National Career
Development Month

NCDA promotes career development through its annual celebration of National Career Development Month. Every November, career development professionals are encouraged to celebrate with career related activities. In particular, NCDA sponsors an annual Poetry and Art Contest.

November 2019 is National Career Development Month.

November 11-15 is National Career Development Week.

November 13 is National Career Development Day.

 

Congratulations to the Winners of the
53rd Annual Poetry and Art Contest!
"Using Careers to Break Barriers, Empower Lives & Achieve Equity." Click here to see the list of winners.

 

Enter the 54th Annual Poetry and Art Contest:

Deadlines:

Local Deadline:                 December 20, 2019   
Local submissions should be submitted to county, district, or parish by this date. 

State Deadline:                January 20, 2019    
Local winners should be submitted to the state coordinators by this date.

National Deadline:         February 20, 2019   
All state award winners should be sent to Ron Cathey by this date.

If you have questions, please contact Ron Cathey:  rcathey@latech.edu  318-257-2488

 

The contest theme "Inspiring Innovation, Increasing Diversity, Promoting Social Justice in Career Practice"

View the contest brochure for complete details (coming soon). Entries will be judged on how they celebrate and inspire career development with a positive tone while emphasizing the national theme.  Your ideas are valuable and worth celebrating!

Every adult and student enrolled school is eligible, as well as adult practitioners who are not in school. Contest divisions areas include:

  • Primary - grades K-2
  • Intermediate - grades 3-5
  • Middle - grades 6-8
  • Senior - grades 9-12
  • Adult Student - ages 18 and older, enrolled in school
  • Open Adult - ages 18 and older, not enrolled in school

The winning entries for each division will be recognized and displayed on the NCDA website in June 2020, as well as at the annual Global Career Development Conference to be held in each summer. National winners will also receive from the National Career Development Association a special certificate and a congratulatory gift.

See the contest brochure for complete details (coming soon).


Questions? Contact NCD Month Chair Ron Cathey


Click here for the NCD Month 2019-20 State Contacts - to be updated in late summer.

Each NCD Month entry must go through a state contest! If your state contact is not listed or your state is not participating in NCD Month, please contact NCDA Headquarters or e-mail the national chair for further instructions.

 

Quick Links

Poster Contest Winning Entries

NCD Month Resources

Creative Ways to Celebrate- a list of ideas submitted by those who have celebrated in previous years

 NCD Month K-12 Activities - Provided by Liz Jones - Plainwell Counseling Center

Click Here to read from NCD Month Celebration of Work. In the presidential year of Jane Goodman, 2006 Eminent Career Award Winner, many NCDA members, such as LeeAnn Bernier-Clarke (Editor), Pat Wickwire, Judith Ettinger, Victoria Wildermuth and priceless others, collaborated to create one of the most remarkable NCD Month Activity Books available. This is a work in progress, and NCDA is striving to provide you with the best resources available.

Career Convergence offers many articles detailing activities for all age groups.  Here are a few that might help you help your students celebrate NCD Month:
-- Career Exploration in First Grade - By Deb Osborn
-- Positive Psychology Techniques for K-12 Career Counseling - by Louis V. Paradise and Dawn Romano Ironside
-- 21 Strategies for K-12 Career Development - by Deb Osborn