An Unknown Fact of Pathway Levels

Charlie was gung ho about Pathways that he completed not one path but two paths in a Toastmaster year.  What joy this brought to his club,  Pathway Anonymous Toastmasters.  With each level completed by Charlie, Sally (VPE) cheerfully approved his level and entered Charlie’s level completion in Club Central (CC).  Charlie’s accomplishment with level completion was seen on the club status report.  When she entered Charlie’s completion of the levels from his second path, she did not see the levels reflected on the club status report.  She waited a few days to allow the system to “catch up’’ however no change…Why?  Sally contacted the Education Awards Department at Toastmasters International. This is the response she received:

A club is only able to receive credit for one award of each type per member. This information can be found on page 8 of the Distinguished Club Program and Club Success Plan.  Please see information from the manual below:

Only members in good standing are eligible to earn education awards. A member in good standing is one whose dues have been paid and received by World Headquarters for the current dues period (i.e., dues must be paid on or before April 1 for the April-September period and October 1 for the October-March period). See Policy 2.0, Section 5. Good Standing of Individual Members. All award applications must be completed and received by World Headquarters on or before June 30. 

Your club receives credit for only one type of education award per member, per year. This encourages all members to progress in the education program, not just a few.

Example: Bill Smith receives an EC1 award in July. His club receives credit toward a goal. Later in the year, he earns an EC2 award. His club receives credit toward a goal for this award, too. However, in the same Toastmasters year, Bill earns a PM1 and a PM2 award; for these awards, his club does not receive credit toward Distinguished Club goals.

Credit for an award may be given to only one club. Members who belong to more than one club must choose which club receives credit for any one of their awards. 

Lesson learned is to plan your level completions accordingly.  Remember, Charlie is not the only member in the club…YOU can help the club achieve educational goals.  Start planning.