The NCDA 2020 Webinar series presents:

Career Development Beyond Job Titles: How K-12 is Using Challenges to Prepare Students for an Exciting Future

Presented by: JP Michel

The old paradigm of matching high school students to job titles is no longer serving us. The realities of our changing world of work demands that we help students look beyond job titles to find inspiring challenges to work on. This new approach to career education is called the Challenge mindset. For the last 3 years, thousands of students have been using the Challenge mindset to explore challenges to solve, the companies working on them, the people who work there, and what they need to learn to be able to do that. Teachers, guidance counsellors and district leaders have been leading this transformation in hundreds of schools. During this presentation, participants will learn about how K-12 leaders are using career education to promote equity, inclusion and achievement. We will explore three case studies as well as discuss student impact. Practical strategies and Challenge mindset activities will be discussed.

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JP Michel is on a mission to change the way we prepare people for their careers. He is the founder and head coach at SparkPath and creator of the challenge mindset. JP’s work on careers has been featured on the BBC, CBC and TFO. Since 2009, he has leveraged his experience coaching high-performing leaders to help hundreds of high-school students develop their potential, set meaningful career paths, and accomplish their goals. JP has an MSc in industrial-organizational psychology from the University of Manchester and is the recipient of the 2017 Outstanding Career Professional award from the Career Professionals of Canada.

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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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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 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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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. Follow him on Twitter @EDhidalgoSD. 

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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:

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.

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• 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.

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.

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Career Exploration & Search for the LGBTQI Community

Presented by John Long and Christian Chan

Explore key questions, challenges and practices impacting members of the LGBTQI community, such as: being “out” in your job search, being “out” in the workplace, researching “Inclusive” work environments, equal employment practices, career exploration, and job search.  Career practitioners across a variety of settings will obtain targeted information and resources to offer guidance and support to students, employees and clients. 

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Presented by John Long and Christian Chan

John Long is a professional coach, university instructor and career transition survivor (serving almost two decades in healthcare management roles).  His private coaching practice has offices in Atlanta, GA and Jacksonville, FL.  He specializes in career and life coaching, and is the author of the new book, Career Judo – The Martial Art for the Mindful Career.  He also teaches undergraduate courses in education, student success and psychology.  John has completed and education specialist (Ed.S) degree with a major in counseling and educational psychology and a master of science (M.S.) with a concentration in career development.  His professional credentials include: Board Certified Coach, Certified Master of Career Services, Global Career Development Facilitator, Certified MBTI Practitioner, and qualified Strong Interest Inventory Practitioner.  John’s work with students and clients takes a strengths-based approach blended with elements of positive psychology and solution focused change.  John currently serves on the NCDA Credentialing Commission and the NCDA Committee on Diversity Initiatives and Cultural Inclusion.

Christian D. Chan is an Assistant Professor of Counseling at Idaho State University, Co-Chair of the National Career Development Association (NCDA) Committee on Diversity Initiatives and Cultural Inclusion, Member-at-Large for the Association for Adult Development and Aging (AADA), and Past-President of Maryland Counseling Association.  His interests revolve around intersectionality of cultural and social identity; multiculturalism in counseling, supervision, and counselor education; social justice; career development; critical research methods; acculturative stress; intergenerational conflict; and cultural factors in identity development and socialization.  His prior professional experiences include case management with foster care adolescents, career development, higher education administration, intensive outpatient counseling, and outpatient counseling, providing individual, couples, parent-child, group, and family counseling services.  Within higher education, he has served as an instructor and co-instructor to Master’s and doctoral students in clinical mental health counseling; school counseling; marriage, couple, and family counseling; rehabilitation counseling; and counselor education and supervision.  In addition to contributions of peer-reviewed publications in journals, books, and edited volumes and 78 refereed presentations at the national, regional, and state, he recently received the American Counseling Association Courland C. Lee Multicultural Excellence Scholarship Award and Association for Counselor Education and Supervision Outstanding Graduate Student Leadership Award.

The NCDA 2016 Webinar series presents:

Maximize Your Strengths to Thrive in Your Professional Life

Presented by: Cori Shaff, M.Ed.

As career development practitioners, we spend a lot of time helping others and contributing in our communities.  And sometimes we forget about helping ourselves.  In celebration of Career Development Month, you’re invited to participate in an interactive webinar to reflect on your overall well-being and to identify strategies on how to use your strengths to build upon what you’re already doing so that you can thrive in your professional role.  You are encouraged to complete the StrengthsFinder 2.0 before the webinar.

Cori Shaff, M. Ed., thrives in her professional position as a career counselor for university students because she actively uses her strengths every day.  She’s recognized as a local and national leader on strengths, engagement, and well-being through her work leading strengths at the University of Colorado, Boulder.  The campus was recognized as a StrengthsQuest Center of Excellence because of a commitment to helping CU students thrive.  She frequently presents through NCDA on strengths and is excited to share a different perspective about strengths and well-being through this webinar.  Cori is the former president of the Colorado Career Development Association and an alumnae of the NCDA Leadership Academy.

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Best Practices Working with International Students

Presented by:

Elif Balin (Rowan University)

Vanessa Lee (University of California Riverside),

Caroline Ray (Western Michigan University),

Kate Larson (Macalester College),

Kimberly Ead (The University of Vermont),

Priyanka Raut (University of Houston)

Un Yeong Park (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign)

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• Learn strategies of engaging employers in the benefits of hiring international students.
• Gain tools to working across campus to address the needs of international students.
• Develop resources to expand global opportunities for international students.

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Designing and Delivering Effective Career Services: The marriage of critical ingredients and theory-based approaches

The Florida State University Career Center has successfully delivered career services to diverse populations, including community members, for more than 40 years. Dr. Lenz will share how the Center has incorporated the critical ingredients for career interventions into a theory and research-based center that provides differentiated services based on clients’ readiness. The webinar will include time for questions.

Presented by: Janet Lenz, PhD

Janet Lenz is the Program Director for Instruction, Research, & Evaluation in the Florida State University Career Center, and an Associate-In faculty member in the Florida State University College of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems (EPLS). Dr. Lenz coordinated the Ed.S./Master’s career counseling specialty within the EPLS Psychological Services in Education program for 6 years. She received her BS degree in Sociology from Virginia Commonwealth University, and her MS degree in Student Personnel Administration and PhD in Counseling and Human Systems from Florida State University. Dr. Lenz is a past-president of the National Career Development Association (NCDA) and an NCDA Fellow. She is a National Certified Counselor (NCC), Master Career Counselor (MCC), and a Career Development Facilitator Instructor. She received the American Counseling Association’s 2007 Professional Development Award. Previously she served as the Program Director for Career Advising, Counseling, & Programming in the FSU Career Center. In addition to her FSU experience, Dr. Lenz worked at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro career centers. She has authored or co-authored more than 70 publications in the career area including books, book chapters, monographs, articles, and technical reports. With Robert Reardon, she is the co-author of the new text, Handbook for Using the Self-Directed Search: Integrating RIASEC and CIP Theories in Practice. With colleagues Sampson, Reardon, and Peterson, she co-authored the text, Career Counseling & Services: A Cognitive Information Processing Approach, and the student text and instructor’s manual for Career Development and Planning: A Comprehensive Approach. She is also a co-author of the Career Thoughts Inventory and the Career Thoughts Inventory Workbook.

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The traditional way most people view career relates to paid work, and this narrow focus dilutes efforts to make effective sustaining interventions in peoples’ lives. In recognition of purpose, personal agency, and spirituality in career construction, participants are introduced to Depth-Oriented Values Extraction (DOVE) and review several specific interventions designed to move beyond objective assessment and toward the client’s inner “true self”.

Webinar attendees will leave this session with 1) A brief overview of the career-life paradigm that informs the DOVE process and fundamentals, 2) the recently modified wellness paradigm that re-frames career to giving and/or receiving CARE across all career-life roles, including the addition of a new life role that affects virtually every individual, and 3) a PDF that provides a succinct summary of the paradigms, relevant references, Internet resources and suggested tips for career services providers working in a variety of K-12, college and agency settings, including multi-cultural clients and students.

Edward Anthony Colozzi, Ed.D., (careercoachcolozzi@verizon.net and www.creatingcareerswithconfidence.com) is the owner of Career Development and Counseling Services in Massachusetts and provides corporate trainings, individual counseling, and motivational speeches for adults and youth. Ed pioneered and coined the “career-life" paradigm 1977 in Hawaii/throughout Pacific Basin Rim, to re-frame career as multiple roles people play throughout life and focuses on spirituality/wellness in the context of career-life choices. He expanded his paradigm in 2011 to focus on career as CARE. His work with "discovering client callings" involves Depth Oriented Values Extraction (DOVE). He has published book chapters and articles on these and related topics as well as a self-paced workbook, "Creating Careers with Confidence". Ed has served in teaching, counseling, and career development center coordinator positions and worked at both graduate and undergraduate levels for over forty years. He has provided numerous staff development workshops in a variety of national and international settings. He is the founder/co-host of the #schools2life Tweet Chat and the LinkedIn schools2life Discussion Group. Ed is a MA State licensed mental health counselor, a nationally certified counselor, a master career counselor, a MA State Certified Trainer, and an NCDA Fellow.

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The NCDA Ethics Committee revised the NCDA Code of Ethics. Changes include substantial updates to the social media, internet, and technology sections. Case studies and questions will be used to make the presentation valuable to all. Viewers will also learn a process for discerning ethical behavior.

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Panelists include:
• Dr. Janet Lenz - Cognitive Information Processing Theory
• Dr. Joe Johnston - Holland’s RIASEC Theory
• Dr. John Krumboltz - Happenstance Theory
• Dr. Gail Hackett - Social Cognitive Career Theory
• Dr. Spencer Niles, Moderator

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Winnowing Career Assessments in the Information Age:
Career Assessment Instruments, the Internet, Social Justice, and Professionally Conscientious Practice

The internet provides increased access to career information and career assessment instruments. Such access affords more people than ever before with career development resources. Moreover this increased access via the internet is a unique opportunity for career counselors and other career development helping professionals to be agents of social justice in helping traditionally marginalized groups of society utilize such interventions. However, there is little to guide the career counselor and consumer in discerning the quality of career assessment instruments including often even the purpose and/or ‘origin’ of such career assessments.

This webinar discusses this tension among increased access, consumer protection, and quality control and presents resources for professionals to use in evaluating career assessment instruments.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the use of career assessments as a social justice issue.

• Become aware of the advantages and dangers of increased availability of career assessments (via the internet/world wide web) in the information age.

• Learn several resources for discovering and evaluating career assessment instruments.

Presented by: Dr. Chris Wood

Dr. Chris Wood is an Associate Professor in Old Dominion University’s Counseling and Human Services department. In addition to being a counselor educator, Dr. Wood has experience as a high school counselor, a counseling department chair, a counselor/group leader at a residential youth facility for adjudicated youth/troubled teens, and a career counselor/career assessment coordinator at an alternative school serving grades 7-12.

Dr. Wood has been Principal Investigator, Faculty Research Associate, or Research Methodologist on over $3 million in grants. His grant experience includes over a dozen research projects investigating the efficacy of career development interventions in K-12 settings. He was a career assessment coordinator and research assistant on a $1.3 million dollar Community Employment Education Center grant from the Office of Adult and Vocational Education and a Faculty Research Associate on a grant from the National Research Center for Career and Technical Education.

Dr. Wood has over 30 conference presentations and 30 publications including articles in Professional School Counseling, the Journal of Counseling & Development, the Journal of College Counseling, Counselor Education & Supervision, Career Planning and Adult Development Journal , and The Elementary School Journal. He is currently the Editor for the Professional School Counseling journal, the flagship research journal for the American School Counseling Association (ASCA).

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