The Toastmasters educational program is divided into two tracks
- a communication track and a leadership track.
Members are encouraged to participate in both tracks.
The two tracks are not mutually exclusive and
you can work in both at the same time.
Both also provide for specific accomplishments.
The awards and their requirements appear in the Educational
Program Summary chart below. The diagram shows the award progression in each track.
We are in a transition period through June 30, 2008. Toastmasters International expanded
its leadership track by introducing the Competent Leadership manual in 2006. Members
who have already completed some of the old Competent Leader requirements do not need
to start over with the new Competent Leader requirements.
Members have until June 30, 2008, to apply for the old Competent Leadership award
under the requirements in effect through June 30, 2006. From July 1, 2008, onward
all applicants will need to meet the new requirements.
For more information, see the TI
Introduces New Leadership Manual and Awards
article from the November 2005 The Toastmaster magazine and
How the New Leadership Manual
Fits Your Club from the December 2005 issue.
