Welcome to your Girl Scout leadership journey!

Congratulations on becoming a Girl Scout troop leader! Your decision to guide Girl Scouts on their journey of discovery, connection, and action is truly commendable. As you embark on this adventure, remember that you're not alone—there's a wealth of resources and a supportive community of staff and fellow volunteers ready to assist you every step of the way.

Start Here: Your New Troop Leader Checklist

To help you begin, we've created a checklist designed to guide you through the initial steps of setting up your troop. This checklist serves as your roadmap, ensuring you have all the essentials in place for a successful start.

Day 1: Register and complete your background check. toggle arrow

Your first step is to register as a Girl Scout Troop Leader. You probably already completed this step… look at you go!

Day 2: Complete your background check toggle arrow

Be on the lookout for an email from our trusted vendor, Sterling Volunteers, about completing your background check.

By Day 7: Complete your online training. toggle arrow

New leader training will help you learn all the basics of the Girl Scout Program and how to manage your troop.

By Day 10: Connect with your Community Engagement Manager. toggle arrow

Schedule a call or meeting to go over any questions you have, and review the Volunteer Toolkit.

By Day 14: Connect with your troop members and their families. toggle arrow

Reach out to other troop volunteers, schedule a meeting with caregivers, and build your troop team. Get input on when and where the troop should meet, and get support from other adults.

Explore trainings for all troop roles.

Grow your troop with council marketing materials.

By Day 21: Plan your first troop meeting. toggle arrow

Most troops are ready for their first meeting around day 30. It’s ok if you don’t know where to start just yet! There are tools like the Volunteer Toolkit and Troop Year Planner that make planning easy.

Parent Meeting Agenda

Ways to Help the Troop

Yearlong Permission and Health Form

Troop Year Planner

Family Engagement Training

By Day 30: Start your troop bank account. toggle arrow

From managing troop profit from product sales, to paying for events and buying supplies, all troops need to manage their money. Each troops sets up their own bank account to collect their funds, with two adults, who are registered and background checked, listed as account signers.

Troop Bank Account Request Form