Alex
It's good to hear such an encouraging tale. I've also recently chartered
but in a much more straightforward way.
I've no idea how to pronounce MCLIP but my sister came up with my favourite
version:
McLip (like McKendrick)!
Alice.
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> I have found this list really useful for information on submission dates
> etc and also for inspiration on what to include (and what not!). So,
> thanks to everybody and a word of encouragement to all those in the same
> position as me. I was on Route A back in 1988! (still have the enormous
> '#floppy disc' as a souvenir), then on route B after changing jobs, then
> got married, changed jobs again, moved house and had babies and took a
> career break. Chartering then slips down the list of priorities for a
> while. I returned to work part-time in 2000 and still had it in mind I
> would like to get chartered. I went to a chartership workshop in my own
> time and was very encouraged by the sessions and also by Susan Kay, who
> was very helpful. I decided to start again, incorporating what I had done
> in my career break into my report. I tried to show the relevance of the
> community work and courses undertaken during the 8 years to my continuing
> professional development, as well as comparing different elements of my
> professional posts. It worked! and I have recently heard that I am
> chartered, so I'm really pleased. It is difficult to make yourself sit
> down and write a report in between work and family commitments, but it can
> be done. I just put aside a time a week for it and made myself do it,
> giving myself a deadline, which also coincided with the end of a course of
> two friends of mine, for motivation. I hope that's some help.
> Alex.
> ps.does anyone know how you are supposed to pronounce 'MCLIP'?
> M-KLIP? M-C-LIP? M-C-L-I-P?
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