Your Mentor

 

Your mentor is a highly skilled graduate of the International Harp Therapy Program. We work to make a good match of student and mentor. When you apply to the program, you will be assigned your mentor. Your mentor will send you their background information. Your application will be forwarded to your prospective mentor so that they can have more information about you.

Question: Please let me know what the role of the mentor is so that I utilize her as a resource effectively and appropriately.  Most important, I don’t want to ask anything outside of her scope…..

Answer: The mentor is responsible for listening to your recordings after each of the lessons and making an evaluation.  The mentor also collects your book reports and papers and final portfolio. We estimate that the mentor will spend about 20 hours in a 2-year period gathering and evaluating your work. It is certainly fine to ask your mentor questions but it is not their role to be coaching students in terms of teaching.  Their role is to remind you that your work is due and keep you on task. If you need more coaching in order to complete your lessons, then you should hire an appropriate teacher (we can recommend one for you).  If you have multiple questions and require extra help in other areas other than lessons, you can contact one of our IHTP Consultants throughout the year.

Here are our current Mentors

Linda Phoenix	Aliana Boone	Marilyn Johnson	Anita Lechied	Bambi Niles	Kate Shane	Jocelyn Obermeyer
Margie Bekoff	Jan Jonker	Trine Opsahl	Cynthy Johnson	Judy Byron	Rachel Christensen	Beatrice Rose
Margaret Warczak	Kumiko Minato	Susan Zevenbergen	Jan-Joy Sax	Wilma Liles	Liu Hsiu Kuo	Amy Kanner
		Lynette Edelson	Estelle Day	Julie Darling