Career Action PlanningBest Practices

Module 6Counselors and Career Facilitators

Working Together

Career Facilitators Working Together

• Counselors• Career Development Facilitators • Career Coaches• Teacher Advisors

Career Development Facilitation Develop an education and training plan for high school and beyond Set short, medium & long term goals aligned to career Assessment interpretation Encouragement and guidance Programs of study competencies and certification Career exploration with tentative career goals Job Search Strategies (classified ads, networking, internet) Job Outlook (market trends & area needs) Resume, interview and application preparation

Career Development Facilitator

A (CDF) is a person who has been specially trained to work with students or dislocated

workers to assist with vocational and educational planning, assessments, and

workforce preparation from middle school through postsecondary education and the

adult workforce.

Becoming a CDF will:• Allow an individual to improve the quality of career planning

interventions provided to students.

• Enrich and broaden knowledge and skills for working with students in vocational and educational planning.

• Provide a scope of practice to provide services to students

• Provide national certification under NCDA.

• Provide professional recognition

Consultation/Supervision Identify limits of personal expertise and

scope of practice• Consult with hierarchy of supervision

– Counselor– Career Coach Supervisor– State agency Supervisor– NCDA Guidelines

CDF Training• Led by NCDA-approved instructors and features the most

up-to-date career planning resources.• Contact Ray Henson, GCDFI

– Dept of Career Education

CDF Competencies1. Helping Skills2. Diverse Populations3. Ethical and Legal Issues4. Consultation5. Career Development Models6. Assessment7. Labor Market Information8. Career Development Technology9. Employability Skills10. Training 11. Program Management and Implementation12. Promotion and Public Relations

Kellie Shanks• High School social studies teacher - 8 years• High School Counselor – 13 years Valley Springs High School• GCDF Certification Spring 2009• GCDF Instructor Certification Summer 2009

Career Development• Career units delivered in the classroom• Kuder Navigator, PLAN Test, ACT, Internship, Job

Shadowing, Work Place Readiness, Vocational classes

• CAPS – it is not about scheduling• One of the three areas of the Arkansas Model

Who are School Counselors?• Individual Counselors• Group Counselors• Academic Counselors• Career Counselors• Activities Directors• Test Supervisors• Records Keepers• Consultants• Collaborators• Leaders

Who are Career Coaches and Career Development Facilitators

• . • Highly trained, highly qualified career facilitators

To make easier or less difficultTo assist the progress

• Resource, resources, resourceful

• Another pair of hands, eyes, feet……..

Why Do Students Need This

• Employers have told us; our graduates, even after college, are not prepared to enter the workforce

• Fast moving train• It’s a global workforce• Career – College Ready

Counselor as Program Manager• It’s a Counseling Program not The Counselor• “It Takes a Village” • Managing Complex Change• You already manage these services and more: ETS SBMHAssemblies College / Job Fairs

Roles: Who Does WhatCounselor• Leader• Make sure a 4 year plan is developed and carried out• Collaborate with CO Teacher and

Facilitator/Coach (weekly meeting, flurry of emails and phone calls, memos, district in-service day)

Career Coach / (G)CDF• Plug into the system in place

and make contributions• Coordinate with counselor and

CO Teacher activities• Serve as a bridge between CO

class and high school planning• Develop community resource

center

TEAMWORK

Sue Stanley Sue Stanley

• Retired as Career Orientation teacher at Crossett Retired as Career Orientation teacher at Crossett Middle School May, 2009Middle School May, 2009

• Completed CDF Training August, 2009Completed CDF Training August, 2009• Employed as Career Facilitator at Crossett High Employed as Career Facilitator at Crossett High

School October, 2009School October, 2009• Licensed as GCDF January, 2010Licensed as GCDF January, 2010

WHAT HAVE I BEEN DOING?WHAT HAVE I BEEN DOING?• Conferencing one on one with every seniorConferencing one on one with every senior• Meeting twice monthly with Counselors and principalMeeting twice monthly with Counselors and principal• Writing articles for Writing articles for Counselor’ s CornerCounselor’ s Corner, newsletter from , newsletter from

Counseling Department that was mailed in FebruaryCounseling Department that was mailed in February• Coordinating Activities for GO COLLEGE WEEKCoordinating Activities for GO COLLEGE WEEK• Completing new Kuder Assessments with this year’s juniorsCompleting new Kuder Assessments with this year’s juniors

• Making sure career plan folders were in place for Making sure career plan folders were in place for STEPS (Success Through Educational Planning for STEPS (Success Through Educational Planning for Students) conferences for grades 8-11Students) conferences for grades 8-11

• Organizing sessions with 9Organizing sessions with 9thth graders to familiarize graders to familiarize them with Kuder uses other than assessmentsthem with Kuder uses other than assessments

• Organizing a FAFSA workshop for parents of seniors Organizing a FAFSA workshop for parents of seniors in the School’s computer labin the School’s computer lab

• Creating and administering an online survey with Creating and administering an online survey with parents about the service of the counseling parents about the service of the counseling departmentdepartment

• Organizing seminars for all seniors on personal Organizing seminars for all seniors on personal finance and completing applications, resumes, and finance and completing applications, resumes, and preparing for the job interview with community preparing for the job interview with community leaders and employers as leadersleaders and employers as leaders

• Training as backup test administrator for ACT in May Training as backup test administrator for ACT in May and assisting with Benchmark testingand assisting with Benchmark testing

• Organizing six college campus tours for sophomores, Organizing six college campus tours for sophomores, juniors and seniorsjuniors and seniors

• Communicating with counselors at CHS & CMSCommunicating with counselors at CHS & CMS

E-mailing and communicating with the counselors at CHS and CMSAttempting to complete whatever the counselors and my principal asked me to do

Ethical and Legal Issues Follow the CDF Code of Ethics and know current legislative regulations

Scope of Practice– Extent of training– CDF/Client Relationship– Consultation & Referrals – NCDA Code of Ethics

Arkansas Works Initiative• Three-year pilot project to place 43 Career Coaches

in the 21 lowest socioeconomic counties to improve state indicators and the overall economy of the state.

• Kuder Navigator and Journey systems including Link-to-College and Connect-to-Business

Career Coach• Provides a continuum of career guidance to ease

the transition of students from middle school to high school to postsecondary education or training and ultimately to the workplace

Career Coach

Assist with: Student career planning Portfolio development College and career research Navigator assessments Business and industry tours College and career fairs CAP conferences Employability skills School and local broadcasting and news letters Assist with implementation and completion of student career development timeline

CAP Teacher AdvisorTeacher-advisors ensure that students and their parents are

aware of all of the educational options available. They also make sure that both students and parents understand the purpose of establishing career and educational plans and how courses of study and organizational affiliations fold into these plans. It is recommended that a teacher-advisor not work with more than 20 students and that the teacher-advisor remain responsible for advising these same students until they graduate

Career Development Program• Program Organization• Program Supervision and Management• Promotion• Goals and Objectives • Peer Training• Program Evaluation

Program Organization• Identify stakeholders and related career service providers

and determine the roles for each – Counselors,, Career Orientation teachers, Teacher Advisors,

CDFs, Career Coaches & Administrators– Resources- Recruiters, Career Pathways, community

• Campus Career Center– College and Employer Information– Computers for Research– CAP Program

Program Supervision, Management and Implementation

• Identify hierarchy of Steering Committee• Identify & define target population (clients/students)• Identify specific population (student) needs• Write concrete measureable objectives/goals• Identify available resources• Network with CDFs and service agencies• Career Portfolio requirements and organization established by the

Steering Committee

Promotion and Public Relations Market and promote career development programs with

staff, supervisors, and the local community

• Motivate the targeted audience– Teacher Advisors– High risk students– Local business– Local media

Goals and Objectives• School Goals as defined in Module 1 by the

administration• Stakeholder objectives for each role player

– Task assignments defined by the steering committee within the guidelines of the position

Peer TrainingIdentify Training Personnel,

Career Facilitation Development Needsand Materials

• Individual hands-on training– Assessment, observation & computer

• Group facilitation training– Lecture, role playing, PowerPoint, & demonstration

Career Development TrainingUse computer applications that support

and enhance career development processes.• Database occupational research• Cross walking colleges and majors• Financial aid• Developing an e-portfolio (Shared with counselors and

employers)• On-line self-awareness assessments

Special Training• ACT Explore and Plan• Kuder Navigator

– Assessments: Interests, Values and Skills, Work Needs– Four-year high school education plans– Education and Training Beyond High School– Setting short, medium and long term goals– Portfolio development – Administrative Database and Curriculum Manager

Arkansas Workswhen we work together

CounselorsCareer Coaches

Career Development FacilitatorsTeacher Advisors

Working Together for the Good of the Student