Executive Roles
The President shall:
- Choose meeting dates, prepare agendas and preside at the AGM and meetings of the Executive Board and Council.
- Be ex officio, a member of all committees.
- Represent the BCTLA on PSA Council and to the BCTF.
- Submit the per capita grant.
- Authorize expenditure as per approved budget lines and projects.
- Represent the BCTLA to partner groups.
- Maintain BCTLA policy.
- Notify all Executive Board members of meetings.
- Assist with conference organization.
- Submit an annual report to the AGM and report to the Council on behalf of the Executive Board.
- Coordinate meeting logistics
- Approve treasurer expenses
- Advocacy work including developing and promoting advocacy resources.
The Past President shall:
- this position only exists for 1 year immediately after stepping down as President.
- Conduct elections.
- Recommend revisions to the constitution and by-laws.
- Mentor and assist the President.
- Assist with conference organization.
The Vice President shall:
- In the absence of the President, preside and perform the duties of the President.
- Coordinate special projects, e.g. The Points of Inquiry.
- Coordinate BCTLA liaison people, e.g. YAACS, CSLA
- Make recommendations for new position statements and other standards of practice including learning resources.
- Liaise with post-secondary institutions especially with regard to specialist qualifications.
- Assist with conference organization.
- Submit an annual report to the AGM that will be added to the website.
- Writes the newsletters, 4 – 5 times a year.
The Treasurer shall:
- Receive and bank all monies and pay bills.
- Keep bookkeeping records of such funds.
- Prepare conference budget, finances and report and submit the conference report to the BCTF.
- Process expense forms.
- Issue LOAs.
- Coordination of Square and other kinds of payments as needed.
- Suggest guidelines for financial policies and create and review the budget.
- Prepare a recommendation on fees.
- Submit a complete financial report to the AGM.
The Secretary shall:
- Keep and distribute minutes of the meetings within a month.
- Send minutes to BCTF; and Websites Coordinator when applicable.
- Coordinate awards and grants.
- Assist with conference organization.
The Coordinator, Membership and Surveys shall:
- Create and promote WLC survey and analyze results.
- Write and share WLC report and send to Websites Coordinator.
- Contact members for renewal.
- Do conference registration and BCTF member batch file.
- Update mailing list with current member list.
- Submit an annual report to the AGM.
The Coordinator, Chapter Relations shall:
- Liaise between the executive, Websites Coordinator, chapters and sections.
- Locate and encourage new chapters and sections.
- Notify Council members of Council and General meetings.
- Revise the BCTLA Councillor’s Guidebook each fall.
- Provide orientation to new Councillors each fall.
- Maintain files of local chapter constitutions.
- Maintain a current contact list of Chapter Councillors and chapter executives.
- Accept and review chapter year-end reports.
- Assist with conference organization.
- Submit an annual report to the AGM.
The Coordinator, Professional Development shall:
- Coordinate and host webinars.
- Send webinars to the Websites Coordinator to archive.
- Investigate and plan additional potential PD options as appropriate.
- Coordinate the online portion of the conference
- Submit an annual report to the AGM.
The Co-Coordinators, Conference shall:
- Recommend a location, theme, schedule, program strands, presenters and keynote(s).
- Coordinate with the Conference Committee
- Provide input on the conference budget.
- Liaise with the site contact around visits and logistics.
- Coordinate with presenters and keynote(s).
- Organize the registration platform and coordinate payments with the Treasurer.
- Coordinate food for the conference.
- Coordinate/assign other Executive members to work on conference tasks ie. swag, day of keynote wrangler.
- Coordinate with Websites Coordinator to update website conference pages.
- Maintain a conference planning document.
- Submit an annual report to the AGM.
The Coordinator, Conference Vendor shall:
- Recruit, organize and support Conference for online and in-person vendors.
- Coordinate with the Treasurer for vendor payments.
- Coordinate with Conference Coordinator, Social Media and Website Coordinator
- Submit an annual report to the AGM.
The Coordinator, Social Media and Communication shall:
- Manage the BCTLA IG, Facebook and other social media accounts.
- Advertise all BCTLA events.
- Promote other PSA events and chapter social media posts.
- Assist with conference organization.
- Coordinate with Executive members for promotion of BCTLA sponsored events.
- Take pictures and upload them for the PSA conference, award ceremony, and other BCTLA events.
- Submit an annual report to the AGM.
The Coordinator, Websites shall:
- Coordinate with Conference committee and update the BCTLA conference pages.
- Manage the BCTLA website and YouTube account, keeping content correct and current.
- Coordinate and upload approved resources and publications.
- Assist with conference organization.
- Renew website domain and WordPress subscription.
- Submit an annual report to the AGM.
The Coordinator, Special Projects and Events shall:
- Assist with the coordination of additional one-off opportunities.
- Liaise with other PSAs.
- Assist with conference organization.
- Organize Conference social.
- Organize Executive Retreat.
- Coordinate DEAR and LYSLD.
- Submit an annual report to the AGM.