Mentors Needed

Have you been thinking about giving back to your colleagues, and profession?  What better way than to mentor a fledgling leader in our upcoming Leadership Institute!  

You are matched up with a mentee that is extremely interested in having a mentor.  You're also provided with a framework to meet within that will assist you in having success.  Interested?  Keep reading.

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The Sunshine State Library Leadership Institute (SSLLI) prepares individuals to lead libraries today and into the future. Each participant is expected to select and work with a mentor during the 10-month Institute.

Mentors work one-on-one with their mentees to:

• Identify professional development goals.
• Provide guidance on the design, implementation, and evaluation of a library leadership project.
• Master the Institute's leadership competencies.

If you are interested in serving as a mentor during the 2013-2014 program year that begins in October and concludes in July, please submit a letter of interest that includes the following: 

1. Contact information - name, title, organization, telephone number, email address.
2. Brief outline of your area of expertise based on the Institute's competencies.
3. Reason(s) you would like to mentor a Sunshine State Library Leadership Institute participant. 

We recommend that your letter be no longer than two pages. The letter will be available for program participants to review on a closed wiki. It should provide basic information to help newly-selected participants decide whether they would like to explore the opportunity of forming a mentoring relationship with you based on their professional development needs.

Please submit your letter of interest by August 1, 2013, to Jill Canono at sslli@dos.myflorida.com.

For additional information contact Jill Canono, Leadership Development Consultant, at Jill.Canono@dos.myflorida.com or 850.245.6648.