Especialidades JA/Dirección de menores/Respuestas

Dirección de menores

Nivel de destreza

3

Año

1945

Version

27.11.2024

Autoridad de aprobación

Asociación General

1

Ser un Guía Mayor.

2

Leer dos libros sobre el liderazgo juvenil escritos en los últimos cinco años.

3

Servir en cualquiera de las siguientes oficinas:

3a

Director de jóvenes o subdirector por un año (Sociedad de JA).

3b

Maestro de escuela sabática de menores o jóvenes por un año.

3c

Miembro activo de la directiva del club de Conquistadores por un año.

3d

Miembro del personal en un campamento de verano para jóvenes durante todo un verano.

4

Preparar un grupo para ser investidos en una de las clases progresivas de JA/Conquistadores durante el año en curso y ayudar en la realización de la investidura.

5

Conocer al menos 10 cualidades de un buen líder juvenil.

Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Qualities of a good youth leader

6

Conocer la diferencia entre los menores (10-12 años) y adolescentes (13-15 años) en las siguientes áreas:

Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Physical emotional mental spiritual differences

7

Conocer los principios de la buena administración de la disciplina a los jóvenes. Aprender las siguientes áreas de la disciplina:

7a

Diez maneras de evitar tener que aplicar disciplina

1. Have a plan for every minute of your Pathfinder time.
2. Make thorough preparations for every meeting
3. Establish standards of conduct and communicate them to your club
4. Make friends with your Pathfinders
5. Allow your Pathfinders to participate in decision making
6. Keep a sense of humor
7. Do not use sarcasm or ridicule
8. Acknowledge faults when they come to your attention, but avoid looking for them
9. Be fair. Avoid unequal treatment or having "pets".
10. Maintain self-control and practice patience

7b

Nueve maneras de tener una disciplina equilibrada

1. Establish fair rules and regulations
2. Set up and use a point system.
3. Put your rules and regulations in writing
4. Enforce the rules and regulations.
5. Apply the rules consistently.
6. Make only a few carefully considered rules.
7. Present a devotional on discipline, explaining the Pathfinder Pledge and Law. Remind your Pathfinders that they have agreed to abide by the Pledge and Law.
8. Counsel and pray with your Pathfinders before administering disciplinary action.
9. Counsel and pray with unsupportive parents.
10. Explain club discipline to parents. They are more likely to support you if they understand what you are doing.

7c

Cinco clases de disciplina

1. Subtract points using the point system
2. Suspend privileges at meetings
3. Remove rank or office (captains, scribes, guidons, color guard)
4. Reduce privileges at campouts
5. Dismiss from club for a period of time

7d

Cinco procedimientos de disciplina

If the Pathfinder is uncooperative or disobedient

• • The counselor should calmly talk to the Pathfinder
  • Explain that members of the Pathfinder club are expected to uphold standards of behavior
  • Privately counsel and pray with the Pathfinder (this should be done out of earshot, but within sight of others).

If the Pathfinder continues to be uncooperative or disobedient

• • Bring in a second staff member to talk with the Pathfinder. This should be the deputy director.
  • Explain that the Pathfinder is in violation of the Pathfinder Law (be courteous and obedient).
  • Pray with the Pathfinder

If a third session is required

• • The counselor, deputy director, and director should meet with the Pathfinder.
  • This should be done privately.
  • Explain the importance of unity and cooperation
  • Be sure the Pathfinder knows how serious the situation is
  • Pray with the Pathfinder
  • Arrange to meet with the parents and the Pathfinder

If misbehavior continues

• • The counselor, deputy director, and director meet privately with one another.
  • The parents are informed that the Pathfinder must sit out of all Pathfinder activities for one month.
  • A staff member visits the Pathfinder at home during the suspension period.

If misbehavior continues after the Pathfinder comes back

• • Repeat the first three steps outlined above.
  • If stage four is reached a second time, the Pathfinder is suspended from the club for a longer period of time - perhaps for the remainder of the year.

References

Pathfinder Staff Manual, chapter 4