County religious education adviser David Hampshire said: "Just because we're far away in Cornwall, this agenda is still important in preventing violent extremism."
The Government said a similar, UK-wide scheme for teachers was already in place.
A Schools Department spokesman said: "It tells how to recognise who could potentially be coerced into extremism - for instance if they're saying unusual things or living on society's fringe."
Civil rights groups called the scheme "terrifying".
Liberty's Corinna Ferguson said: "We should be working on more positive things with young people rather than treating them as suspects."
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