Job Description

The VP of Pathways (VPP) is an elective club office. As such, the VPP will not receive club officer credit for DTM, and training will not count toward club DCP credit. As the VPP, you will work closely with your club’s VPE and VPM to support Pathways adoption, training, and troubleshooting. If you are the VPE for a small club, you may find that it works best to incorporate the work of the VPP into your role and have your club declare you their VPP. Our District 7 goals are as follows:

• 100% member Pathways adoption for 100% of the clubs in D7.
• 75% of D7 clubs achieve at least 5 of the 6 educational goals of the DCP.

Responsibilities

As your club’s VP of Pathways, you will have the following responsibilities:

• Orient new members to Pathways—NOTE: Relative to Pathways, a new member may also be a longtime member who is transitioning into Pathways after having earned a traditional DTM or having otherwise worked the traditional program exclusively. You will help each new member select a path and get started on the new path. If you are not also the VPE or VPM, you will assist your club’s VPE and/or VPM efforts to find mentors for new members. You will also coach, guide, and encourage each new member to finish Level 1 in what the new member deems to be a timely manner.
• Train club members on the basics of how to use Pathways—i.e., Base Camp, evaluation forms, and submission of awards.
• Assist the efforts of your club’s VPE and VPM to monitor club progress on Pathways (Member Pathways adoption rates and achievement of educational awards on Pathways)
• Troubleshoot challenges.

Metrics

• Pathways Adoption Rate
• VPP_Score (copied from District 57; edited on October 28, 2020, after correction of arithmetic error discovered by Dave Bones):
  • The score is designed to earn points for each level completed, with a 10x bonus for each path completed.  It also rewards clubs for having more members earn Pathways awards, as opposed to a few members earning the same number of awards, and normalizes scores so that small clubs have the same chance to do well as large clubs.
  • Formula: [(Levels + 10 x Paths) / Base] x [Earning / Base] x 1000 where Levels = levels completed, Paths = paths completed, Earning = number of members earning awards, and Base = membership base as of July 1, 2020
    • Example: The Pathways Pioneers Club has 5 members finish Level 1, and one of those members also finishes Level 2. 2 members finish Level 3, and 1 member finishes Level 5. The club started the year with a membership of 20.
      • 5 Level 1’s = 5 points
      • 1 Level 2 = 1 point
      • 2 Level 3’s = 2 points
      • 1 Level 5 = 1 point for finishing a level + 10 points for finishing a path = 11 points.
      • 5 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 10 = 19
      • 5 + 2 + 1 = 8 members earning awards. (Remember that one of the 5 members who finished Level 1 also finished Level 2, so that member is counted only once.)
      • (19 / 20 x 8 / 20) x 1000 = VPP Score of 380
    • Incentive: Standings updated weekly on D7 website. Final standings reported on D7 website on July 1, 2021.
      • First place winner earns large trophy and $100 Toastmasters gift certificate for the club.
      • Second place winner earns medium trophy and $75 Toastmasters gift certificate for the club.
      • Third place winner earns small trophy and $50 Toastmasters gift certificate for the club.
      • Fourth and fifth place winners earn $25 Toastmasters gift certificate for each of their clubs.

Support

• Pathways Chair: Dr. Gwendolyn Avington
• Pathways Proponents Committee
• Other VPPs
• Regular meetings of VPPs with Pathways committee to share best practices

VPP Contest Standings (1 point minimum)