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:
See the 2019 NCD Month Contest Brochure for complete details.
Local Deadline: December 20, 2019
Local submissions should be submitted to county, district, or parish by this date.
State Deadline: January 20, 2020
Local winners should be submitted to the state coordinators by this date.
National Deadline: February 20, 2020
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:
"My Inspiring Future Career"
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 2019 NCD Month Contest Brochure
for complete details.
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
Art Contest Winning Entries
2nd Ta Vonya Stewart
1st Jania Camp
2nd Dalila Bennett
2nd Jacqueline Pichette
3rd Talon Mc Millan
1st Marina Gibson
1st Sarah Nguyen
1st Jomir Hooper
1st Allie Hutchinson
3rd Deshaun Moore
2nd Aylee Carter
3rd Zoey Beaver
3rd Aleecia Lashay Brown
3rd Shaina Gabrielle Laguatan
2nd Dereon Maddox
2nd Sabrina Mixon
1st Jena Belle Delod Reyes
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
