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Officer Training

Club Officer Training (COT) is run by your district. Toastmasters International asks every club officer to complete training for their role each round (twice a year). ToastHost shows you the training your district has published, lets you register in a couple of clicks, and tracks what you've signed up for.

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Topic Description
Registering for training Find a session, register, and manage your registration

What training involves

A COT consists of three parts:

  • Part 1 and Part 2 — general training for all officers, whatever your role. These are the same for everyone and you complete them once per round.
  • Role Specific — training for your particular role (President, Secretary, VP Education, and so on).

Districts typically run these as a single session (all three together) or may run them as separate sessions. To finish training for a role, attend Part 1, your Role Specific part, and Part 2 — or one Full Session. Part 1 and Part 2 need to be completed at the same event, but your Role Specific part can come from that event or a different one.

If you hold more than one role

Attend one extra Role Specific part for each additional role — you don't repeat Part 1 and Part 2.

Where to find it

Open your home page (Home in the top navigation, or /app/home). Near the top you'll find a collapsible Officer Training panel. It stays collapsed by default with a one-line status in the bar (for example, how many sessions you have scheduled and when the next one is); expand it to see the training you're registered for and the districts whose calendars you can browse.

The Officer Training panel on your home page, expanded to show your districts and training status

You can also reach the training calendar from your district page, which lists the district's published sessions and lets you register from there.

Note

You'll only see the Officer Training panel if you're a club officer. Training that's still a draft in your district isn't shown — only published sessions appear.