Community Leadership Team (CLT) Volunteers
CLTs direct and coordinate the work of the Community Service Team to support functions of the Community.

Please see the attached updated emergency procedures documents. These can also be found in the Forms and Documents section of our website. • O-73A Emergency Action Plan - An EAP is required by Safety Activity Checkpoints for all Girl Scout activities. This checklist makes it easier to do. • O-73B Emergency Wallet Card - This has been updated and has a new form number. • O-73C Incident Report - Newly created report to be used to report any incident involving a girl or volunteer, whether it is major or minor. • O-73D Emergency Procedures - Updated procedures to be used in the case of serious, accident, emergency, or fatality.



New Leader Sundaes Onboarding new leaders this fall? Encourage your newest leaders to take New Leader Cafes – either locally in your community or join us for a council-wide training session. After these three-hour virtual sessions, troop leaders will be ready for their first meeting with girls and parents. New Leader Sundaes will be held Sept. 24, Oct. 22, Jan. 21, Feb. 11, Mar. 10 and Apr. 7 from 1pm to 4pm. Registration for new leaders is available in gsEvents. We are looking for hosts to help with each session. Please encourage your local Council Facilitators, Community Service Team members and/or Mentors to co-host one of these New Leader Sundaes. Host signup here: Host Sign Up



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Community Leadership Team (CLT) Volunteers

CLTs direct and coordinate the work of the Community Service Team

The Community Leadership Team (CLT) group is a place for CLTs to find and share information. 

A CLT works in partnership with other members of the leadership team, directs the work of the Community Service Team and coordinates the work of the Girl Scout Community, promotes awareness and growth of Girl Scouting within specific geographic boundaries; embraces the Girl Scout Leadership Experience (GSLE) and ensures that the GSLE is incorporated in Community ways of work.

Communities have the primary purpose of recruiting and retaining girls and adults in troops. The Community Service Team, including CLTs, will support the adults working with girls in troops with mentoring, product sales support, communication, networking and meeting strategies. Girls enjoy events planned and implemented by their Community. 

Although CLTs have many staff members from different GSSJC departments who help them to support their Communities, they work particularly closely with their Volunteer Experience Manager (VEM) and their Community Engagement Manager (CEM) who provide staff support and advice in assigned functions for membership development and implementation of direct services to girls and adults. 

The role of your staff partners:

Community Engagement Manager (CEM)Volunteer Experience Manager (VEM)
  • Girl and Volunteer recruitment
  • Recruitment planning and troop opportunity development
  • Recruitment event support
  • Troop formation
  • Community & school cultivation
  • Venue and partnership development
  • Placement coordination
  • Troops with girls and 0/1 leader (waitlist)
  • Community geography or school adjustments
  • Direct staff partnerships with:
      • Recruitment Team Lead and Team
      • Placement Liaison (s)
      • Waitlist IRG Specialist
      • School Liaisons and Team Lead
  • Community and troop volunteer support
  • Community plan of action
  • Direct staff partnership with CLTs
  • Girl and adult renewal
  • Troop leader connection to the Community
  • Volunteer Toolkit (VTK) assistance
  • Conflict resolution beyond CLT efforts
  • Product sales participation
  • Community roster support
  • Staff support for
      • CLTs
      • Mentors
      • Cafe Team
      • Training liaison(s)
      • Roster Specialists
      • Renewal Specialists
      • Volunteer Toolkit Wizards
      • CST and troop leaders (secondary support - primary support comes from CLT)

As you partner side by side with your CEM and VEM, the goal is to work together seamlessly to support the members in your Community. Always include your staff partners in your Community planning, add them to your communications, share your meeting calendar and understand that they are there to help support your Community. Together you can do great things!

CLTs are appointed and supported by their volunteer Community Coordinator from the Volunteer Experience Department

Role of Council-Wide Community Coordinator 

  1. Appoints and mentors Community Leadership Team upon recommendation of Community Referral Committee
  2. Approves money earning activities for Communities
  3. Provides agendas for regularly scheduled Community Summits
  4. Advocates on behalf of CLT in Volunteer Experience
  5. Holds affinity meetings, webinars and retreats for information and sharing
  6. Supports CLTs with issues and problem solving
  7. A resource for all Community functions