Progression in Girl Planning and Leadership

In the Girl Scout Leadership Experience, adult leaders and advisors help develop girls' leadership skills by following the three processes of Girl-Led; Learning by Doing; and Cooperative Learning.  As girls age up, they take on progressively more responsibility for running their troop, planning activities, designating assignments to others, and ensuring fair and equal involvement of all girls.  The following are suggestions for building in progression in leadership in the Girl Scout program:

Daisies

• Government - Daisy Circle
• Adult role – Leader (offer limited choices)
• Girl role – make choices from those given

Brownies

• Government - Brownie Ring
• Adult role – Leader (oversee and guide – build in success)
• Girl role – brainstorming, thinking about implications of decisions, voting

Juniors

• Government - Patrols
• Adult role - Role Model (encourage healthy risk taking)
• Girl role – increased responsibility for decision making, planning, and carry through

Cadettes

• Government - Town Meetings
• Adult role - Mentor (create safe space to fail)
• Girl role – help plan meetings and activities; designate who does what

Senior and Ambassadors

• Government – Executive Board with officers
• Adult role – Advisory (step in only for safety reasons)
• Girl role – all planning and implementation, consulting with adults as needed 

By building progressive leadership into the Girl Scout experience, we help young women gain the inner skills they need to successfully meet life with courage, confidence and character.