Page Content Orienting your new director: Use these resources to help both you and your new lab director get comfortable with the change. Public Health Lab Profiles, housed in the Survey Resource Center, give APHL members need-to-know information about each state’s public health labs, such as their programs, laws, functions, budgets and more. Ongoing evaluation: As a mentor or supervisor, take care to schedule frequent check-ins with your new lab director—both informal meetings and formal evaluations—to ease the onboarding process. Here are evaluation tools to help: Lab Director Progress Report Lab Director Performance Review Exit Interview and Knowledge Retention Communicating the change: While the communication team guides this effort, lab leadership can help. The APHL Public Health Lab Awareness Toolkit includes communications tips and resources on how to talk about your lab and the transition. Messaging Templates: Press Release Template Communications templates, such as a model Letter to the Legislator and a Wikipedia template entry, will help ease your communications efforts. The Mentoring Program Guide will walk you through creating a mentoring program. It looks like your browser does not have JavaScript enabled. Please turn on JavaScript and try again.