Leadership Philosophy
The Leadership Experience
Age-appropriate activities in Girl Scouting introduce girls to new concepts. Through these activities, caring adults encourage girls to explore a variety of related topics, empower them with the ability to choose the directions they will take to accomplish a goal, and then support them as they put their ideas into action. The experience often illuminates a girl's personal skills and interests and gives them the confidence to make an impact with their words and actions.
The New Girl Scout Leadership Experience represents a leap forward in how Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character.
In Girl Scouting, Discover + Connect + Take Action=Leadership. All Girl Scout experiences are intentionally designed to tie to one or more of the 15 national leadership outcomes, or benefits, categorized under the three keys to leadership.
Discover: Girls understand themselves and their values and use their knowledge and skills to explore the world. For example, girls in grades 4 and 5 learn to be better able to recognize how situations, attitudes, and the behaviors of others affect their sense of self.
Connect: Girls care about, inspire, and team with others locally and globally. In the Connect leadership key, girls in grades 2 – 3 are better able to show empathy toward others and can apply basic strategies for conflict resolution when conflicts arise.
Take Action: Girls act to make the world a better place. As an example, high-school-age girls can use their advocacy skills and knowledge to be more active on behalf of a cause, issue, or person, locally or globally.
The following 15 outcomes outline the specific knowledge, skills, attitudes, behaviors, and values girls gain in Girl Scouting.
Discover
- Girls develop a strong sense of self
- Girls develop positive values
- Girls gain practical life skills
- Girls seek challenges in the world
- Girls develop critical thinking
Connect
- Girls develop healthy relationships
- Girls promote cooperation and team building
- Girls resolve conflicts
- Girls advance diversity in a multicultural world
- Girls feel connected to their communities locally and globally
Take Action
- Girls identify community needs
- Girls become resourceful problem solvers
- Girls advocate for themselves and others, locally and globally
- Girls educate and inspire others
- Girls feel empowered to make a difference in the world
Information linked from the website http://www.girlscoutsgcnwi.org/leadership-philosophy
