Job Descriptions

DCE (Developer of Counselor Education)

General Responsibilities

Primary responsibility is to the council board for contributing to the learning needs assessment, council education planning, and development/delivery of council education efforts of the council’s DCE team. Secondary responsibility is to the staff training coordinator through the regional training coordinator for personal development planning and participating in the developmental opportunities provided.

 

Prerequisites

• Is now, or has been an active Cadet counselor within the last three years.

• Has completed the Counselor Certification Course.

• Is willing to serve in this position for a minimum of three years.

• Is committed to the concept of cadeting as a ministry.

• Understands the role that counselor education plays in equipping Cadet counselors to be more effective in their ministry to boys.

• Is familiar with the purpose and contents of the R•P•B Guidebook, Counselor Manual, Clarion, Cadet Profile, Cadet Quest Lessons – Counselor Edition, Cadet Quest magazine, and other materials he has personally used in his ministry to boys.

• Is committed to preparing for responsibilities and meetings.

• Is committed to being an effective member of his council’s DCE team.

• Is comfortable with getting up in front of others and desires to improve his skills in making presentations and in facilitating group discussions.

 

Specific Duties 

• Attend all three phases of DCE basic training, plus make every effort to attend other DCE training provided in his region.

• Participate in either a coordinator or developer role (or both) on his council’s DCE team: Coordinator — responsible for conducting annual learning needs assessment, insuring that the annual counselor education plan is completed and submitted to the council board and regional training coordinator (RTC), and helping coordinate the counselor education workshops provided by the DCE team to the council. Developer — responsible for developing and delivering counselor education workshops and completing self-evaluation forms for those workshops which are then submitted to the RTC.

• Complete, submit to the RTC, and implement an annual personal development plan to insure continued growth and development.

• Cooperate with the RTC in his efforts to strengthen the counselor education offered in all the councils in that region.

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RTC (Regional Training Coordinator)

An RTCs primary duty is to be a support to those involved in local counselor education activities — mainly the DCEs. RTCs are appointed by the executive committee to serve in this position. Below is the RTC job description.

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Regional Training Coordinator Contact information

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General Responsibilities

Responsible to the training coordinator, serving as liaison between the training coordinator and the DCEs in his own region.

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Prerequisites

• An active counselor who has completed all three phases of DCE training.

• Willing to serve for a minimum of three years.

• Committed to the concept of servant leadership.

• Comfortable with and capable of making presentations and facilitating learning in a workshop situation.

• Able to travel and attend training and planning sessions.

• Able to commit adequate time to meet the responsibilities of this position.

 

Specific Duties

1. Monitor the three-phase training and work of DCEs within his region.

2. Phase 1 DCE training — work with councils in his region to recruit DCE candidates, coordinated with the Corps office and the training coordinator.

3. Phase 2 and 3 DCE training — encourage Phase 1 and 2 participants to register for the next phase.

4. Help maintain a DCE database to include a list of active DCEs in his region and an inventory of workshops — for a “DCE Training Exchange” service.

5. Monitor council DCEs and DCE team’s efforts by e-mail or telephone to gain a written copy of the annual counselor education plan — due each fall.

6. Follow up with DCE team leaders to learn of good workshops twice each year in December and May.
   Coordinate advanced training for DCEs within his region.

7. Plan and coordinate an annual regional DCE summit meeting. Use this event to assess the learning needs of the DCEs in the region.

8. Provide or coordinate training for DCEs and DCE teams as needed and requested.

9. Coordinate the counselor education aspect of any regional conventions or other regional counselor education events that may be scheduled.

10. Attend the annual RTC training and planning session held during the January Congress.

 

Note: The regional training coordinator cannot serve as a council congressman during his term as RTC.

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Congressman

Every council has at least one congressman (larger councils have more) and one of the congressman’s duties is to represent the interests of the council’s counselors at the annual January board meeting called Congress. If you have an interest in serving cadeting in this capacity, speak to your council board to see if there is a need for a congressman in your council, look over the responsibilities and duties listed below, and ask for God’s guidance as to whether this may be your calling.

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General Responsibilities

The Cadet congressman is a committed and dedicated Christian, active as a counselor in his club and council, and vitally interested in cadeting at all levels. Knowledgable about cadeting and very dependable, he is elected by his council to represent them at Congress for a three-year term, and to exercise effective communication and promotion.

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Specific Duties

Two words: Communication and Promotion! The congressman is the key link to effective:

• Communication between council and Corps.

• Communication between council and clubs.

  • To stand ready to assist the Corps office concerning clubs in his council.

  • To help promote cadeting within the boundary of his council.

• Communication within the council.

• Promotion by spreading the word about the effectiveness of the cadeting ministry among eligible churches without clubs.

 

Council — Corps Communication

• Preparing for Congress

  • Involve his council in the decision-making process by reviewing the Congress agenda with them, encouraging council proposals — starting at the club level, and encouraging council reports to the congress committees.

  • Inform Corps of his council’s ideas and concerns by sending in his council’s proposals on time, sending in his council’s reports to congress committees on time, and take note of his council’s opinions and mandates when representing them at congress.

• Follow-up to Congress

  • Report the results of Congress to his council including the important programming decisions, decisions on his council’s proposals, budget and church offering goals, and other responsibilities mandated to the councils by congress.

  • Submit requested information for Corps including the updated Officer List (formerly Structure Sheet) by June 1 each year, the Council Roster by October 22 each year, and the other reports and information on time.

• During the Cadet Season

  • Report important information to his council including the summary of executive committee minutes, encouraging head counselors to renew Cadet Quest before renewal due date and ordering Quest Counselor Editions by September, encouraging head counselors to order Cadet Sunday bulletin covers at least a month before they need them, handling periodic informational mailings, taking surveys, and providing Information on conventions and international camporees.

  • Report requested and important information back to Corps including submitting Annual Registration Forms/Fees by October 22 each year, keeping track of membership fees, and offerings, following up with clubs which are delinquent in either registrations and/or offerings, surveying and preparing other reports requested, and providing feedback from council board and other members.

 

Council — Club Communication & Promotion

Each council officer has an important task. Part of a congressman’s task is to be concerned with growth and promotion. There are three areas involved:

• Internal growth — stronger clubs — The congressman’s task, in this area, is to provide leadership to his council as it serves to strengthen each club and bring them together to form a strong council. The purpose of a council is to serve its member clubs. Here are some ways to accomplish this task:

  • The council board should visit each club at least once during the Cadet season (visitation forms are available).

  • The congressman should be ready to help any head counselor in his efforts to communicate the vision and financial needs of cadeting to his consistory. Materials, such as letters to consistories, are available from the Corps office.

  • The condition of each club should be constantly measured in order to detect problem clubs.

  • The congressman should always be readily available to assist particular clubs on individual basis.

• Numerical growth — new clubs — The congressman’s task here is to promote cadeting and to share it with other churches in the area of his council which do not have the Cadet program for reaching boys.

• Outreach growth — new Cadets — His task here is to encourage each member club to involve more and more community boys in their programs. Here are some suggestions:

  • Set outreach growth goals each Cadet season. The council’s goal should be the combined goals of its member clubs.

  • Hold a workshop on outreach early in the Cadet season.