Head Counselor Certification Course

1. Head Counselor Certification Course Berean Council Sept. 11, 2013 Brian Kemper vinelandcadets@live.ca

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

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

4. Scenario 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.

5. 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.

6. So here we have discovered one important tool. CLEAR EXPECTATIONS

7. Scenario – Part 2 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. He states that your job is to explain to the employees why it is important that they be held accountable for doing their jobs.

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

9. So here we have discovered the second important tool. ACCOUNTABILITY

10. So we have discovered For counselors of a club To perform effectively, we need two things ... 1. Clear expectations. 2. Accountability for meeting those expectations.

11. Two Paths 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.

12. Cadres • Club • Recruiting Counselors and Cadets Organizing

13. Goals • Developing a Program • Activities • Budgeting • Delegating Planning

14. Providing vision • Motivating counselors • Motivating boys • Spiritual guidance Leading

16. …with Corps • …with Cadet Council • …with Church Council • …with Parents • …With Counselors • …With boys Communicating

17. Go to slide 34

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

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

20. Questions 1 & 2 What is Cadeting? n The Goal of Cadeting n Program Levels

21. Questions 3 - 4 The Head Counselor n The Head Counselor’s Job Description n The Head Counselor’s Code

22. Questions 5 - 9 Counselors • Recruiting Counselors • Preparing Counselors n Junior Counselors

23. Questions 10 - 11 Club memberships n Club Registration n Church Offerings

24. Questions 12 - 14 Structure n Cadres n Cadre Officers • n Cadres • n Cadre Officers

25. Questions 15 - 16 Supplies • n Uniform Supplies • n Cadet Supplies

26. Questions 17 - 19 Planning n Annual Planning Calender n Club Activities n Make a Plan

27. Question 20 - 22 Leading • n Leadership Profile • n Delegating

28. Questions 23 - 24 Communicating • n HC & his Church • n HC & Corps

29. Questions 25 - 26 Controlling • n Meeting Evaluation • n Season Evaluation

30. Questions 27 Dynamic Youth Ministries

31. Questions 28 - 29 Counselor Education • n Council Level • n Corps Level

32. Questions 30 Start-up costs • n Church Offerings

33. This completes the course

34. The DCE Team will … • 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

35. Thanks for attending. Please fill out an evaluation form or send your comments to vinelandcadets@live.ca.