VP Education

VP Education – Mary Jo Gray

VPE’s Role

The job of the VP Education is to maintain a Toastmasters club’s educationa program. VP Education is responsible for providing and maintaining the positive environment and programs through which members learn and grow. Clubs whose VPs Education do their jobs well have satisfied members and continue to grow. The efforts of the VP Education also help the club become Distinguished, which should be an annual goal.

Outside the Club Meeting

• Attend district-sponsored club officer training.
• Plan speaking schedules at least three weeks in advance, and confirming each schedule five to seven days before the meeting.
• Promote the club’s educational program. Get commitment from each member to earn their next level of achievement and track their progress toward these goals.
• Orient new members to the Toastmasters program within two meetings after they join.
• Assign every new member a mentor.
• Attend club executive committee meetings and preside when the president is absent.
• Attend district council meetings and vote the club’s proxy.
• Vote at regional and international business meetings.
• Arrange for a replacement if unable to attend a club or executive committee meeting.
• Prepare successor for office.

At the Club Meeting

• Ask each new member to be a Table Topics participant at the first meeting after joining.
• Assign each new member a function by their third meeting.
• Assign their Ice Breaker manual project at the fourth meeting or sooner.
• Monitor club performance quarterly, in cooperation with the club President.
• Initial Speakers’ Project Completion Records in their project books, and ensure that eligible members fill out their award applications.

• Preside over the meeting when the president is absent.