The NCDA 2020 Webinar series presents:

Holistic Support for the Career Transition of
International Students Returning Home
in the Coronavirus Era and Beyond

Presented by: Members of the International Student Services Committee: Elif Balin, Sonia Liang, Xinrui (Rose) Xu

Tuesday, April 28, 2020
2:00-3:00pm (Central Time)

The NCDA International Student Services Committee (ISSC) recognizes current challenges that career services professionals are experiencing (such as an outbreak of pandemic disease, cultural variances, political situations, etc.) when serving the international student population during this transition period. Join the conversation with the NCDA ISSC speakers on Tuesday, April 28th, 2020 to discuss the factors that motivate International Students to return to their home country. This webinar will help you become familiar with the potential advantages and challenges of returning home. You will also be able to receive resources and best practices to help international students prepare to return home holistically.

Presenter Information:

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.

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 that led to the undergraduate office receiving the National Career Development Association (NCDA) 2019 “Service to International Students” award.

Xinrui (Rose) Xu is a Career Services Consultant with an international student focus at the Center for Career Opportunities at Purdue University, West Lafayette. Working at a centralized career center, Xinrui provides counseling and coaching to students from all majors at all degree levels at Purdue University and has a unique perspective on serving a diverse population with various career needs. In her role as an international student specialist, she aims at facilitating a campus-wide support system and identifying champions for international students, in addition to providing specific programming to students. Xinrui joins the NCDA international student service committee since June 2019.

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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.

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.

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The NCDA 2019 Webinar series presents:

Brain Based Career Development (BBCD):
The Neuroscience Coaching Approach That Helps Clients Take Action

Presented by: Imants Jaunarajs, Jodi Pavol, Zach McGrain and Marcquis Parham 

For most individuals, the career development process is inherently overwhelming by the shear amount of information and future based thinking that goes along with making life altering decisions. This webinar will showcase the Brain Based Career Development (BBCD) model (with 2019 updates), which is based on cutting edge neuroscience research.

Presenters:

Imants Jaunarajs serves as the Assistant Dean for the Career & Leadership Development Center at Ohio University. With more than fourteen years of experience in university career centers, Jaunarajs is a creator of innovative and outcome-driven career development best practices. Jaunarajs earned a bachelor’s of arts from Earlham College and master’s of arts from Western Michigan University. He is the creator of the BBCD concept, and, along with CLDC colleagues, regularly trains and consults staff across the country on effectively infusing the neuroscience into career and leadership development practice.

Jodi Pavol serves as the Associate Director for Partnerships at Ohio University’s Career and Leadership Development Center. In addition to providing career and leadership coaching to students, she collaborates with campus partners to integrate career and leadership development into academic units and student support services.  She has been utilizing the BBCD method to coach and mentor students for over seven years. Jodi received a Master of Education in College Student Personnel at Ohio University in addition to a Bachelor of Science in Agriscience Education from The Ohio State University.

Zach McGrain serves as the Associate Director of the Career and Leadership Development Center for Career Development Integration at Ohio University. With more than eight years of experience in university career centers, McGrain has worked with academic units, institutional research, and student affairs units to strategically plan career development integration at Ohio University. In his roles, he has had the opportunity to train other university and college professionals on the Brain Based Career Development (BBCD) model. McGrain earned a bachelor’s of arts from Otterbein University and master’s of arts from Baldwin Wallace University.

Marcquis Parham serves as the Assistant Director For Career and Leadership Development with the Patton College of Education. With industry experience in Professional Sports, Education, and Non-Profit Administration, Marcquis has returned to Ohio University to work with students from his Alma Mater. His is a proud graduate of the Patton College of Education where he received both is Bachelors in Graduate Degree in Recreation Sport Pedagogy with focus in Coaching Education. Marcquis is a BBCD Practitioner who primarily works with Ohio students in Hospitality, Recreation, Merchandising, and Education Career Fields.

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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.

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.

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 2017 Webinar series:

Using Career Development to Transform a School’s Culture

 Presented by: Dr. Cal Crow
Center for Learning Connections
Edmonds Community College, Lynnwood, WA  

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

For years NCDA has been working to get career development infused into the K-12 academic curriculum, with mixed results.  It’s time to reverse the order.  The current education system is not designed for student success.  Giving it a career development focus will change that.    Imagine a school system organized around the strengths, skills, talents, interests and dreams of students.  Rather than getting through the curriculum, the goal is on getting through to students.  The curriculum is a vehicle to help make this occur, but is not an end in itself.  Its purpose is to ensure that every student acquires knowledge and skill sets that will lead to a successful future.  

This webinar will demonstrate ways to transform and design a new approach to career development delivery in K-12.  NCDA School Career Counselor and Specialist Constituency will provide online, follow-up discussion forums to promote member networking and sharing of effective practices.

Viewers of the webinar are invited to leave Comments in the Discussion Forum (click here) to continue the dialog. (Members of the SCCS Constituency group will be monitoring and responding to all Comments.)

About Dr. Crow:

Cal Crow is the founder and director of the Center for Efficacy and Resiliency at Edmonds Community College in Lynnwood, Washington.  He has been a teacher, counselor, counselor educator, consultant and trainer.  He is currently working to help create success cultures in education and corrections systems.  Cal has presented at numerous NCDA conferences and at two meetings of the Australian Career Development Association.  He was one of three individuals to help revise the National Career Development Guidelines.  He holds a Ph.D. from Arizona State University.         

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Viewers of the webinar are invited to leave Comments in the Discussion Forum (click here) to continue the dialog. (Members of the SCCS Constituency group will be monitoring and responding to all Comments.)

The NCDA 2016 Webinar series presents:

How to Start and Grow your Business in the Career Consulting Industry

Presented by: Michelle Carroll and Mark Danaher

How often have career providers thought of “doing it on their own”?
We encourage others to try new pursuits but what about us?
Does fear of not being successful hold you to a job that you outgrew?
How do you find an “identity” and can you be a solo entrepreneur and make a predictable income?

NCDA is excited to present this innovative webinar, featuring Michelle Carroll, CEO of Carroll Career Consultants, LLC and Mark Danaher, CEO of Retire to the Good Life. They will address the crucial gateway topics of capital investment, time commitment, tax and liability concerns, identity and growth.

NCDA is pleased to announce this webinar was developed as a result of the suggestions from the Business/Industry, Private Practice and Agency Constituency group at the 2016 NCDA Career Development conference in Chicago.

Michelle Carroll, MA, MCC, GCDF-I, CCMC, CTTCC, CBBSC, OPNS, MCS, is a past President of the Maryland Career Development Association and frequent conference presenter on the topics of work/life balance and best practices in private practice. She was in the NCDA Leadership Academy, Class of 2013. She has been running a successful business full time since 2011.
Mark Danaher, NCC, LPC, MCC, is the past President of NCDA and past President of the Connecticut Career Development Association. He has presented/keynoted at the local, state, and national levels. He is a Career Development Facilitator Master Trainer, has started two ventures, and holds two masters degrees in Educational Psychology and Educational Technology.
Both Michelle and Mark are staunch supporters of NCDA and careers across the lifespan while maintaining a healthy work/life balance. 

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The NCDA 2016 Webinar series presents:

Group Career Counseling: Principles and Practices

Presented by: Dr. Richard Pyle

Group Career Counseling (GCC) is an exciting and innovative methodology that is both underutilized and misunderstood.  This webinar will provide participants with an understanding of the unique principles of GCC and how it relates to and is different from group counseling.   The techniques and skills of GCC will be demonstrated within the context of a model GCC program.   Included will be a brief review of the positive impact of GCC on career development and how GCC can be effectively implemented.

Dr. Richard Pyle, a leading expert in the area of Group Career Counseling (GCC), recently co-authored (with Dr. Seth Hayden) the second edition (2015) of Group Career Counseling: Practices and Principles. Dr. Pyle’s impact includes serving as one of the first to examine the use of computer-assisted guidance combined with GCC (in 1975), as well as extensive Peace Corps and higher education leadership experience. With over 25 refereed journal articles and 25 ACA and NCDA conference presentations/PDIs, Dr. Pyle shares insights about GCC as a best practice within the career development field.

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2015 National Career Development Day Webinar sponsored by NCDA

Preparing College Students with Disabilities for Life After College: Take a Second Look at “Career Readiness”

During this webinar we’ll discuss a number of issues, including: 

• What is College and Career Readiness? 
• What are the challenges for many of our Students with Disabilities [SWD] on our campuses?
• What are some things we as career practitioners can do?

We will focus on typical characteristics of many of these students. Most importantly, we will discuss relevant case studies.

Presented by: Malka Edelman

Malka Edelman is a practitioner of 30 years, working in higher education in both career services and disability services. She is a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor, National Certified Counselor, Licensed Mental Health Counselor in New Year, and Master Career Counselor. She has been at Farmingdale State College on Long Island for over 30 years. She is a Master Trainer/Instructor for the NCDA Career Development Facilitator curriculum.

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Today blogs help career advisors, students, and job seekers reach a wide range of career development goals. Find out how quickly you can get started with a new blog for marketing and outreach, developing an online presence, expanding your social media exploration, and more. Webinar viewers will gain 1) a short list of low- and no-cost blogging platforms, 2) ready-to-write content ideas tailored to your workplace context, and 3) resources and examples of how the blogging format can be used in multiple ways by career offices, clients, and students.

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Professionals who focus their work on career development and facilitation will want to see all three parts of this NCDA webinar series from spring 2014.  A duo of career counselors will lead this interactive, high energy, informative series designed to engage counselors in the review and upgrade of latest information about the forces changing the global economy and what it requires of workers today!  Topics covered will also include, but not be limited to the advantages and look of Comprehensive Career Development Programs in K-12 schools, resources, and strategies on how to engage students to create and maintain their own Personal Learning Platform using exciting breakthrough technology. This program is designed so that the completer will be able to learn about and earn a digital badge.

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