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• Required for all new Leaders, Co-Leaders, and Assistant Leaders
• Tell you about Girl Scouting – Mission, Promise and Law
• Introduce you to all the support you will receive as a volunteer
• Show you how Girl Scouting encourages girls to Discover themselves, Connect to others, and Take Action to make the world a better place
• Give you the basics of how to manage a troop
• Guide you in creating a safe environment for the girls
• Help you plan meetings

The courses in the Series are:

Girl Scouting 101, an enhanced online orientation developed by GSUSA, launched in late August.  The GSUSA web address remains the same:  http://training.girlscouts.org, but the case-sensitive password for GS101 is: aboutGS101.  The password for Online Volunteer Orientation and Leadership Essentials remains as: discover.

Girl Scouting 101 gives new Girl Scout volunteers an overview of the organization and the basics on working with girls of all ages. Hosted by Sophia (from the GSLE Overview, aka “Ask Sophia”), the vibrant, interactive orientation combines and streamlines the information currently contained in the online volunteer orientation, Leadership Essentials online, and the GSLE Overview/Ask Sophia.

So what happens to those older pieces now? During the 2011-2012 program year, new leaders can choose to use the older pieces as components of the Leader Prep Series, along with Introduction to Girl Scouting in GSEM OR participate in Girl Scouting 101, Introduction to Girl Scouting in GSEM and a Journey Immersion workshop to fulfill their training requirements.  In those areas where online training is not convenient, printed versions of GSUSA's Online Orientation are still available and face-to-face courses in Introduction to Girl Scouting, Leadership Essentials and Journey Immersion workshops can be scheduled at the discretion of the Learning Support Team in your area.

GSEM plans to provide Girl Scouting 101, Volunteer Essentials, Safety Activity Checkpoints and Introduction to Girl Scouting in GSEM in a DVD version as well.

• GSUSA Online Volunteer Orientation (required of all new Girl Scout volunteers)

• Take it online at http://training.girlscouts.org (password: discover)
• Important: Print your learning log*. Your learning log serves as proof of completion of this course. Redeem a copy of your log at a Girl Scout Shop to receive a free Volunteer Orientation patch

• GSEM Introduction to Girl Scouting (required of new Leaders, Co-Leaders and Assistant Leaders)

• Attend a class scheduled in the GSEM Course Catalog  or
• Take it online. Important: If you do not enter your Neighborhood Education Chair’s email address, you must print your assessment before you submit it. Take the printed assessment to your Neighborhood Education Chair to receive a completion letter, OR,
• Request a home study from your District Home Study Coordinator or Volunteer Development Manager (listed in every issue of the GSEM Course Catalog) or Neighborhood Chair

• Leadership Essentials (required of all new Leaders, Co-Leaders and Assistant Leaders)

• Attend a class scheduled in the GSEM Course Catalog or
• Take it online at http://training.girlscouts.org (password: discover)
• Important: Print your learning log*. Your learning log serves as proof of completion of this course. Redeem a copy of your log at a Girl Scout Shop to receive a free Leadership Essentials patch

*Printing Learning Logs

An easy way to print a copy of a learning log is to paste a copy of what is showing on the screen into a document.

In Word:

• Press the PRINT SCREEN key. A picture of what is showing on the screen will be placed on the clipboard.

• Use Paste on the Edit menu or Ctrl-V to paste the image into a new document.

• It may be necessary to print several screens to get the entire log into the new document.

Using a Mac:

• Press Command-Shift-3 at the same time. This creates a picture of the screen on the desktop.
• Hold down the mouse on the picture and drag it into a document.

Leader Prep Tote
Volunteers who complete the first two courses in the series within the first year they are registered as a Leader or Co-Leader are eligible to purchase the Leader Prep Tote from a GSEM Girl Scout Shop. (This tote does not include a scarf, water bottle, printed resources)

Leaders can also receive three free patches which correspond to the three courses in the Leader Prep Series by showing their completion letter or learning log at one of the GSEM Girl Scout Shops.

Additional courses which prepare Leaders to work with a troop include:

• Grade-Level Essentials courses (assist Leaders with developing a troop calendar)
• Insignia and awards courses (introduce Leaders to insignia and awards girls can earn through Girl Scouting)
• Leader-Parent Relationships
• Troop Trips