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Highest Awards and Take Action (Highest Awards 101)
Agenda
• Scouting for a New Century• Girl Scout Leadership Experience• Taking Action• Highest Awards
Scouting for a New Century
Challenges Changes• Losing membership since
2004• Tradition bound, risk adverse
and internally focused• Perceived as old fashioned• Internally funded• Intense competition• Inefficient systems
• Focus on what we do differently and better
• Create high capacity councils to deliver Girl Scout Leadership Experience
• Develop measurable outcomes to help secure external funding
• Help girls make a difference• Revitalize the image of Girl
Scouts as the premier leadership organization for girls
Girl Scout Leadership Experience
Take Action Outcomes•Girls identify community needso root cause•Girls are resourceful problem solverso with guidance and encouragement•Girls advocate for themselves and otherso locally and globally•Girls educate and inspire others to acto positive effect on community•Girls feel empowered to make a difference in the
world
The Importance of Taking Action • Girls learn by doing and
gain critical leadership tools
• Increase the relevance and visibility of Girl Scouts in our communities
• Helps make long-term changes
• Raises the bar (outcomes, measurable and sustainable)
.
Service Projects vs. Take Action Projects
Service Projects Take Action Projects
• Limited impact• Symptom-centric• Temporary solution• FOR the community
• Measurable/sustainable • Root cause• Continues to answer
need• WITH the community
Take Action? Scenario A• Issue: an uninsured family’s home is destroyed by
fire.• Solution: clothes, household goods and food is
collected for the family.
Scenario B• Issue: community has racial and cultural tensions.• Solution: sponsor a Diversity Day celebration
History of Highest Awards
• Golden Eagle of Merit, 1916-1919
• Golden Eaglet, 1919-1939• First Class Rank, 1938-1940• Curved Bar, 1940-1963• First Class Award, 1963-
1980• Present Day Highest Awards• Gold Award (1980), Silver
Award (1980), Bronze Award (2001)
Highest Awards Today
• Benefit larger community
• Sustainable• Girl identified issue• Work in teams• Journey-not
destination• Project- not
prerequisites• www.gstakeaction.or
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Adult Assistance•Troop/Group Award Volunteer•Project/Community AdvisoroRequired for GoldoOptional for Bronze & Silver•Gold Award Committee Member•Staff advisor
Highest Awards Progression
Project Focus SustainabilityGlobal
Connection
Bronze
Troop/Team
Focus on an issue within the Girl Scout or local community.
After project completion, girls talk together about how solutions can be lasting.
Girls talk together about how others in the world might experience the same issue as their project.
Silver
2-4 girls
Focus on an issue within the local neighborhood or community.
Girls demonstrate an understanding of sustainability in the project plan and implementation.
Girls connect with others outside the immediate community to determine similar problems and solutions.
Gold
Individual
Focus on making a lasting difference locally or beyond.
Project includes provisions to ensure sustainability.
Girls identify national/global links to their issue, learning and sharing with others.
Journeys
PROGRAM LEVEL/ AWARD LEVEL
JOURNEY PROGRAM
IT’S YOUR WORLD-CHANGE IT!
IT’S YOUR PLANET-LOVE IT!
IT’S YOUR STORY-TELL IT!
Junior/Bronze Agent of Change Get Moving aMUSE
Cadette/Silver Amaze! Breathe! MEdia
Senior /Gold Girltopia Sow What! Mission Sisterhood
Ambassador/Gold Your Voice Justice! BLISS: Love it! Give It!
GSCO Award Guidelines
• No approval function for Bronze or Silver awards
• Reports are required for all awards
• Volunteer Essentials
• Forms available for download: www.girlscoutsofcolorado.org
• Log all awards projects on the Take Action website www.gstakeaction.org
Bronze Award
Bronze Award Basics
• Registered Girl Scout Junior
• Complete a Junior journey
• Work with a team to take action on a root cause of an issue
• Group Take Action project in the Girl Scout or local community
• Understanding of the wider world
• Understanding of sustainability
• Suggested minimum 20 hours
Adult Role - Bronze Award
• Encourages girls to take on leadership roles• Guides girls in actively engaging their
community• Communicates with the local council to adhere
to Bronze Award process• May advise Juliettes who form a team to work
on project
Silver Award
Silver Award Basics• Registered Girl Scout Cadette• Complete a Cadette journey• Work independently or with 2-4 girls to take
action on a root cause of an issue• Take Action Project that makes the local
neighborhood or community better• Make global connections related to issue and
incorporate lessons learned from others into the project plan
• Demonstrate sustainability in project plan and implementation
• Suggested minimum 50 hours
• Monitors girls’ decisions to delegate responsibilities among themselves
• Coaches girls as they actively engage their community
• Prepares girls on how to communicate with the local council to adhere to the Silver Award process
Adult Role - Silver Award
Gold Award
• Registered Girl Scout Senior or Ambassador
• Journey(s) requirement
• Independently lead a team to take action on a root cause of an issue that she cares about
• Project makes a lasting difference in the local community, region or beyond
• Includes provisions to ensure sustainability
• Girl indentifies national and/or global links, shares results of the project beyond local community
• Suggested minimum 80 hours
Gold Award Basics
oYour role changes here
oSupport, encouragement, sounding board, resourceo Passsive
Adult Role - Gold Award
Resources
• Guidelines for girls and adults at all levels• Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting• Safety Activity Checkpoints• Trainings• Forums• Internet Safety Pledge• www.girlscoutsofcolorado.org• [email protected]
Questions?