All Hands on Deck: Preparing Students for the Future of Work by Building Partnerships with All Stakeholders

Presented by: Rebecca Dedmond and Steven Myers

As the workforce landscape continues to evolve, many career development challenges arise for students in the K-12 setting. In order to provide youth with meaningful career connections while they are in school, authentic learning experiences and partnerships need to be established with key stakeholders. This includes partnering with parents/guardians, business/industry leaders, community agencies and others. By increasing awareness and forming partnerships, counselors help students build career awareness, gain career exposure, and graduate with a myriad of career options, and a more informed life plan.

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PRESENTERS:

Rebecca Dedmond PhD., LPC, CCCE, GCDF is an Associate Professor and Director of the Master of Arts in School Counseling at The George Washington University. Her most current research focus is on the Freshman Transition (8th and 9th grade level). She has written and validated the Freshmen Transition Standards and established the Freshman Transition Initiative at the George Washington University.  Dr. Dedmond served as the Career Counseling Supervisor for the Commonwealth of Virginia where she established an comprehensive career guidance and counseling model. She has also served as a consultant to the World Bank, and began her career as a high school counselor. Dr. Dedmond is an NCDA Fellow and a leader with the Virginia Career Development Association. 

Steven Myers, LPC, NCC, CCSP, GCDF is a service learning resource teacher with Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS). In this work, Steven provides district-level support by assisting schools with creating authentic learning experiences for all students through service learning initiatives. Prior to this role, Steven served as both a high school and middle school counselor with FCPS. He is an active member with both National Career Development Association and the Virginia Career Development Association.

The NCDA 2021 Webinar series presents:

Bridging United Nations Sustainable Development Goals with Career & Life Planning

Presented by: The NCDA Global Connections Committee

We, as NCDA members, strive to inspire and empower individuals to achieve their career and life goals. Our association's vision is for all people to attain fulfilling career and life goals regardless of age, culture, disability, ethnicity, race, religion/spirituality, creed, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, marital/partnership status, language preference, socioeconomic status, or any other personal characteristic not specifically relevant to job performance. In short, we are passionately committed to making the world a better place. 

The deep, altruistic, and purpose-driven qualities inherent in providing career development are critically needed to help the United Nations achieve their 17 Sustainable Development Goals for our global community. As Career Development professionals, we can help unlock, engage and enable solution-based initiatives to global employment issues, questions and concerns. We can enhance the cross-collaboration and partnerships needed to continue to foster our current and ongoing globally-based economy. This Global Connections Committee-developed webinar will: Introduce you to the UN SDGs; Connect SDGs to Career Development and Life Planning; Brainstorm SDGs activities for your students and clients; and Showcase student reactions to SDG-related classroom assignments currently in use.

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The Presenters:

A progressive and visionary Global Career promoter, Career Mentor and Career Strategist, Soonhoon Ahn currently serves as the Director of the Career and Mentoring Program for the Graduate Fellows Program, United Nations Association of the National Capital Area (UNA-NCA) and Co-Chair of the NCDA Global Connections Committee (GCC). Soonhoon is passionate about helping clients realize their career/life transitions and meet their job search needs. She is a lifelong advocate of international development careers for professionals seeking to advance the quality of human life. Her extensive professional work experience is rooted in her decades-long international recruitment and human resource management experiences with the World Bank Group and the Asian Development Bank. Additionally, Soonhoon is the Founder, Founding President, and a Legacy Member of the Asia Pacific Career Development Association (APCDA), which provides an international forum of sharing career development ideas and experience in the Asia Pacific region and ultimately connects with the global career community. She also is a Legacy Member of the Diplomats and Consular Officers, an organization of foreign affairs professionals. Finally, Soonhoon is a proud recipient of both the NCDA Fellow and the International Career Practitioner Awards.

Raza Abbas is a Knowledge Management Advisor and Global Careers Strategist; proudly receiving international outstanding career practitioner awards from both NCDA and APCDA. He also currently serves on three different NCDA committees including GCC. Additionally, he serves as APCDA’s Country/Area Council Representative for Pakistan, the Asian Regional Association for Career Development’s Pakistan Director, and the International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance's National Correspondent and Editorial Board member. He works for inclusivity and social justice in career development practice both in Pakistan and globally. He is humbled to be profiled in the Global Best-Seller ‘The World Book of Hope’.

Dr. Candy Ho is the inaugural Assistant Professor, Integrative Career and Capstone Learning in the University of the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada. She also holds teaching positions in Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Educational Studies department and in Douglas College's Career Development Practitioner Program and has taught at the University of British Columbia in their Department of Counselling Psychology and Special Education. Dr. Ho currently serves as Vice Chair of CERIC, a Canadian charitable organization that advances education and research in career counselling and career development, in order to increase the economic and social well-being of Canadians.

Panel Moderator: Dr. Lisa Raufman, Past President, California Career Development Association, is a co-author of The Career Fitness Program, Exercising Your Options (Pearson Education Publishers), a popular career book used in community colleges and universities since 1989 now in its 11th edition. Her college positions have included Faculty Development Coordinator and Dean of Counseling at El Camino College as well as an instructor and a coordinator of Career Centers at two different colleges. She is actively involved with the California Career Development Association, NCDA and APCDA (currently serving on the Membership Committee). She is also past President of Los Padres American Society for Training and Development and the California Community College Counselor’s Association (4CA). Her doctoral degree is from the University of California at Los Angeles in Higher Education, Work and Adult Development.

Danita Redd has been a higher education counselor and professor at Moorpark College for 27 years where she counsels students majoring in STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine) and teaches Career Development and Life Planning. As an ambassador for Shared Hope International, she assists in raising public awareness of the steps one can take to eradicate sex trafficking of children. She is active in APCDA as well as a Lifetime Member. She holds numerous certifications including the CCSCC through NCDA and for helping people with PTSD from the Foundation for Human Enrichment. She is an author and continually has served as an International volunteer mostly in service for the Mexico City Friends.

Hsiu-Lan (Shelley) Tien, an experienced international scholar and distinguished leader, both as an academic and as a practitioner in career counseling, received her Ph.D. in Counselor Education from the University of Iowa. More recently, Shelley was a Fulbright visiting scholar at the Department of Psychology at the University of Maryland. Her current areas of interest are career counseling and studies of vocational behavior, training of counseling skills, working with dreams, and qualitative research. She is also a licensed psychologist in Taipei, Taiwan. Currently, she is a professor at the Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling at the National Taiwan Normal University and serves as the director of the Community Counseling Center and Vice director of Student Personnel Services at the National Taiwan Normal University. Formerly, Shelley served as the director of the Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling. She also served as the president of Taiwan Career Development and Consultation Association, president of Taipei Counseling Psychologist Association, and past president of the Asia Pacific Career Development Association. Shelley is a proud recipient of both the NCDA Fellow and the International Practitioner of the Year Awards. Professor Tien’s research work has been published in professional journals and have been widely cited in Chinese communities as well as in international ones. She also offered training to career development professionals in Chinese societies (China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao). Additionally, she served as the external-examiners for University of Malaya, Australian Catholic University and Hong Kong University. Recently, she earned the Distinguished Career Educator Award in Grant Chinese Society from the People Achievement Consulting (PAC) in China.

Sabira Vohra, M.A., FCD-I, GCDF-I, CCSP, MCS, has more than 20+ years of experience in global career development, career transition, strategic career development, training and facilitation. She is a hands on visionary leader and supporter of career services. Sabira is guided by strong intuition, a global perspective and has an open communication & honest style. Through her Private Practice, Career Infusion, she coaches and counsels professionals and job seekers to create effective plans for job searching, career exploration and transitioning and successfully manage and navigate their careers. She meets clients where they are, providing full service customized career services. Sabira also consults with organizations such as higher education institutions and The World Bank; empowering employees to navigate their careers in a diverse global workforce. She also serves as an Adjunct Professor at Washington Adventist university; teaching career development courses. Previously, Sabira served as Director of Career Services at various Universities within MD and within non-profit organizations. She also served as President of the Maryland Career Development Association.

Amy Zdanowski is both a Career Advisor and Instructor for Montcalm Community College. She currently serves on the Board of the Michigan Career Development Association and as a Michigan College Access Alliance Community Ambassador. Her passion for career development was cultivated from a twenty-one-year background in school counseling. Like many career field professionals, she is motivated by the self-confidence and resilience that the career development process provides individuals in today’s global economy.

The NCDA 2021 Webinar Series Presents:

Career One Stop - Career Counseling through a Pandemic

Presented by: Kelly Tanner

CareerOneStop provides resources for getting back to work in a pandemic. The recently launched Employment Recovery portal provides critical unemployment and job search resources for today’s economy. The website is a one-stop resource to help people meet their short-term needs such as filing for unemployment benefits or finding a new job, as well as their longer-term goals such as adjusting career plans in light of the evolving job market.

The webinar will explore resources, including visiting www.EmploymentRecovery.org to find these features:

• Unemployment and Other Benefits
• Find a Job Now
• Explore a New Career

Counselors may find these tools helpful while assisting those who have lost their jobs, recently graduated from college, are seeking education and training to move to a new career, or other audiences who may have been hit hard by the pandemic. 

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The Presenter:

Kelly Tanner is the Outreach and Training Manager for CareerOneStop (COS) and provides customer support, public outreach and technical expertise for operations related to the development, usage and testing of COS products.  Kelly has an extensive background in training and she holds several degrees including a Doctorate in Business Administration.  She brings 15+ years of experience on state and national career information projects and loves getting career information into the hands of people who need it the most.

The NCDA 2020 Webinar series presents:

DEI + Career Development: How Are We Incorporating Diversity, Equity and Inclusion into Career Services During COVID-19

Presented by: Members of the NCDA Diversity and Inclusion Committee:
Mako Miller, David Julius Ford, Cheryl Love, Emily Kikue Frank, Christian D. Chan (moderator)

The COVID-19 pandemic has magnified issues related to diversity, equity and inclusion in our country.  Virtual conversations around DEI have popped via various organizations along with discussions on delivering career development virtually.  However, there are fewer talks about career development and DEI.  Join NCDA and a panel of career development and counseling professionals in a discussion about how we can be sure to utilize a DEI-lens in our career development practices.

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Presenter Information:

Mako Miller – Career Services Manager, Kauffman Scholars, Inc.  Mako Miller is a champion for diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in Kansas City. For over 14 years, Mako has made a commitment to higher education through her work for both two- and four-year colleges. Mako is the Career Services Manager for Kauffman Scholars, Inc. where she strives to remove barriers to career and social capital for students in the program. Additionally, she is pursuing her Ed.D. at the University of Kansas in higher education administration in hopes of serving in a role that promotes and supports DEI in postsecondary education.

David Julius Ford – Assistant Professor, Professional Counseling, Monmouth University David Julius Ford, Jr. holds a B.A. in Psychology and an M.A. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, both from Wake Forest University. In May 2014, he earned his Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision at Old Dominion University. Dr. Ford is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) in North Carolina and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Virginia and New Jersey. He is a National Certified Counselor (NCC) and Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS). Dr. Ford taught for four years at James Madison University and is now an Assistant Professor in the Department of Professional Counseling at Monmouth University and serves and the President-elect of the New Jersey Counseling Association. Dr. Ford’s professional interests are Black Greek life; multicultural issues; college students; African American men in higher education; career counseling; addictions counseling; supervision; group work; qualitative research; the LGBTQQIA community; Intersectionality; and persons living with HIV/AIDS. He has experience as an instructor for undergraduate human services courses and has taught graduate courses in counseling skills, multicultural counseling, career counseling, testing and assessment, clinical mental health counseling, addictions counseling, practicum supervision, and group counseling. He has also taught a doctoral-level dissertation course and a doctoral-level course in grant-writing and program evaluation and advanced theories. He is one of 24 inaugural fellows of the NBCC Minority Fellowship Program. He is the 2020 recipient of the AMCD Samuel H. Johnson Distinguished Service Award. Dr. Ford is a classically trained pianist and is a proud and active member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. As an undergraduate, he had the privilege of taking a class taught by the late Dr. Maya Angelou. Dr. Ford currently lives in Ocean, New Jersey.

Cheryl Love, Ph.D. serves as a Career Counselor and Liaison to the College of Education and Integrative Studies and the Bronco Dreamers Resource Center at Cal Poly Pomona.  She is the Coordinator of the Clothes Closet Service for the Career Center and is Adjunct Faculty for the Educational Leadership Department at Cal Poly Pomona.  Cheryl has 30+ years of experience as a Counselor and Teacher in all four Higher Education systems in California (UC, CSU, Private and Community) as well as the Public School and Non-Profit sector. This breadth of experience has provided her with the knowledge and skills to work with diverse student populations to assist them with identifying their career goals. She has a Master’s Degree in Counseling with a Pupil Personnel Service Credential from California State University, Fullerton and a Doctorate from the University of California, Los Angeles in Educational Psychology with an emphasis in Counseling.  She serves on the Executive Board of the Black Faculty and Staff Association as the Scholarship Chair and Membership Co-Chair at Cal Poly Pomona and serves as the Co-Chair of the National Career Development Association (NCDA) Committee on Diversity Initiatives and Cultural Inclusion, and is a member of the Higher Education Constituency Advisory Board for NCDA.  She is also a board member for the California Career Development Association (CCDA) starting in Fall 2020.   She has presented on a number of occasions at NCDA and CCDA Conferences  on Diversity and Inclusion and Social Justice Issues.  Honors include:  Cal Poly Pomona Outstanding Advisor of the Year and Diversity Champion Award in 2017; Recipient of the National Association of University Women (NAUW) 2018 March Church Terrell Award given to people who have a passion for working towards gender and racial equality and African-American mobility; and in 2019  a recipient of the Champion for Fighting Student Hunger Award offered by the Cal Poly Pomona Basic Needs Initiative.    

Emily Kikue Frank, Founder & Owner, Career Catalyst Founder, owner. Emily has more than 14 years of career counseling experience, in higher ed. and private practice. She specializes in helping quirky, creative people and those with international experience reinvent their career paths. She has a bachelor's degree in East Asian Studies from Smith College and a master's degree in counseling.  She calls Denver home but works with people from around the world. She has co-presented at NCDA on creating trans-friendly counseling spaces. 

MODERATOR: Christian D. Chan, Assistant Professor in the Department of Counseling and Educational Development at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Christian D. Chan (he, him, his), PhD, NCC is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Counseling and Educational Development at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, President-Elect of the Association for Adult Development and Aging (AADA), and a proud Queer Person of Color. As a scholar-activist, his interests revolve around intersectionality; multiculturalism in counseling practice, supervision, and counselor education; social justice and activism; career development; critical research methodologies; and couple, family, and group modalities with socialization/communication of culture and social identities. As a recent recipient of the NCDA Merit Award, he has actively contributed to over 36 peer-reviewed publications in journals, books, and edited volumes and has conducted over 115 refereed presentations at the national, regional, and state levels.

The NCDA 2021 Webinar series presents:

Enhancing Career and College Readiness Self-Efficacy of Children and Adolescents

Presented by: Stanley Baker, Ph.D., Amanda Hudson Allen, Ph.D., Robert Martinez, Ph.D., and Regina Gavin Williams, Ph.D.

Details of evidence-based psycho-educational units for adolescents and children and customized individual career counseling interventions for adolescents will be presented. The underlying theme is enhancing career and college readiness self-efficacy. Related curriculum documents, outcome data, treatment strategies employed, and exercises will be provided.

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Presenter Information:

Stanley B. Baker, Ph. D., professor of counselor education, North Carolina State University

Amanda Hudson Allen, Ph.D., Executive Director of Social and Emotional Learning, Johnston County Public Schools 

Robert R. Martinez, Ph.D., assistant professor of school counseling, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Regina Gavin Williams, Ph.D., assistant professor of counselor education, North Carolina Central University

The NCDA 2021 Webinar series presents:

Ethics in the Pandemic:
What to Keep in Mind

Presented by: Members of the NCDA Ethics Committee

Members of the NCDA Ethics Committee will discuss ways to focus on ethical issues in everyday practice while dealing with our new ‘normal’. We will address aspects of ethical values and ethical best practices and how these relate to wellness, supervision, and consultation as well as virtual world and workplace norms.

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Presenter Information:

Azra Karajic Siwiec, PhD, LPC, is the co-chair of the NCDA Ethics Committee. She has worked as a professor of counseling for the last 13 years. She has presented at national, regional and state conferences and facilitated numerous professional development events for counselors and supervisors. She served as the President of the Ohio Career Development Association.

Sarah Patterson Mills, PhD, LPC, is the co-chair of the NCDA Ethics Committee and serves as the Assistant Dean of Counseling and Associate Professor in Counseling at Lindenwood University. She has over 15 years of experience working with a variety of clients across the lifespan, and a 7th-12th grade school counselor. She serves as the editor of Ethics in a Nutshell in Career Developments magazine.

Amanda Chenkin, M.Ed, LPC, NCC, CCC, is a member of the NCDA Ethics Committee. She has worked in career and workforce development for 15 years. Amanda currently has her own counseling practice and works in higher education. She also has been a program director in the nonprofit world.

Stacy Van Horn, PhD, LPC, is a member of the NCDA Ethics Committee and is a faculty member at the University of Central Florida. Prior to working as a counselor educator, she has worked as a school counselor for over 10 years. She has done numerous presentations at national, regional, state and local conferences and served as the President of the Florida Career Development Association.

Career development models are trending toward the inclusion of elementary instruction within the scope and sequence of career readiness programs, thereby, scaffolding these essential activities from an earlier age. By crafting these programs to include our youngest students, we can cultivate a generation of learners who are uniquely aware of the expectations and opportunities that lie ahead in the workforce. This presentation will discuss best practices for teaching career development in the elementary classroom, as well as offer ideas for doing so in alignment with rigorous state standards, daily activities and routines, and CTE partnerships. Such ideas are applicable to all educators, counselors, and curriculum directors working with k-12 students and staff. 

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About the Presenter

Madeline Liggett is an elementary teacher in the state of Michigan. She is beginning her fifth year of teaching, and her current position is in fourth grade. In order to promote career readiness at the elementary level, Madeline works closely with her local Independent School District and tech center. She also works on creating materials and lessons that align career development with academic content standards. She is currently attending Western Michigan University for her Master’s degree in Workforce Education and Development. Madeline’s end goal is to create her own academically-aligned career development curriculum for elementary students. 

The NCDA 2019 Webinar series presents:

Helping Clients Cope with Bias During the Job Search Process

Presented by: Lakeisha Mathews

Are your students or clients ever concerned about the perceptions hiring managers will have of their name, sexuality, or religious affiliation?  Do your clients ask for your advice on how cultural identifiers should be presented on a resume or shared during an interview?  Despite the growing number of diversity hiring plans implemented across various sectors, job seekers still have concerns about facing bias during the hiring process.  In this webinar, participants will discuss how to coach and advise students on overcoming bias in the job search process. Various diversity variables will be explored and their impact on professionals documents, interviewing, and networking. 

Whether the majority of your clients are underrepresented populations or not, this webinar is a must for every career development professional providing direct counseling, coaching or advising on employability skills and job searching.

You’ll Learn:

• What cultural identifiers are and how they impact the job search process
• Strategies for helping clients overcome bias during the job search
• Recommendations for nurturing fair hiring practices in career development services centers.

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PRESENTER

Lakeisha Mathews is Director of the Career and Professional Development Center at the University of Baltimore.  She formally served as Associate Director of Career Services at the University of Maryland University College and as Assistant Director for Alumni & Graduate Students at the Loyola University Maryland Career Center.

Lakeisha is also the owner of a career coaching business called Right Resumes & Career Coaching, LLC which she launched in 2012.  Right Resumes & Career Coaching serves entry-level and mid-career professionals in the DC Metro area and specializes in resume writing, career planning and strategy and professional development seminars. 

Mrs. Mathews holds several industry certifications as a Certified Professional Career Coach, Certified Professional Resume Writer, Global Career Development Facilitator, Certified Career Services Provider, Certified Business and Employer Services Professional, and is certified to teach Etiquette to Adults and Professionals. She received her M.S. in Human Resource Development from Towson University and a B.A. in Communication from the University of Maryland College Park. Lakeisha is currently pursuing a Doctorate of Education in Higher Education Leadership and Innovation from Wilmington University.

Lakeisha is a published authors and thought leader in the field of career services.  In 2016, Lakeisha co-authored a chapter in the book Find Your Fit, published by the Association of Talent Development.  She is currently serving as the Trustee for Higher Education Career Counselors & Educators for the National Career Development Association, the largest career development association in the world.  In 2011, she served as president of the Maryland Career Development Association.

The potential of today's youth is immense, while the challenges they face to reach that promising future are real and daunting. To thrive in an unprecedented time of change and uncertainty requires skills that are durable, transferable, and most of all, uniquely human. The good news: every student already has a subset of these skills! The bad news: too many never realize it and their potential is sidelined. 
 
Educators have an incredible opportunity to unlock the potential of our next generation. Making human skills a core - and explicit - part of the everyday classroom experience will lead to engagement, well-being, and thriving communities. 
 
Chris Mackey and Courtney Reilly will share the experiences that drive their determination to equip today’s youth with human skills, and how they created Skillsline to fill the gap in knowledge and awareness of the human skills essential to a bright future for us all.
 

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Presenters: 
 
Courtney Reilly is a Co-Founder of human skills company, Skillsline. Courtney has focused her career on using innovation to enable opportunity and prosperity for young people regardless of background. Prior to founding Skillsline, Courtney led market development efforts for Chicago-based nonprofit LEAP Innovations, expanding the reach of its research-backed, personalized learning tools to schools across the country. Simultaneously, she led K-12 programming for the ASU+GSV Summit, founding the Summit's Leading Educator Scholarship Program in 2015, and enabling the attendance of thousands of innovative school and district leaders. Courtney has also spent time in Rwanda developing industry ecosystems and supported the growth of innovative education companies in the U.S. and around the world. Courtney holds an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and graduated summa cum laude from Southern Methodist University with a BBA in Financial Management and a BA in Anthropology. 
 
Chris Mackey is a Co-founder at Skillsline and brings his passion for helping learners and organizations take real-world action, develop themselves, perform at peak, and achieve their visions of their future selves. From the beginning of his career, Chris has focused on partnering with schools and companies to develop world-class products. Prior to founding Skillsline, Chris served as Vice President and General Manager of the Myers-Briggs Innovation Labs, leading the development and marketing of award-winning software products recognized for their key role in driving student success and retention, engaging educators and learners, and ease of implementation for organizations. Chris holds an MBA from Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and Management and graduated from Indiana University as a Wells Scholar. 

The NCDA 2020 Webinar series presents:

Integrating Career Development in the Early Grades

Presented by: Ed Hidalgo, Chief Innovation and Engagement Officer
Cajon Valley Union School District, San Diego, CA.

Join this informative presentation from the design and implementation team for the World of Work™ Initiative, a career development framework developed and deployed across the 28 K-8 schools in the Cajon Valley Union School District in El Cajon, California. The initiative is a research-based framework for teachers to integrate career development in their classrooms and leverages research frameworks such as the Holland RIASEC. During this presentation participants will learn about the three-year journey from development of the theory of action through to the most recent research developing from one of the largest sample sizes of middle-school student possible selves’ data ever collected.

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Presenter Information:

Ed Hidalgo is the Chief Innovation and Engagement Officer for the Cajon Valley Union School District in San Diego, CA. Prior to his current role, he was the Director of the World of Work Initiative at the University of San Diego Jacobs Institute for Entrepreneurship in Education. His experience in career development and training comes from nearly 20 years in human resources, staffing and government affairs, most recently at Qualcomm. RIASEC: SEA; MBTI: ESFJ.

Too often, education and workforce systems operate in separate worlds. The school experience should prepare students for the world of work, yet far too many students are not exposed to a myriad of career possibilities – and they do not understand their unique strengths, interests, and values. The workforce development system then tries to support job seekers who are little prepared or unclear on what they want to do. The San Diego Workforce Partnership is collaborating with school districts across the county to disrupt this disconnect, providing training, tools, and strategies to support all students in accessing the world of work.

Presenters: Sarah Burns, Director of Learning at the San Diego Workforce Partnership, and Peter Callstrom, CEO San Diego Workforce Partnership

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Presenter Information:

Sarah Burns has over a decade of combined experience in the fields of education, workforce development, and leadership development. As the Director of Learning at the San Diego Workforce Partnership, Sarah infuses career development best practices into the programs offered by the publicly funded workforce development system and its network of providers. She also designs and delivers professional development for San Diego’s teachers, school leaders and career counselors, drawing upon her experience as a high-school math teacher in New York City. Sarah uses her expertise in labor market research to illuminate present employment needs and future trends in a way especially relevant to K-12 schools, institutes of higher education, and other job-training providers. Sarah leverages her professional practice and degrees in economics and math education to support successful labor market outcomes for San Diegans, with a passion for students and the younger workforce. She is a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach and is skilled in helping individuals and groups to illuminate and amplify their strengths to find success in the world of work.

Peter Callstrom has led nonprofits in the San Diego region for 30+ years. He joined the SDWP as CEO in 2012. Peter and his team have transformed the SDWP and reimagined workforce development delivery and impact. Peter and team have built a diverse budget ($48M) from multiple investors (public, private and philanthropy), and delivered varied workforce programs to empower job seekers of all ages. With federal resources, they manage a countywide network of full-service career centers. With an emphasis on underserved populations, but available to all job seekers, the SDWP and its partners reach 50K+ annually. The SDWP created the first and only workforce Income Share Agreement (ISA) fund, an innovative student financing model to access post-secondary skills - students pay back to the fund, creating an ‘evergreen’ fund that empowers future participants. The SDWP utilizes in-depth labor market research and deploys content via K-14 educational materials and ‘MyNextMove’ – an online experience to inform and inspire students, teachers, and job seekers and the ‘Launch Pad’ with the Cajon Valley School District – an innovative in-person K-12 experience that integrates career exploration with academics. Other innovative projects: TechHire, Cybersecurity career training, Construction Career Jumpstart, Dental Assistant Training, Connect2Careers – youth employment, Reentry for justice-involved, “High Road” Training Partnerships, and more. Recipient of the “WIOA Trailblazer” award (of 550 workforce boards around the country) and USD’s ‘Kaleidoscope’ award for excellent governance, the SDWP is a nationally recognized leader. Peter was named “nonprofit CEO of year” by the San Diego Business Journal in 2021.

The NCDA 2020 Webinar series presents:

Preventing and Transforming Career Burnout into Opportunity in the New Era of COVID-19

Presented by:

Ronda Ansted and Sheri Mahaney

Career burnout has been on the rise for decades and with the addition of the COVID-19 economic crisis, it is going to get worse. Times like this can help us reflect on what’s really important. This webinar will give career professionals new tools and approaches to prevent and overcome burnout for themselves and their clients, such as identifying and building on what brings you joy, envisioning the life you want for yourself, and taking concrete steps to turn that vision into reality.

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The Presenters:

Ronda Ansted is committed to using career development to transform lives, communities, and the world. For more than 20 years, with a primary focus on international development and social services, Ronda has helped her clients to translate their skills and services into rewarding work and inspired lives. Through her private practice, Be the Change Career Consulting, Ronda works with those dedicated to serving others through support, guidance, and inspiration to increase their effectiveness professionally and to help them fulfill a personal journey. She is the creator of My Career Design Studio, launched to increase access to career coaching to people around the world and with limited resources. She is also Past President of Maryland Career Development Association. Ronda holds a Doctorate of Management from the University of Maryland University College and a Master’s of Social Work from the University of Maryland, Baltimore.

Sheri Mahaney has worked as a therapist, career counselor, supervisor, staff mentor, group facilitator, and consultant throughout her career in the social services and higher education fields over the past 30 years. In that time, she has assisted thousands of clients and staff on interpersonal communication topics through workshops and retreats utilizing her expert knowledge of human behavior and the impact of personality differences on daily human interactions. She is a Nationally Certified Counselor, a trained NCDA Instructor of the Facilitating Career Development program, a qualified interpreter of the Myers-Briggs assessment, and has teaching certification for the StrengthsQuest assessment. Sheri holds a B.S. degree in Human Development & Family Studies from Cornell University and a Master’s degree in Social Work, occupational social work concentration, from Syracuse University.

Postsecondary education comes with many personal and professional challenges for students whether they are traditional or post-traditional learners. Career counselors play an important role for students as they navigate these years. We know that during this time, underrepresented student populations face unique challenges that are not always addressed by their institutions. Join us for a panel discussion that will touch on topics including academic probation, sense of belonging, school climate, and COVID-19 and the achievement gap/narrowing. This session will focus on what it means to take a more inclusive approach to career counseling with diverse undergraduate student populations. 

Panel Moderator:  Dr. Diandra Prescod, NCDA Trustee for Higher Education Career Counselors and Specialist and Associate Professor and Program Coordinator of Counselor Education, University of Connecticut 

Panelists: 

Dr. Spencer Niles, two-time past president of NCDA and Professor of Counselor Education, The College of William and Mary 

Dr. Christian Chan, Assistant Professor of Counseling and Educational Development, University of North Carolina Greensboro  

Dr. Michael Hannon, Associate Professor in the Department of Counseling, Montclair State University 

Dr. Linwood Vereen, Clinical Associate Professor in the College of Education, Oregon State University 

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The NCDA 2021 Webinar series presents:

The Threads of Hope-Action Theory and Practice

Presented by: Norman Amundson, Andrea Fruhling, Hyung Joon Yoon, and Spencer Niles

In this presentation the developers of Hope-Action Theory weave together both theoretical constructs and interventions that are supported through their research. As part of this process Spencer Niles, Hyung Joon Yoon and Norm Amundson use their unique perspectives to create more robust theory and practical interventions. Andrea Fruhling, the Executive Director of the Hope-Action Group and a career coach educator, will facilitate the discussion and will help to integrate a perspective from both career counselling and career coaching. The Hope-Action Group has been using this discussion process over the past year to further develop their ideas and to build online teaching platforms.

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The Presenters:

Dr. Norman Amundson is a professor emeritus from the University of British Columbia. He has a PhD from the University of Alberta and also holds an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Umea, Sweden. He has worked in the career development field for over 40 years and has published many books and articles, including a 2018 Anniversary Edition of his nationally award winning book “Active Engagement”. Most recently he has co-authored the books, “Career Flow & Development: Hope in Action” and “Career Recovery: Creating Hopeful Careers in Difficult Times". Many of his books and workbooks have been translated into other languages. In his work he emphasizes the importance of creativity, imagination, storytelling, dynamic action, metaphors and hope. Dr. Amundson has presented his work at many national and international conferences (in more than 30 countries). He has also been recognized by many national and international professional associations for his leadership and contributions in the career development field and is a recipient of the NCDA Eminent Career Award.  His training workshops and presentations are practical, engaging, and interactive.

Andrea Fruhling is a Certified Organizational Coach (UBC), founder of Doubleknot Works, executive director of the Hope-Action Group, and mentor coach/instructor for the Organizational Coaching program at the University of British Columbia. In addition to a private coaching practice, Andrea develops and delivers blended learning courses for career practitioners and organizations both nationally and internationally, helping them find more creatively impactful ways to work with clients. Andrea’s work is practical and engaging with a focus on creativity, active, strengths-based learning, team engagement, and hope. Recently, Andrea developed and co-facilitated “Certification in Hope-Action Theory and Practice”, a course for international career influencers in Singapore. She has developed several asynchronous online courses in partnership with Dr. Norm Amundson and the Canadian Career Development Foundation, and has delivered keynote presentations, workshops, and webinars for national and international career development conferences and associations. In response to the Covid-19 unemployment crisis, Andrea joined an elite panel of career development professionals to provide content for Hope Central, a holistic system developed by Kuder, providing resources for displaced workers and the workforce development professionals supporting them. 

Dr. Hyung Joon Yoon, Ph.D., CCSP, SPHR, is an assistant professor of Workforce Education and Development (WFED) at Penn State. Over the last 20 years, he worked for such organizations as LG Display, Republic of Korea Army, Penn State Management Programs and Services, Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, the George Washington University, internationally, as a Human Resource Development (HRD) researcher-practitioner. He specializes in theory building, assessment and intervention development, and program evaluation in the fields of career development, leadership development, and organization development. He is one of the developers of Hope-Action Theory (HAT), and he developed the Human Agency Based Individual Transformation (HABIT) model for individual, organizational, and societal transformation. His research direction has been on empowering individuals and organizations with hope and human agency. He served on the board of the National Career Development Association (NCDA) twice. He is bestowed as an NCDA Fellow in 2020 for his significant contribution to the career development field through research, teaching, practice, and policy development. He is currently Associate Editor of Human Resource Development Review, a premier theory-building journal in the field of HRD. He is also a Master Trainer of the Facilitating Career Development (FCD) curriculum. 

Dr. Spencer Niles serves as Professor in the Counselor Education Program at William & Mary. Previously, he served as Dean, and Professor at the School of Education at William & Mary.  He was also a Distinguished Professor and Department Head for Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education at the Pennsylvania State University from 2000-2013. He is a Past-President of Chi Sigma Iota International and was twice the President of the National Career Development Association (NCDA).  He is the recipient of the NCDA Eminent Career Award and has received many other awards for his scholarship and leadership.  He served as two-term Editor for The Career Development Quarterly, Editor for the Journal of Counseling & Development, and continues to serve on numerous journal editorial boards. He has authored or co-authored approximately 140 publications and delivered over 150 presentations at national and international conferences.  His book Career Development Interventions (6th edition) is the best-selling career text in the world.  His most recent co-authored books are titled Career Flow and Development: Hope-Action Theory and Career Recovery: Creating Careers with Hope in Difficult Times. He has taught in over 27 countries and is an Honorary Member of the Japanese Career Development Association, Honorary Member of the Italian Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance, and a member of the Board of Directors for the International Center for Career Development and Public Policy.

The NCDA 2019 Webinar series presents:

US Department of Labor
Open & Free Online Resources for Career Advisors

Presented by: US Department of Labor Employment & Training Administration

The U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration offers a variety of online career resources and tools that can support career counselors, academic advisors and workforce system professionals to help job seekers explore careers and find employment. Join representatives from the U.S. Department of Labor and CareerOneStop for a tour of some favorite online career sites and learn about some new resources and features.

• CareerOneStop (GetMyFuture, Reentry Portal, Competency Model Clearinghouse)
• O*NET Online (MyNextMove, MiProximo Paso, MyNextMove for Veterans)
• apprenticeship.gov

Over time, many customized portals have been added that provide specialized information and features for veterans, opportunity youth, returning citizens/ex-offenders, business/employer engagement, sector strategies, and more. 

The sites presented in this webinar include resources that are OPEN and FREE to use, download, and share, or even to incorporate in other websites or web-based tools.  You will be introduced to toolkits, assessments, guides, curriculum, and materials that support job seekers with diverse needs and backgrounds.  Hear examples of how these resources are used and learn how you can make use of them in your own practice. 

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The NCDA 2019 Webinar series presents:

Working with Third Party Providers to Support International Students’ Career Development

Presented by:

Kendra Northington, Kwan Segal, Elif Balin,
Nicole Anderson, and Sonia Liang

According to the survey research results of the NCDA International Student Services Committee (ISSC), there are consistent challenges in higher education to provide effective career services to international students. Some common struggles are the complexity of job and internship search processes, employer perceptions about international student work permit and visa procedures, and limited network and resources for international students in the U.S. The NCDA-ISSC recognizes the importance of addressing third-party service providers and resources outside of higher education settings that often emerge as a response to the unmet career development needs of international students. Third-party providers can be non-profit or for-profit organizations that offer career resources and job search platforms to international students. They also include technological platforms that disseminate or facilitate job opportunities in the U.S. and other countries.

Career development professionals need to become more familiar and competent with these services to assess their credibility and potential usefulness to meet international students’ career needs. This webinar aims to help career development professionals increase their awareness and gain more knowledge regarding the ethical and effective use of third party providers and resources as additional resources. 

In this webinar, you’ll learn:

• the functions and trends of third-party providers in the U.S. and how they can address the challenges of supporting international students in the higher education setting;
• the various types of third-party providers that provide career services to international students, including the service features, pros and cons, and examples;
• how to make ethical and multiculturally competent decisions when working with third-party providers

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The Presenters: 

Kendra Northington is the Senior Career Counselor in the School of Engineering & Applied Science at the George Washington University. Kendra has worked in career services for the past five years, with a focus on traditionally underserved communities including international students, undocumented students, and students of color. As a Licensed Professional Counselor she likes to bridge the gap between mental health and career support for college students.

Kwan Segal is the Founder and CEO of International Career Advisory, Inc. (ICAway), a Career Advisory firm that provides a complete career coaching solution for international students in the US. Kwan is an experienced human-capital consultant. Her past corporate experience includes global organizations like Deloitte, Accenture, and BMW. Kwan has designed a Career Success Roadmap that equips international students with the skills for their career search, encourages them to break through cultural barriers, and prepares them to enter the U.S. professional world. Kwan holds an Executive MBA through a Kellogg School of Management - Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration international education partnership program and a certification of Senior Professional in Human Resources by HRCI.

Elif Balin is an Assistant Professor of Counseling and the coordinator of the Career Counseling specialization at San Francisco State University. Besides teaching career counseling and counseling skills courses, Elif has published several articles and book chapters on career counseling and international student career development. Also, she chaired the NCDA International Student Services Committee between 2013 and 2015 and continues to co-lead research projects under this committee. During her professional school counseling and career counseling experiences in Turkey and the U.S., she worked with a diverse population of students and developed specialized programs to support their career development, mental health, and cultural transition needs.  

Nicole M. Anderson is Associate Director of Alumni Career Services at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts.  Nicole has worked with undergraduates, graduate students, and alumni in career development for more than 25 years at Tufts University and Boston College. For a decade, she worked as career services liaison to international students at Tufts University, and in 2017-2019, she co-chaired the International Student Services Committee with the National Career Development Association.  Nicole currently serves as the Vice President of Research for the Alumni Career Services Network. She earned her BA in Psychology and MA in Higher Education from Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

Sonia Liang is the Associate Director at the Career Strategies Center of the International Business School, Brandeis University. Recently transitioned from the undergraduate office, she shifted her focus from general career counseling to providing career education to the Business Analytics graduate student cohort through teaching, career coaching and programming. As an active international student advocate, Sonia created strategic partnerships for students through specific programming, campus outreach, and employer relations efforts. She spearheaded a series of initiatives which led to the undergraduate office receiving the National Career Development Association (NCDA) 2019 “Service to International Students” award.