Spring 2023 Lead & Learn

Your Girl Scout Adult Education Team

Shaun Lindhoff Adult Education Coordinator

Libby Kindle Adult Education Coordinator

Welcome to the Spring 2023 Lead & Learn!

To everything there is a season, and Lead & Learn is no exception. Spring and summer will soon be upon us, bringing a new set of training needs for volunteers. Gone this edition is the Product Programs section of the course catalog. Taking its place is a huge section on Aquatics, full of not only course information, but also everything you need to know about the trained personnel and adult-to-girl ratios required to take girls on a boating adventure both on and off our camp lakes. Speaking of boating adventures, we adults deserve to have a little fun, too! Back by popular demand is Canoeing Games, pg. 18, where adults learn how to handle a canoe like a pro while playing games on a camp lake. The best part—no previous aquatics training is required! This FREE course is fantastic if you want to learn or brush up on canoeing strokes, or if you simply want to get out on the lake and play a little for once instead of watching the girls have all the fun. Another course we are particularly excited to bring our volunteers this spring is Youth Mental Health First Aid, pgs. 11 and 38. In this nationally-recognized certification

course, you will learn how to assess mental health challenges in teens and near-teens and the best ways to guide them to the help they need. This is valuable knowledge for volunteers and parents working with older girls. In December, we welcomed Jasmine Miller as the new Senior Manager for Volunteer Support and Customer Experience. This is a brand-new position that will strengthen our council’s focus on adult volunteers so that we can provide even better support to you. We hope you get a chance to meet her soon! And finally, we would like to remind all our volunteers to take advantage of the Adult Education surveys that accompany each GSEM-created course in gsLearn, or give us feedback personally. Your feedback helps us in Adult Education shape our courses to meet your needs and provides guidance for our continuous improvement. Have a great spring and summer, and we look forward to hearing from you!

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