The Girl Scout community is hard at work preparing for a major transformation centered on building the world's best leadership experience that ties activities to outcomes, provides distinct experiences for girls from kindergarten through high school, and offers flexible membership opportunities (pathways) for today's diverse and busy girls and volunteers.

Fall 2008 marks the beginning of the transition to the Girl Scout Leadership Experience.  GSCCV, with guidance from GSUSA, is providing an outline to facilitating membership and program.  The many changes occurring during this transition have been broken down to view in segments.  In the February 22^nd edition of Pulseline was presented Part 1 of information regarding the New Leadership experience.  Below is Part 2.

Program:

The Basics
-What is the Girl Scout Leadership Experience?
-What are the three keys to leadership and how do they relate to the Leadership model?
-What are the Girl Scout processes?

Books
-What are the books for girls in the first series of leadership journeys?
-When will the first journeys be available?
-How many other journeys will be developed and when will they be available?
-Will the journeys be translated into Spanish?
-How much will the books cost?
-What will happen to existing badge books, handbooks, and STUDIO 2B books?

Awards
-What new awards can girls earn with the It’s Your World-Change It! journeys?
-Can girls still earn badges, apart from journeys?
-What is the future of badges?
-What about local badge activities?
-How do the Girl Scout Bronze, Silver, and Gold Awards fit into the Girl Scout Leadership Experience?
-How can Girl Scout councils prepare for the future of the Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards?

Uniforms

Grade Level Specifics
-Is there enough program content to provide a meaningful experience for Daisies?
-What will be special for the new Ambassador level? How will girls bridge?

New Membership Levels
-What are the new grade levels?
-What changes will be made to the membership registration forms?
-How will home-schooled or independently registered Girl Scouts use the journey materials?
-How will multilevel groups use the journeys?


Outcomes and Transforming Leadership:
-What is Transforming Leadership?
-How do I use the Transforming Leadership outcomes reference tables?
-What is the difference between outcomes and indicators/signs?
-I can think of more indicators/signs for each outcome than Transforming Leadership lists. What do I do now?
-Can we just take indicators on the tables and measure outcomes from them?
-My council wants to bring its program offerings in line with the New Girl Scout Leadership Experience. Does that mean each of our program activities should achieve all 15 outcomes?
-Are there other ways Transforming Leadership can assist our efforts?
-What are the next steps in terms of outcomes and measurement?
-How can councils communicate the success they are having in using Transforming Leadership?


Volunteer Training:
-How will we prepare volunteers for the New Girl Scout Leadership Experience?
-Will all volunteers have to take training again?
-Will there still be a role for trainers in a council?
-Will GSUSA be providing position descriptions and learning courses to support these new roles?
-Can our current trainers deliver the new Leadership Essentials course without being “re-trained our council”?
-What is happening with adult recognitions?