High Councillor Responsibilities

Suggestions for watching over and supporting Stake Institute Classes  

• Upon request, recommend names to the stake presidency for calling new teachers.  

• Interviewing & calling of new teachers (where assigned by the stake presidency).  Provide reports and attendance information (see stake clerk or S&I coordinator) to the stake presidency and encourage discussion of enrolment, attendance, and completion of institute courses.  

• Present possible agenda items on Institute for stake council (ministering efforts, program effectiveness etc.)  

• Ensure Institute enrolment and attendance reports are discussed, and ministering efforts actioned, through the stake YSA committee.  

• Work with local bishoprics to ensure that ward YSA committees, elders quorum and relief society presidency representatives discuss and action ministering efforts, using Institute enrolment and attendance reports.  

• Support supervisors in training teachers using the principles and practices outlined in the Teaching in the Savior’s Way handbook.  

• Meet with the supervisor regularly to assist in planning and provide priesthood direction. 

• Become familiar with Institute leader resources https://www.ChurchofJesusChrist.org/si/leaderresources?lang=eng&site=institute  

• Interview teachers throughout the year to: 

o Encourage continued improvement as a teacher (referring to Teaching in the Savior’s Way handbook). 

o Provide encouragement and priesthood direction and support. 

o Provide a priesthood blessing as required.  

• Visit classes occasionally to understand the needs of the program.  

• Help supervise teachers and the program if no stake supervisors are called.  

• Provide information and inspired thoughts relating to the program to the stake presidency (i.e. location and timing of classes, an activity/event in the stake that can include key messages related to Institute, feedback on teachers and supervisors – note: informed leaders can make inspired decisions.