TROOP and GROUP

Session 1 ​9:00am - 10:30am	Session 2 ​10:45am - 12:15pm	Session 3 ​1:15pm - 2:45pm	Session 4 ​3:00pm - 4:30pm
101 - First Aid/CPR (2 sessions) Tina Amber	101 - First Aid/CPR (cont) Tina Amber	301 - First Aid/CPR (2 sessions) Pat Buckley	301 - First Aid/CPR (cont) Pat Buckley
102 Extended Troop Travel Training	​202 -Volunteer Run Camp Director Intro Training Cecilia Thomson	302 -	402 -
103 Basic Ceremonies	203 - Training Program Aides ​Erica Sutliff ​	303 -	403 -
104 - College Knowledge - Badge Activity Planning Audrey Slaughter	204 - Resilient. Ready. Strong Danitza Rodelo	304 -	404 -
105 - Camporee Planning & Running Best Practices Ceclia Thomson	205 - The Bronze Award and What is Take Action Winnie Kubik	305 -	405 -
106 - Managing Mental Health Needs: Older Girls Danielle Doan Azem, PhD​​​	206- Ultimate Adventures for Older Girls --- GSUSA Destinations! ​Val Armento	306 -	406 -
​107 - New Leader Roadmap ​Anna Lomas and Aimee Kunsman	207 - Girl Scout Cookies: eBudde walk-through Ashley Pasch	307 -	Value
Value	208 - How Tech Tools Can Tackle Troop Tasks Lisa Schmeiser and Sarah Holovoet

SONGS and GAMES

Session 1 ​9:00am - 10:30am	Session 2 ​10:45am - 12:15pm	Session 3 ​1:15pm - 2:45pm	Session 4 ​3:00pm - 4:30pm
121 -	221 -	321 -	421 -
122 -	​222 -	322-	422 -

STEM

Session 1 ​9:00am - 10:30am	Session 2 ​10:45am - 12:15pm	Session 3 ​1:15pm - 2:45pm	Session 4 ​3:00pm - 4:30pm
141 -	241 -	341 -	441 -

OUTDOOR

Session 1 ​9:00am - 10:30am	Session 2 ​10:45am - 12:15pm	Session 3 ​1:15pm - 2:45pm	Session 4 ​3:00pm - 4:30pm
161 -	261 -	361 -	461 -
162 -	262 - ​	362-	462 -
163 -	263 -	303 -	463 -
164 -	264 -	304 -	464 -

CRAFTS and PERSONAL INTEREST

Session 1 ​9:00am - 10:30am	Session 2 ​10:45am - 12:15pm	Session 3 ​1:15pm - 2:45pm	Session 4 ​3:00pm - 4:30pm
181	281 -	381 -	481 -
182	​282 -	382	482 -
183 Knitting	283 -	383	483
184 Living your BIGGEST life!	284 -	384	484
185 Be You - How images projected on Social Media are not real	285 -	385	485
186 Yoga ​​​​	286 -	386	486
187 Mandala Mugs	287 -	387	487

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Session 1 9:00am - 10:30am	Session 2 10:45am to 12:15pm	Lunch	Session 3	Session 4
Troop and Group
101 CPR/First Aid (2 sessions) Tina Amber			301 CPR/First Aid (2 sessions) Pat Buckley
102 Extended Troop Travel Training	202 Volunteer Run Camp Director Intro Training		302 Understanding Parliamentary Procedure	402 The New Silver Award Suite and Process
103 Basic Ceremonies	203 Training Program		303 Guiding your Girl Scout through the Gold Award & Older Youth Awards/Opportunities	403 Guide Dogs Patch Program
104 College Knowledge - Badge Activity Planning	204 Resilient. Ready. Strong.		304 Classroom Management for Troop Leaders	404 Adapting Activities for Young Girl Scouts
105Camporee Planning & Running Best Practices	205The Bronze Award and What is Take Action		305 GSNorCal Property- Wisdom from the Insiders	405 WAGGGS-, ten million sisters around the world
106 Managing Mental Health Needs for Older Girls	206 Ultimate Adventures for Older Girls --- GSUSA Destinations!		306 Managing Mental Health Needs for Younger Girls	406 Ceremonies for Every Occasion
107 New Leader Roadmap	207 Girl Scout Cookies: eBudde walk-through		307 Journey in a Day: Plan It, Manage It, Lead It	407 Juliette Low - Our Remarkable Founder
	208 How Tech Tools Can Tackle Troop Tasks		308 Raising Confident and Motivated Young Women
Songs and Games
111 DIY Girl Scout Song Book	211 Campfire Songs		311 Action Packed Games	411 Games For All Occasions- open floor space
	212 Hula		312 Songleading Skills for You and Them
STEM
121Astronomy 101	221 CyberSavvy Scouts: Unlocking the CyberSecurity Badges		321 Easy Engineering Projects
122 Create Your Own Escape Room--Artfully, Of Course	222 Engaging STEM Project Ideas		322 RAFT Stem Kits
Outdoor
132 Camp Out Training (3 sessions)				432 Map Making
133 Dutch Oven Cooking	233 Dutch Oven Cooking		333 Orienteering	433 Knife Safety & Whittling
134 Box Ovens	234 Backpacking Gear: The old, the new and the affordable		334 Basic Knots & Whipping	434 Hike Planning 101
135 Camp Tea Time			335 Take Your Troop Backpacking
Crafts and Personal Interest
141 Colorful Iris Non-Folding Cards	241 Using Infusible ink (by Cricut)		341 Painting with Daisy/ Rosie the Cow	441 SWAPS
142 Glass Etching	242 S’MORE Box		342 Kumihimo Braiding	442 Intermediate Knitting Circle
143 Knitting	243 Fairytale Magic		343 Light up Nicho (metal embossed folk art frame)	443 Basic Tie Dye
144 Living your BIGGEST life!	244 Wood Burning		344 Cupcake/ cake decorating	444 Grab Bag of Crafts #3
145 Be You - How images projected on Social Media are not real	245 Ukrainian Eggs		345 Grab Bag of Crafts #2	445 Origami fun!
146 Yoga	246 Poke Bowls and Beyond		346 Hydro Dipping with Nail Polish	446 Grazing with Girl Scouts - building beautiful boards for kids of all ages
147 Mandala Mugs- flat surfaces	247 Towel Creations			447 Dried Flower Decor Stand
	248 Poke Bowls and Beyond			448 Mindfulness Makers Workshop

 

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Session 1:  9:00am to 10:30am

TROOP and GROUP

101 American Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED

Blended Learning Course.
This blended learning course includes an online portion and a skills session. Once registered to attend you will be sent a link to complete the online portion (3-4 hours). The online MUST be completed prior to attending the skills sessions and you must show the instructor that you passed the online course. Upon completion of this skills session and the online GSNorCal First Aider course, you will be eligible to act as a Troop First Aider. Please dress in comfortable clothes as we will be practicing on the floor.
​Prior to the workshop: Must have completed online portion of the training.
Workshop Leader:  Tina Amber
Focus:  Adult
Items to Bring:  Towel or mat for the floor, Certificate of Completion for online portion of training, wear comfortable clothes

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102 Extended Troop Travel Training

Extended Troop Travel is required of at least one adult for a trip of 3 nights or longer, a national or international trip. This volunteer will need to attend the trip and be involved in the planning process with the group. You will gain from the experience of seasoned Girl Scout travelers, and receive valuable tips on planning “big” trips with your group.
Workshop Leader:  Julee Melhus
Focus:  Cadette, Senior, Ambassador, Required Girl Scout training​
Items to Bring:  Notebook, pen

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103 Basic Ceremonies

Enhance the Girl Scout experience with Ceremonies. We will participate in our own Girl Scout ceremonies in the workshop. Bring these Girl Scout traditions to your troop. This workshop is specifically designed with Daisy & Brownie Leaders in mind.
Workshop Leader: Jeanette Bemis
Focus: Daisy, Brownie​
Items to Bring:  Scissors​

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104 College Knowledge - Badge Activity Planning

8th grade and above Troop leaders- get your troop college savvy! The Ambassador level badge, College Knowledge, steps you through a journey of self discovery about interests and strengths. It starts your girls with a good foundation of college admissions basics to be ready to plan their College paths. Have your 8th-11th grade GS learn about what is coming up to best plan their roadmap to college!
Workshop Leaders:  Audrey Slaughter and Marge Cortes
Focus:   Senior, Ambassador​

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105 Camporee Planning & Running Best Practices

Come learn more about what makes an amazing Camporee. Camporee are weekend long camping events for Girl Scouts of all ages. This workshop is geared at Camporee Directors or their committees. Learn about general guidelines for Camporee Directors and what makes an amazing weekend event.
Workshop Leader: Cecilia Thomson
Focus:  All levels​

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106 Managing Mental Health Needs: Older Girls

Managing mental health needs in a troop can be a challenge. Leaders and volunteers of Cadette, Senior, and Ambassador level troops are invited to attend this workshop where you can build your confidence identifying mental health behaviors.Learn what risk issues to look out for and how to appropriately manage them with your Girl Scouts and their parents. We will also discuss how to address the troop when they observe challenging disruptions from scouts triggered by trauma, stimming, tics, or extreme displays of strong negative emotions. We will talk about how to support gender expansive scouts. You will leave with a better understanding of how to support ALL of your scouts and parent volunteers.
Workshop Leader: Danielle Doan Azem, PhD
Focus:  ​ ​Cadette, Senior, Ambassador
Items to Bring:  Questions and specific examples to talk about.​

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107 New Leader Roadmap

​If you're new to leading a Girl Scout troop, or if you'd like a little more help navigating the Girl Scout program rabbit hole, this workshop is for you! From badges, journeys, and traditions to camp and events, we'll break it all down and help you discover how to make the most of the many program opportunities available to you when planning a well balanced, successful, and fun year for your troop!
Workshop Leaders: Anna Lomas and Aimee Kunsman
Focus:  Daisy, Brownie​

SONGS and GAMES

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121 DIY Girl Scout Song Book

In this workshop, we will make our own pocket-sized Girl Scout Song Books with over 30 songs. We will also have older girls present to help teach songs & melodies. Bring your singing voice!
Workshop Leader: Melissa Mitchell
Focus:  All levels​

STEM

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141 Astronomy Basics

Out at night in the dark? Look up! Learn basics about the night sky and activities to prepare for enjoying a starry night. Space Science series projects included.
Workshop Leader: Val Armento
Focus:  ​All levels​
Items to Bring:  Empty clean pint or quart size ice cream carton.

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142 Create Your Own Escape Room--Artfully, Of Course

Learn how to create a basic escape room experience. We will have a brief presentation to introduce participants to the benefits of escape rooms, as well as how to design the experience, and how to develop the puzzles. Participants will then have an opportunity to solve the puzzles in an art themed escape. Why art? Why, it was Juliette Gordon Low's favorite subject in school! Use the skills learned to create a troop activity or have your troop create an escape for a fundraiser.
Workshop Leaders: Diane Bartlett and Linnea Nguyen
Focus:  Brownie, Junior, Cadette, Senior, Ambassador​

143 Strawberry DNA Extraction

This is a fun and easy experiment to teach about genomics and DNA. We will be extracting DNA from strawberries just like a molecular biologist would do, but with fruit. It's a great way to build interest and confidence in science.
Workshop Leaders: Tiffany Burchill and Summer Burchill
Focus:  All levels​

OUTDOOR

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161 Camp Out Training (3 sessions)

This course is required for at least one adult who will accompany the troop when cooking or sleeping outdoors. Emphasis is on how to teach skills to the girls and prepare them for their outdoor experiences, as well as health and safety concerns. You will be preparing your lunch during the class, so please do not order a Discoveree lunch. This is a three session workshop. (You must attend all three sessions to get certified.)
Prerequisite online courses:
* Trip & Outdoor Basics
* Cook Out
* Sleep Out
* Campfire
​* Cook In and Sleep In are encouraged.
Workshop Leaders:  Carol Aviña, Joyce Steakley, Lauri Macey, Susan Neth
Focus:  All levels​
Items to Bring: A mess kit (an unbreakable plate, bowl and cup with eating utensils) and a camping chair.  Dress in layers - we will be outside during part of this training.

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163 Box Ovens

In this workshop, you will help prepare a wide variety of snacks, desserts, and meal selections and cook them using a box oven. Walk away from this class with your own box oven, recipe book, and improved skills for your next camp out with the girls. Lunch is not included but come prepared to sample and share your box oven treats.
Workshop Leader: Karen Rodriguez, Janet Krzesinska, and Rebecca Rodriguez
Focus:  ​All levels​​

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164 Leave No Trace

Teaching Ethical Practices for the sister of sisters, Mother Earth Mother Earth. Impacts on our natural environment often cannot be undone, and "penalizing" activity after the facts does not remove the scar. Leave No Trace, from the Center of Outdoor Ethics, teaches us how to pro actively plan and care for Mother Earth, In this session you will not only learn the 7 Principles of LNT, but you will engage in games and hands on activities to teach this to your units. Knowledge is power and we will empower our sisters to be stewards of our planet.
Workshop Leader: Scott Kubik
Focus:  ​All Levels​

CRAFTS and PERSONAL INTEREST

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181 Colorful Iris Non-Folding Cards

Learn how to make a simple iris non-folding card. Iris-folding is a paper folding method of layering paper folded strips in a template. We will teach you how to use strips of paper rather than folding paper. All paper provided. For Juniors and up.
Workshop Leaders: Tia Smirnoff & Kim Maynard
Focus:  Junior, Cadette, Senior, Ambassador
​Items to Bring:  Bring a craft knife (exacto knife) & cutting pad, small sharp scissors, & scotch tape

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182 SWAPS

Girl Scouts have been exchanging keepsakes from the beginning when Girl Scouts and Girl Guides first gathered for fun, song, and making new friends. Come and learn SWAPs etiquette and take home many ideas for SWAPs to make with all levels of girls.
Workshop Leader: Martha Bratton and Michele Sullivan
​Focus:  ​All levels

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183 Knitting

I will be teaching basic knitting and showing how the girls can use their craft. This is for community project or charity. Also how it is fun and stress free. All supplies will be provided.
Workshop Leader: Patty Bannon
Focus:  Brownie, Junior, Cadette, Senior, Ambassador​​

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184 Living your BIGGEST life!

Life is filled with challenges, big and small. And while there is no magic wand to make them all go away, what we can do is learn how to deal with those challenges so that they don't stop us from living our biggest life. In this workshop, you'll learn what it means to live BIG and practice the foundational skills of connecting to your mind, body, and character so that you can take care of yourself and live your biggest life!
Workshop Leader: Lex Moschakis
Focus:  Junior, Cadette, Senior, Ambassador​

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185 Be You - Believe in Yourself

Who is better qualified to be you than you. You are you for the very reason you are you, No one can be you like you. - How images projected on social media are not real We want to enlighten girls that the images and influencers they follow on social media presents a false persona and not following the crowd allows the real you to shine. We will share the power of being an individual and the authentic you creates a healthy mental and physical environment. We will discuss social media vs the real world: examples-keeping up with the Joneses (will share meaning) when you don't really know what the Joneses have to do to maintain their lifestyle and trying to get in where you do not fit in. FranCine is the 3rd youngest of 14 children and learnt to find her voice and embrace her uniqueness in a way that the world could not alter.
Workshop Leaders: FranCine Gadsden and Ava Byrd
Focus:  Daisy, Brownie, Junior, Cadette, Senior
Items to Bring:  notebook and ink pen​

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186 Yoga

Do you want to start your day out with a nice stretch and to wake up the brain and the senses, then come join us for yoga in the morning! We will stretch, move, push and pull (at your own values) to wake up the body. Move through the day knowing that you have given your body the attention that it needs.
Workshop Leader: Stephanie Andronis
Focus:  All levels​​
Items to Bring: Bring a yoga mat (or thick, long towel), water bottle, hand-towel for gentle stretching or maybe even a block. Bring whatever you have to make the workout your own.
 

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187 Mandala Mugs

Admire a beautiful mandala pattern every time you take a sip! Attendees of this workshop will learn how to paint a beautiful mandala pattern on a mug that they can take home and bake in an oven to ensure a long-lasting finish. The design will be simple enough that it can easily be taught to Cadette-level troops and older! Mugs, paint and painting tools will be provided.
Workshop Leader: Kim "Space Cadet" Hughes
Focus:  Cadette, Senior, Ambassador​

188 Visioning the Future in GSNorCal

In this year's strategic planning process, we are creating a Council vision and strategy for the next 3 years and beyond. As volunteers, you are critical in our Council and in this process. In this session, we will share the Council's strategic goals for this year, including how to support new leaders, grow membership, improve reward cards, improve training, and support Hispanic Spanish-speaking families. Bri will share her vision and how it aligns with GSUSA strategy and an overview of the steps in the strategic planning process. Then, we want your feedback! We want you to think big and share your ideas for how GSNorCal can best serve Girl Scouts in our Council, grow membership, improve volunteer support, and serve as a model Council in the Movement.
Workshop Leaders: Clarisse Mesa and Bri Seoane
​Focus: All levels​

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199 Free Time

Take a session of free time! Visit the council shop on-site, find a table and meet with your friends. Check your social media feed (don't forget to #discoveree2024). This is your time to relax and rejuvenate. Register for this workshop if you do not wish to register for any other workshops this session.

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