VPFD-Your Part in the NM Program

The VPFD plays a very important part in the NM Program. While the NMC is responsible to teaching the NMs about our Pi Phi Values through the "Values of the Week", the VPFD is responsible for teaching about the fraternity education or heritage. My biggest tip that I have would be to try to think outside the box and make teaching this fun! These girls have spent all day in class and so have you-the last thing they want to hear is someone lecturing to them.



Please remember to read the blog posts I do on Mondays about the NM Lessons. VPFDs attend the meetings in WEEKS 1, 2, 4 and 7. The VPFD is also responsible for planning all the ceremonies that coincide with the NM program.



I have had a couple of VPFDs email me the schedules they are working on for their initiation weeks. Please don't hesitate to email them to me if you would like me to look over them for you!

Want some good ideas to steal?
-pull out some hold chapter histories that are in achieves to teach the NMs about your chapter's history
-Have older initiated members dress as the 12 Founders and perform a short skit when teaching about the Founders
-One chapter held a "Sister Speed Date" before NMs picked their Big Sis. All NMs sat in chairs around the room and each member taking a little spoke with each girl for 1 minute about Pi Phi life and University life.
-ask NMs to find an item that represents one of the Founders and bring it to the next week's meeting. Then have a time to share why they picked their item
-create a Jeopardy type game to help the NMs start studying for their NM test. Did your NMs elect NM class officers? This is a task you could assign to the NM VPFD!