Head Counselor Certification Course Berean Council Sept. 11, 2013 Brian Kemper

Introductions: Your name, your club, what you are looking forward to the most in the upcoming Cadet season.

Being a Head Counselor means understanding some important tools. LET’S SEE IF WE CAN DISCOVER THESE TOOLS.

You have just arrived at a new job and the boss greets you and takes you to your office. He tells you he has a meeting to attend and so he leaves you to get settled in and start working on your own. Scenario

Welcome to your new job. Time to get to work. What is my job? As you sit there, you realize that you have no idea what is expected of you in this job!

Please think about why it is important to understand what is expected of you in your job. Write down three reasons on the hand out What is my job? Welcome to your new job. Time to get to work.

So here we have discovered one important tool. CLEAR EXPECTATIONS

The boss returns and explains that one of the problems they have discovered is that no one is being held accountable for the work they do. Scenario – Part 2 He states that your job is to explain to the employees why it is important that they be held accountable for doing their jobs.

Please write down three reasons you would give for the need for accountability

So here we have discovered the second important tool.ACCOUNTABILITY

For counselors of a club To perform effectively, we need two things Clear expectations. 2. Accountability for meeting those expectations. So we have discovered

Path #1 * Answer the questions in your head counselor manual tonight. Path #2 * Discuss/share five major parts of leadership * Organizing * Planning * Leading * Communicating * Controlling * Answer questions in the manual on your own.

* Cadres * Club * Recruiting Counselors and Cadets

* Goals * Developing a Program * Activities * Budgeting * Delegating

* Providing vision * Motivating counselors * Motivating boys * Spiritual guidance

* … with Corps * …with Cadet Council * …with Church Council * …with Parents * …With Counselors * …With boys

* Go to slide 34

Please open your Head Counselor Certification Course booklet. Read the Introduction on the top of page 2

Notice that the on the left side of the booklet are the page references to the location of the answers in Head Counselors Handbook

What is Cadeting?  The Goal of Cadeting  Program Levels Questions 1 & 2

The Head Counselor  The Head Counselor’s Job Description  The Head Counselor’s Code Questions 3 - 4

Counselors Recruiting Counselors Preparing Counselors Junior Counselors Questions 5 - 9

Club Registration Church Offerings Club memberships Questions

nCadres n Cadre Officers Structure Questions Cadres Cadre Officers

Uniform Supplies Cadet Supplies Supplies Questions

Annual Planning Calender Club Activities Make a Plan Planning Questions

Leadership Profile Delegating Leading Question

HC & his Church HC & Corps Communicating Questions

Meeting Evaluation Season Evaluation Controlling Questions

Dynamic Youth Ministries Questions 27

Council Level Corps Level Counselor Education Questions

Church Offerings Start-up costs Questions 30

This completes the course

* Collect your booklets * Return your booklets and distribute the head counselor stripes * Send the list of names and addresses to the Corps office so certificates can be mailed to you Please make sure you fill in the back of your booklet The DCE Team will …

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