U.S. A. Girl Scouts - Kuwait Lone Troop Committee CADETTE PROGRAM PLANNER FOR THE GIRL SCOUT SILVER AWARD Name _______________________________________________________________ Address _______________________________________________________________ Phone # _____________________________ Troop # _____________________ Date Bridged to Cadettes ___________________________________________________ Troop Leader _______________________________ Phone # ______________ Silver Consultant _______________________________ Phone # ______________ USAGS - Kuwait Jan. 2000 THE GIRL SCOUT SILVER AWARD The Girl Scout Silver Award recognizes your efforts in a wide range of Girl Scouting experiences and YOUR COMMITMENT to working to better your life and the lives of others. You may begin to work on this award when you become a Cadette Girl Scout. Guidelines for Silver Awards allow girls to begin work on these awards after they have completed bridging activities from Junior Girl Scouts. Requirements started prior to becoming a Cadette Girl Scout may NOT be applied toward this award. If you do not complete all Cadette bridging activities, you are considered to be a Cadette Girl Scout on October 1st and may begin activities towards your Silver on that date. ALL work must be completed while you are a Cadette Girl Scout. There are FIVE requirements for this award. You should work closely with your adult partners in the completion of all the requirements. The first four requirements call upon you to build your skills, explore career possibilities, increase your leadership skills, and make a commitment to improving yourself. You may not use activities to earn credit in more than one area - one activity, one requirement. Refer to pages 135-138 in the Cadette Girl Scout Handbook. The first four requirements may be done in any order, but must be completed BEFORE you work on the fifth requirement, the Girl Scout Silver Award Project. You must discuss your project with your leader and Silver Award Consultant before you start. This enables you to understand what is required and expected of you from the beginning. If you will be doing any fund raising or solicitation of materials as part of your Silver Award, you must have approval from the LTC. Remember that you cannot collect money for other organizations, however you may be able to ask for goods and services. The program planner for the Silver Award should be used to record your completed work. Your Silver Consultant will ask to see this planner and all supporting documents. For the Silver Award requirements, see the next page. REQUIREMENTS FOR THE GIRL SCOUT SILVER AWARD Requirements started BEFORE becoming a Cadette Girl Scout may NOT be used for the Silver Award. 1. Earn 3 Interest Project Patches that relate to your Silver Award project. Cadette/Senior G.S. Interest Project (GSIP)Book 2. Earn the From Dreams to Reality Activities Patch Cadette G.S. Handbook, pg. 127 OR Complete 5 Career Exploration Activities from the I.P. book Cadette/Senior GSIP Book 3. Earn the Cadette Girl Scout Leadership Award Cadette G. S. Handbook, pg. 131 OR Earn the Leadership Interest Project Patch Cadette/Senior GSIP Book, pg. 38-39 4. Earn the Cadette Girl Scout Challenge Cadette G.S. Handbook, pg. 132-134 Consult with your leader and Silver Award Consultant before proceeding 5. Design and carry out a Girl Scout Silver Award Project Cadette G. S. Handbook, pg. 135-138 After completing the above five steps, fill out the Silver Award Cover Sheet (to be used for background when your award is presented to you) and the Silver Award Application Form (to be turned in to the LTC for final approval and ordering of your award.) Then you should arrange a meeting with your Silver Award Consultant to complete the application for your award. A letter will be sent to you and your leader/advisor about acceptance of your Silver Award. Your leader and/or LTC will plan a ceremony with you. You will be awarded your pin at this special ceremony. GIRL SCOUT SILVER AWARD SUMMARY WORKSHEET Name:____________________________________________________ Troop # ______________________ Use this summary sheet to keep track of your progress towards the Silver Award. REQUIREMENT #1 Earn three Interest Project Patches; all three related to your Silver Project. 1. ________________________________________________________ Date Completed _________________ 2. ________________________________________________________ Date Completed _________________ 3. ________________________________________________________ Date Completed _________________ REQUIREMENT #2 Earn the From Dreams to Reality Patch or complete 5 career activities from any of those that appear in Interest Projects for Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts. Date Completed __________________ REQUIREMENT #3 Earn the Cadette Girl Scout Leadership Award or Leadership Interest Project Patch. Leadership award earned _____________________________________ Date Completed__________________ Total Hours: _____________________________ Leadership projects: _____________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ REQUIREMENT #4 Earn the Cadette Girl Scout Challenge. Date Completed ______________ REQUIREMENT #5 Design and carry out a Girl Scout Silver Award Project. Project Idea: _______________________________________________ Date Completed ______________ Total Hours: _____________________________ Project Summary: _________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ THE GIRL SCOUT SILVER AWARD - REQUIREMENT #1 Date Completed ____________________ INTEREST PROJECT NO. 1 Date Patch Received __________________ Leader's/Advisor's Signature ___________________________ INTEREST PROJECT TITLE ___________________________________________________________________________ SB T SP CE Act. # What I Will Do When Advisor Date Hours Completed Spent 1. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Evaluation: What did you learn? (Be sure to include skills learned.) __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ THE GIRL SCOUT SILVER AWARD - REQUIREMENT #1 Date Completed ____________________ INTEREST PROJECT NO. 2 Date Patch Received __________________ Leader's/Advisor's Signature ___________________________ INTEREST PROJECT TITLE ___________________________________________________________________________ SB T SP CE Act. # What I Will Do When Advisor Date Hours Completed Spent 1. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Evaluation: What did you learn? (Be sure to include skills learned.) __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ THE GIRL SCOUT SILVER AWARD - REQUIREMENT #1 Date Completed ____________________ INTEREST PROJECT NO. 3 Date Patch Received __________________ Leader's/Advisor's Signature ___________________________ INTEREST PROJECT TITLE ___________________________________________________________________________ SB T SP CE Act. # What I Will Do When Advisor Date Hours Completed Spent 1. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Evaluation: What did you learn? (Be sure to include skills learned.) __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ THE GIRL SCOUT SILVER AWARD - REQUIREMENT #2 Date Completed _______________________ FROM DREAMS TO REALITY ACTIVITY PATCH Date Patch Received _____________________ Reference: Cadette Girl Scout Handbook, pg. 127 Leader's/Advisor's Signature _______________________ DIRECTIONS: To earn this recognition, select five activities from the list below. Note: You must earn EITHER the Dreams to Reality Patch OR do 5 Career Exploration Activities from Interest Projects for Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts. Only one is required. Activity Resources/Advisor What Did You Do? What Did You Learn? 1. Select and complete 2 Career _______________________________________________________________________ Exploration activities from _______________________________________________________________________ Interest Projects for Cadette _______________________________________________________________________ and Senior Girl Scouts. _______________________________________________________________________ 2. Find about at least five careers. ______________________________________________________________________ Identify the type of training _______________________________________________________________________ required and salary range. _______________________________________________________________________ 3. Spend a day at work with someone _______________________________________________________________________ who has a job in which you are _______________________________________________________________________ interested. Discuss job _______________________________________________________________________ responsibilities and note how _______________________________________________________________________ time on the job is spent. _______________________________________________________________________ 4. Research two fields in which _______________________________________________________________________ women are not the majority. _______________________________________________________________________ 5. Interview three mothers with _______________________________________________________________________ salaried positions. Find out _______________________________________________________________________ how they balance their jobs and _______________________________________________________________________ families, how they came to be in _______________________________________________________________________ their current positions, and what _______________________________________________________________________ their future dreams are. _______________________________________________________________________ 6. Collect several advertisements _______________________________________________________________________ for at least three different _______________________________________________________________________ positions that interest you. _______________________________________________________________________ Compare the ads to get a general _______________________________________________________________________ profile of each position. _______________________________________________________________________ THE GIRL SCOUT SILVER AWARD - REQUIREMENT #2 Date Completed _______________________ 5 Career Exploration Activities Leader's/Advisor's Signature _______________________ DIRECTIONS: To complete this requirement you must complete 5 Career Exploration Activities from any of the Interest Projects listed in Interest Projects for Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts. Note: You must earn EITHER the Dreams to Reality Patch OR do 5 Career Exploration Activities from Interest Projects for Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts. Only one is required. IP Name Act. # What I Will Do When Advisor Date Hours Completed Spent 1. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ THE GIRL SCOUT SILVER AWARD - REQUIREMENT #3 Date Completed _________________ LEADERSHIP - LEADERSHIP INTEREST PROJECT PATCH Date Patch Received _________________ Leader's/Advisor's Signature _____________________________ Reference: Interest Projects for C/S Girl Scouts, pg. 38-39 Note: You must earn EITHER the Leadership I.P. Patch OR the Cadette Leadership Award. Only one is required. SB T SP CE Act. # What I Will Do When Advisor Date Hours Completed Spent 1. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Evaluation: What did you learn? (Be sure to include skills learned.) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ THE GIRL SCOUT SILVER AWARD - REQUIREMENT #3 Date Completed _______________________ LEADERSHIP - CADETTE GIRL SCOUT LEADERSHIP AWARD Date Pin Received _______________________ Reference: Cadette G.S. Handbook, pg. 131 Leader's/Advisor's Signature ________________________ Note: You must earn EITHER the Leadership I.P. Patch OR the Cadette Leadership Award. Only one is required. The Cadette Girl Scout Leadership Award requires you to participate in experiences that strengthen leadership skills. You may earn an Interest Project patch in the process of earning this award, however, the I.P. MAY NOT count as one of the three interest projects you earn to fulfill your Silver Award requirements. (No "double-dipping") 1. Read about leadership in Chapter 2, pg. 38-44 in the Cadette G.S. Handbook. Date Completed ________ 2. Complete the leadership inventory activity attached or complete one activity from the Leadership Interest Project in Interest Projects for Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts, pages 38-39 Date Completed _____________ 3. After completing the first two requirements, you must demonstrate leadership skills in two or more settings. Your leadership experience must total at least 25 hours. No matter how you divide the 25 hours, you must spend at least three hours on any given project. (2 hours leading a group of Brownies at one event, and 2 hours leading Brownies at another event DOES NOT count as 4 hours in a particular setting.) Fill out a copy of the attached Leadership Log for each leadership project and fill in the summary below: Date(s) Summary of Project Total Hours of Leadership Initials of Adult Advisor ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Things a Leader Does In past leadership I plan to work situations I have on this (check done this (check each statement each statement that applies) that applies) Helps People work Toward Goals And Do the Things They Want to Do Gets things moving __________ __________ Helps the group: * set goals __________ __________ * make decisions __________ __________ * choose directions __________ __________ * evaluate progress __________ __________ Suggests solutions and ways to get things done __________ __________ Provides books, information, equipment, etc. to help with a project __________ __________ Helps coordinate the parts of a project __________ __________ Guides the work and efforts of others toward their goals __________ __________ Share skills and know-how __________ __________ Helps others develop their skills as leaders __________ __________ Supports and encourages __________ __________ In past leadership I plan to work situations I have on this (check done this (check each statement each statement that applies) that applies) Helps a Group Get Along As a Team Helps people get at causes of problems __________ __________ Helps group members understand one another, keeps lines of com- munication open between members __________ __________ Helps resolve differences, disagreements, conflicts __________ __________ Helps group morale, encourages with a sense of humor __________ __________ Helps each group member use her talents and interests to be part of the group's action __________ __________ Helps a Group Keep Up Momentum and Move Ahead Helps or gives direction in emergencies __________ __________ Knows and helps interpret rules that apply to the group __________ __________ Helps group keep an eye on progress __________ __________ Teaches others how to lead __________ __________ Helps group discover new interests and directions __________ __________ What Other Kinds of Things Do Leaders Do? ________________________________________________________________ Leadership Log Cadette Girl Scout Leadership Award For each leadership project, keep this log of your leadership experience. Refer to page 131 of the Cadette Handbook for some ideas for leadership projects. Remember, each project must have a minimum of 3 hours leadership to count towards this award. Name of group ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Description of project ____________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Date Activities worked on Hours Adult Advisor Leadership Notes ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Evaluation: What did you learn? (Be sure to include skills learned) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ THE GIRL SCOUT SILVER AWARD - REQUIREMENT #4 Date Completed _______________________ CADETTE GIRL SCOUT CHALLENGE Date Patch Received _____________________ Reference: Cadette G.S. Handbook, pg. 132-134 Leader's/Advisor's Signature ______________________________ As a Girl Scout, you are challenged to be the best possible person you can be. This involves knowing yourself, relating to others, developing values, contributing to your community, and knowing about Girl Scouting. These five areas form the basis of the Cadette Girl Scout Challenge. You complete the Challenge by doing activities from each area or section. These sections may be done in any order, though following in sequence is recommended. You may work by yourself or with others and on several sections at one time. Discuss each section and the "wrap-up" questions with your leader or advisor. You will need to refer to your Cadette Girl Scout Handbook for details of each section. 1. KNOWING MYSELF BETTER - CHALLENGE: Select one of the activities on pg. 132, or design one of your own. What I did Date completed Hours Spent Adult Advisor __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. RELATING TO OTHERS - CHALLENGE: Do one of the activities on pg. 133 or design your own "relating" activity. What I did Date completed Hours Spent Adult Advisor __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. DEVELOPING VALUES FOR LIVING - CHALLENGE: Do at least one of the activities on page 133. What I did Date completed Hours Spent Adult Advisor __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. CONTRIBUTING TO MY COMMUNITY - CHALLENGE: Select one of the activities on pg. 133, or plan one of your own. What I did Date completed Hours Spent Adult Advisor __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. KNOWING ABOUT GIRL SCOUTING - CHALLENGE: Select one of the activities on page 134, or design one of your own that shows you have knowledge of Girl Scouting, its purpose, and its history. What I did Date completed Hours Spent Adult Advisor __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CADETTE GIRL SCOUT CHALLENGE EVALUATION When you have completed all five sections of the Cadette Girl Scout challenge, ask yourself the following questions. Then discuss your thoughts and ideas with your leader, advisor, or troop. What did you learn about yourself? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ How did your Challenge work affect others? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ How did you apply your talents? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ How do your accomplishments relate to the ideals of Girl Scouting? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ How would you improve what you did? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ How will the things you learned help you in the future? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ THE GIRL SCOUT SILVER AWARD - REQUIREMENT #5 CADETTE GIRL SCOUT SILVER AWARD PROJECT Reference: Cadette G.S. Handbook, pg. 135-138 This project builds upon your accomplishments in Girl Scouting and represents your personal action plan for helping others. The project could be done in or outside of Girl Scouting and must reflect some aspect of community service. If the project is done within Girl Scouting, you must reach out to the community in some way--for example, by calling on people outside Girl Scouts as resources, doing something that reaches girls who aren't Girl Scouts, or affecting something that is used by people other than just Girl Scouts. The Silver Award project has five steps. Your project, including planning and execution, should take a minimum of 30 hours. The actual implementation of the project should take about 7 - 10 hours. Review Safety-Wise for do's and don'ts. You should work with your Girl Scout LTC on any project that will impact Girl Scouting or Girl Scout property. You must have LTC approval if you plan to raise funds or solicit donations of any kind. CADETTE GIRL SCOUT SILVER AWARD PROJECT Date completed Leader Signature Silver Consultant Signature Step 1: Decide what values, experience, and skills you would like to put into action through the Silver Award Project. Date completed Leader Sig. Silver Con. Sig. ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Step 2: Decide on a project that will use your personal strengths to help others. You can work with your school, the community, a religious group, or Girl Scouting. Date completed Leader Sig. Silver Con. Sig. ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Step 3: Identify the people with whom you will work: Those who will help and guide you, those who will work with you, those whom you hope to help. Be sure to include a Girl Scout leader or another adult from your council or LTC. Date completed Leader Sig. Silver Con. Sig. ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Step 4: Create a timeline and a budget, if necessary. if you work with a group, divide jobs and set up a way to ensure that everyone is on track. Date completed Leader Sig. Silver Con. Sig. ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Step 5: Carry out your plan. This final step of your project should total at least seven hours. This may be all on one day or divided into segments. When you have completed your project, write a brief evaluation. Share the evaluation with your Silver Consultant. Date completed Leader Sig. Silver Con. Sig. ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________