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.
- 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.
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)
Rank | Division | Area | Club ID | Club Name | VP Pathways | Membership Base | Levels Completed | Paths Completed | Members Earning Awards | VPP Score |
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1 | G | 84 | 9235 | New Beginnings Toastmasters | Jerry Phillips | 4 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 18750 |
2 | A | 24 | 2931 | Unified Toastmasters Club | 5 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 7680 | |
3 | H | 92 | 1451910 | Liberty Talkers | Nate Woods | 8 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 5000 |
4 | H | 93 | 1216392 | Wake Up, Beaverton! Toastmasters | Kimberly Pendergrass | 8 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 3281 |
5 | E | 63 | 7102562 | Toast Of Tualatin, Lam Research | Michael Rosenberg | 14 | 30 | 2 | 11 | 2806 |
6 | G | 83 | 775 | Astoria Toastmasters | Christa Svensson | 7 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 2449 |
7 | C | 45 | 6525 | Communicators Plus | Cheri Redgrave | 15 | 21 | 2 | 11 | 2004 |
8 | G | 84 | 3091 | Professionally Speaking | Jerry Carr | 24 | 32 | 3 | 17 | 1830 |
9 | G | 81 | 610 | Totem Pole Club | James Wright | 13 | 27 | 0 | 11 | 1757 |
10 | E | 64 | 5642364 | Wagon Tongues | 8 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 1719 | |
11 | G | 81 | 678 | Evergreen Club | Michole Branch | 9 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 1704 |
12 | B | 33 | 3880 | Yaquina Toastmasters | Larry Lehnerz | 8 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1688 |
13 | B | 31 | 7093 | University of Oregon Club | Mychal Smigley | 8 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 1500 |
14 | F | 71 | 4287 | NoonTime Club | Jessica Wang | 13 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 1385 |
15 | G | 83 | 4777 | Encouraging Words Club | Teresa Wentworth | 14 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 1276 |
16 | E | 62 | 875188 | Portland Progressives | Karen Semprevivo | 11 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 1190 |
17 | B | 33 | 5249117 | MIME Speaks | 14 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 1102 | |
18 | G | 81 | 9527 | Clark County Toastmasters Club | David Shehorn | 13 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 1101 |
19 | D | 53 | 1235 | Blue Ox Club | Lakeitha Ruffin | 12 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 1069 |
20 | C | 42 | 693720 | Capital Toastmasters Club | SirGiogio Clardy | 38 | 41 | 5 | 16 | 1008 |
21 | H | 95 | 2714463 | Downtown Lunchbunch Toastmasters | Paul Fanning | 9 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 988 |
22 | E | 63 | 3346 | Mentors Of Focus Club | Tamsen Corbin | 14 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 949 |
T23 | E | 65 | 605 | Lake Oswego Toastmasters Club | Bella Nissen | 12 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 917 |
T23 | B | 31 | 8430 | Siuslaw Tale Spinners Club | Vickie Kennedy | 12 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 917 |
25 | E | 63 | 1360 | New Horizons Toastmasters Club | Jennifer Baker | 29 | 26 | 4 | 11 | 863 |
26 | B | 32 | 7900 | Toast of Corvallis Toastmasters Club | Lisa Schupp | 13 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 746 |
27 | E | 65 | 1007407 | WE Toasted Toastmasters | Rocky Savage | 20 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 743 |
28 | A | 22 | 158 | Myrtlewood Hootowlers Club | Renee Taylor | 9 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 741 |
29 | E | 61 | 5588 | Marylhurst Toastmasters | Ted Takamura | 21 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 714 |
30 | H | 91 | 866853 | Walker Talkers Toastmasters Club | 11 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 694 | |
31 | G | 82 | 3045535 | Salmon Speakers | Priya Kudva | 13 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 692 |
32 | H | 94 | 3756318 | Nano-Mated Speakers | Nathan Beste | 17 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 644 |
33 | B | 31 | 8553 | Gateway Toastmasters | Jenness Howery | 14 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 643 |
34 | C | 43 | 1448802 | Dallas Toastmasters | Michael Welsch | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 625 |
35 | C | 45 | 6856 | Bend Chamber Toastmasters | Fredrick Rydiun | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 620 |
36 | F | 75 | 9474 | At The River's Edge Club | Emily Basile | 14 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 612 |
37 | E | 64 | 977380 | Buckaroo Toastmasters | Emilie Taylor | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 592 |
38 | C | 42 | 2397 | Bootstrappers Club | Lyle Schellenberg | 14 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 561 |
39 | F | 73 | 1492 | Sunrise Toastmasters Club #1492 | Amanda Overcash | 19 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 532 |
40 | H | 93 | 4428 | Wallmasters International Club | 28 | 24 | 1 | 12 | 520 | |
41 | H | 96 | 9459 | Feedbackers Toastmasters Club | 20 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 495 | |
42 | A | 22 | 827361 | Roseburg Speakers and Storytellers | Sieana Chandra | 20 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 480 |
43 | C | 41 | 5915 | Toasting Excellence Club | Lyle Schellenberg | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 478 |
44 | B | 32 | 2997349 | Lebanon Toastmasters | 14 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 459 | |
45 | H | 96 | 751 | Cedar Hills Club | 19 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 446 | |
46 | G | 83 | 3657 | Early Words Club | Suzanne Loeb | 15 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 444 |
47 | G | 81 | 741873 | Speakers With Spirit Club | David Moeglein | 20 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 425 |
48 | G | 81 | 353 | Vancouver Toastmasters Club | Kevin Kaatz | 19 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 416 |
49 | E | 61 | 3697 | Clackamas Stepping Stones Tm Club | Linda Smith | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 402 |
50 | E | 62 | 7450 | Noon Talkers | Kamala Wymore | 21 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 397 |
51 | H | 93 | 4421 | Timber Talkers | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 380 | |
52 | F | 73 | 6643148 | CareOregon | Brian Mandell | 28 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 367 |
53 | C | 45 | 8523 | Toastmasters of Redmond | Cheri Redgrave | 22 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 364 |
54 | E | 65 | 3700771 | Toast to US | Anil Kumar | 20 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 363 |
55 | D | 53 | 608093 | Babble-On Toastmasters Club | Scott Strickland | 30 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 360 |
56 | C | 44 | 589207 | Sherwood Town Criers Club | Steve Davis | 15 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 356 |
57 | F | 74 | 2978 | Portlandia Club | Andrew Powers | 12 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 347 |
58 | H | 92 | 3797086 | Sporty Speakers | Emily Meyers | 27 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 333 |
59 | B | 33 | 395 | Corvallis Evening Group | 16 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 332 | |
60 | D | 54 | 6222 | Civil Tongues Club | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 328 | |
61 | H | 91 | 1877656 | Toastmasters For Speaking Professionals | Allison Bennett | 23 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 321 |
62 | H | 94 | 9654 | Speakeasy Toastmasters | Jesus Cuallo-Amador | 21 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 317 |
63 | D | 54 | 31 | Portland Club | 22 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 289 | |
64 | H | 92 | 9579 | Silicon Forest Club | 17 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 277 | |
65 | H | 95 | 7501158 | Waffle Toasters | Kyle Rolfson | 22 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 273 |
66 | D | 52 | 6869 | Tell Me A Story | Leanna Lindquist | 20 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 270 |
67 | H | 95 | 7499 | Tualatin Valley Toastmasters Club | Kat Iverson | 19 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 266 |
68 | A | 24 | 5840 | Southern Oregon Speechmasters | Kevin Wood | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 245 |
69 | E | 65 | 7510642 | Coachmasters Toastmasters Club | Jill Anderson | 21 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 236 |
70 | H | 94 | 7103538 | SpeakUp! | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 234 | |
71 | F | 75 | 6570266 | Yammertime | Joseph Dudman | 21 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 227 |
72 | H | 96 | 4519550 | PMI Portland Toastmasters | Beth Pinchot | 20 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 225 |
73 | F | 73 | 1105462 | The Standard Speakeasy Toastmasters | Melissa Johnson | 12 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 194 |
74 | A | 21 | 856839 | Smooth Talkers Club | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 172 | |
75 | H | 91 | 6129 | West Beaverton Club | 28 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 168 | |
T76 | F | 73 | 2472905 | Tower Toastmasters | Sean Jaqua | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 160 |
T76 | E | 64 | 4105973 | Clackamas County Toastmasters | Tamsen Corbin | 15 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 160 |
78 | B | 31 | 595492 | Downtown Public Speakers Club | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 153 | |
T79 | C | 41 | 8617 | Flying Toasters Club | Barbara Winn | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 150 |
T79 | G | 82 | 959680 | Banfield Barkers | Janna Cody | 20 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 150 |
81 | F | 71 | 3964 | Electric Toasters Club | Yuri Poudayel | 12 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 139 |
82 | C | 44 | 588 | Newberg Toastmasters Club | Janet Cesarin | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 117 |
83 | E | 61 | 390 | Oregon City Toastmasters | Charles Hale | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 110 |
84 | A | 21 | 927 | Rogue Communicators Club | Dan GaRey | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 94 |
85 | H | 92 | 2039 | Daylighters Club | Ken Coomes | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 83 |
T86 | C | 41 | 3548 | Top DOTs | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 63 | |
T86 | D | 53 | 4999 | Tabor Toastmasters Club | 16 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 63 | |
88 | D | 51 | 9777 | The Dalles Toastmasters Club | Buthiana Hassan | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 60 |
89 | F | 75 | 87 | AAA Towsters | Caity Benston | 22 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 58 |
90 | F | 74 | 5443129 | Columbia Square Squawking Heads | 21 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 54 | |
91 | A | 22 | 604 | Roseburg Club | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 41 | |
92 | F | 72 | 4379 | Pearl District Toastmasters Club | Daniel O'Kane | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 40 |
93 | B | 31 | 364 | Yawn Patrol Club | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 35 | |
94 | F | 75 | 2265 | Essayons Club | Jack McCollister | 38 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 33 |
95 | F | 71 | 3446 | Washington Street Club | Denise Holmes | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 31 |
96 | H | 91 | 9387 | Sage Beaverton Toastmasters | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 30 | |
97 | C | 44 | 6996 | McMinnville Toastmasters | Allan Edinger | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28 |
98 | H | 94 | 7209661 | Speak To Lead Toastmasters | Ellie Figueroa | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20 |
99 | D | 52 | 9521 | Moser Community Toastmasters | 33 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 18 | |
100 | H | 94 | 1567 | Talk-In-Tel | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | |
101 | D | 54 | 1421367 | Swan Island Toastmasters | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | |
T102 | D | 53 | 6986 | Fortunate 500 Club | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
T102 | B | 32 | 2658342 | NuScale Toasters | 23 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
104 | C | 45 | 1252137 | Spirit Trackers | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
T105 | C | 42 | 469 | Creative Communicators | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
T105 | D | 52 | 783 | Gresham Toastmasters Club | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |