Fall 2021 Lead & Learn

Adult Courses

Troop Camp Certification Courses Adult volunteers who plan to camp with girls on or off Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri-owned property must be Troop Camp Certified. Troop Camp Certification courses ensure adult volunteers know how to plan a Troop Camping experience that is safe and that everyone enjoys. American Red Cross Certification Courses A qualified First Aider must accompany a troop when they participate in certain activities. American Red Cross certification courses that provide this qualification include Adult and Pediatric First Aid/CPR/ AED and Wilderness and Remote First Aid. Program Levels Letters following course titles refer to Girl Scout program levels. Adults working with the level indicated would benefit the most from the course:

The past year offered many challenges to provide the training support our volunteers need to give girls the best possible Girl Scout experience, but created new opportunities to bring valuable training and engaging programs to more adult members throughout the Council. Virtual learning, in the form of online courses and live virtual events on Zoom, allowed volunteers who often found it difficult to attend in-person courses and programs to fully participate. Recordings of live virtual events could then be made accessible to even more volunteers through gsLearn or on our website. Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri plans to fully embrace virtual learning in the future to make volunteer training more convenient and accessible to as many people as possible. Because our volunteers’ time is valuable, we hope to create more blended learning opportunities for our skills-based courses, so that volunteers may complete the knowledge portion of the course online at their convenience while completing skills practice in-person. We know that in-person training and adult programs provide a sense of community that many of our adult members enjoy, and these in-person experiences will still be part of our adult learning curriculum. Our goal is to build upon this and expand our curriculum to include more online courses and live virtual events so that we can efficiently and effectively reach the widest audience possible within our Council and help our volunteers achieve their learning goals. Core Curriculum Courses These courses provide volunteers with important information, ideas, and procedures to fulfill various Council roles. Note that the New Troop Leader Training is a required course for all new leaders and assistant leaders and must be completed within 30 days of it being assigned in gsLearn. Archery Certification Courses This section outlines the new USA Archery procedures for the registration and completion of USA Archery Level 1 and Level 2 Instructor courses. Courses are grouped in the following categories:

Senior, Grades 9-10 Ambassador, Grades 11-12

Daisy, Grades K-1 Brownie, Grades 2-3 Junior, Grades 4-5 Cadette, Grades 6-8

All: All grade levels

Seniors and Ambassadors are welcome to attend courses in this publication, unless otherwise indicated. They would register as an adult but must bring a signed parent permission form. Course Registration For detailed online registration instructions and how to register via paper application, see page 58.

For Assistance with registering, please contact the Answer Center at 314.400.4600 or answercenter@girlscoutsem.org .

For information about our Council’s COVID-19 protocols, including course cancellation and refund policies, please refer to the Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri COVID-19 Response Guidelines.

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