The Cooperative IT Community Mentoring Program is designed to help IT professionals grow and expand in their role at the cooperative, develop leadership and mamagement skill sets, and help organizations support and retain top talent. An experienced mentor can help new employees get acclimated, decrease their learning curve, and build their national cooperative network. The program fosters collaboration and cooperation among cooperatives and exposes participants to new ideas and approaches in their development of communication and other professional skills.
Mentors and mentees are matched by needs, skills, and experiences. The program offers mutiple resources to help you structure your mentoring relationships including regular coffee hours with fellow program participants, guidence on your role in the partnership, meeting structure and prompts to help get the convesatons going, a mini book club to share between mentors and mentees, and much more!
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Key Dates for 2022 Program
March 7, 2022: Mentor Application Window Opens
March 18, 2022: Mentor Application Window Closes
March 22, 2022: Mentor profiles posted on coop.com
March 23, 2022: Mentee Application Window Opens
April 6, 2022: Mentee Application Window Closes
April 15, 2022 (approximate): Mentoring Pair Assignments Announced
April 21, 2022 3:00 ET: Kick-off Meeting
May 1, 2022: Official Start to the 2022 Cohort
October 31, 2022: Official End to the 2022 Cohort
Mentee Coffee Hours – 2nd Wednesday of each month 3pm ET
Mentor Coffee Hours – 3rd Thursday of each month 3pm ET
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