WRPA PREP Committee - Parks & Recreation Emerging Professionals

Application deadline for mentor / mentee program has been extended to April 1st. Don't miss out on this great opportunity. Apply today @ https://forms.gle/d5igp4noKAtfZAGY8. We look forward to meeting you at conference next month!

WRPA Mentorship Program Application The WPRA Student Connections Committee is dedicated to providing engaging professional development opportunities for students and young professionals who are looking to further gain insight into the exciting field of parks and recreation. One way we achieve this is through our mentoring program. Thi...

Mentorship Program - NEW!

The WPRA Student Connections Committee is dedicated to providing engaging professional development opportunities for students and young professionals who are looking to further gain insight into the exciting field of parks and recreation. One way we achieve this is through our mentoring program.

This program pairs distinguished professionals (our mentors) with a student or young professionals (our mentees) who can benefit from have a networking relationship with a current professional in the industry. If you’re interested in participating in this unique mentoring program for the 2020 campaign please fill out the simple form below no later than Feb 15th, 2020.Visit https://www.wrpatoday.org/tours-activities to find the application as well as more information on this years annual conference.

2020 Conference Tours & Activities In the past, we have offered tours of local facilities and explored local parks. The Conference Committee is currently finalizing the details for this year's tours. More information will be posted soon.

If you are indeed attending the 2019 WRPA conference held in Vancouver, I would suggest attending this amazing session being held. The session will discuss the basics of interviewing for career positions within recreation. Application process, preparation techniques, as well as interview questions and answers will be addressed. Here is more information in regards to the session topic and speakers. I will also include a link to the WRPA web page for further information. I highly encourage all recreation professionals and students to take advantage of this amazing opportunity.

Session Title: Interviewing 101

Category: Young Professional/ Student

Speakers: NeSha Thomas-Schadt
CJ Stanford
Grant Polhemus
Kelly Ashe

2019 Annual Conference Schedule Welcome, Annual Meeting & Keynote AddressThe Future of Customer Engagement: Delighting your Millennial Customers by Aaron McDaniel

Students and young parks and recreation professionals - The City of Mercer island has posted two more job postings. The positions are as camp counselor and day camp director. I have included the positions descriptions below. If you are interested I highly encourage you to apply; this is a great opportunity!

WRPA Conference& Tradeshow keynote speaker announced! Learn How to Empower Your Millenial Workforce with Speaker Aaron McDaniel

Aaron will speak about empowering your Millenial workforce, building the foundation for a successful career, and delighting your Millenial customers in both general and breakout sessions.

Learn more: https://www.wrpatoday.org/about-conference