Mentoring Committee

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The IPRA Mentoring Program is created to help all Illinois Park and Recreation Association (IPRA) members and is meant to complement the career/professional counseling relationship an employee may have with their supervisor. It is not intended to replace any of the formal or informal counseling/mentoring relationships that already exist within or outside a person’s place of employment.As a matter of course, IPRA members are encouraged to develop several informal mentoring relationships throughout their careers as a means to nurture and foster the park and recreation professional.

Objectives

This program is voluntary and provides individuals with an opportunity to:

  • Build professional relationships.

  • Discuss career goals and project issues with someone outside of the employee’s direct reporting relationship.

  • Provide a forum where ideas, questions, and career development are openly discussed.

  • Share the IPRA knowledge capital, foster networking within the career, and professionally enhance the career of IPRA members.

Mentor Committee Leadership

John Robinson, CPRP, Co- Chair,  Arlington Heights Park District
JRobinson@ahpd.org


Ron Schneider, CPRP, Co-Chair, Freeport Park District,
rschneider@freeportparkdistrict.org



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