Job Summary
The Program Instructor, brings the Girl Scout Leadership Experience to life by facilitating high-quality, relevant, and engaging programs for girls in grades K-12th during school-day designated partner sites. These team members are energetic educators and mentors who use our National Program Portfolio to deliver programming that is girl-led, culturally responsive, and aligned with both Girl Scout outcomes and the priorities of school and community partners.
Program Instructors build strong relationships with girls, teachers, site staff, and caregivers, ensuring that girls are aware of and connected to the full range of Girl Scout opportunities—including camp, the cookie program, STEM experiences, family nights, and community events. They embody empathy, relatability, and consistency—creating spaces where all girls feel seen, supported, and inspired.
- Program Facilitation & Experience Delivery
- Deliver fun, interactive, and age-appropriate programming aligned with the National Program Portfolio, adapted to the needs of each school or community partner site.
- Foster a safe and inclusive environment that promotes Girl Scout values, leadership development, and positive relationships.
- Incorporate Girl Scout traditions, cooperative learning, and girl-led activities to deepen engagement and identity as a Girl Scout.
- Connect girls and families to broader opportunities including camps, cookie program, STEM Center events, and council-wide initiatives.
- Relationship Building & Community Alignment
- Build positive, professional relationships with site staff, teachers, caregivers, and girls.
- Ensure programming supports both Girl Scout leadership outcomes and the school/community partner's goals for youth development.
- Serve as a trusted site representative of GSNETX, communicating needs and successes to your supervisor.
- Data, Logistics & Accountability
- Accurately complete and submit administrative tasks including attendance, membership forms, permission slips, evaluations, and surveys.
- Ensure supplies are gathered, program kits are maintained, and spaces are prepared and cleaned before and after activities.
- Deliver feedback and outcome data to support program evaluation and improvement.
- Maintain flexible scheduling to adapt to site needs while meeting attendance and delivery benchmarks.
- Organizational Collaboration
- Participate in regular team meetings, required training, and council-wide events as assigned.
- Mentor girls during the Cookie Program to support goal setting, business skills, and confidence-building.
- Support special events, field trips, and take-action projects, including occasional evenings and weekends.
Qualifications
- Required:
- Experience working with children or youth in educational or community settings.
- Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion; ability to relate to girls from a wide range of backgrounds.
- Ability to travel to program sites across the council footprint.
- Strong communication and organization skills; detail-oriented and dependable.
- Ability to manage a class size up to 25, per adult.
- Up to 29 hours per week
- Must be available between Monday- Friday, some Saturdays. Overnight camp occasionally.
Qualifications
- Preferred:
- High school diploma or equivalent required; some college or youth development experience preferred.
- Bilingual (Spanish/English) preferred but not required.
Physical demands and work environment
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to speak or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, work in an office environment, work in a seated position, and work with computers.
- The employee must be able to drive and have a valid driver’s license. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
