| GIRL/ADULT PLANNING AND LEADERSHIP GIRL/ADULT PARTNERSHIP |
| Brownie Girl Scout Actions -Brownie Ring, self-government with adult guidance. -Talking stick. -Organizing and delegating responsiblities through kaper charts. -Simple brainstorming with reality checks. -Concrete choices |
| Junior Girl Scout Actions -Democratic government--patrol system, town meeting carried out by girls. -Brainstorming -Active in all steps of planning and carrying out of tasks. -Girls can set ground rules. -Ownership of Ideas -Fairness -Girls competently leading discussion by grade 6. -Guided group evaluation -Helps younger girls -Can work independently or in small groups. |
| Cadette Girl Scout Actions -Patrol system, representative government. -Girls initiate and implement troop activities -PA leadership project -Girls work independently; program activities self-determined. -Involved in activities beyond the troop. -Leadership skill training. -Decisions made on information gathering. -Budgeting for long-term projects / events. -Group and self evaluation -Apprenticeship. -Learning to network |
| Senior Girl Scout Actions -Patrol system, representative government, Sr. planning boards. -Leadership projects--PA, LIT, CIT. -Involved in adult/girl planning teams. -Can serve as girl member on council board of directors or delegate to national events. -Can plan entire events, if experienced. -Can work individually as well as in committees. -Group and self-evaluation -Apprenticeship. -Networking -Needs specific tools for full adult/girl partnership-- i.e. leading meetings, board training. |
| Role of Adult for Brownie Girl Scout -Screen choices before voting -Dicuss implications before voting -"Guided" failures -"Guided" Budgeting -Take into account physical and mental differences between first and third graders. -Guided group evaluation -Leader oversees simple tasks. |
| Role of Adult for Junior Girl Scout -Take into account the developmental differences between 4th, 5th, and 6th graders. -Leader stepping back, guiding. -Leader inputting 50% of time when girls are at 6th grade level |
| Role of Adult for Cadette Girl Scout -Role Modeling, very important. -Adult acts as a facilitator, gives guidance. -Let's girls make mistakes, ;earn from them. -Girl/Adult partnership functioning on an almost equal level |
| Role of Adult for Senior Girl Scout -Let girls make mistakes, learn from them., -Mentorship -Adult as a facilitator and partner. |