This training is required for new Troop Leaders.

**This training is virtual. You will receive the Zoom information in your receipt. Please scroll ALL the way down to the bottom on your receipt to access it. **

During this training, we will discuss how to get started as a Girl Scout Troop Leader. Topics will include:

• Troop Leader training path and how to login to our online training platform, gsLearn
• Volunteer Resources and the Volunteer Toolkit (VTK)
• Keeping girls safe – Safety Activity Checkpoints, Permission Slips and Health History Forms, and volunteer-to-girl ratios
• The Girl Scout Leadership Experience (GSLE)
• The Girl Scout Program (this will be discussed more in-depth at your Level Essentials training)
• Guiding your troop experience including meeting logistics, troop communication and parent meetings/getting adults to help
• Your first troop meeting
• Funding the fun, finances, product programs (Fall Product and Cookies) and how to open a Girl Scout bank account
• Organizational structure and Service Units, what they are and how to connect with local volunteers
• Girl Scout Resources