Awards Counselor Orientation
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About the Program
This training program is designed for those who wish to serve as a counselor or facilitator for a Catholic Scouting religious emblem. It is made available by the Diocese of Tulsa Catholic Committee on Scouting.
The religious award programs in scouting can have a significant influence in developing spirituality, citizenship, and character. The most important ingredient in Catholic Scouting is the interaction that youth have with their adult leaders, priests, and deacons. Volunteers in scouting are role models and mentors and have a lasting impact on the lives of the youth they serve. It is estimated that the typical Catholic Boy Scouts and their adult leaders spend an average of 550 hours in a year at weekly meetings, camping activities, and other events. With this interaction, the leaders and religious emblems counselors have a unique opportunity to help young people understand their faith and live it more effectively.
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The Value of Scouting Religious Emblem Programs
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The Diocese of Tulsa Catholic Committee on Scouting is made up of volunteers whose mission is helping youth in all scouting programs develop in the spirit and teachings of Jesus and the ideals of His Church. We also assist the unit leaders in the task of developing the spiritual life of the scouts. We thank you for your ministry to the youth in scouting and especially for taking the time to complete this training.The training consists of five modules:
- Scouting as a Youth Ministry
- Adolescence and Faith: A Developmental Perspective
- Catholic Scouting Religious Emblems
- Youth Protection
- Religious Emblems and Award Steps
The goal of this training is to provide information that will help you serve as a religious emblems counselor or facilitator. At the end of this training, you should:- Understand how Catholic Scouting and the religious emblems can help a young person grow in faith using Scouting as a youth ministry
- Know what religious emblems are available to Scouts
- Have a basic idea of the goals and content of the emblem requirements
- Gain a basic understanding of the stages of youth spiritual development
- Understand the differing roles of counselor and facilitator in relation to specific emblems, and the requirements for serving in those roles
- Understand some important points from the Boy Scout requirements for youth safety
- Understand the requirements for earning a religious emblem
After careful study of this material, you are asked to take a short quiz. You will then be directed to the Counselor and Facilitator Application. When finished, please review the forms, make a copy for yourself, and send them to the committee for review.The training course will start with some background information about scouting and youth ministry in the Catholic Church. Some of the material presented started with the Boy Scouts of America, but we believe it is applicable to all scouting programs.To begin the training program, please select Module 1 below. -
Counselor Training ModulesCatholic Scouting Counselor Orientation
- Counselor Orientation
- Module 1 - Scouting as a Youth Ministry
- Module 2 - Adolescence and Faith: A Developmental Perspective
- Module 3 - Catholic Scouting Emblems
- Module 4 - Youth Protection
- Module 5 - Emblem and Award Steps
- Orientation Program Quiz
- Award Counselor of Facilitator Application