This Pathfinder Curriculum was developed to provide more outdoor activities, allow the Teens some choices and bring the whole club together in some of their learning experiences.
The Junior Classes (Friends, Companion and Explorer) still have their own separate classes with a set curriculum. The choice is whether to do advance or not.
The Teen classes (Ranger, Voyager and Guide) meet altogether with one teacher. They can have some opportunity to choose their class work within boundaries of the skills of the club leaders. They choose from a range of specialties (bush craft, camp craft, drill, ceremony, first aid, communications, personal development, nature, recreation, wilderness living, craft). They also have to complete a different core unit for each of the years they are
in teens.
The options for the Teens are:
• Two Specialties and Core or
• One Specialty, 2 Honours and Core or
• Four Honours & core
The Teen must complete the years choices & will be invested for that class year depending on their age (13=Ranger, 14=Voyager, 15=Guide). The whole club completes the club activities together. Teens also have a choice to do the advanced in each class.
What is required
The club needs to keep the following records
• The Director Dairy – Records what Specialties the club does for each year.
• The Pathfinder Record Book – Kept up to date by the class teacher.
Resources
South Pacific Pathfinder Staff Manual (Red Book) - Provides outline of Honours,
Marching methods and how to run a Pathfinder Club.
Junior Teachers Resource Book (Blue Book) - The above are available from the ABC
Resources from the Youth Department:
• Junior Class Outline
• Teen Speciality requirements and resource material
• How to run the speciality program
• Pathfinder Diary
Other Comments
This program saves on staff. Only need 4 teachers. The best way of running the program is that the Teens Choose ONE Specialty & Two Honours. It is easiest if all of the Teens are doing the same specialty (at least) Large groups may be able to have more choices at the one time.
The Youth Department has all of the resource materials for this program.
