Firstly, thanks for taking the time to check out my blog. It's just like me, a work in progress, and I have taken an "AGILE" approach towards developing it #ProgressiveElaboration.
Anyways, you din't come here to rad my rambles (or did you?). You cam here to find out the answer to the question "What is Pathways?" and more importantly "How does it affect me?".
Well...
" Pathways is a modernized learning experience suited to our changing global society. It offers you more benefits and more opportunities to learn, grow and meet personal and professional goals. You now have the opportunity to develop additional skills you can use not just in your club, but at your job or in your community as well." (Toastmasters International)
Wow, that's a lot of text and it's taken from the Pathways FAQ.
Simply put, Pathways is an upgrade to the Traditional Toastmasters Educational program. I use the term upgrade because it really expands the current program by offering so much more information, knowledge and opportunities for growth through application of the knowledge.
Whereas the traditional program had two main tracks, Pathways has ten (10) paths.
So, the main reason why it's important to you is that very soon (and I mean soon) Pathways will be the only Educational program within the Toastmasters system.
In case I wasn't clear
Don't worry, Toastmasters International understands that change takes time, so there is a transition period where clubs and members may choose to finish off some designations before moving over to Pathways.
No, you can't carry progress across, so if you're on your fifth (5th) CC speech when Pathways fully takes over, you can't carry that across.
Fear not, Toastmasters, as usual (round of applause for TI) has pulled together a super dream team to help clubs and members with the transition.
So be sure to check in regularly, leave questions and comments and I'll try as best as I could to respond.
That's all for now folks.
Elgyasi has spoken!
So how does Pathways affect a club's DCP goals?
ReplyDeleteGreat question keith... the Pathways DCP is only different to the Traditional DCP in terms of EDUCATIONAL goals.
DeleteSo to make it simple i'll compare the two with the Traditional on the left and pathways on the right
Traditional DCP --> Pathways DCP
2 CC's --> Four Level 1's
2 more CC's --> Two Level 2's
One ACB, ACS or ACG --> Two more Level 2's
One more ACB, ACS or ACG --> Two Level 3's
One CL, AlB, ALS or DTM -- > One Level 4
One more CL, AlB, ALS or DTM -- > One Level 5
However, during the transition period, the club can select 6 out of 12 (6 Traditional + 6 Pathways) DCP Education goals.
Be sure to attend my club meeting today or check back the blog after for future posts.
Hope that I was helpful