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Girl Scouting 101 introduces the volunteer to Girl Scouting, the Girl Scout Leadership Experience, and Journeys. (2TCH)
How to access Girl Scouting 101
Link to Girl Scouting 101
Cost: Free
Explore the Volunteer Essentials Resource Guide and Safety Activity Checkpoints and discover how to conduct Girl Scout activities safely. The home study should be completed and returned to your Service Unit Facilitator for development credit.
(2 TCH)
Safety Essentials Home Study 2011 - 2012
Safety Activity Checkpoints
Cost: Free
This (2TCH) course is offered in the service unit and provides information on starting a troop, the workings of your service unit and where to find support and answers.
Cost: Free
Pre-requisite: GSUSA's Online Orientation, Safety Essentials Home Study and the Service Unit Information Course
This (3 TCH) course prepares the new leader to hold troop meetings with girls, teaches the three keys of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience, and demonstrates how to use resources to support and deliver the Girl Scout Program. It takes the participant through the Leadership Experience model and provides the tools so you can facilitate the troop so it is girl-led, cooperative and the girls learn by doing. It also conveys the value of being purposeful in one's leadership, creating a safe space and helping the girls make the troop their own.
Cost: Free
Pre-requisite: Safety Essentials Home Study (#3100)
This course must be completed by at least one adult (not necessarily the troop leader) before a troop can go camping. It is the troop's camp-certified adult's responsibility to attend pre-camp preparatory meetings with the girls. The adult helps the girls prepare for the camping experience and then accompanies them on the camping trip. (11 TCH)
The Troop Camp Certiciation series includes:
Pre-study Workbook: This take home course is sent when you register for Planning and Prep
Planning and Prep Course: This course walks you through the planning process for camping, overnights, and adventures outside the meeting place. It shows you how to facilitate the girls doing their own planning.
Outdoor Skills Course: This course teaches all the outdoor skill sets you need to learn (and teaches you how to facilitate your girls learning those skill sets) to go camping.
Cost: $8 - All In One Day Course $25/person - All In One Overnight with Girls
Troop Camp Certification is offered in a variety of methods which you can find in the Volunteer Development Update.
* You can take Planning and Prep and Outdoor Skills as split sessions (11 TCH)
* You can take Planning and Prep and Outdoor Skills as an all-in-one day course (11 TCH)
* You can take Planning and Prep and Outdoor Skills as an all-in-one overnight course with girls (11 TCH)
The American Red Cross Health & Safety services has undergone a centralization of their processes and procedures to better service their clients in a streamlined fashion. During this transistion, the American Red Cross Health & Safety services web-based courses are temporarily disabled in order to begin loading the newest scientific curriculum into the online learning. The release of their new web-based courses will be available shortly after the new year.
At this time Girl Scouts of Ohio's Heartland has suspended all blended learning courses until the American Red Cross online program is available again.
If you are currently registered for a class including the blended learning option from American Red Cross, you will individually be contacted regarding your options.
This is a traditional classroom course including CPR and First Aid (7 TCH). One day courses or split session courses are available.The series includes all courses required for certification as a First Aider for Girl Scout activities.
To help you in deciding which course best suits your need please refer to the following table:
| American Red Cross |
American Heart Association |
| CPR & First AId |
CPR & First Aid |
| Time Investment: 7 hours |
Time Investment: 7 hours |
| Cost: $25 (books: $10) |
Cost: $15 (books $15) |
| Recertification: CPR- Every 2 Years |
Recertification: CPR-Every 2 Years |
| First Aid- Every 2 Years |
First Aid- Every 2 Years |
