Frequently Asked Questions Staff
 | What are the qualifications of the staff? Camp Crossroads is 100%
volunteer run and we're proud of their dedication to the Girl Scout Program!
Each unit and center will have at least two adults one of whom is a woman.
For units, at least one leader has served as a leader for that age-level.
Additionally one leader will have completed GSCNC’s camping training course.
Each unit and center will also have 2 to 4 teen staff members. Our first aid
staff consists of volunteers who have First Aid and CPR
training. All of the adults at camp have registered as Girl Scouts
Adults and completed GSCNC's Volunteer Appointment Process. |
| Do I have to be a Girl Scout leader to volunteer at Camp Crossroads?
No! No previous experience as a Girl Scout or leader is required!
You will have to undergo some screening and training, but many of our
volunteers are "just moms". For more information see our
Volunteers section. |
| How do you decide staff assignments? This is a complicated
process involving several criteria such as your previous Camp Crossroads
experience, Girl Scout training, flexibility and willingness to attend the
training and planning sessions. We'd like to be able to accommodate
every volunteer's first choice, but that's not possible. We do our very
best, but the needs of the camp come first. |
| I'm interested in volunteering as an adult staff member, but I can't
attend the training or planning sessions. Is this a problem?
Well, actually, yes, it is. Our goal is for you to be a successful
member of the leadership team. An important part of that is having the
proper information (provided at the Camp Crossroads training session) and meeting
with the other adult and teen members (at the planning session) to form the
leadership team. While
we don't like to use the "m" word (mandatory) our experience has shown us that
volunteers who do not attend these important sessions are less successful,
more stressed out and "behind the power curve". We have cut
the meetings down to the bare minimum. That means fewer meetings (that's
the good news), but attendance is crucial (the bad news). If you know you can't
attend one of the sessions, please tell us when you apply. It may not
affect your acceptance, but it will affect your positions at Camp Crossroads -- we
can't afford to have a unit or center completely staffed with volunteers who
did not attend these sessions. |
| What's a PA? Program Aides are Teen Girl Scouts who assist the
adult unit leaders -- we call them our "Teen Staff" to distinguish them from
our "Adult Staff" This is especially important now as GSUSA
has disestablished the PA program with the release of the new Girls' Guide to
Girl Scouting in the fall of 2011. They are already experienced working as aides.
These girls are working toward Cadette, Senior or Ambassador Girl Scout Awards. See the 6th
Grade and Beyond FAQs. |
| What is an AIT? AIT stands for Aide-in-Training. GSUSA has changed,
maybe eliminated the program with the release of the new Girls Guide to Girl
Scouting books in the fall of 2011. But never fear, we're relabeling it
our "Teen Staff-in-Training" program and looking through the new books to see
what changes we need to make to our program to serve girls who have
completed 7th grade. Teen Staff-in-Training (AITs) are in a special training program learning to
work with younger girls. See the
6th Grade and Beyond FAQs.
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