It’s time to start back up with a new year of Girl Scouting! Whether you meet year round or break for summer, the Girl Scout membership rolls over every fall. This is the perfect time to organize a face-to-face parent and guardian meeting!
Wondering what the heck you should cover in your beginning of the year parents meeting? This should help!
Why do a back to school parents meeting?
Talk about what’s coming up for the year
Get volunteer commitments (and even adult registrations!)
Snack signups
Paperwork – get all the permission slips and health history forms
An opportunity to talk about Girl Scouts and GSLE and use all the terminology and buzzwords so they can get familiar with it
Expectations both ways – set your expectations about money and uniforms and attendance, and also find out what their expectations are too
What should you cover at a back to school parents meeting?
Introduce Leaders / New Leaders
K-12 DBJCSA, 4 pillars, 5 outcomes
Meetings date, location, times, and structure
Troop funds – fall product, cookies, other fundraisers, level specific funding
Uniform Expectations & Purchase Lists
Forms & Adult Registration
Surveys
Troop Communications
Dates for the Year
Q&A
Here is a list of handouts:
General Permission + Health History Forms (council specific)
Adult Health History Forms (council specific)
Product Program Permission Forms (council specific)
Chaperone Agreements (council specific)
Welcome Back Form Surveys (download ours here)
Welcome to Girl Scouts (download ours here)
Troop Funds (description of how we raise funds, how much we make per item sold during product program, and anything else about managing troop finances)

Uniform Diagrams & Purchase Lists
1 Pg Preview of Calendar/Dates (meetings and events, even if the dates are marked as tentative)
Need a refresher on GSLE and managing troop finances?
Troop Finances: http://girlscoutpodcast.com/year-planning-for-girl-scout-troop-leaders-phase-6-developing-a-budget
GSLE Overview: http://girlscoutpodcast.com/012-gsle-and-the-cookie-program-cookie-cast-part-1
GSLE Part 2: http://girlscoutpodcast.com/015-gsle-outcomes-and-progression-put-the-outcomes-in-to-practice
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