Welcome to 150 Skills for Teen Advisors

1. Welcome to 150 Skills for Teen Advisors • Your Trainers: • Your Name • Name@company.com • Your Name • Name@company.com

2. Who’s Who? • Name • Your role(s) with teens (parent, teacher, leader bridging up, new advisor, neighbor, other…) • What I like -- or what I find challenging -- about working with teen girls

3. Today’s Objectives • Identify your feelings as you transition from leader to advisor • Specify reasons why it’s important to let girls manage the troop themselves • Express the importance of creating a trusting climate in the troop

4. Transitioning to Advisor • Your troop decided they’re going to provide crafts, games, songs, and a hike for the younger girls participating in a large camping weekend • Tonight’s meeting is the only time we have to plan this! • Each group has an advisor, an activity and 10 minutes!

5. Transitioning to Advisor • Advisor: • What was the activity like? • What do you wish the “girls” would have done? • Girls: • What was the activity like? • How’s this similar/different from a troop?

6. My Reflection on Girl Scouting

7. Troop Management Money Governance Leadership

8. Leadership • Take a moment to think about a situation you were in when you felt micromanaged • Was it from a manager on a job? A person you were/are in a relationship with? A parent? A fellow volunteer? • How did you feel about it? • What did you do?

9. Types of Troop Management • Examples…. • What would work best for you? • Is that the style that would work best for the girls? • How do you select the best?

10. Money Management • Teen girls’ responsibility to plan an annual calendar and budget accordingly. • Teens participate in all product sales. • Other money-earning opportunities!

11. Garage Sale!!! • Great money opportunity, but…

12. Money Management “Rules”? • What happens if a girl… • Doesn’t earn enough? • Doesn’t have time to participate? • Mom can/will foot the bill? • Doesn’t want to participate? • Participates, but doesn’t “work”?

13. Trusting Environments • Mine Field (game) • Age Appropriate Behavior • How do YOU create a trusting environment? • Create a troop environment where girls can learn to discipline themselves.

14. Trusting Environments “Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll”

15. Trusting Environments • “Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll” • Eating Disorders • Alcohol • Drugs • Risky Behavior • Sex

16. Trusting Environments • “Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll” • Eating Disorders • Alcohol • Drugs • Risky Behavior • Sex Need to be ready, not for “IF”, but for “WHEN” it comes up!

17. Trusting Environments • “Conflict Escalator” • Review for Joon, the Girls and the Advisor • What’s your impression? • What are some of the feelings? • What can we do?

18. Resources

19. Resources

24. GSUSA Resources

25. MORE GSUSA Resources

26. Even GSUSA More Resources

27. GSCNC Resources Most GSCNC Publications are Online http://www.gscnc.org/

28. People Resources • Council Resources • Your Field Director • Your Trainers • GSCNC Teen Program Specialist • GSCNC Information Desk

29. People Resources • Service Unit and Association Resources • Your Service Unit Manager • Your Service Unit Team • Other Troop Leaders • Parents and Adults in your Troop • Area Teen Groups such as POGO and TOGA

30. Closing Reflection • Look at the sentences at the back of the handout • Select one you’d like to finish in your own words

31. Questions

32. Other Training Opportunities 140 - GSLE & Journey Overview 151 - Teen Recognitions for Girls 11-14152 - Teen Recognitions for Girls 14-18 860S – Recognition: Silver Award Roundtable 860G – Recognition: Gold Award Roundtable 110 – Troop Travel Enrichment: Group Dynamics, Facilitation Skills Program: Program Aide, Senior Program Aide