{"id":2833,"date":"2015-06-12T09:39:42","date_gmt":"2015-06-12T13:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/?p=2833"},"modified":"2017-08-05T18:31:09","modified_gmt":"2017-08-05T22:31:09","slug":"recruiting-girl-scout-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/girl-scout\/recruiting-girl-scout-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Steps to Recruiting Scout Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2834\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2834\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2015-05-29-18.43.18.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2834 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2015-05-29-18.43.18-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Girl Scout Fairy Tea Party\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2015-05-29-18.43.18-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2015-05-29-18.43.18-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2015-05-29-18.43.18.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2834\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I love having a mixed troop as the younger girls see leadership skills in the older girls, and the older girls are reminded it is okay to still just play and have fun by the younger girls. All of which was on display during our unanimously voted for, year end enchanted fairy tea party. Boy was I surprised the Cadettes wanted a Tea Party instead of Amazing Race theme.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Personally, I hate to say &#8220;no&#8221; to adding a girl\u00a0to my troop\u00a0because every girl deserves the opportunity to be in scouts.\u00a0So our troop continues to grow.\u00a0Scheduling my time get more difficult with more levels. As troop leader,\u00a0it seemed I needed to plan and attend every event.\u00a0Last year we had a mixed troop of\u00a0Daisies, Brownies and Juniors. While I successfully merged journeys and petals into one program last year with the three GS\u00a0levels, adding Cadettes and\u00a0keeping things relevant to each group seemed like a daunting task. Cadettes and Daisies don&#8217;t always have the same event needs. Add that to that, my work was busier.\u00a0My kids were now in high school and middle school with sports, band etc. I had to find solutions. It was time to\u00a0think about\u00a0recruiting additional\u00a0leaders to help.<\/p>\n<p>I talked with my Service Unit Coordinator about\u00a0an idea to baby step parents into becoming scout\u00a0leaders. She thought it was worth a shot. If you&#8217;ve ever been to a recruitment event you see many parents of Daisies and Brownies say &#8220;Yes, I&#8217;ll help, but NO I don&#8217;t want to be a leader&#8221; \u00a0 It&#8217;s scary to be in charge, managing the finances, the cookies, and not knowing if you&#8217;ll have support, fear of failure. The list of reasons to say &#8220;no&#8221; is long. So I asked parents help run an individual program level meeting. I assured them that\u00a0I would continue\u00a0be the troop leader and cover all the planning and paperwork. Many of the parents said &#8220;Yes&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2835\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2835\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/badge-in-a-bag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2835 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/badge-in-a-bag-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Recruiting Scout Leaders. Badge in a Bags Journey Kits\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/badge-in-a-bag-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/badge-in-a-bag-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/badge-in-a-bag.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2835\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Badge In A Bag\u00ae kits make it easier when recruiting new GS leaders.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We worked out a pseudo team-leadership format mixing some of the existing\u00a0leader\/co-leader with some of the new team leadership ideas. At the start of the year I maintained my role as the primary troop leader. I had a product sales manager, and at least one primary parent volunteer for each grade level. Those parent volunteer positions served as an introduction to leadership and program mentoring. I prepared the regular meeting activities for each grade level and the volunteers went through the material with the girls at the actual meetings. As this was my first year with\u00a0four levels including Cadettes I relied heavily on <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/product-category\/badge-in-a-bag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #008000; text-decoration: underline;\">Makingfriends.com Badge in a Bag\u00ae<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0kits for our badges and journeys to help me in planning all the levels.\u00a0 Each group completed at least one Journey. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>After the first journey, my Daisy parent volunteer was asking about helping the girls work on the other journeys to get their Summit award. She and the girls were excited and engaged and she said &#8220;I&#8217;ll do what I need to do to help them achieve it&#8221; \u00a0I thought &#8220;YES, I&#8217;ve got her hooked!!&#8221; I provided her with additional online training options from GS.\u00a0Midway through the year, while I was still doing the purchasing and providing the materials for the Daisy activities, she was planning community service for the daisies (inviting the whole troop), coordinating their take action projects \u00a0and sorting, organizing and taking home the stuff in between meetings. This last part was huge as my husband isn&#8217;t such a fan of my GS\u00a0&#8220;corners&#8221; expanding in both the garage and family room.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2837\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2837\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Carolers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2837 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Carolers-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Recruiting Scout Leaders. Daisy girl Carolers\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Carolers-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Carolers.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2837\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daisy Girls Go Caroling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All my parent volunteers\/program mentors enjoyed their year. Some learned that its hard to get everyone at an event. The Daisy caroling was less than half the troop.\u00a0 They didn&#8217;t all jump at more responsibilities, but they all appreciated what goes into a successful scout\u00a0year.\u00a0 They also are all on board to help out again next year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>So this year&#8217;s group of Daisies are bridging and my parent volunteer has said she was up for more. She took home the Brownie Girl Guide and is added to our bank account. Next year our Brownie&#8217;s meeting plans are completely in her hands. Using my mixed troop as a leader mentoring program, along with my councils addition of online volunteer training\/ resources has made it easier for parents to find the roles that fit. I&#8217;ve said yes to having Daisies again 2015-2016&#8230;so&#8230;. I&#8221;m on the hunt for my next victim&#8230; I mean new scout leader success story.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><div class='dropshadowboxes-container ' style='width:100%;'>\r\n                            <div class='dropshadowboxes-drop-shadow dropshadowboxes-rounded-corners dropshadowboxes-inside-and-outside-shadow dropshadowboxes-lifted-both dropshadowboxes-effect-default' style=' border: 1px solid #dddddd; height:; background-color:#ffffff;    '>\r\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/unnamed.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2836\" src=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/unnamed.png\" alt=\"Recruiting Scout Leaders\" width=\"58\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a>About the Leader : Rebecca Larocque,\u00a0 I\u2019m a leader of a mixed age group troop of 20 girls from Daisy- Cadettes. I\u2019ve been a leader for six years and what an amazing journey. I love that being a leader has made this introvert get out of my preferred back row seat to up front and singing.\u00a0 I can only hope that I have blessed the lives of my scouts as much as they have blessed mine.\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                        <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Personally, I hate to say &#8220;no&#8221; to adding a girl\u00a0to my troop\u00a0because every girl deserves the opportunity to be in scouts.\u00a0So our troop continues to grow.\u00a0Scheduling my time get more difficult with more levels. As troop leader,\u00a0it seemed I needed to plan and attend every event.\u00a0Last year we had a mixed troop of\u00a0Daisies, Brownies and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2834,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,7,4,1,6,138],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2833","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brownie-girl-scout","8":"category-cadette-girl-scout","9":"category-daisy-girl-scout","10":"category-girl-scout","11":"category-junior-girl-scout","12":"category-troop-management","13":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Baby Steps to Recruiting Scout Leaders - Scout Leader 411 Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Baby Steps to Recruiting Scout Leaders. 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