Volunteer Essentials Volunteer Essentials 2015-16 - Updated 5/31/17 | Page 28

  Taking Advantage of Learning Opportunities Girl Scouts strives to provide you with the necessary information to successfully manage your group of girls and to let you know how and where you can get additional information on certain topics when you want to learn more. Volunteer learning is offered in a variety of ways to best meet your unique learning styles: written resources, face-to-face learning, interactive online learning—and additional methods are being developed and tested all the time. Learn about Girl Scouts online There’s a good chance you’ve already logged on to http://training.girlscouts.org to watch Girl Scouting 101, our self-paced, online orientation to Girl Scouting. If you haven’t, please complete your online orientation. The password for Girl Scouting 101 is aboutGS101. Those online sessions and Volunteer Essentials are designed to give you all of the information you need to start working with girls. They’re always available; think of them as references you can use whenever you need them. Required Trainings For training descriptions and additional training options visit gswpa.org.   TROOP AND GROUP LEADERS Volunteers acting in a leader capacity are required to complete the following two trainings prior to working with girls at the troop or groups levels. Girl Scouting 101 Girl Scouting 101 is required of all volunteers with the exception of parent helper, emergency contact coordinator and troop record keeper. Please encourage volunteers in these positions to take Girl Scouting 101, but it is not required. Required viewing of GS101 must be accomplished before working directly with girls. To login in you will need to enter the following password; for Girl Scouting 101 the password is aboutGS101 . GSWPA New Leader Orientation and Training This provides new leaders with an overview of Girl Scouts and all the things you need to know to get started as a Girl Scout Leader.