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What is the Girl Scout Leadership Experience?

The Girl Scout Leadership Experience is girl-driven, reflecting the ever-changing needs and interests of participating girls. It provides girls with a wide variety of leadership opportunities.Girls discover themselves, connect with others and take action to make the world a better place.

It engages girls in discovering self, connecting with others, and taking action to make the world a better place. All Girl Scout experiences are intentionally designed to tie to one or more of the 15 national leadership outcomes (PDF), or benefits, categorized under three keys to leadership.

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What did you do today? What will you do tomorrow?

In Girl Scouting, you will find lots of things to do! Girl Scouts are on the go, exploring new places, connecting to exciting people, and taking action in ways that allow them to make a difference in the world. Girl Scouts map out a a Girl Scout Leadership Journey that is customized just for them. Girls include one or more Pathways, Journeys, earn badges and awards, participate in the cookie program and more!

Choose a Pathway!

The six Girl Scout Pathways are the ways that girls participate in Girl Scouting. Girls can choose one, all or some of these Pathways within a single year.  The Pathways are designed to offer girls choices that are flexible and meet changing needs of girls and their families from day to day, week to week, month to month and year to year. If a girl can think it, chances are a girl can do it! The Pathways from which to choose are troop, series, travel, camp, event and virtual.

Take a Journey!

The Girl Scout Leadership Experience is made easy and fun for girls and adults through the journey approach.

  • Journeys provide an important foundation for each level in Girl Scouting for girls and volunteers.
  • The journeys have been created to provide meaningful and fun experiences centered on the three keys to leadership for all girls.
  • Journeys help girls to frame topical issues that are all around them, with Girl Scout values.
  • In partnership with adults who utilize the Girl Scout processes, girls encounter a safe environment, both physically and emotionally.
  • Girls become aware of women who have used their talents, skills, and abilities, including celebrity status, to take raise public awareness on issues such as discrimination and personal rights.
  • Girls see examples of females who have spoken and acted with courage, confidence, and character.