JANE WALTON

Biography: Jane is the Director of Learning, Access and Skills of the Yorkshire Museum, Libraries and Archives Council a post she has held since December 2002. Prior to that Jane was Director of Access and Learning at the Yorkshire Museums Council. Jane worked at the museums council for 11 years holding the positions of professional development manager and training and information officer. Before her career at the museums council Jane worked for the members of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council as a research and information officer. She started her career in libraries, as college librarian at Bretton College after graduating from Newcastle Polytechnic. Her career, has therefore come full circle and her new position reflects her ambition to work for both the museums and libraries sector. Jane is a member of the regional education and skills commission, the regional executive of the Young People's Enterprise Forum, vice-chair and CPD adviser of the West Yorkshire branch of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and chair of Adult Learning Yorkshire and the Humber. In her spare time Jane is a primary school governor and has recently training to mentor year 10 children in school.  

Title: Everyone needs a mentor

Summary: This presentation will provide an overview of mentoring in the context of continuing professional development in the sector. This will include a summary of the results of research undertaken into the benefits of mentoring from the point of view of the individual, the mentor, the employer and the profession. Delegates will be given the opportunity to consider whether mentoring is something they would consider and if so what are some of the guiding principles.