Girl Guides of Canada – NB Council Training Committee
New Brunswick – Prince Edward Island Trainer Challenge Updated – Jan 2015
A training incentive for TRAINERS – are you up for the challenge?
Each “focus” – will earn you one segment of the Challenge.
1. Focus on the Arts, 2. Focus on the Outdoors, 3. Focus on the Land
- Please complete the Shared Requirements + the Focus of your choice and send (mail or email) to the Provincial Training Advisor (or her delegate) two weeks prior to the January Training Conference.
- Choose 5 tasks to complete each “Focus”.
- Each focus can be completed more than once if different tasks are completed each time.
- Crests will be presented yearly at the meeting portion of each January Training Conference
Name: ______
iMis #: ______
Shared Requirements:
1. Observe a trainer/leader, in or out of Guiding, and list training techniques you wish to emulate?
______
2. Suggest new ideas for future NB/PEI trainer challenges?
______
3. Be a Sister in Guiding to another Trainer, Trainer Candidate or Guider by being a
mentor (formally or informally)
Date ______Mentee ______
How did you feel about this experience (what did you learn about yourself, your skills, etc.)
______
Focus on the Arts
1. Design a training session on a topic new to you in the “arts”.
Date ______New arts topic ______
2. Use a new form of "presentation aid" to enhance your presentation.
Date ______Type ______
3. Try a new training method. Different place, time, equipment, etc.
Date ______Type ______
4. Outside of Guiding, did you learn a new song, dance, craft, yell or skit.
Date ______Type ______
Did you have a chance to teach it to other Guiders or girls? ______
5. Focus on adding "colour" to a training.
Date ______Method ______
6. Share a resource book, article,website, etc that would assist Trainers in incorporating the arts into a training.
Date ______
Resource information - Author ______Where it can be obtained ______
7. Develop an instant involvement or icebreaker using at least one of the arts.
Date ______Description ______
8. Submit an article on the arts to any Guiding publication.
Date ______Title ______
9. Attend an "art" orientated training given by another trainer.
Date ______Idea that you took away from this training ______
10. Attend a training, event or unit meeting that focuses on the arts.
Date ______Event ______
Reaction of participants ______
11 Describe the training that you presented with a focus on the arts, during the past year that, for
you, was the most gratifying.
Share the reasons why ______
12 Have you done a "non-arts/crafts" training in which you used paint, water, recycled objects, fabric/yarn, glass, etc. to enhance your topic?
Date ______Training ______Medium ______
Reaction of the participants ______
13. Present a training session on the ARTS for the 1st time.
What did you learn from this new topic? ______
Will you do more ARTS trainings? ______
Focus on the Out of Doors
1. Review the latest edition of Safe Guide and apply it to an actual or hypothetical event that
includes girls. Event type ______
2. Design a training session on a topic new to you about the “out of doors”.
Date ______New “out of doors” topic ______
3. Try a new Outdoor Cooking recipe and send the recipe to our Camp Website.
Recipe title ______
4. Teach a wide game to a group of Guiders and/or girls. Date______
Game ______Reaction of participants ______
Are you able to apply this to a Training situation? ______
5. Take a day to nurture yourself (outside) and share the experience with others.
Date ______Sharing ______
6. Share a resource book, article,website, etc that would assist Trainers in incorporating healthy
living, the environment or camping into a training.
Resource ______-
7. Submit an article on healthy living, the environment or camping to any Guiding
publication. Date______Article:______
Publication ______
8. Attend an "outdoor" orientated training given by another trainer. Date ______
Idea that you took away from this training ______
9. Attend a training, event or unit meeting that focuses on camping.
Date ______
Event ______Reaction of participants ______
10.Describe the training that you presented during the past year that, for you, was the most gratifying
regarding the outdoors.
Share the reasons why ______
11. Have you done an “indoor” training “outdoors”?
Date ______Training ______
Why did you do this? ______
Reaction of the participants ______
12. Have you done an "outdoors" training "indoors"?
Date ______Training ______Why did you do this ______
Reaction of the participants ______
13. Teach a campfire song to the Trainers at one of our Camper/Trainer campfires.
Date ______Song ______
Focus on the Land (NB/PEI)
1. Design a training session on a topic new to you about some aspect of NB or PEI.
Date: ______Topic: ______
2. Include some aspect of NB/PEI Guiding Heritage in a training.
Date______Topic ______
3. Share a NB/PEI related resource that has helped you in a training or an event with girls.
Date ______Resource ______
4.Visit a NB/PEI historical site and share your experiences with Guiders, Trainers or girls.
Date ______Topic ______
5. Submit an article related to NB or PEI Guiding to any publication (can be any topic, not
necessarily Training) Date ______Publication ______
6. Team train at a Provincial Training event.
Date______Topic ______
7..Team train a training with a Trainer who is not from your province.
Date ______Training ______
8.. Go on an out trip at one of our Provincial Trainings to gain more knowledge about NB?PEI.
Date ______Out trip ______
Something new that you took away from this out trip? ______
9.. Describe the training that you presented during the past year that, for you, was the most
gratifying related to NB/PEI.
Share the reasons why ______
10. Teach a song. craft or other related experience from NB/PEI to your fellow Trainers at one of our
Camper/Trainer conference. (This could be done as part of campfire, service project, reflections or
a training session) Date ______Activity ______
11. Attend a training as a participant that deals with some aspect of NB or PEI. Culture.
Date ______Training ______
What new provincial information did you aquire? ______
12. What location have you most liked to visit in New Brunswick or Prince Edward Island?
Why? ______
Have you ever been able to include this in a training? ______
13, List available resources that would help other trainers to provide information about NB/PEI to
Guiders. ______