Title: Center for Health Leadership & Practice (CHLP) presents CE Course – “Mentoring and Coaching Skills: Investing in the Future of Public Health” – at APHA Annual Meeting
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Section/SPIG: Health Administration
Issue Date:
"Mentoring and Coaching Skills: Investing in the Future of the Public Health Workforce"
APHA Annual Meeting CE Institute
Sunday, Nov. 16
2:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Participating Faculty: Carol L. Woltring, MPH, Executive Director
Liz Schwarte, MPH, Program Manager
Center for Health Leadership & Practice, Public Health Institute
Target Audience:
The CE Institute is targeted to public health professionals interested in acquiring or enhancing existing mentoring and coaching skills for their own development or for the purpose of developing the future leadership of their organizations, disciplines, Sections (APHA), and field.
Content/Purpose:
The human resources capacity of public health organizations is essential to their success. Mentoring and coaching are powerful leadership and workforce development tools that build organizational/human resource capacity and contribute to developing the next generation of leaders. Participants in this Institute will deepen their understanding of mentoring and coaching skills, practices, and applications. Strategies for implementing formal approaches to mentoring within organizations and the value of working toward a mentoring/coaching culture in organizations will also be discussed.
Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this Institute, participants will be able to 1) Distinguish between mentors and coaches and mentoring and coaching activities - both informal and formal, 2) Assess their readiness to be a skilled mentor and coach 3) Design and participate in a successful mentoring relationship 4) Understand best practices of a formal mentoring program, and 5) Understand the value of developing a mentoring/coaching organizational culture
AGENDA:
2:30-2:45 - Introductions and Overview
2:45 - 3:30 - Mentoring and Coaching: Overview of Formal and Informal Approaches - Link to Succession Planning / Development of Future Leaders / Public Health Workforce Development/Organizational Culture
3:30 - 4:00 - Core Mentoring Skills
4:00 - 4:15 - Break
4:15 - 5:00 - Skills Practice
5:00 - 5:45 - Designing a Mentoring Program: Lessons Learned
5:45 - 6:00 - Summary and Evaluation
Additional information on this Institute may be obtained at <www.apha.org/meetings>. (Click on Continuing Education and then click on session # 2023.) A separate registration fee of $75 is required. Space is limited, so register early! Online registration is available at <www.apha.org/meetings/registration>. For more information on CHLP, visit <www.cfhl.org>.