Girl Scout groups are large enough to provide a cooperative learning environment and small enough to allow for
development of individual girls. It is recommended that group sizes, when possible, are as follows:
Girl Scout Daisies: 5-12 girls
Girl Scout Brownies: 10-20 girls
Girl Scout Juniors: 10-25 girls
Girl Scout Cadettes: 5-25 girls
Girl Scout Seniors: 5-30 girls
Girl Scout Ambassadors: 5-30 girls
Girl Scouts’ adult-to-girl ratios show the minimum number of adults needed to supervise a specific number of
girls. (Councils may also establish maximums due to size or cost restrictions.) These supervision ratios were
devised to ensure the safety and health of girls—for example, if one adult has to respond to an emergency, a
second adult is always on hand for the rest of the girls. It may take you a minute to get used to the layout of this
chart, but once you start to use it, you’ll find the chart extremely helpful.
Each Troop/Group must have a minimum of two (2) unrelated approved adult volunteers (unrelated adult
volunteers are those who do not have any familial or familial-like relationship), who are currently registered
members, have completed the Volunteer Application Process, and have completed any required training
pertinent to specific activities.
The Volunteer Application Process includes:
Volunteer Application
Background Check
Register as a member of GSWPA
Refer to the Appendix: GSWPA Procedures/Forms for the following:
Volunteer Application Process-page 103
Volunteer Application Process Decision Tree-108
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