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Component Mentoring
Did you know that APTA’s Members Mentoring Members program
is a ready-made tool that can be used for chapter- or section-level
mentoring? Chapters, sections, and APTA share many mentoring objectives,
including membership recruitment and retention, leadership development,
and conveying professional values. Through a mentoring partnership with
a component, APTA can provide an established database, easy-to-access
online search to find a mentor, the ability to sign up to be a mentor
online, the generation of reports specific to a chapter or section that
can be used to evaluate outcomes; and nationally, this program can
provide mentor recognition, training, and publicity. Partnering chapters
or sections would be asked to promote the program at the component
level, provide recognition of mentors at chapter or section activities,
assist mentors and protégés, measure outcomes specific to the
chapter or section, and designate a component-level mentoring liaison to
APTA.
Partnering with APTA’s mentoring program can provide a chapter or
section with the opportunity to utilize a mentoring infrastructure that
is already established, thus avoiding duplication of effort and cost
associated with developing a new program. Nationally, the Members
Mentoring Members program database will expand with the inclusion of
mentors willing to share their time, expertise and experience with other
members -- it is a winning opportunity for everyone! “In the ideal
mentoring culture, mentoring moves from being an isolated act of a few
to an overt and integral part of the entire organization and
organizational culture.” [Developing a Mentoring Culture, Triple
Creek Associates, Inc.,
http://www.3creek.com/resource/MentoringCulture.pdf]
For more information on becoming a component partner in APTA’s
Members Mentoring Members program, please contact Johnette
Meadows at 800/999-2782, ext 3143 or johnettemeadows@apta.org.
The following Components have chapter- or section-level mentoring
programs through APTA's "Members Mentoring Members" program.
Chapters
- Florida Chapter
APTA/FPTA mentoring contacts are Sheila Nicholson, PT, JD, MBA and Dawn
Brown-Cross, PT, MBA, EdD
- New York Chapter
APTA/NYPTA contact is Colleen Backus, PT
Sections
- Neurology Section
APTA/Neurology contact is Sue Perry, DPT, NCS
The following Components have independent chapter- or section-level
mentoring programs. Please contact the component for information.
Chapters
- Illinois
Independent chapter-level mentoring program in which chapter mentors
also are automatically registered as mentors in APTA's "Members
Mentoring Members."
- Minnesota
Chapter
The Minnesota chapter has a mentoring program linking chapter APTA
members with student APTA members for mentorship. They assign students
each fall (during their first year of PT/PTA school) with a mentor.
Mentoring varies from attending conferences together to assisting with
observation experiences.
Sections
| Woman, women, physical therapy, mentoring, Members Mentoring Members |
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