REFORMA Mentoring Committee: Protégé Guide

"... a supportive learning realtionship between a caring individual who shares knowledge, experience, and wisdom with another individual who is ready and willing to both develop leadership qualities and partnership skills, as well as to realize a vision benefit from this exchange. The benefits received are professional career path growth and enrichment.” ~Suzanne Faure

What is our mission?

The Mentoring Committee encourages an interdependent community of leaders through a mindful and mutually beneficial network of protégés and mentors with the shared purpose of engaging Latinxs with libraries.

What's in it for me?

This is a chance to gain experience and knowledge by working one-on-one with an enthusiastic colleague who is ready to share lessons from the field and also learn from you.

You will get:

• Exposure to new ideas and interests
• New opportunities for professional challenges
• Personal satisfaction in sharing your career experience, knowledge and skills
• Opportunity to reflect on your own practices
• Enhanced confidence from positive feedback
• Opportunity to practice developmental behaviors outside own direct line responsibilities
• Development of own self-awareness
• Greater understanding of other library organizations and library roles
• Learning from the shared interactions with your mentor

• Be a member of REFORMA
• Review this page
• Complete the online application
• Get paired with a mentor, you’re now a “duo”
• Smile
• Commit to approximately six months, or 24 weeks, of duo activity
• Spend at least 20 minutes each week communicating and interacting with your mentor
• Work on a collaborative Latinx book review project for REFORMA
• Breathe
• Your mentor will follow a simple week-by-week outline
• They will maintain confidentiality and work to build a trusting relationship with you
• Contact the Mentoring Committee with feedback, questions, and/or concerns
• Celebrate