Call for Applications, NEA Mentoring Program
Posted August 6, 2014
Calling all NEA members! Are you an experienced archivist with knowledge to share? An early career archivist eager to learn? If you answered “yes” to either of these questions, the NEA Mentoring Program is looking for you!
This fall, mentoring circles made up of four to six mentees and two co-mentors will begin meeting on a monthly basis. The circles will help mentees set career and personal development goals, build competence and character to reach those goals, and foster connections with archivists throughout the field. Unlike the more traditional one-to-one mentoring model, NEA’s circles encourage mentees to learn not only from their mentors, but from their peers, too. Co-mentors are encouraged to learn from each other as well as their mentees. The NEA Mentoring Program aims to foster supportive communities where participants can grow together.
Interested in participating? Apply today! All participants should be current NEA members able to commit to a full cycle of the program (seven to nine months). Mentees will most often identify as students or professionals at the beginning of their archival careers, and mentors will have roughly five or more years of experience in the archives field. Applicants throughout New England are encouraged to apply. Please visit the NEA Mentoring site and read the press release and Program Guidelines, then click the appropriate link to apply:
Applications will be accepted through Monday, Aug. 18, and applicants will receive further information at the end of August. If you have any questions, please contact Caitlin Birch at [email protected].