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  Junior Aide Cadette and Senior
Program Aide (PA)
Leader-
in-Training
(LIT)
Counselor-
in-Training
(CIT)
Counselor-
in-Training II
(CITII)
Senior Girl
Scout Troop
Assistant
(SGSTA)

Required Age Level

Grades 4-6 Completed
6th grade
Completed
9th grade
Completed 10th grade Completed 10th grade Completed 10th grade

Training Needed?

No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Recognitions
awarded
after training
completion
n/a PA Pin LIT Pin CIT Pin CIT II Pin SGSTA Pin
Internship
Hours
Needed
No specific requirements 25 hours 25 hours
actual work,
project spans
5-8 month period
Minimum
of 2 weeks
at camp
Minimum
of 2-4 weeks
at camp
Commit to
full year
with troop

Recognitions
Earned

Junior Aide
Award
PA Patch LIT Patch CIT Patch n/a n/a
Other Requirements
found on
page 198-199
in Junior
handbook
Complete
training to
become
specialized
in a certain
area (songs,
ceremonies,
sports, etc.)
n/a n/a Complete
training to
become
specialized
in a certain
area (songs,
ceremonies,
sports, etc.)
Must have completed
LIT project
Junior Aide Back to top
While earning the Junior Aide Award, you will help Daisy, Brownie or bridging Brownie Girl Scouts. You will also learn more about things you like to do, grow in leadership skills, and be a role model to younger Girl Scouts.

Requirements:
  • Current Girl Scout registration.

  • Step 1, Get Ready: talk with the person helping you in Girl Scouting about becoming a Junior Aide.  With help, find a troop or group of younger girls you can work with.

  • Step 2, Get Set: Talk to the leader of the troop/group of younger girls.  Find out what you can do to help.  Make a plan to help lead activities during at least three meetings. 

  • Step 3, Go!: Meet with the younger girls.  Help with activities.
     
  • No specific hour requirements.
Cadette Program Aide (PA) Back to top
As a program aide you will have the opportunity to work directly with younger girls.  An adult volunteer or staff member will supervise you as you share your experience and develop your leadership skill.

Requirements:
  • Current Girl Scout registration.

  • Must have completed the 6th grade.

  • Receive approximately 10 hours of training and then give 25 hours of service.

  • Through instruction from your council, you will specialize in an area such as science, crafts, or adapting activities for girls with disabilities, and then put your skills to work in troops, day camps or special council events.

          

Date Time Community Location Event Code
Sept 27,2009 10:00AM -3:00P Grand Forks, ND# GSDH Service Center GMTRAIN-PAIDE_-D2-092709
Oct 22,2009 9:00AM -2:00PM Bismarck, ND*# GSDH Service Center GMTRAIN-PAIDE_-D1-102209
Nov 7,2009 12:00PM -5:00PM Rapid City, SD*# GSDH Service Center GMTRAIN-PAIDE_-D4-110709
Nov 9,2009 9:00AM -2:00PM Fargo, ND**#    GSDH Service Center GMTRAIN-PAIDE_-D2-110909
Nov 21,2009 12:00 PM -5:00 PM Sioux Falls, SD GSDH Service Center GMTRAIN-PAIDE_-D3-112109
Dec 6,2009 12:00PM -5:00PM Aberdeen, SD**# GSDH Service Center GMTRAIN-PAIDE_-D3-120609
Mar 12,2010 9:00AM -2:00PM Fargo, ND**#   GSDH Service Center GMTRAIN-PAIDE_-D2-031210
Mar 13,2009 12:00PM -5:00PM Rapid City, SD*# GSDH Service Center GMTRAIN-PAIDE_-D4-031310
Mar 27,2010 12:00PM -5:00PM Sioux Falls, SD GSDH Service Center GMTRAIN-PAIDE_-D3-032710
May 8,2010 9:00AM -4:00PM Bismarck, ND*# Camp Neche GMTRAIN-PAIDE_-D1-050810
May 15,2010 9:00AM -2:00PM Minot, ND# Camp Owetti GMTRAIN-PAIDE_-D1-051510
May 30,2010 10:00AM -3:00PM Grand Forks, ND# GSDH Service Center GMTRAIN-PAIDE_-D2-053010
  Min 5 Girls; **Min 10 Girls #Bring Lunch    

 

Senior Program Aide (PA) Back to top
As a senior program aide, you work directly with a troop or camp unit of younger girls under the supervision of an adult volunteer or staff member. Being a program aide is an opportunity to share your expertise with other Girl Scouts on a variety of projects and issues. 

Requirements:
  • Current Girl Scout  registration.

  • Participate in approximately 10 hours of training and then give 25 hours of service.
Leader-In-Training (LIT) Back to top
A Leader-In-Training completes a group leadership course and works with a mentor leader in a Daisy, Brownie, Junior or Cadette Girl Scout troop. 

Requirements:
  • Current Girl Scout  registration.

  • A Leader-In-Training must have completed ninth grade before beginning this project.
     
  • A Leader-In-Training project usually spans a five to eight month period, with time divided between course sessions and 25 hours of actual work with a troop or Girl Scout group.
Date Time Community Location Event Code
Sept 12, 2009 10:00AM - 2:00PM Bismarck, ND# GSDH Service Center GMTRAIN-LITBIS-D1-091209
Nov 14, 2009 9:00AM - 1:00PM Minot, ND GSDH Service Center GMTRAIN-LITMOT-D1-111409
Jan 23, 2010 10:00AM - 2:00PM Grand Forks, ND# GSDH Service Center

GMTRAIN-LITGFK-D2-012310

    #Bring Lunch    



Senior Girl Scout Troop Assistant (SGSTA) Back to top
A Senior Girl Scout who wants to assist a Girl Scout leader with an established troop can become a troop assistant. 

Requirements:
  • Current Girl Scout  registration.

  • Completed LIT project.

  • Must have completed the tenth grade.

  • Make a full year commitment to a troop.
Counselor-In-Training (CIT) Back to top

Counselor-In-Training offers older Girl Scouts the opportunity to work with children in the out-of-doors.  The training includes regular hours devoted to classes, plus actual experience in camp units where the CIT works directly with the girls under the supervision of a camp counselor or unit leader. 

Requirements:
  • Current Girl Scout  registration.

  • Complete an outdoor group leadership course.

  • Must have completed the tenth grade.

  • Work directly with girls at camp under the supervision of a camp counselor or unit leader.

 


Date Time Community Location Event Code
Apr 10, 2010 10:00AM - 2:00PM Minot, ND GSDH Service Center GMTRAIN-CITMOT-D1-041010
Apr 23, 2010 6:00PM - 10:00PM Bismarck, ND GSDH Service Center GMTRAIN-CITBIS-D1-042310
Counselor-In-Training II Back to top

In your second year of Counselor-In-Training, you will have an opportunity to concentrate in a particular area.  You might become a nature specialist, an art specialist, or even work in areas of administration or maintenance of the camp. 

Requirements:
  • Current Girl Scout  registration.

  • Completion of CIT project.

 


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