Thank you for your interest in becoming a Pathways into Womanhood Camp Leader. Demand for Pathways programs is growing rapidly and this is a great opportunity to join a high impact social venture. This training program will be exciting and experiential and is designed to tap into your individuality and creativity.
Please note that this training is specifically designed so that even if you have nothing further to do with the Pathways Foundations and its programs, you will still gain enormous value from the experience that will be of great assistance in many other areas of your life.
Our organisation is going through a strong growth phase as we move towards achieving our vision of creating a contemporary Rite of Passage that is available to every boy and girl in Australia. We are excited about training more leaders to take this program to many more communities around Australia.
Becoming a Pathways Camp Leader will enable you to provide a much needed service to your community. It is not a substitute for full time employment. Once you have completed your training the wage paid to you as a Camp Leader will support you to maintain your income whilst you’re away from your other employment.
As we have limited places and need to assess all applications please ensure we receive your registration paperwork as soon as possible. Please read this document carefully and answer the questions in the application form if you wish to proceed.
Pathways is unique in the way that we approach facilitating Rites of Passage for girls in Australia. The girl and her mother or mentor attends a camp where the girls are challenged physically, mentally and emotionally. The girls have the opportunity to hear women’s stories and ask questions.
Here she can be acknowledged and heard, her intrinsic qualities seen and appreciated and her future inspired by the stories of older women. This time has the potential to nurture and strengthen the mother-daughter bond, and facilitate an appreciation of difference among her peers, as she enters a time of great change.
Importantly the girls are outnumbered by grown women who are all working together for the benefit of the girls and are interested in their future. Results have been outstanding with excellent feedback from parents, teachers and the girls themselves as well as showing improved performance at school, decreased usage of drugs and alcohol, better family relationships and higher self esteem.
The first hand experience of women supporting, understanding, sharing with and respecting other women in such a proud, positive and peaceful way is just the antidote to society frequently undermining messages of female competitiveness, lack of esteem and body image issues so current in the media. This work is effective and it transforms lives in the most positive and expansive and practical way. We, the mothers and leaders can go further and take the experience of respect and playing into our female staging to make a positive difference in the lives of our families, friends, community and culture. - Melissa…. Sydney
The value of this camp is undeniably profound and potent. I would recommend this to any woman who believes that changing the world begins with herself." - Rebecca …… Melbourne
I experienced equality, care and deep understanding. I felt that mine and everyone else's diverse and unique gifts and strengths were recognised, and our challenges and difficulties honoured and used for individual and community growth. Absolutely profound, enriching and transforming. I am deeply grateful. - Anna ….. WA
The women’s leadership camp was a powerful journey to deepening my ability to lead authentically. The leaders created a deep respectful and safe environment that allowed a transformation to take place in every woman who attended. Amazing! My deep heartfelt thanks to the team. - Anonymous
To become a Pathways Camp Leader you will have to complete a two stage training process. Stage one is a four day residential camp. On this camp you will be trained by women who are leaders in the field of contemporary Rite of Passage work for girls in Australia, and you will:
At the completion of stage one you will be assessed by the Leadership team to determine if you are suitable to progress to stage two of the training. At that point you may be invited to continue. If you are not invited to progress you will be given a full explanation as to why not and recommendations as to further personal development work you can do.
Stage two consists of being mentored and trained on three camps. A designated Senior Camp Leader will be allocated to take responsibility to train and mentor you on the camps. Over the duration of these three camps you will be given clear roles and responsibilities which will enable you to be assessed against predetermined criteria. It is envisaged that after three camps you will have had an opportunity to demonstrate the required competencies to move up to a Probationary Leader. Some trainees may not be ready at this stage and may have to attend more camps.
We are working on a spiral model that allows women to be recognised for prior experience and to progress at a pace that is appropriate to their experience and skills. The entry point for these women is to attend stage one of the training and once into stage two they will be able to demonstrate their readiness to progress quickly through the Leadership levels and be recognised accordingly.
All trainees will have a file that will clearly show where they are up to on the development track at the end of each camp. These files will be stored in the National Training Office and be available to the trainees upon request. All files will remain strictly confidential.
If you require assistance, please contact: Leonie Deuis Pathways Foundation’s National Training Office P.O. Box 3193 North Nowra NSW 2541 Ph: 1300 850 766 or Email leonie@pathwaysfoundation.org.au to find out more.
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