9 minute read
Help Around the Corner
Help Is Just Around the Corner!
Professional Development Committee
Advertisement
Mona Calhoun, PhD, PRP, Chair
Do you need a mentor?
Are you a Registered Parliamentarian (RP) studying to take the Professional Qualifying Examination (PQE) to earn the Professional Registered Parliamentarian (PRP) credential?
Are you a Professional Registered Parliamentarian (PRP) studying to take the Professional Renewal Certification (PRC) to renew your credential?
Would you benefit from having a trusted adviser guiding you through the learning process?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, help is just around the corner!
The Professional Development committee (PDc) is here to help.
According to Greek mythology, the tradition of mentoring can be traced back to the book, “The Odyssey” and to the character called Mentor who became a guide to Odysseus’s son— a trusted adviser . In modern times, we refer to trusted advisers as mentors .
The PDC sponsors the MentorMentee program by securing PRPs willing to mentor and matching them to RPs who request a mentor . As of January 2022, there are nineteen mentors actively mentoring twenty-five mentees . And there are over twenty-five mentors just waiting to help you .
The PDC is grateful to the fortyfour PRPs who have volunteered their time, talents, and knowledge in the Mentor-Mentee program .
What are the benefits of having a mentor? So glad you asked! • Gets you organized? Yes . When the mentor first contacts the mentee, they discuss a strategy
for preparation (study) and the working relationship is documented in the Mentor-Mentee Agreement, signed by both, and sent to NAP headquarters . • Provides encouragement? Yes . • Answers questions? Yes . • Suggests reading material? Yes . • Provides sample assignments and feedback to the mentee? Yes . • Monitors the progress of the mentee?
Yes . • Guarantees you will pass the PQE or PRC? No . Success depends on retention of and demonstration of knowledge of the rules . However, more than 85% of the mentees in the Mentor-Mentee program who took the PQE were successful in 2020 and 2021 .
Mentor resources for the Mentor-Mentee program
The PDC maintains a MentorMentee document that is organized to reflect all the modules PQE candidates will be evaluated on and has been revamped to reflect the RONR 12th edition and new Code of Professional Responsibility .
The sample assignments for mentors to provide to their mentees have been expanded to include all of the current modules . When the mentee completes their sample assignment, the mentor reviews it and provides feedback .
Do you want to serve as a mentor?
• Mentor Orientation
In addition to the Mentor-Mentee document, a recorded mentor orientation on how to be an effective mentor and an overview of the resources is available to mentors .
Mentors are asked to sign a non-disclosure agreement and are provided resources and examples for each module, developed by the PDC, to guide and assist them in helping to prepare the mentee .
To sign up to become a mentor, contact the PDC chair at pdc@nap2.org . • What about help for regular members who are studying for the
RP credential? Not yet, but the
PDC is looking to expand the
Mentor-Mentee program in the future to include attaining the
RP credential . Stay tuned!
Sign up to be a mentee
Go to www.parliamentarians.org . Under Documents select Application for Professional Course Mentor . Fill out the application and send it to HQ@nap2.org . You will be contacted by a PDC member who will send you an email with the name of your assigned mentor .
NAP Educational Foundation Scholarships Available
The NAP Educational Foundation (NAPEF) currently offers several scholarships that pay NAP dues.
Two of these scholarships are:
The Alice Ragona Memorial Scholarship –for students age 23 years and younger. The Young Professional Dues Scholarship –for young professionals ages 24 to 35. The deadline to apply for these two scholarships is November 1 for the following year’s dues.
Another scholarship, the carol habgood intern Scholarship, is an award for interns who participate in the NAP Biennial Convention and pass the NAP membership exam. This scholarship funds the first year of NAP dues for an NAP student partnership organization intern. The scholarship does NOT pay association or local dues. The deadline to apply for this scholarship is 30 days following the end of the biennial convention. The newest scholarship is the Viola Brannen Scholarship. It is an award given to NAP members to attend in person the NAP Training Conference (NTC) or the NAP Biennial Convention. This scholarship funds registration fees ONLY for attendance at the NTC or the Biennial Convention. Any member who has been a member of NAP for at least one full year and who plans to attend the NTC or the Biennial Convention may apply for this scholarship. The scholarship will be awarded to a member one time. The deadline to apply for this scholarship is August 1 of each year, applying to the NAPEF Scholarship Committee Chairman. If an applicant is selected, NAPEF will reimburse the registration fee when the applicant sends proof of attendance at the NTC or Biennial Convention.
information and application forms are available at www.napef.org. if you have any questions please contact carol habgood, PRP, at carolhabgood@sbcglobal.net
NEW REGiSTERED PARLiAMENTARiANS*
NP congratulates the following individuals on becoming Registered Parliamentarians:
Andrea Hazzard (NJ) Beverly Chandler (CA) Bola Tilghman (GA) Carolyn Taylor (FL) Cindy Charles (NJ Juanita Joyner-Hicks (NY) Justin Farrell (ON) Ortheia Ward (MI) Kathleen Hodges (DE) Marie Plaisir (NY) Hyacinth Winn (NY) Andrea Nottingham (NY) Aundre Johnson-Byrd (DE) Cydney Taylor (NY) Amena Haynes (NY) Boyd Ready (HI) Judy McElroy (OH) Paulette Bartlett (FL) Jeanne Story (TX) Kaitlin Garcia (OK) Mary Smith (FL) Yashika Smith-Bowles (NJ) JoAnne Challenger (NY) John Johnson (NJ) Carol Grant (NY) Caryn Ann Harlos (CO) Kay Casanova (NY) Dorothy Blake (FL) Sharon Hoskins (NY) Linda Wilken (OH) Mary Avalos (CA) Lynda Ramsey Schram (WA) Allora Goode Cyrus (DC) Regenia Moore-Lee (NJ) Tanya Carter (NY) Thomas Holmes (EL) Dedria Willis (MI) Diana Halsey (MD) Felicia Armstrong (FL) Charles Latta (NY) Christi Angel (NY) Ruby Hogan (FL) Justin Pappano (ON) Angie McNeal (DE)
NEW PRoFESSioNAL REGiSTERED PARLiAMENTARiANS*
NP congratulates the following individuals for attaining the status of Professional Registered Parliamentarians:
Robin Browder (DC) Jennifer Freund (AB) Edwin Miles (TX) Donna Mitchell (TX) Dana Murrell (OK)
SiLENT GAVELS*
NP commemorates members who have passed from our midst; may they rest in peace:
Josephine Alexander (CA) Ralph Cox (MD) Nancy Grosskrueger (MN) Charlotte Hubbs (CO) Christine Kline (NJ) John Leesburg (AL)
REVokED MEMBERShiP/cREDENTiALS
On May 11, 2021, the NAP Board of Directors revoked Lawrence Taylor’s membership in NAP and his credentials. This decision came as a result of a recommendation by the Professional Standards Committee.
NEW MEMBERS*
NP welcomes the following individuals as new members:
Marsha Adams-O’Neill (CA) Jennifer Alexander (AR) Rita Andrews (DC) Ellen Ansok (CA) Sonya Armstrong (WV) Arlen Arnold (SC) Kendrick Bailey (MD) Scott Banks (NJ) Debra Beal (Ohio) Terri Bell (GA) Sheila Beverly-Skinner (EL) Tiago Bezerra (VA) Jessie Blaylock (VA) Debra Boyd-Seale (IL) Shirley Boykins Bryant (MD) Sonda Bradfield (GA) William Brooke (NS) April Brown (NC) Dawnjalice Brown (EL) Darlene Buckstead (MO) Renee Bullock (VA) Dr. Latosha Burch (GA) Garrysa Caffey (AL) Tarisha Calvin (KY) Debra Carroll (VA) Eugenna Carson (VA) Atiya Charley (NEAP) Juliana Chhouk (CA)
NEW MEMBERS* coNTINUed
Helen Clements (VA) Maenecia Cole (NC) Tiffany Coleman (VA) Chadwick Collins (IN) Natasha Conover (NJ) Evangeline Council (VA) Leigh Crow (GA) Tyechia Culmer (NC) Andria Daniels (EL) Connie Day (DC) Donna Derie-Gillespie (AB) Marcel Desroches (NY) Shrea Dharanokota (WI) Channon Dillard (VA) Michele Dillon (NC) Marie Dunn (GA) Nadia Eaddy (MD) Cotina Ellis (VA) J’Nesse Fetrow (CA) Patrick Finneran (MD) Keatra Fuller (DC) Jason Gedert (OH) DeNise Gerst (NC) Brendan Gibbs (NY) Cheryl Giordano (TX) Dorothea Graddy (AL) Ebony Guest (VA) Carol Hamilton (NY) Tamekia Hancock (TX) Natasha Harrell (NC) Nicole Harrell (GA) Tiara Harrell (NC) Allie Harrison (GA) Judith Hatcher (CA) D’Netta Hawkins (NC) Tara Hedrick (NE) Duana Hennings (NC) Antoinette Henry (GA) Georgiann Henry (CA) Tisa Hester (NC) Kimberly Hoesing (NE) Kelsea Holian (AZ) Nyeika Hollien (VA) Arizone Hollins Brown (VA) Kimberly Holmes (NC) Tracey Jackson (NC) Dominique James (PA) Angela Jenkins (TX) Rebecca Johnson (GA) Sarah Johnson (DC) Stacy Johnson (MO) Edna Johnson-Smith (VA) Chandra Jones (VA) Frenchi Jones (VA) Gregory Jones (OK) Stephanie Jones (NJ) Tracy Jones (NC) Donna Jordan (DC) James Keller (NV) Christopher King (AZ) Keita Kornegay (NC) Beverly Lane-Lawrence (MI) Jannie Lebby (DC) Karen Ledford (MI) Dana Lewis (WV) Pamela Lewis (MD) Shirley Lorraine (CA) Kareem Lovejoy (NY) Thomas Lund (WI) Pamela Lyons (VA) Jeanne Mansell (DC) Earl Markey (PA) Mark Massey (GA) Genevieve McCormick (NC) Aditya McDuffy (DC) Jonette Meade Barley (VA) Joyce Melvin-Jones (VA) Muriel Mickles (VA) Debbie Mills Bennett (NC) Jacqueline Mitchell (TN) Debbie Mohr (Ohio) Jade Morman Lyerly (VA) Geneine Morris (NEAP) Laurice Morton (WV) Yasmin Morton (NC) Ebony Moss (VA) Stephanie Mullen (NC) Carolyn Mushata (BC) Sandra Myers (NC) Lacy Myrman (DC) Donetta Nelson (VA) Toni Oats (IL) Tenesha Overby (VA) Ryan Paetzold (NJ) Angela Page (DC) Denell Parker (VA) Loleta Parker (VA) Veronica Peeler (NC) Keturah Pelle (NY) Katherine Pereras (VA) Lakeshia Pride (VA) Renee Pullen (DC) Brian Raney (NEAP) Felicia Reeves (TN) Tameka Reid (NC) Felicia Richards (NY) Joanne Riley (VA) Tilola Robinson (NC) Jacquelyn Robinson-Tiller (VA) Crystal Rock (LA) Monique Rolle (EL) Qiana Royal (VA) Yushawnda Royster (NC) Dorothy Russ (FL) ToWanda Samuel (VA) Chantel Sanford (MD) Malissa Scott (VA) Shawn Selleck (NEAP) Yash Sharma (IL) Darlene Shelton (VA) Myisha Smith (VA) Constance Smith-Burwell (TN) Karen Somerville (DC) Sukeena Stephens (VA) Beatrice Stigall Dukes (VA) Norma Thomas (PA) Misty Thompson (VA) Smathe Toles (NC) Kimberly Topps (EL) Andre Treiber (Texas) Chastity Warren English (NC) Julliahann Washington (NY) Lashena Washington (NC) Amaryllis Watkins (EL) Kimyada Wellington (IL) Avery Welna (MN) Truvae White (IL) Agnes Whittle (VA) Cheryl Wike (NC) Greta Williams (VA) Gwendolyn Williams (NEAP) Kate Wilson (AB) Sharon Wilson (NY) Brandon Woodard (TN)
Thank you instructors!
A special thank you to the instructors of the aforementioned new members: Lucy Anderson Cathy Blakeney Kay Crews Brunhilda Curington Allison David Kimo Gandall Ramona Hill Margaret Jenschke Alexzamdra Kasza Sally LaMacchia Bonnie Murdah Sabra Pacheco Rufus Sadler Beverly Tatham Deanna Tollerton Deborah Underwood Bernie White Fashika Willis Nichole Wilson
Parliamentary Resources
at Your Fingertips
There is only one place to turn for your parliamentary resources: NAP.
Browse our online store for
• Robert’s Rules of Order
Newly Revised and In Brief –we offer spiral-bound versions not available anywhere else! • Parliamentary reference cards • Basic information handouts
• Script samples • Leadership primers for officers • Credentialing study guides • Teaching resources • And so much more
NatioNal ParliameNtariaN
Official publication of the National Association of Parliamentarians®
213 S. Main Street Independence, MO 64050-3808 816.833.3892 • 888.627.2929 hq@nap2.org • www.parliamentarians.org
