Pathfinder Leadership Award

III - SKILLS DEVELOPMENT MODULES

btsikada (PIA)
III. 1. A. Administration & Human Relations

Team Building
a. Goal Setting
b. Planning Process
c. Motivating volunteers

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 a. Goal Setting

Purpose : Help leaders to uncover wants, needs., desires for future personal development.
Writing Goal statements: A well defined goal statement = foundation of goal achievement.

- Application:
•Fulfil responsibilities
•Solve a problem
•Be creative & innovative
•Having a better Path. Ministry
•Personal life

- Formalized Goal Statements - Includes:

•What is to be accomplished
•Who will be involved
•When will activity be accomplished
•Cost/resources needed.

- Attributes of Formalized Goal Statement

• Needs to be SMART
• Rationale for Goal
• Action Plan
• Statement of Progress

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 b. the Planning Process

What is it ?
Planning is a rational, systematic method of decision-making and problem-solving.

Assessment

Achievement Commitment

Implementation Where is goal setting? Investigation

Preparation Decision

Organization
The Benefits of Planning

· a. Gives Direction (you see target)

· b. Coordinates (all parts of programs & activities)

· c. Provides Standards (for measurement, evaluation)

· d. Clarifies (unclear areas)

· e. Prepares (for emergencies, alternatives)

· f. Reveals (unforeseen issues)

· g. Stimulates (relationships, the mind)

Dangers in Planning

· a. Loss of Spontaneity (inflexible)

· b. Too Much Faith in the Process (lack innovation)

· c. Lack of Growth

· d. Psychological Distress (if undisciplined)

· e. Hang-up on Methods – Be careful that methods,

techniques, and procedures will gradually take over the entire
goal-seeking process.
Key Ingredients for Successful Planning

a. Curiosity –Take time to look ahead and try to gauge chances for success against
the unknown

b. Creativity – New ideas, strategies, and ways of applying old ideas to current
issues

c. Competitiveness – Test for strengths and weaknesses in other people’s ideas and
test contradictory positions

d. Practicality– Be pragmatic about success

e. Confidence– Cope with criticism and rejection from any quarter

f. Wisdom– Develop in all fields of knowledge, Try to learn something new

g. Persistence– Learn to overcome obstacles.

A Summary of Process of Pathfinder Programming:

Planning Set your priorities

Commit your staff. Formulate goals and objectives. Get budget.
Delineate plans and programs

Execution Keep things organized

Lead and motivate. Train staff. Communicate.

Evaluation
Evaluate your program. Evaluate with staff. Evaluate with Pathfinders.
Evaluate with conference Pathfinder leadership
 b. Motivating Volunteers

c. Motivating Volunteers
We have a need– a critical need– to motivate others
Perhaps 99% of everything we do is habit. Much of the motivation process involves
changing someone’s habits.

Key to that is substitution of a better habit pattern, by showing a better way…

The core of motivation is meeting needs.

Meeting Needs of your Pathfinder Clubs in West Rand District: Identify Gaps

Physiological Needs
Safety Needs
Belonging Needs
Control Needs
Individual Needs
Potential Needs
Change Needs
If needs are met = totally satisfaction = self-motivated
Minimax : minimize weaknesses and maximize strengths in people.
Frederick Herzberg, a behavioral scientist,’s two factors that most
influence people’s opinions regarding their work:-

Motivation
Maintenance.

Motivation Factors

Absence of motivation factors will decrease of motivation

Achievement : People need to feel that they have accomplished something.
Recognition : People need to feel that thier achievement has been noticed.
Interesting Duties :The work must be interesting
Responsibility: Responsibility for new tasks and duties is important.
Growth Opportunity: Is there potential to grow?
Maintenance Factors–

These keep staff on the job.; their absence causes dissatisfaction.

However these have little direct impact on motivation.

Supervision : A leader should be willing to teach and delegate responsibility

Administration : Good communication from leadership is important

Working conditions : Staff feels good about physical conditions of work

Policies, procedures : Should be conducive, clear, fair & applied evenly

Status : Staff need to feel that job has status and rank

Remuneration/Recognition: Money is not the only (obviously) remuneration possible

III. i. F. Outdoor Education

1. Concepts of Outdoor Education

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The interpreter of nature
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 Human Faculties

PHYSICAL SPIRITUAL

MENTAL
III. i. F. Outdoor Education

2. Nature Awareness

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Nature Awareness = Observation of the laws & operations of nature
Application of Nature Awareness : Field
Trip

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• Observation
• Specimen collection
• Photography
• Sketches
• Log Book Entries
Log Book Entries ……
Training the Powers of Observation e.g.
order, organization & geometry
 Training the Powers of Observation ….
labour, teamwork and power
Training the Powers of Observation
……. productivity
III. i. F. Outdoor Education

3. Spiritual Applications of Nature

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Psalms 19.1
Mysteries of
healing and
redemption
……. the law of ministry
 Divine Promises

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