Girls Attitude Survey 2018

Latest Girls Attitude Survey has been published and is a really insightful read for every Trainer. I've tried harder to get hold of a copy this year but no chance and other Trainers have said to me they would use it also if it was more freely available. The full pdf can be downloaded here:
https://www.girlguiding.org.uk/social-action-advocacy-and-campaigns/research/girls-attitudes-survey/ its thought provoking and shouts out loud and clear why leaders need to adopt the new programme.

These are the headlines from the Girl Guiding website

2018 Trainers Support Group

I attended the annual 3 counties Trainers Support Group this week over in Swindon. It's always a good experience to hear that trainers right across the Region are having the same issues. The topics that we discussed included:

• the new  programme - Girl Guiding appears to becoming slightly more relaxed to some of our questions than they were earlier in the year, especially in relation to achieving interest badges!
• Safe Space - a discussion around L4 and how the failure to undertake the training by 2020 will be administered. NB Mentors must have L3 now.
• Trainers Required - for a county event in 2019 were found.
• Trainer Renewals - we had a very heated debate about the rationale behind the role visit; and what the current rules are for renewal.
• More new resources - new checklists and GDPR resources.

It was good to see 2 new prospective trainers and as always to meet some old friends, and we all have a new line for our PDP's. Next year we have decided to meet in the Summer to travel in daylight hours and avoid the fog.

 

Self Evaluation Safe Space Level 4

This time in Hampshire North - I do like training Commissioners they get nice venues and hot lunches!

Fortunately I left in plenty of time as today it wasn't the IT, but the logistics in the conference room - because it had been split in 2, I was left with a rather thin long room but the projector was projecting up on the ceiling and in order to project down to the screen, I needed a much longer cable to link the projector with my laptop. The extra length cable didn't work with the projector so the only solution was to turn the training 180 degrees and use the drop down projector; and move both the projector and my laptop! All straight forward but needing time - thankfully my VGA adaptor & pointer were both deployed as my laptop was balanced on a chair!

I didn't get the email moving lunch forward an hour but it actually worked really well as it was a better place to break immediately after the section on drawing the commissioner and giving her attributes she needs, and ironically the other L4 also broke for lunch at exactly the same place.

I marked up the commissioners book with tabs relating to the topic, so I could indicate the page references as we covered the different sections (it really needs a contents page). I also laminated the discussion sheets for the activities and used non permanent pens  so they could be wiped clean and used again. I need to do more work moving the slides around as in places they don't match the training plan very well (I had already deleted several) but feels like the slides were produced by a different person to the training plan! I had struggled to mark up the training plan with the slide numbers and the page references from the commissioners book to begin with.

The section on managing information needs some extra work to fit in line with the wealth of GDPR guidance that is out there now. I also wove in Being Prepared, Girls attitude survey (not many present knew it existed, GDPR Guiding Conversation and the new checklists (again barely anyone was aware of them).

They were a really participative audience and asked lots of questions; I fitted in all the activities this time but I needed more mint humbugs as one packet wasn't enough!

Better once the room was turned 180 degrees

Lovely idea for a Trainers gift

Examples of the attributes required by a commissioner!

   

GDPR Guiding Conversation or is it a Guiding Lecture?

I completed the GDPR e-learning last week it was hard work with a lot of new information for the average leader to take on board. The e-learning started with a quiz on your current data protection practices for your unit, and despite knowing all the right answers I still got "you could do better!" The e-learning directs you to the GDPR Hub on the Girl Guiding website, which I have checked out tonight. There is some really useful information including a very extensive 7 page Guiding Conversation on Exploring the key principles of GDPR which maybe would be more aptly named Guiding Lecture. The last page of which (see below) was included in the e-learning:

The GDPR Hub also includes a training plan, ppt, handouts & resources for a comprehensive GDPR training. Serious stuff to understand and deliver.