Tauhara programme:
EDUCATION CO-ORDINATOR RESPONSIBILITIES
The duties of the Education Coordinator are:
To be responsible for ensuring appropriate study and
training courses are made available and offered to Lodges (Branches)
and Headquarters Members. This responsibility shall include
development, procurement, assessment, updating, production,
marketing and supply of such courses.
To be responsible for the coordination of the national
Speaker and/or education outreach programmes facilitated by the NZ
Section.
To act as Convenor of the Education and Training
Working Group. To carry out such other duties as may be determined
by the National Council or Administration Committee.
Principles of Action:
Annual goal – aim, objectives
Term goal – aim, objectives
Monthly report to Management team
Quarterly report to National Council
TAUHARA PROGRAMME
Coordinate with national president re (international)
guest speaker, availability, and number of sessions.
From feedback at national council meetings, national
council e-mail, speaking with presidents, speaking with members –
this will enable one to gauge the most important areas for the
afternoon training sessions.
If branches with the help of HQ develop their own
up-skilling in committee procedures and speaker training focus at
Tauhara will be on Theosophy.
Develop a budget of expected income and expenses.
Develop a draft copy of expected schedule –
coordinate with national president
Match trainers with sessions, write and invite them to
participate.
Notice of programme to go to the editor of NZ
Theosophist along with subsidy form
Confirm speakers
Subsidies to be confirmed at a management meeting –
write and inform participants
Name tags for speakers and participants
Visual Aids, pens, folders etc.
Afterwards write and thank Tauhara staff, tutors,
invited guests, and participants
Suggested programme format – be creative, spontaneous
and flexible
Friday 7:30pm Opening
Introductions
Overview
of Programme
Getting
Acquainted
Saturday
to Thursday
7:30
am Chi Kung in the big room or on grass
8:00
am Breakfast
9:30
am Guest speakers session
10:30
am Morning Tea
11:00
am Guest speakers session
12:30
pm Lunch
Free
time to study, walk, rest or adventure.
3:00
pm Afternoon tea
3:30
pm Worker Training Session
6:00
pm Dinner
7:30
pm Relaxing sessions
Friday
7:30
am Chi Kung in the big room or on grass
8:00
am Breakfast
9:30
am Guest speakers final session
10:30
am Morning Tea
11:00
am Feedback Session
12:30
pm Lunch
1.30
pm Farewells and departures
Examples
of Topics of Worker Training Sessions beginning at 3.30pm sharp:
Saturday
22nd ‘Working With Volunteers’
Sunday
23rd ‘Listening Skills; Conflict Resolution;
Feedback’
Monday
24th ‘Agenda Writing; Facilitating a Meeting’
Tuesday
25th ‘Voice Projection and Modulation’
Wednesday
26th Researching a Topic; How to Organise a
Presentation’
Thursday
27th 5 min Personal Presentations or if in groups 5
mins per person.
Evening
Sessions beginning at 7.30pm:
Friday
21st ‘Introductions’
Saturday
22nd ‘Introducing TS and Speakers’
Sunday
23rd Essential Work of the TS, 1st night
– light
Monday
24th Swim
Tuesday
25th Essential Work of the TS, 2nd night
Wednesday
26th free to finish off presentations preparation
Thursday
27th – ‘Circle Dancing’, music and fun
………….
will be available during week for any help.
NATIONAL SPEAKER PROGRAMME
(this at
present is questionable)
Begin process around August
Using feedback from branches re meeting dates, times,
choice of speakers, preferred frequency make up a north and south
island national speaker table
Coordinate with national president suitability of new
speakers
Tentatively invite speakers to speak the following year
and ask them which months and areas would best suit them
Coordinate speakers’ answers with branch’s
feedback.
Do a trail budget to make sure you fit in with the
amount Convention has allocated you.
Confirm with speakers their tour.
Confirm with branches their speakers (always ensure
that the branch understands they are an autonomous body and do not
have to accept who HQ sends and that circumstances can change –
speakers may pull out for personal reasons and a replacement will
not be necessarily sent)
Send to the secretary a copy of the speakers itinerary
Send to Eileen Styra for advertising – the speakers
name, topic with a brief description, date and time of meeting. This
must be done at least 2 months in advance
Posters preferably to be out to branches with itinerary
3 weeks in advance. (via HQ Secretary)
SOURCE MATERIAL
Work with education working group to:
Yearly review Learning Styles Manual with current
information
Yearly review of Administration Manual
Source new study material for branches – ongoing
Source new training material for branches - ongoing
BRANCH TRAINING SESSIONS
Ask branches what areas of training are a priority
Match trainers with training
Invite trainer
Organise with branch president venue, time frame,
accommodation of speaker, shared meals, advertising schedule.
Thank trainer
Work within budget
PROCEEDURES
EACH NEW PRESIDENT RECIEVES
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