07/23/2015
JENNIFER DEL CORSO
JENNIFER DEL CORSO, LPC, MCC
Candidate for Trustee: Counselor Educators and Researchers
Jennifer Del Corso, Ph.D., is a licensed professional counselor in private practice and adjunct professor at Old Dominion University where she teaches career counseling and development to student athletes and masters in counseling students. Jennifer consults with professional and collegiate football players working through career transition; and has published and presented extensively nationally and internationally in the in the area of career adaptability, work traumas and career transitioning. She has published extensively in the area of career counseling. Her most recent book chapter was published in APA’s Handbook on Career Interventions. She currently serves on the Editorial Board for Global Journal of Counselling and Guidance and has been a guest reviewer for the Journal of Vocational Behavior. She received the NCDA Mentor’s Grant Award in 2010, received the NECA Career Proposal Award in 2010, has served on numerous committees at NCDA (research, program, international, ACES-NCDA Commission) and has been a part of the NCDA Leadership Academy since becoming a member of NCDA in 2010.
Goal Statement:
As an active member of NCDA for the past 6 years, I am passionate about representing the needs and interests of Counselor Educators on the NCDA Board. I have several specific goals:
1) To expand teaching methods and resources so that more counselor educators have access to a wide array of videos, innovative class assignments, and activities in order to enhance the learning of their students.
2) To advance the professional development opportunities for counselor educators to have the most up to date information (theories, interventions, assessments) being published in the field of career counseling in order to empower the growth and learning of their students
3) To advance, promote, and support the efforts of counselor educators to conduct career research
4) To empower counselor educators with the tools and means to provide consultation and expertise to the public and private sector
5) To advocate to state licensing boards and accrediting bodies to continue to enforce and support the need for career counseling and development to be part of the curriculum for all counseling degrees
6) To promote a positive working relationship with ACA and ACES to increase the visibility and advocate for career counseling education to be deemed essential as part of mental health counseling.
As an adjunct professor, career consultant, and a career counselor in private practice, I am not seeking this position in order to secure tenure or for my own personal gain, but instead am motivated by my sincere desire to serve the needs of counselor educators so that they can inspire and excited students to become the next generation of career counselors.
