Learning to administrate, administrating to learn

This article describes a director of clinical training (DCT) mentorship pro gram aimed at teaching administrative skills to graduate students. Toward t his end, the administrative knowledge and skills targeted in the program ar e described, followed by a discussion of the implications of this training experience, including the potential applicability to other disciplines with in psychology. Although the DCT mentorship experience that is presented see ms to be a promising model for administrative training, future efforts are needed to evaluate the relative merits of this type of program over the lon g term.