Job Description - State Education Chair
The State President appoints the State Education Chair (SEC), subject to the State Board of Directors’ approval. The Chair will report to the State President.
The SEC will be the communications conduit to the National Society’s Education Committee.
As per policy, all state society members who enlist to do presentations and programs for minors must complete the nationally sanctioned SAR Youth Protection Training (YPT). The SEC will promote Chapter YPT compliance.
The SEC will advise and assist Chapters in promoting SAR education content and programs to members, educational institutions, and citizen groups.
The SEC encourages Chapters to recruit volunteer “Historical Interpreter Presenters” to present SAR-related educational content to schools and citizen groups.
The SEC will advise and assist Chapters to ensure the Historical Interpreter Presenters are informed, organized, and prepared to do presentations and programs and that members adhere to the SAR mission, code of ethics, and policies.
The SEC will encourage Chapters to establish continuous improvement methodologies for all Historical Interpreter Presenters. The SEC will encourage Chapters to maintain a roster of member names accepted as qualified to do presentations and programs.
The SEC will maintain a statewide list of Historical Interpreter Presenters for the purpose of training, continuous improvement, and demand fulfillment.
SEC will encourage Historical Interpreter Presenters to become members of their speaker’s bureau at the Chapter and State Society levels.
The SEC will promote chapter participation in the Youth Education Medal program, including the Lifetime Achievement Bar.
The SEC will be the state authority to approve the Youth Education Medal, including the Lifetime Achievement Bar.
To: Council of State Presidents
Please complete the following form to notify the Education and Schools Outreach SubCommittee of your State Education Chair. If we do not receive the name of a state society’s State Education Chair, all communications will be sent to the State President.