TEXAS BOATER EDUCATION COURSE
(Ages 13 up and adults)
This is a State of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department certified
Texas Boater Education Course. Girls will learn about mandatory
boating safety rules and responsibilities, navigation rules,
boating emergencies, personal water craft safety, trailering,
boat types, and boat operation. A person between the ages of
13 and 16 years or born after September 1, 1984, cannot operate
a windblown vessel over 14 feet in length, a motorboat with
more than 15 horsepower, or personal water craft with more than
10 horsepower unless they have taken the boater education course
in Texas. This is the course needed to take to fulfill this
requirement. Girls wishing to skipper one of the larger boats
in the Girl Scout fleet need to take this course. Adults interested
in refreshing their memory in the rules and regulations are
also encouraged to take this class. DATE: August 8, Sunday
TIME: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
FEE: $19 includes materials and lunch
MIN.4/MAX. 24 |
PROGRAM AIDE CORE
(Cadettes
or Seniors 7th grade and up)
Program Aide is a leadership program for girls who have completed
the sixth grade and who want to work with troops or groups during
the Girl Scout program year, in the day camp setting or with
the sailing program. The training consists of 2 course–Core
Training and Specialty training. Girls are eligible to wear
the Program Aide Pin upon completion of their training; they
may purchase the Program Aide patch after serving 25 hours as
a program aide.
DATE: August 7
TIME: 8 a.m.-3 p.m.
FEE: $13 includes materials, pin and lunch
BRING: Complete Girl Leadership Application (GSSJC Form F-473)
and reference form (GSSJC Form F-474)
*Forms are available at the Girl Scout center or online at
www.GSSJC.org
MIN. 4/MAX: 20
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GIRL LEADERSHIP PROJECT PROGRAM AIDE SPECIALITY COURSE
(Cadettes or Seniors, 7th grade and up)
These are the specialty course offerings the girls need to take
in order to earn their Program Aide Bar. The Program Aide Core
course is offered just prior to these specialty courses. This
course will enable program aides to assist instructors teaching
the various Red Cross canoeing, sailing, and swimming courses,
as well as helping where needed at an aquatic event with proper
supervisory personnel. If you assist at a later date with a
registered Red Cross course, you may also earn the Red Cross
Instructor Aide certificate for that particular specialty. PREREQUISITES:
GSSJC Leadership Project Program Aide Core (offered just prior
to this)
DATE/TIME:
Sailing Specialty–Aug. 8, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Canoeing Aide–Aug. 8, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Swimming–Aug. 8, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
FEE: $9 includes lunc |
FLOAT YOUR BOAT 101
(Adults wishing to learn more about the Girl Scout aquatic
programs swimming, sailing, and canoeing.)
This course is for adults wishing to have first hand working
knowledge of what it takes for Girl Scouts and adults to become
involved in the Girl Scout aquatic program.
You will be taken through the steps of how to prepare your
troop and adults to sail at Camp Casa Mare. Information on
sailing at Camp Casa Mare, the often confusing sailing ratings,
who is a Mariner, requirements to go sailing for girls and/or
adults, and troop sailing on the Council boats based off site.
Tour of the sailing facilities and seeing the program in action.
Canoeing will be another venue looked at. Canoeing progressions,
how to make arrangements to canoe on and off Council property,
requirements for adults and/or girls to actually canoe. Seeing
the actual canoes and learning what equipment is available
will be helpful in making your plans to canoe.
As with all these activities, swimming requirements can be
a mystery. How to get swim cards and GSSJC safe boating test
certificates, who needs them, what each |
certificate requires will be questions answered. Lifeguards
and pool watchers are mandatory at all aquatic events, so helpful
hints on how to acquire or become certified will be included.
Bring your questions and come learn about all the aquatic programs
the Council has to offer.
DATE: August 7
TIME: 9-4 p.m. Saturday
FEE: $9, includes lunch
MIN/MAX: 4/24
SWIM STROKE WORKSHOPS
(Levels III-V only, girls ages 8 and up)
Now is the time to get those Red Cross swim cards at summers
end when you have been brushing up on your skills all summer
long. Swimming stroke workshops are for girls, ages 8 and
over to earn ARC Learn to Swim certification. Write age of
girl on registration form. Swimming ability is tested and
Red Cross is issued at the end of the day based on skill,
proficiency, and endurance of the participant. This is not
a teaching course. Students will be tested on all skills up
to and including the new level of certification. The GSSJC
Safe Boating |
test is given only if the participants bring clean shoes and
shirt and long pants for the test. Girls need Level III to canoe
and Level IV to sail. (They MUST be 11 years old & in 6th
grade to sail). Portions of the Junior Water Fun & Swimming
badges and the Water Sports Interest Project are completed by
taking this workshop. We will use the new modified criteria
for the revamped Red Cross swimming levels.
PREREQUISITE:
Swimming Ability: A. Swim 25 yards across the deep end of
the pool doing the crawl (freestyle) stroke with rhythmic
breathing to the side, B. Swim on the back across the deep
end of the pool.
(*Adult leaders may not stay with the girls. They may, however,
sign up for another class offered at camp during this time
frame.)
DATE: S-1 July 31, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
SS-2 August 1, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
SS-3 August 7, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
SS-4 August 8, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
FEE: $11 includes lun |
