What are the new Girl Scout Leadership Awards?
Girl Scouts is launching fresh Leadership Awards for Juniors through Ambassadors! These awards celebrate all the
ways you lead—yourself, your team, and your community. They’re about building real skills that make a real impact,
and gaining the confidence to turn your ideas into action. Whether you’re figuring out what leadership means to
you, working with a team, leading a group, or stepping up to a challenge, these awards are designed to help you
explore what leadership means to you—no pressure, just room to grow. These awards include flexible options that
let you explore and shape your own leadership style; you get to lead in a way that feels right for you. Because
leadership isn’t just about being in charge, it’s about learning, growing, and making a difference. These awards are
all represented by beautiful new pins that capture the essence of each award.
How can you earn these awards?
If you’re in grades 4–12, you can earn these awards on your own, at events or camp, at troop meetings, or even in
your community. They’re flexible and designed to fit your interests and schedule. Plus, earning these awards is a
fun, meaningful way to practice leadership and take on challenges that matter to you. And the cherry on top? These
awards serve as prerequisites to earning Girl Scouts’ Highest Awards: the Bronze, Silver, and Gold Awards.
What are the benefits of earning these awards?
These awards give Girl Scouts the chance to grow as leaders in ways that feel authentic and meaningful—whether
they’re stepping outside of their comfort zone, guiding a team, or making a difference in their community. Along the
way, they’ll develop practical skills like confidence, critical thinking, teamwork, communication, project planning,
and advocacy.
More than just leadership development, these are real-life skills that stick—from advocating for what matters and
managing group projects, to making smart decisions under pressure and leading positive change. Earning these
awards help Girl Scouts grow into the kind of leaders the world needs—motivated, capable, and ready to take
action.
Highest Award Prerequisites
Before embarking on the Bronze Award as Juniors, the Silver Award as Cadettes, or the Gold Award as Seniors/Ambassadors, Girl Scouts must complete a prerequisite experience at that level. Girl Scouts may select an experience from this menu. Girl Scouts may complete as many experiences at their program level as they desire, but only one is required in order to satisfy the Highest Award prerequisite.
New Leadership Awards: A Closer Look
Learn more about the new awards on GSUSA’s Leadership Awards page.
Peer Leadership Awards: for Girl Scout Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors.
Personal Leadership Awards: for Girl Scout Juniors, Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors.
Teaching Leadership Awards: for Girl Scout Juniors, Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors.
Community Advocacy Awards: for Girl Scout Juniors, Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors.
Last updated on December 3, 2025