Older Girl Training Calendar 2011 - 2012
Do you like to plan out your whole year? The classes in this calendar, such as Program Aide Core, Trip Planning, Backpacking, and Prepare 2B Ready can be found here for the whole year. We have some changes too! Any classes that are added during the year will be added to this calendar. Sign up for these classes individually through the “Older Girl Training Calendar” section of Ecouncil.
Awards│Lifeguard/First Aid│ Outdoor│ PA│Trip & Event
Program Aide Training Opportunities
Are you interested in leadership, helping out at Girl Scout events and being a role model? Program Aide training will help you become a confident, effective leader and will teach you skills for working with younger troops and groups. At the end of Program Aide Core class, completion of 25 hours as a program aid and submission of time log you will receive your pin. This is a change from prior years, in past years the pins were presented after taking an Area of Concentration class.
Also changed, Program Aide Areas of Concentration are no longer required. Instead, to enhance your Program Aide skills after taking PA Core, you may wish to attend a Council Program Aide Workshop. These workshops will be especially helpful if you plan to be a Program Aide at a council event.
In some service units, you may have opportunities for Program Aide Workshops offered by adults in your area, either in certain skills or as orientation to serving at a specific service unit event.
In order to become a Program Aide you must:
- Earn a Leader in Action (LiA) Award by working with a group of Brownies who are completing a Girl Scout Brownie journey. As we transition to these new requirements during the 2011-2012 membership year, girls in grades 7 and 8 may take PA Core without completing a LiA Award.
- Have completed 6th grade AND Complete Program Aide Core class
- After you complete Program Aide Core and serve for 25 hours as a Program Aide you will submit a Program Aide Log showing documentation of your hours to receive your pin.
- New this year: Program Aide Areas of Concentration are no longer required. Instead, to enhance your Program Aide skills after taking PA Core, you may wish to attend a council Program Aide Skills Workshop. These workshops will be especially helpful if you plan to be a Program Aide at a council event. See the description and schedule in this calendar for these workshops.
- In some service units, you may have opportunities for Program Aide workshops offered by adults in your area, either in certain skills or as orientation to serving at a specific service unit event. Ask your advisor to talk to other service unit volunteers about the availability of workshops in your area.
- Also new this year: If you took PA Core in 2010-2011 or before, but didn't’t take an Area of Concentration, you may request your Program Aide Pin when you complete your Program Aide log showing 25 hours as a PA, and send it to the Older Girl Training Specialist at the council office in Sacramento. Program Aide patches and Advanced Program Aide Pins have been discontinued.
Program Aide Core
Come prepared to teach a song, craft or game to 8–12 participants.
Who: Girls, grade 7 and above
Fee: $7.00 per girl
Course |
Day |
Date |
Time |
Place |
100 |
Saturday |
8/20/2011 |
1:00 pm - 5:30 pm |
Los Banos |
101 |
Saturday |
9/10/2011 |
10:00 am - 3:00 pm |
Modesto |
102 |
Saturday |
9/24/2011 |
10:00 am - 3:00 pm |
Elk Grove |
103 |
Saturday |
10/1/2011 |
10:00 am - 3:00 pm |
Rancho Cordova |
104 |
Saturday |
10/8/2011 |
10:00 am - 3:00 pm |
Rocklin |
105 |
Saturday |
10/29/2011 |
10:00 am - 3:00 pm |
Folsom |
106 |
Saturday |
11/19/2011 |
10:00 am - 3:00 pm |
Woodland |
107 |
Saturday |
12/3/2011 |
10:00 am - 3:00 pm |
Roseville |
OOB |
Saturday |
1/7/2012 |
10:00 am - 3:00 pm |
Elk Grove |
108 |
Saturday |
1/21/2012 |
10:00 am - 3:00 pm |
Tracy |
109 |
Saturday |
2/4/2012 |
10:00 am - 3:00 pm |
Yuba City |
110 |
Saturday |
4/14/2012 |
10:00 am - 3:00 pm |
Modesto |
111 |
Saturday |
4/21/2012 |
10:00 am - 3:00 pm |
Sacramento |
112 |
Saturday |
5/5/2012 |
10:00 am - 3:00 pm |
Auburn |
Leadership in Action
Find all the details about earning the LiA Awards in the How To Guides for the journeys. Ask your Cadette advisor to look in her How To Guide for the journey your Cadette troop is using. The MEdia guide provides the requirements for helping Brownies on the A World of Girls journey. The Breathe guide contains the requirements for the Brownie WOW! Wonders of Water journey LiA Award. The aMAZE! guide does not contain the requirements for the Brownie Quest LiA Award, but they can be found on www.girlscouts.org, the GSUSA website.
See the Events! Guide for two council overnight events for Brownies that include an opportunity to earn the LiA Award for helping on the Brownie Quest.
Leader-In-Training (L.I.T.)
Girl Scout leaders play a special role in the lives of girls and young women. Becoming a skilled Girl Scout leader takes patience, practice, motivation, and a sense of humor. The Leader-In-Training program was developed to enable Girl Scout Seniors and Ambassador, to acquire the skills and confidence necessary to guide a group of girls. The Leader-In-Training course will prepare you to hold future leadership positions within and outside of Girl Scouts. Upon completion of this training, you will be required to work with a younger Girl Scout troop for a minimum of 25 hours. Training information is available by contacting the Adult Development Older Girl Training Specialist.
Who: Girls, grade 10 and above
When the Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting books are available, this award will have a new name, Volunteer In Training. We expect to complete our transition to the new process for this award by fall of 2012.
Project Learning Tree
These workshops will give you hands-on experience with several of the 96 activities in the Project Learning Tree Environmental Activity Guide. Write Poet-Tree, try out Tree Cookies, go on a School Yard Safari, find out about Living with Fire—these are just a few of the fun learning activities found in the wonderful book you will take home after our workshop. Bring your lunch and be prepared for activities both indoors and out! This class is for adults and Girl Scout Seniors and Ambassadors who would like to provide Project Learning Tree activities for Girl Scout Daisies, Brownies and Juniors. These are great activities for troop program, Day Camps, or service unit and council events.
Who: Girl Scout Seniors, Ambassadors, and adults
Fee: $5.00
Course |
Day |
Date |
Time |
Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
371 |
Saturday |
10/15/2011 |
9:00 am – 3:30 pm |
Davis |
372 |
Saturday |
11/5/2011 |
9:00 am – 3:30 pm |
Modesto |
Take Action Award Training for Girls AND Adults
This class is specifically designed to prepare Girl Scouts, troop leaders and award advisors for success as girls work to earn the Girl Scout Silver or Girl Scout Gold Award®. Participants will learn specifics about award criteria, advisor responsibilities, required paperwork and award deadlines. Girls registering for the class should have completed a Girl Scout Cadette, Senior or Ambassador Journey before taking the class. Girls and adults must register separately for the class, girls in the Older Girl Training and adults in the Adult Education section of Ecouncil.
Fee: $5.00
Course |
Day |
Date |
Time |
Place |
15 |
Wednesday |
8/17/2011 |
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm |
Roseville |
121 |
Tuesday |
9/13/2011 |
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm |
Elk Grove |
122 |
Saturday |
9/24/2011 |
9:30am – 12:00 pm |
Sacramento |
123 |
Wednesday |
10/5/2011 |
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm |
El Dorado Hills |
124 |
Saturday |
10/8/2011 |
9:30am – 12:00 pm |
Modesto |
125 |
Tuesday |
10/18/2011 |
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm |
Roseville |
126 |
Sunday |
10/23/2011 |
9:30 am - 12:00 pm |
Sacramento |
127 |
Wednesday |
11/2/2011 |
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm |
Stockton |
128 |
Saturday |
11/12/2011 |
9:30am – 12:00 pm |
Sacramento |
129 |
Thursday |
11/17/2011 |
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm |
Woodland |
130 |
Saturday |
11/19/2011 |
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm |
Yuba City |
131 |
Thursday |
12/1/2011 |
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm |
Carmichael |
132 |
Wednesday |
12/7/2011 |
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm |
Orangevale |
133 |
Wednesday |
1/11/2012 |
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm |
Modesto |
134 |
Saturday |
1/14/2012 |
9:30am – 12:00 pm |
Davis |
135 |
Saturday |
2/4/2012 |
9:30 am – 12:00 pm |
Tracy |
135 |
Tuesday |
2/28/2012 |
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm |
Elk Grove |
136 |
Saturday |
3/31/2012 |
9:30am – 12:00 pm |
El Dorado Hills |
137 |
Tuesday |
4/17/2012 |
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm |
Sacramento |
138 |
Friday |
5/4/2012 |
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm |
Rocklin |
139 |
Wednesday |
6/13/2012 |
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm |
Rancho Cordova |
140 |
Saturday |
8/11/2012 |
9:30am – 12:00 pm |
Sacramento |
First Aid–Level 1
This course is designed to expand your awareness of accident prevention, as well as teach you first aid and CPR skills. You DO NOT have to take this course from Girl Scouts Heart of Central California in order to learn basic first aid and CPR. Check with your community to see if a course is being offered. The training offered by this council for Girl Scout Level I is Medic First Aid Pediatric First Aid and CPR. Placement preference will be given to those girls who have submitted the Girl Scout Gold Award Application and/or GSHCC Rose Award Intent form. This training is not open to adults.
Who: Girls, grade 7 and above
Fee: $20.00 per girl
Course |
Day |
Date |
Time |
Place |
150 |
Saturday |
10/15/2011 |
8:30 am - 4:00 pm |
Modesto |
151 |
Saturday |
10/29/2011 |
8:30 am - 4:00 pm |
Sacramento |
152 |
Saturday |
1/21/2012 |
8:30 am - 4:00 pm |
El Dorado Hills |
153 |
Saturday |
3/24/2012 |
8:30 am - 4:00 pm |
Roseville |
154 |
Saturday |
5/12/2012 |
8:30 am - 4:00 pm |
Modesto |
155 |
Saturday |
5/12/2012 |
8:30 am - 4:00 pm |
Sacramento |
American Red Cross Lifeguard Training
The ARC Basic Lifeguard course is generally offered in the spring in local recreation and park districts or at local colleges and universities and fills quickly, so register early. If you plan to lifeguard at lake, river, or stream environments, you must also take Waterfront Lifeguard course components. Please complete an American Red Cross Basic Lifeguard course in your area. Contact the council if you are interested in adding Waterfront Lifeguard components to your certification. Dates, fee, and location for the waterfront components offered by GSHCC will be announced on the council Web site. For more information about water safety and lifeguarding, see the Girl Scouts Heart of Central California Adult Education Guide and Safety Activity Checkpoints.
Introduction to Backpacking
Prerequisite: Troop Camper badge or Camping interest project or prior backpacking experience
Come to this “in town” training and learn the essentials of backpacking. At this training you will learn how to pack, plan and prepare for your next backpacking trip, even try your hand at cooking a gourmet meal on a backpacking stove. Discover answers to all your backpacking questions such as: Where do you store your food overnight? How do you filter water? What does “Leave No Trace” mean? How do you choose a campsite? And what lightweight fabrics are best to keep you warm and dry? Come prepared to participate in hands-on activities, and dress comfortably. This class is a pre-requisite to Beginning Backpacking.
Who: Girls, grade 6 and above
Fee: $13.00 per person
Course |
Day |
Date |
Time |
Place |
32 |
Sunday |
1/29/2012 |
12:30 pm - 5:30 pm |
Sacramento |
33 |
Sunday |
4/22/2012 |
12:30 pm - 5:30 pm |
Sacramento |
Beginning Backpacking
Prerequisite: Introduction to Backpacking
Now that you’ve taken Introduction to Backpacking, it’s time to go on your first backpacking trip! Attend the pre-session to plan the menus and share equipment with your patrol. Learn about traveling on durable surfaces and how to avoid and prevent encounters with wildlife on the trail. Find out which backpack frame is best for you. Learn how to plan, and prepare for a moderate hike with gentle elevation. During the weekend trip you will practice the principles of Leave No Trace. Locations of the trips will be announced at each mandatory pre-session.
Who: Girls, grade 7 and older
Fee: $20.00 per person
Course |
|
Day |
Date |
Time |
Place |
170 |
Preplan |
Saturday |
6/9/2012 |
8:00 am - 12pm |
Sacramento office |
|
Overnight |
Sat/Sun |
6/23 & 24 |
6:30 am Sat - |
Meet at the Sac Office |
Leave No Trace Trainer Course
Prerequisite: Camping experience
This 16 hour overnight will teach you all you need to know to become a Leave No Trace trainer and be able to teach younger girls how they can protect the environment while doing outdoor activities. You will learn fun activities to teach others and receive training on each of the seven principles of Leave No Trace. Each participant will be asked to make a 20 minute presentation on a Leave No Trace topic of their choice. All meals and camping site fees are included in the cost of the class. This class is open to both girls and adults, adults register through the Adult Education Guide.
Who: Girls, grade 9 and older
Fee: $25.00 per girl
Course |
Day |
Date |
Time |
Place |
22 |
Sat-Sun |
10/29 & 30/2011 |
10:00 am - 12:00 pm |
Fleming |
23 |
Sat-Sun |
2/4 & 5/2012 |
10:00 am - 12:00 pm |
Fleming |
Archery Training
Participants will receive USA Archery Basic Instructor certification, which is valid for three years. This course meets Safety Activity Checkpoints requirements for adult supervision of archery activities. Course enrollment is a maximum of 12 participants. Girl Scouts aged 16 and older may register for this class. Non-members pay an additional fee.
Fee $30.00
Course |
Day |
Date |
Time |
Place |
183 |
Saturday |
5/14/2011 |
9:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Sacramento |
Trip Planning
Want to travel? You won’t want to miss this training! In Trip Planning, you will learn how to work with adults to plan and carry out trips of all types, lengths, and destinations. You will also learn about money-earning policies, emergency procedures, housing, budgeting and resource tips. This class is required for troops/groups planning trips of three nights or more or traveling distances greater than 250 miles one way from home. You must attend this training with an adult planning partner. Adults register through the Adult Education Guide.
The last portion of the class will concentrate on international travel.
Who: Girls, grade 6 and older
Fee: $2.50 per person
Course |
Day |
Date |
Time |
Place |
350 |
Saturday |
10/15/2011 |
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
Roseville |
351 |
Sunday |
12/4/2011 |
1:30 pm - 5:30 pm |
Modesto |
352 |
Saturday |
1/21/2012 |
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm |
Stockton |
353 |
Saturday |
2/4/2012 |
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
Davis |
354 |
Wednesday |
2/15/2012 |
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
Modesto |
355 |
Saturday |
3/24/2012 |
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
Sacramento |
356 |
Saturday |
5/19/2012 |
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
Sacramento |
357 |
Wednesday |
5/30/2012 |
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
Modesto |
Prepare 2B Ready
This class is for girls only! Learn how to plan and implement a fun and safe event of any size. Receive information about important event planning forms and safety requirements for service unit or award project events. This course is required for girls planning an event for their Girl Scout Silver or Girl Scout Gold Award project.
Who: Girls, grade 6 and above
Fee: $2.50 per girl
Course |
Day |
Date |
Time |
Place |
90 |
Saturday |
8/20/2011 |
8:30 am – 12:30 pm |
Los Banos |
OOB |
Friday |
9/23/2011 |
4:40 pm - 8:30 pm |
Marysville |
600 |
Saturday |
10/1/2011 |
10:00 am - 2:00 pm |
Elk Grove |
601 |
Saturday |
11/5/2011 |
10:00 am - 2:00 pm |
Roseville |
602 |
Saturday |
12/10/2011 |
10:00 am - 2:00 pm |
Rancho Cordova |
603 |
Saturday |
1/14/2012 |
10:00 am - 2:00 pm |
Modesto |
604 |
Saturday |
1/28/2012 |
10:00 am - 2:00 pm |
EDH |
605 |
Saturday |
3/17/2012 |
10:00 am - 2:00 pm |
Modesto |
606 |
Saturday |
4/14/2012 |
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
Davis |
607 |
Saturday |
5/12/2012 |
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
Sacramento |
