Helping others know about
Girl Scouting
Challenge: Get involved in Girl Scouting
beyond your group.
You may select an activity from the
ones listed or develop your own plan to help others
know about Girl Scouting.
- Serve on a council-wide girl-planning
group.
- Help plan a Cadette or Senior
Girl Scout conference, Thinking Day event, or other
special event.
- Serve on the council board or
committee or task force in your council.
- Help with a council-sponsored
training event for adults.
- Conduct tours of council properties
or facilities.
- Help with a community task force
to extend Girl Scouting to girls in under-served
areas.
After you have completed the five
challenges in this recognition, use the questions below
to help you and your advisor evaluate your experience.
- What have you discovered about
the world of Girl Scouting?
- In what situations have you demonstrated
a real understanding of the Promise and Law by applying
them to everyday living?
- How has your project benefited
others?
- What are some possible ways that
you could continue to show your concern in this area
in the future?
- In what ways have you shown that
you are capable of self-direction? In what ways were
you able to work, plan, and share with a group?
- What other things have you learned
about yourself?
- How have you demonstrated what
you value?
Leader-In-Training
The Leader-in-Training (LIT) program
is designed for teens in High School. You will complete
a group leadership course and work with a mentor leader
in a Daisy, Brownie, Junior, or Cadette Girl Scout
troop. A LIT project usually takes five to eight months
with the time divided between course sessions and 25
hours of actual work with a troop or other Girl Scout
group. You must have completed the ninth grade before
beginning this project.
Senior Girl Scouts can also be Senior
Girl Scout Troop Assistants, if you have completed
your LIT project, have completed the tenth grade, and
are able to make a full one-year commitment to a troop.
The
Gold Award: Be the best leader you can be
The Gold Award is the highest award
a Girl Scout can earn. Generally done as an individual,
it will take approximately 1 to 2 years to complete.
All of the requirements must be started and completed
as a high school/Senior Girl Scout. Most Gold Award
projects benefit the community outside of Girl Scouting.
This
award will challenge you. Put all of your creative,
organizational, and leadership qualities to the test
with a project tot benefit the community. Gold Awardees
are recognized by their local, state and national government
representatives, and by Girl Scouts of Milwaukee Area
for the tremendous service that they give to the community.
Gold Awardees can proudly put this accomplishment on
college and scholarship, and job applications.
To
earn the Gold Award, you must complete a series of
requirements, which are explained in the Gold
Award Project Book. The book is given out at the "....And
the Other's Gold" training. Gold Award Project
forms can be downloaded here.
Some
tools you will need to keep you on track as you pursue
your Gold Award are in the Gold Award Book. A special
workshop, " . . . And
the Other is Gold," is held every fall to give
you insights on how to plan for your Gold Award. Check
the Teen Scene newsletter for the dates of this workshop,
or visit our online program events calendar.
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