Welcome to Cadette and Senior Girl Scouting! If you started Girl Scouting when you were younger,
 you already know some of the many opportunities available to you. But If you're just beginning 
Girl Scouting you will be surprised  by how much there is to do!
   Cadette Girl Scouts are girls who are in 6th-9th grade or are 11 - 14 years old. 
Senior Girl Scouts are in 9th-12th grade or are 14 - 17 years old. 
Girl Scouting at this level is really exciting. Girls, with their troop/group, 
plan the activities they want to do.

Teens across America said:

• Being a teen can be crazy, sometimes you may feel uncertain and other times you feel as if you
  could conquer the world!
• You want a place to talk about life and real issues.
• Finding your own style is just as important as finding inner peace.
• Sometimes you need a quiet space to just be and other times you want to experiment,
  explore, create and discover the world.
• You are ready to leave your mark on the world, deal with real issues and dream big dreams.

IF YOU WANT A MORE TRADITIONAL PROGRAM BELOW ARE SOME
 POINTS FROM THE CADETTE
 AND SENIOR HANDBOOKS AND IPA BOOK: 

Forms    Cadette GS Challenge  Cadette GS Leadership Award 
    Career Exploration Pin  Community Service Bars and Community Service Opportunities   
  Counselor-in-Training,Counselor-in-Training II   From Dreams to Reality Patch    GS Silver Award  
 GS Gold Award  Interest Project Patches   Leader-in-Training   PA Patch and Pin  
  Religious Recognitions    Senior GS Challenge    Senior GS Leadership Award
Senior GS Troop Assistant   Ten Year Pin    Wider Opportunities  Award Training 
 Links for Cd/Sr Help

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Some of these forms were adapted from forms found on
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who have spent hours developing these great forms!!

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   Forms for Troop use only...
 Cadette Girl Scouts |  Senior Girl Scouts

Forms to Return to the Council for Silver Award
 Silver Award
Forms to Return to the Council for Gold Award
 Gold Award  

Cadette Girl Scout Challenge & Senior Girl Scout Challenge

The Cadette Girl Scout Challenge and the Senior Girl Scout Challenge help girls to learn more about
themselves & others. There are five areas to the Challenge, which may be completed in any order.
The Challenges ask girls to look deeply into themselves and reflect and work towards being a better person.

Cadette Girl Scout Leadership Award & Senior Girl Scout Leadership Award

The Cadette Girl Scout Leadership Award & the Senior Girl Scout Leadership Award encourage
girls to participate in leadership activities. Cadette Girl Scouts must complete a minimum of 25
hours in at least 2 different leadership positions; each position must be for a minimum of 3 hours.
Senior Girl Scouts must complete a minimum of 30 hours in at least 2 different leadership positions;
each position must be for a minimum of 3 hours. For Senior Girl Scouts, the girls must choose
leadership roles from a list in the Resource Book for Senior Girl Scouts.

Career Exploration Pin

The Career Exploration Pin for Senior Girl Scouts requires girls to learn real career skills. First girls
must learn about career exploration, then they must prepare their own resume. Finally, girls must
participate in one of five activities that promote career exploration. These include: planning a
career fair, a career exploration trip, a career internship, getting a paying job, or starting their
own business.

Community Service Bars and Community Service Opportunities

An essential component of Girl Scouting is Community Service. Girl Scouts and their troops
have done all kinds of projects. Some have gone to Union Station and helped the homeless; others
have gone to an after school program where they helped the children with homework. The possibilities
are endless. To recognize Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts for their achievements are three different
Community Service Bars: The Cadette Girl Scout Community Service Bar, The Senior Girl Scout
Community Service Bar, and The Community Service Bar for Contributions to Girl Scouting. The
Cadette and Senior Girl Scout Community Service Bars allow girls to work with any organization,
while The Community Service Bar for Contributions to Girl Scouting is offered only to girls who
volunteer in a Girl Scout organization. Each pin requires that girls be trained for a minimum of four
hours and then that they volunteer for 25 hours. The hours used for these recognitions may
not be applied to any other recognitions.

Counselor-in-Training, Counselor-in-Training II

CIT, as it is commonly referred to, is a program that enables girls to better understand Girl
Scout practices and principles related to camping and outdoor education. This leadership
opportunity, available only to Senior Girl Scouts, is an opportunity to reward girls with the
experience and challenges of working with younger girls. All CIT and CIT II programs take place
at resident camp facilities. Allows Senior Girl Scouts the opportunity to experience the challenges
and rewards of working with younger girls in an outdoor setting. Core training will enable you to
better understand the Girl Scout practices and principles related to camping and outdoor education,
including certain content areas such as minimal impact camping and crafts. It also enables you to
gain insights into the responsibilities of managing a camp through direct involvement in daily
administrative activities.
Age Level Must have completed the 10th grade and 16 years old.
Training ten-hour core course and five - seven hours of observation.
Internship At least two weeks at a resident camp
Responsibilities Assist camp staff in planning and overseeing activities. Ensure campers in
  her care are always safe. Act as a role model. Arrive promptly at events and activities.
  Provide leader with parent permission slip. Complete leadership project evaluation form.
Recognition CIT patch upon completion of internship; CIT pin upon completion of training.

From Dreams to Reality Patch

The From Dreams to Reality Patch is one of the required recognitions for the Girl Scout Silver
Award. Through it, girls will begin to explore careers, particularly careers of women.

Girl Scout Silver Award

The Girl Scout Silver Award is the second highest award in Girl Scouting, and the highest
award a Cadette Girl Scout may earn. It is symbolic of accomplishments in Girl Scouting and
community activities, as you grow and work to better your life and the lives of others. The first
four requirements of the Girl Scout Silver Award help you build skills, explore careers, gain
leadership skills, and make a commitment to improving yourself. The final activity, the Girl
Scout Silver Award Project can be undertaken when the first four requirements are completed.
In addition to earning three interest project patches, the From Dreams to Reality Patch, the
Cadette Leadership Pin, and the Cadette Girl Scout Challenge, girls must plan, develop,
and implement a project. The project needs to be at least 30 hours from inception
through to the end.
Have you ever wanted to learn about the Silver Award? Now is your chance to learn
everything you ever wanted about the Silver Award. Meet with the Program Manager and hear
all about the projects you may wish to choose. A Silver Award Booklet containing paperwork
necessary to complete your Silver Award, the Silver Award process, adult/partnership and
tips on choosing your Silver Award Project.

Forms to use for Silver Award:
Silver Award

Silver Award Requirements and Guidelines

Requirements:
Silver Award Projects are approved by the project advisor or troop leader.
1. Earn three interest project patches related to the Silver Award project. It is important
that the interest projects chosen correspond to a girl's goals for the Silver Award. It does
not matter, however, when a girl actually completes a particular interest project
(provided she was a registered Cadette Girl Scout).
Girls should work closely with their Silver Award Project Advisor to determine which interest
projects correspond to their Silver Award.
2. Earn the From Dreams to Reality patch.
   OR
    Complete five career activities from any of those that appear in Interest
Projects for Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts. Girls may do several from one
interest project or choose among several.
3. Earn the Cadette Girl Scout Leadership Award.
    OR
    Earn the Leadership Interest Project Patch.
4. Earn the Cadette Girl Scout Challenge.
5. Design and carry out a Girl Scout Silver Award Project.

Silver Award Project Guidelines:
1. Project may be done in or outside of Girl Scouting. If in Girl Scouting, girls must
reach out into the community in some way. For example, using people outside of Girl
Scouting as resources.
2. Project must take a minimum of 30 hours; this includes all planning and the
execution of the project.
Actual implementation of the project should take from 7 to 10 hours.
3. Silver Award Projects may be completed as a group provided each girl meets
the 30-hour requirement.
4. Understand Safety-Wise.
5. If the project is going to impact Girl Scouting or Girl Scout Property, contact GSAC.
6. If a girl is planning to raise money, she must get approval from the council.
7.If a girl's project is an event, she must complete an Intent to Operate an
Event form and purchase Additional Insurance, if needed.

Girl Scout Gold Award

The Girl Scout Gold Award is the highest award in Girl Scouting. Many colleges and
universities offer Gold Award scholarships. In addition to earning four interest project
patches, the Career Exploration Pin, the Senior Leadership Pin, and the Senior Girl
Scout Challenge, girls must plan, develop, and implement a project. The project needs
to be at least 50 hours from inception through to the end. Gold Award Projects must be
approved by the Gold Award Review Board.
Someone once described the Girl Scout Gold Award as being “what you really
want to be remembered for” in Girl Scouting. For many, the leadership skills, organizational
skills, and sense of community and commitment that come from “going for the gold” cement
the foundation for a lifetime of active citizenship. For more information about the Gold Award,
and available trainings, please contact your Troop/Group Leader or Service Unit Manager.
the Gold Award process, adult/partner guidelines and tips on choosing your Gold Award Project.

Forms to Return to the Council for Gold Award
Gold Award

Gold Award Requirements and Guidelines

Requirements:
Requirements 1 through 4 must be completed, in any order, before beginning a Gold Award Project.
Do not begin project without approval from the Gold Award Project Review Board.
1. Earn four interest project patches on topics related to Gold Award Project.
2. Earn the Career Exploration Pin.
3. Earn the Senior Girl Scout Leadership Award.
4. Earn the Senior Girl Scout Challenge.
5. Plan and implement a Girl Scout Gold Award Project that requires at least 50 hours of work.

Gold Award Project Guidelines:
1. Project should meet an expressed need in the community. Community service is always done without
expectation of payment or reward.
2. Girls are encouraged to go beyond the Girl Scouting community. If the project involves Girl Scouts,
some segment of the project plan must include the outlying community. (For example, involving volunteers
from outside agencies to help.)
3. Girls must select a project advisor or consultant. This person may be a troop leader, but it is not required
that they are. If the role of advisor is filled by your troop leader or parent/guardian, a girl must seek guidance
from a content expert for at least a part of her project (for example, an arborist if they are planting trees).
4. Girls may enlist others to help, or work through organizations to put a project in place, but it is a girl's vision
and leadership that should make it happen. The committee will approve no "canned" projects.
5. Girls must consider at the outset what funding is necessary to successfully execute the project. Create a
realistic budget that does not rely on securing grants or raising large sums of money for other organizations;
however girls can ask for goods and services. Any fundraising or solicitation of materials must be
approved by GSAC.
6. The project must take a time commitment of 50 hours, at a minimum. Keep a log of hours to share with
project advisor. This time includes planning, making contacts, training others, and actually
implementing the project.
7. If the project is ongoing, plan how it can be sustained or maintained.
8. Always check Safety-Wise when planning a project. If project involves proposing to
address "sensitive issues" as defined in Safety-Wise, girls will need to follow GSUSA and council
guidelines for Girl Scout involvement and have council permission before beginning.
9. Group projects may be done, but require that each girl's responsibilities are clearly defined and each girl
must meet the 50 hour requirement on her own. To determine if a project can be done as a group, ask the
question "will my portion of the project meet all of the requirements without my partners' portion?"

Girl Scout Gold Award-- Gold Award Schedule for 2003-2004
Application Deadlines: Completed applications with documentation of achievement of all prerequisites along
with a project proposal and an estimated project completion should be mailed or delivered to the
Girl Scouts of the Appalachian Council, Inc.
Attn: Program Manager
P.O. Box 3100 CRS
Johnson City, TN 37602.

ALL applications must be received two weeks prior to presenting your plan to the Gold Award Review
Task Group. Otherwise Applications will not be reviewed until the next scheduled meeting.

Silver, Gold, Wider Opportunities Award Trainings and Reviews:

** NOTE **
February 3 and 14 will be for final reviews only for the Girl Award Event
to be held on May 2004.
October 7 review will be the last date for reviews for the Spring Girl Award Event.
You may present your final Gold Award any time prior
to the February dates if you have completed your project.
All Saturday morning reviews will begin at 10am
All Tuesday reviews will begin at 5pm
All will be held at the Service Center in Johnson City, TN.
Midway reports for all projects are due halfway through the project
time line presented to the Gold Award Review Task Group.--

Interest Project Patches

Interest Project Patches help girls learn about new activities. There are currently over 80 different IPP's,
ranging from All About Birds to Your Own Business, and everything in between. Through an Interest Project
Patch, girls will have an opportunity to build skills, learn about technology, perform a service project and
explore careers. For each IPP girls must complete seven activities: 2 skill builders, 1 technology, 1 service
project, 1 career exploration, then select 2 more activities from any category.

Leader-in-Training and Senior Girl Scout Troop Assistant

Leader-in-Training and Senior Girl Scout Troop Assistant are programs available to Senior Girl Scouts
to prepare them for leadership positions on the troop level. Both trainings require girls to attend a training
class provided by the Girl Scout Council and perform an internship. Becoming a skillful Girl Scout
leader takes practice, patience, motivation and a sense of humor.
The Leader-in-Training (LIT) project was created so Senior Girl Scouts could acquire the skills
and hold future leadership positions within and outside Girl Scouting.
Age Level Must have completed 9th Grade
Training  Eight to ten hours core course and three to five hours of observation of desired troop/group level
Internship At least 25 hours preparing and working with an assigned troop/group within five 
to eight month period.
Responsibilities Assist mentor leader with planning activities and facilitating management of 
troop/group. Implement activities (using girl/adult partnership). Act as a role model for  younger girls.
Be punctual and attend meetings. Maintain record of time spent. Provide  leader with parent permission
slip and project evaluation form.
Recognition LIT pin upon completion of training; LIT patch upon completion of internship

The Senior troop assistant is an extension of the LIT project. It enables you to continue
working with a troop! group while providing you with opportunities to refine and expand
your leadership skills. Senior troop assistants will have an opportunity to exercise leadership
skills, engage in public speaking in a group setting, gain a more comprehensive understanding of
Girl Scouting and recognize the challenges and rewards of working with younger girls on a
long-term basis.
Age Level   Must have completed LIT training and internship
Training No additional training required
Responsibilities Plan and implement activities. Assist troop leaders with managing girls.
Act  as a role model for younger girls. Regularly attend scheduled meetings. Maintain record
of  time spent. Provide leader with parent permission slip. Complete leadership project 
evaluation form
NOTE:The Senior Troop Assistant may NOT be counted as an adult
in the required adult/girl ratio.

 
Program Aide Patch and Pin

The Program Aide Patch and Pin allow Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts who have completed 6^th grade to work
with younger girls with an adult leader. Most girls who complete Program Aide Training go on to work in the
summer day camp program, but this is not the only place for Program Aides. Girls must complete 6 hours of
Core Training and 3-4 hours of specialty training. Specialty training can be in almost any area, from arts to
yodeling. After completing training girls are awarded the Program Aide Pin. Upon completion of a
25-hour internship, girls are awarded the Program Aide Patch. Girls may earn the Program Aide
recognitions once as a Cadette Girl Scout and once as a Senior Girl Scout.

If you are interested in working directly with a troop, group or camp unit of younger Girl Scouts, you may
volunteer to become a program aide (PA). A PA is the most basic of the five leadership opportunities.
Core training is designed to foster development of basic leadership skills and to give you a basis for working
with younger Girl Scouts. Specialization training will allow you to become proficient in a particular topic area,
or activity, such as science, crafts song leading, or out-of-doors.
Age Level : Cadette Program Aide- Must be registered as a Cadette Girl Scout and have
completed the 6th grade ;
Senior Program Aide- Must be registered as a Senior Girl Scout and in grades 9-12
Training Six hours core course and three-to four-hour specialization.
Note: Core training  DOES NOT need to be repeated as a Senior if taken at the Cadette level.
Internship At least 25 hours preparing for and working with a troop or group at a particular age level.
Responsibilities Plan with troop/group leader activities within your area of specialization.  Create an
activity book in area of specialization. Attend meetings of assigned troop/group.  Maintain record of time
spent. Arrange for transportation to and from meetings. Provide  leader with parent permission slip.
Complete leadership project evaluation form.
Recognition PA pin upon completion of training will be given to you; PA patch after 25 hours of service

Religious Recognitions

Religious recognitions are available for girls of all ages. For more information, contact the council.

Ten Year Pin

The Ten-Year Pin is a recognition for girls who have been "Girl Members" of Girl Scouting for at
least 10 years. This pin may be awarded only once. The years of membership do
not need to be continuous.

Wider Opportunities

Wider Opportunities are adventures for Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts. They allow girls
to travel across the country and the world. To serve the community. And to gain leadership
skills. Each year different opportunities are available. No two years are ever the same.
Girl Scout Councils from around the country and the world sponsor Wider Opportunities
each year. Wider Opportunities last from 4 days to nearly 4 weeks.
Financial Aid is available for girls.

Help Sites for Cadettes & Seniors :