How Timely! College Committee Update
by Emily Snyder, IECA (Virginia)
Chair, College Committee
The standing members of the College Committee had a conference call on Friday. Given Jacques Steinbeg’s post Sunday in his New York Times blog, “The Choice,” how timely that members mentioned high standards of professionalism as one of their reasons for wanting to be members of the committee!
We have been working with the IECA office staff and the Conference Planning Committee to ensure that members’ requests for college related workshops and presentations on specific topics of interest to members are part of the fall and spring conference schedule. Watch for further information later this summer on what will be available to college consultants at the fall conference.
A tool already in place to help new members transition from associate to professional membership status is the Outreach Committee’s long standing mentoring program. The mentee/mentor relationship is an invaluable tool that you can use to guide you as you acquire the skills and knowledge necessary to make the move to the next level of membership. The mentee/mentor relationship can be as formal or as informal as you like. You can discuss your existing strengths as well as where you might need some guidance with your mentor, an experienced consultant who has been in practice for some time. This program is just another example of the resources available to help you, as an IECA consultant, perfect your consulting skills.
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