Age Requirement
Description
The TLT must be in at least year 12.
Pathfinder course pre-requisite
Description
Complete the TLT Program Level 2
Payment
Description
Make payment for the programme level
Orientation
Description
Complete a Club Orientation Program covering:
- Pathfinder objectives and purpose
- Investiture Achievement
- Program format
- Basic club policies including: finances, attendance, enrollment, etc.
- Leadership style/chain of command
- Discipline techniques and procedures
- Club goals
- Communication channels
- Expectations
Records Operations- Clerical
Description
- Summarise your involvement in assisting or lead out in keeping and tracking attendance
records for club meetings and events and tallying them for
use by the club director for church board, area coordinator
and conference reports.
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Summarise your involvement in assisting or lead out in the distribution and collection of
permission slips for events.
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Summarise your involvement in assisting or lead out in the preparation and distribution
of applications, information packets, schedules, health
forms, consent forms and other club correspondence to
parents and the church family.
Records Operations- Reports
Description
- Summarise your involvement in assisting or lead out in Investiture Achievement and Honour
reporting. Include a list of those who have completed the
requirements and document their receipt of the Investiture
uniform items and Honour patches. Assist in taking,
processing, and distributing uniform orders.
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Summarise your involvement in assisting or lead out in submitting monthly reports of club
activities and attendance totals to the church board, area
coordinator and the conference.
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Summarise your involvement in assisting with preparing and posting documents, photos and
reports of events and activities on the church’s website,
club’s webpage or on a leaflet.
Records Operations- Finances
Description
- Working independently, the TLT to develop an understanding of how the business practices
of budgeting, collecting and accounting enable the
ministry of Pathfindering to operate and thrive. Practice
general stewardship principles as they relate to the
Pathfinder Pledge and Law.
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Summarise your involvement in assisting the club treasurer in collecting money and writing
receipts for: registration fees, dues, uniform items, club
trips, special events and needed supplies.
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Summarise your involvement in assisting in planning, collecting and accounting of fundraising
money.
Records Operations- Accounting
Description
- Working independently the TLT to develop a basic understanding of a debit/credit
accounting system and assist the club treasurer with the
financial records. Assist each month in the processes
of monitoring the Pathfinder club yearly budget and
preparing monthly reports for the club director and
church board.
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Working independently, the TLT to develop or continue a working relationship with the
church treasurer. Learn the cash flow and accounting
processes of how money flows from the Pathfinder
parent, through the club, to the church treasurer, and on,
when paying for conference events, uniform items and
Pathfinder resources.
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Summarise your involvement in assisting the club treasurer in accounting reimbursements
and accounts payable.
Counseling Operations- Unit Planning
Description
- Summarise your involvement in assisting or lead in planning and carrying out class activities
during allotted unit time at regular club meetings.
This could include unit honour instruction, unit worship
planning, preparation for a class event, or other activities
as directed by the class counsellor or club director.
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Summarise your involvement in assisting or lead in planning and carrying out an off-site unit
day activity. Coordinate with TLT attached to Activities
Operations to confirm that all planning, logistics, food,
and safety have been accounted for in relation to the offsite day activity.
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Summarise your involvement in assisting or lead in planning a class camping trip. Coordinate
with the TLT assigned to Activities Operations to confirm
that all planning, logistics, food, and safety have been
accounted for.
Counseling Operations- Club Trips
Description
- Summarise your invovlevement in assisting or lead in planning and carrying out unit activities
during allotted time on club camping trips. This
could include, but are not limited to: campsite set up,
preparation for inspection, hikes, group meetings, curfew
and lights out, and the breaking of camp.
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Summarise your invovlevement in assisting or lead in the proper care and posting of club clouors at the campsite.
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Coordinate with the TLT assigned to Activities
Operations for Off-Site Safety to assist in monitoring all
safety issues within the unit. Know where the club first
aid kits are and be familiar with their contents.
Counseling Operations- Teamwork
Description
- Summarise your involvement in assisting the class counsellors in helping units become closeknit
teams. Plan age-appropriate games and activities
that build cooperation and teamwork within units and
throughout the club. Create unit guidons and mascots if
this is your club practice.
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Summarise your involvement in assisting unit Captains and Scribes to learn their
responsibilities and to be successful in providing
leadership to their unit. Help unit members learn
democratic processes for making group-decisions.
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Summarise your involvement in assisting the Pathfinder Instructors by motivating and
encouraging unit members to pay attention and to
complete their Investiture Achievement and honour
requirements.
Counseling Operations- Personal Safety
Description
- Summarise your involvement in assisting in planning, scheduling and coordinating adequate
and proper adult supervision ratios for all unit activities.
Develop a unit-based buddy system for all Pathfinders.
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Learn and follow appropriate personal safety guidelines
when working with minors and adults. Apply for
approved volunteer status with your pastor or the church
safety officer.
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Summarise your involvement in assisting in planning, preparing, and monitoring a social media
site for the club. Follow all social media safety guidelines
as prescribed by your church, conference Pathfinder
Department, and conference Communications Department.