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Pathfinder Leadership Award

PLA Record Card

 Requirements: 

I.                    Pre-Requisites

A.     Be a Master Guide.

B.     Have a Pathfinder Basic Staff Training Course Certificate.

C.    Be an active Pathfinder staff member.

D.    Be an active Adventist Youth (AY) class curriculum instructor. 

II.                  New Skills Development 

Requirement #1

Develop skills in Pathfindering by attending the scheduled minimum hours of these seminars, conducted by the conference Pathfinder Ministries personnel. 

A.     Administration and Human Relations – 8 hours

1.      Team Building Skills (3 hours)

a.      Goal setting

b.      The planning process

c.      Motivating volunteers

2.      Personal Improvement (2 hours)

a.      Know your temperament

b.      Finding your purpose

c.      Conflict resolution

3.      The Development of Faith in Pathfinder Growth (1 hour)

a.      Pre-Adolescent and Adolescent Growth Patterns

b.      What makes adolescents tick

c.      Discipleship through mentoring

4.      Discipline (1 hour)

a.      Understanding discipline

b.      Effective discipline

c.      Christian discipline

5.      Current Issues – (1 hour)

(Family violence, AIDS, child abuse, preventing youth violence, teens and drugs, smoking and your heart, and drinking and your heart.)

B.     Camp Planning and programming – 2 Hours

1.      Introduction to Camping – Purpose, Objectives, Planning

2.      Hiking and Backpacking

3.      Campsite – Arrangement, Environmental Impact, Sanitation

4.      Fires, First Aid Kits, Safety, and Rescue

5.      Cooking, Menus, Equipment, and Edible Wilds

6.      Wilderness Techniques and Survival

7.      Orienteering

8.      Sabbath Schedule and Activities

9.      Cold Weather Camping 

C.    Pathfinder and Community Ministry – 3 hours

1.      What is Pathfinder ministry?

2.      AY Class curriculum applied to ministry

3.      You Too Can Witness 

D.    Resource Materials – 2 hours 

E. Drill and Pathfinder Ceremonies – 2 hours

1.      Commands

2.      Individual drill

3.      Basic club drill

4.      Guidon drill

5.      Flag customs and ceremonies

6.      Program ceremonies

7.      Advanced drill 

E.     Outdoor Education

1.      Concept of outdoor education

2.      Nature awareness

3.      Spiritual applications of nature 

F.     Recreation

1.      Philosophy of recreation

2.      Types and guidelines for Christian recreation

3.      New games and sports

 Requirement #2

During your involvement as a staff member in the local Pathfinder Club, select any two areas listed under New Skills Development (Requirement #!) and demonstrate those skills in the Pathfinder Club.

 III.                Personal Growth

A.     Read the AY Encounter Series II, Christ the Church

B.     Read a book on self-esteem or adolescent development

C.    Select and develop a personal skill through reading, listening to tapes, attending a class, or joining a specialized club (examples: management training, human resources, communications, creativity, etc.)

D.    Hold a current American Red Cross Community CPR Certificate or its equivalent.

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