EDUCATION Slate: Current work experience as an educator, experience working with and ability to represent the interests of ECPs to the education community in the field, experience working with committees and other groups in promoting education and training of students, and experience in initiating and implementing projects. The individual will be required to attend the annual Educational Leadership Conference and to work actively with the Board of Educational Affairs and the Education Directorate of APA.
SPTA Slate: Promotes ECP interests and leadership experiences in State, Provincial, and Territorial Associations (SPTAs), and represents the interests of SPTAs related to ECPs within APA. This position co-directs a network of ECP representatives from SPTA and APA Divisions, and facilitates activities, projects and programs that foster joint membership and participation between the ECP memberships of APA and SPTAs. In addition, this individual will be required to attend the State Leadership Conference in March. Applicants for the SPTA Slate will be evaluated on leadership experiences within SPTA governance and program activities, as well as a general history of leadership and governance work.
The Committee on Early Career Psychologists seeks to:
* research, organize and institute initiatives to increase the number of student affiliates who transition to full member status; as well as the number of early career psychologists joining the association for the first time; * collaborate in the development and implementation of the recruitment and retention initiatives of the Membership Committee; * support the development of new mechanisms and the enhancement of existing mechanism to increase participation in APA Divisions and State, Provincial and Territorial Psychological Associations among early career psychologists; * promote greater awareness of the benefits of APA membership for early career psychologist and work to expand those benefits; and * represent the interests and concerns of early career psychologists throughout APA governance and the central office.
Nominees must be within seven years of the receipt of their doctorate on January 1, 2007. In addition, nominees must be able to attend - in their entirety - mandatory meetings in March and October. Meeting expenses are reimbursed by APA.
To encourage the representation of ethnic diversity issues on the Committee, the Committee on Early Career Psychologists requests that nominators consider the ethnic background of the nominee(s). The committee suggests that nominators also consider equitable age and gender representation, and diverse representation of expertise.
The Committee work extensively through email and phone conferences. Applicants should expect to spend a minimum of 5 hours per week engaged in committee activities.
All nominations should include a Statement of Interest from the nominee, current Curriculum Vitae, and one Letter of Recommendation. Nomination materials must be received by August 31, 2007.
Send Nominations via Email, Mail, or Fax to:
Alex Sittig APA 750 First Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Fax: (202) 218-7628 Email: asittig@apa.org
If you have any questions about participation on the Committee on Early Career Psychologists, please contact the current Chair, Guerda Nicolas, PhD at nicolagu@bc.edu
Deborah DiGilio, MPH Director, Office on Aging American Psychological Association 750 First Street, NE Washington, DC 20002-4242 (202) 336-6135 (202) 336-6040 FAX DDiGilio@apa.org http://www.apa.org/pi/aging
