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.

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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.

The NCDA 2021 Webinar series presents:

Bridging United Nations Sustainable Development Goals with Career & Life Planning

Presented by: The NCDA Global Connections Committee

We, as NCDA members, strive to inspire and empower individuals to achieve their career and life goals. Our association's vision is for all people to attain fulfilling career and life goals regardless of age, culture, disability, ethnicity, race, religion/spirituality, creed, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, marital/partnership status, language preference, socioeconomic status, or any other personal characteristic not specifically relevant to job performance. In short, we are passionately committed to making the world a better place. 

The deep, altruistic, and purpose-driven qualities inherent in providing career development are critically needed to help the United Nations achieve their 17 Sustainable Development Goals for our global community. As Career Development professionals, we can help unlock, engage and enable solution-based initiatives to global employment issues, questions and concerns. We can enhance the cross-collaboration and partnerships needed to continue to foster our current and ongoing globally-based economy. This Global Connections Committee-developed webinar will: Introduce you to the UN SDGs; Connect SDGs to Career Development and Life Planning; Brainstorm SDGs activities for your students and clients; and Showcase student reactions to SDG-related classroom assignments currently in use.

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The Presenters:

A progressive and visionary Global Career promoter, Career Mentor and Career Strategist, Soonhoon Ahn currently serves as the Director of the Career and Mentoring Program for the Graduate Fellows Program, United Nations Association of the National Capital Area (UNA-NCA) and Co-Chair of the NCDA Global Connections Committee (GCC). Soonhoon is passionate about helping clients realize their career/life transitions and meet their job search needs. She is a lifelong advocate of international development careers for professionals seeking to advance the quality of human life. Her extensive professional work experience is rooted in her decades-long international recruitment and human resource management experiences with the World Bank Group and the Asian Development Bank. Additionally, Soonhoon is the Founder, Founding President, and a Legacy Member of the Asia Pacific Career Development Association (APCDA), which provides an international forum of sharing career development ideas and experience in the Asia Pacific region and ultimately connects with the global career community. She also is a Legacy Member of the Diplomats and Consular Officers, an organization of foreign affairs professionals. Finally, Soonhoon is a proud recipient of both the NCDA Fellow and the International Career Practitioner Awards.

Raza Abbas is a Knowledge Management Advisor and Global Careers Strategist; proudly receiving international outstanding career practitioner awards from both NCDA and APCDA. He also currently serves on three different NCDA committees including GCC. Additionally, he serves as APCDA’s Country/Area Council Representative for Pakistan, the Asian Regional Association for Career Development’s Pakistan Director, and the International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance's National Correspondent and Editorial Board member. He works for inclusivity and social justice in career development practice both in Pakistan and globally. He is humbled to be profiled in the Global Best-Seller ‘The World Book of Hope’.

Dr. Candy Ho is the inaugural Assistant Professor, Integrative Career and Capstone Learning in the University of the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada. She also holds teaching positions in Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Educational Studies department and in Douglas College's Career Development Practitioner Program and has taught at the University of British Columbia in their Department of Counselling Psychology and Special Education. Dr. Ho currently serves as Vice Chair of CERIC, a Canadian charitable organization that advances education and research in career counselling and career development, in order to increase the economic and social well-being of Canadians.

Panel Moderator: Dr. Lisa Raufman, Past President, California Career Development Association, is a co-author of The Career Fitness Program, Exercising Your Options (Pearson Education Publishers), a popular career book used in community colleges and universities since 1989 now in its 11th edition. Her college positions have included Faculty Development Coordinator and Dean of Counseling at El Camino College as well as an instructor and a coordinator of Career Centers at two different colleges. She is actively involved with the California Career Development Association, NCDA and APCDA (currently serving on the Membership Committee). She is also past President of Los Padres American Society for Training and Development and the California Community College Counselor’s Association (4CA). Her doctoral degree is from the University of California at Los Angeles in Higher Education, Work and Adult Development.

Danita Redd has been a higher education counselor and professor at Moorpark College for 27 years where she counsels students majoring in STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine) and teaches Career Development and Life Planning. As an ambassador for Shared Hope International, she assists in raising public awareness of the steps one can take to eradicate sex trafficking of children. She is active in APCDA as well as a Lifetime Member. She holds numerous certifications including the CCSCC through NCDA and for helping people with PTSD from the Foundation for Human Enrichment. She is an author and continually has served as an International volunteer mostly in service for the Mexico City Friends.

Hsiu-Lan (Shelley) Tien, an experienced international scholar and distinguished leader, both as an academic and as a practitioner in career counseling, received her Ph.D. in Counselor Education from the University of Iowa. More recently, Shelley was a Fulbright visiting scholar at the Department of Psychology at the University of Maryland. Her current areas of interest are career counseling and studies of vocational behavior, training of counseling skills, working with dreams, and qualitative research. She is also a licensed psychologist in Taipei, Taiwan. Currently, she is a professor at the Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling at the National Taiwan Normal University and serves as the director of the Community Counseling Center and Vice director of Student Personnel Services at the National Taiwan Normal University. Formerly, Shelley served as the director of the Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling. She also served as the president of Taiwan Career Development and Consultation Association, president of Taipei Counseling Psychologist Association, and past president of the Asia Pacific Career Development Association. Shelley is a proud recipient of both the NCDA Fellow and the International Practitioner of the Year Awards. Professor Tien’s research work has been published in professional journals and have been widely cited in Chinese communities as well as in international ones. She also offered training to career development professionals in Chinese societies (China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao). Additionally, she served as the external-examiners for University of Malaya, Australian Catholic University and Hong Kong University. Recently, she earned the Distinguished Career Educator Award in Grant Chinese Society from the People Achievement Consulting (PAC) in China.

Sabira Vohra, M.A., FCD-I, GCDF-I, CCSP, MCS, has more than 20+ years of experience in global career development, career transition, strategic career development, training and facilitation. She is a hands on visionary leader and supporter of career services. Sabira is guided by strong intuition, a global perspective and has an open communication & honest style. Through her Private Practice, Career Infusion, she coaches and counsels professionals and job seekers to create effective plans for job searching, career exploration and transitioning and successfully manage and navigate their careers. She meets clients where they are, providing full service customized career services. Sabira also consults with organizations such as higher education institutions and The World Bank; empowering employees to navigate their careers in a diverse global workforce. She also serves as an Adjunct Professor at Washington Adventist university; teaching career development courses. Previously, Sabira served as Director of Career Services at various Universities within MD and within non-profit organizations. She also served as President of the Maryland Career Development Association.

Amy Zdanowski is both a Career Advisor and Instructor for Montcalm Community College. She currently serves on the Board of the Michigan Career Development Association and as a Michigan College Access Alliance Community Ambassador. Her passion for career development was cultivated from a twenty-one-year background in school counseling. Like many career field professionals, she is motivated by the self-confidence and resilience that the career development process provides individuals in today’s global economy.

The NCDA 2021 Webinar Series Presents:

Career One Stop - Career Counseling through a Pandemic

Presented by: Kelly Tanner

CareerOneStop provides resources for getting back to work in a pandemic. The recently launched Employment Recovery portal provides critical unemployment and job search resources for today’s economy. The website is a one-stop resource to help people meet their short-term needs such as filing for unemployment benefits or finding a new job, as well as their longer-term goals such as adjusting career plans in light of the evolving job market.

The webinar will explore resources, including visiting www.EmploymentRecovery.org to find these features:

• Unemployment and Other Benefits
• Find a Job Now
• Explore a New Career

Counselors may find these tools helpful while assisting those who have lost their jobs, recently graduated from college, are seeking education and training to move to a new career, or other audiences who may have been hit hard by the pandemic. 

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The Presenter:

Kelly Tanner is the Outreach and Training Manager for CareerOneStop (COS) and provides customer support, public outreach and technical expertise for operations related to the development, usage and testing of COS products.  Kelly has an extensive background in training and she holds several degrees including a Doctorate in Business Administration.  She brings 15+ years of experience on state and national career information projects and loves getting career information into the hands of people who need it the most.

As career development professionals “inspire and empower individuals to achieve their career and life goals,” (NCDA Mission Statement) they tend to neglect their own goals. Practitioners often express a desire to look at their own careers. In this interactive session, we will examine the value of reciprocity in mentor/mentee relationships, identify what we each bring to the table as mentors as well as what we seek as mentees and explore how to cultivate dynamic and successful mentoring relationships.

Courtney Warnsman  
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Members of NCDA’s Ethics Committee will share their work and seek to deepen attendees' knowledge of ethics. This webinar seeks to address ethical development and offer ethical case discussions as a way to promote critical thinking. The presenters will explore culture-based ethical dilemmas using case studies to highlight learning points.

Learning objectives for this session include: 

1. Recognize and address common ethical dilemmas and how they connect to legality and morality. 
2. Explain and expound on applicable ethical principles. 
3. Identify the issues inherent in the cases presented, develop a plan of action, and address ways to seek competence and professional development. 

Presenters: 

Azra Karajic Siwiec, PhD, LPC, is a counselor educator employed by Capella University. She has been working in the counselor education field for over 14 years and has served on NCDA’s Ethics Committee since 2015. She currently serves as the committee’s Co-Chair.  
 
Sharon K. Anderson, PhD, is an Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Programs at Colorado State University’s School of Education. She is currently a member of NCDA’s Ethics Committee. 

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The NCDA 2021 Webinar series presents:

Filling the Career Development Pipeline
from a DEI Lens

Presented by:

Cheryl Love, Ruben Britt, Christian Chan and Lynette Correa-Velez

As career development practitioners, how can we develop a more diverse pipeline that increases interest in the career development field and provides a more diverse pool of professionals to mentor and support into state and national leadership roles in career services? Join NCDA and a panel of career development professionals as they discuss strategies to increase the career development pipeline from a DEI lens.

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The Presenters:

Moderator: Cheryl  Love, Career Counselor & Adjunct Faculty for the Educational Leadership Department at Cal Poly Pomona.
Cheryl Love, Ph.D. serves as a Career Counselor and Liaison to the College of Education and Integrative Studies and the Bronco Dreamers Resource Center at Cal Poly Pomona.  She is the Coordinator of the Clothes Closet Service for the Career Center and is Adjunct Faculty for the Educational Leadership Department at Cal Poly Pomona.  Cheryl has 30+ years of experience as a Counselor and Teacher in all four Higher Education systems in California (UC, CSU, Private and Community) as well as the Public School and Non-Profit sector. This breadth of experience has provided her with the knowledge and skills to work with diverse student populations to assist them with identifying their career goals. She has a Master’s Degree in Counseling with a Pupil Personnel Service Credential from California State University, Fullerton and a Doctorate from the University of California, Los Angeles in Educational Psychology with an emphasis in Counseling.  She serves as the Co-Chair of the National Career Development Association (NCDA) Committee on Diversity Initiatives and Cultural Inclusion, and is a member of the Higher Education Constituency Advisory Board for NCDA.  She is also a board member for the California Career Development Association (CCDA) starting in Fall 2020.  

Panelist: Christian Chan, Assistant Professor in the Department of Counseling and Educational Development at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Christian D. Chan (he, him, his), PhD, NCC is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Counseling and Educational Development at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, President of the Association for Adult Development and Aging (AADA), and a proud Queer Person of Color. As a scholar-activist, his interests revolve around intersectionality; multiculturalism in counseling practice, supervision, and counselor education; social justice and activism; career development; critical research methodologies; and couple, family, and group modalities with socialization/communication of cultural factors. Dedicated to mentorship for leaders and scholars, he has actively contributed to over 50 peer-reviewed publications in journals, books, and edited volumes and has conducted over 120 refereed presentations at the national, regional, and state levels. He currently serves on the editorial boards of Journal of Counseling & Development, Counselor Education and Supervision, Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling, Adultspan, Journal of Counseling Sexology & Sexual Wellness: Research, Practice, and Education, and Asia Pacific Career Development Journal.

Panelist: Ruben Britt, Assistant Director, Office of Career Advancement, Rowan University
Ruben Britt, Jr. is an author, lecturer, career coach, and educator, who is the Assistant Director for the Office of Career Advancement at Rowan University. Notably, he has worked as a consultant for the U.S. Department of Education, the Educational Testing Services and several other organizations. He is the author of four books and he has written numerous articles related to career development, education and social issues. He is also the host of Career Talk on WGLS-FM a show offering tips and advice on career planning and finding employment.​

Panelist: Lynette Correa-Velez, Assistant Director, Career Development, Northeastern Illinois University
Lynette Correa-Velez, M.Ed., (she/her/hers/ella), is the Founder of the #CriticalCareerCoach, Co-Founder of Inclusive Career Coaching Institute, and currently the Assistant Director of Career Development at Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) located in Chicago, IL. As a trained Career Coach with over 17 years of professional experience in career coaching and human resource development, she is trained over 20,000 multicultural and inter-generational learners in over 20 21st century career readiness topics. As a life-long social and racial justice advocate, she career coaches with a diversity, equity, and inclusive (DEI) and intersectional lens where she is now a 3rd year doctoral student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) in the Diversity and Equity in Education with an emphasis in Human Resource Development (HRD) program. She has her M.Ed. in HRD with a focus in Management of e-Learning for Workplace Learning & Training from UIUC and her B.S. in Business Management & Human Resource Management with a Minor in Psychology from Lesley University located in Cambridge, MA.

2022 Presidential Series sponsored by NCDA

The Future of Work with Special Guest Dr. Yvonne Thayer

As a career development professional, it is vital to stay abreast of current trends and changes in the workforce. NCDA President, Dr. Sharon Givens, is inviting you to a discussion on the future of work. Changes in the workforce and skills gaps in many industries have further created the need for new technology and pivoting to address unique challenges. This session will highlight the future of work and explore techniques and strategies for career service providers. Dr. Givens welcomes special guest, Dr. Yvonne Thayer to share her expertise on this topic.

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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

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 in a webinar presentation from April 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.

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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.

The old paradigm of matching students to job titles is no longer serving us. The realities of our changing world of work demand that we help students look beyond job titles. Instead, we can help them to find inspiring challenges to work on. This new approach to career exploration is called the Challenge mindset. During this presentation, participants will learn about how career services leaders are using a Challenge mindset to promote equity. When students are asked “What do you want to do?” their answers reflect what they already know, thus reinforcing their status quo. By helping students explore through the lens of job titles, they broaden their horizons and discover new possibilities. For the last 5 years, more than 50,000 students have used the Challenge mindset to explore challenges to solve, the companies working on them, the people who work there, and what they need to learn to be able to do that. Join this session to explore how higher education institutions are using this approach to get results with their students, and how you can experiment with this approach on your campus.

About the Presenter:
JP Michel partners with career advisors to unlock new career possibilities for confused students. JP’s work in leadership and career development helped him create the Challenge mindset, an approach to career exploration now used in hundreds of schools and postsecondary institutions. Over 50,000 have used the Challenge Cards to look beyond job titles and broaden their horizons. JP is a TEDx speaker and has a masters degree in industrial-organizational psychology.

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Dr. David Ford moderates this question-and-answer session with Dr. Jack Rayman, co-editor of Dr. John Holland’s Autobiography. Dr. Rayman briefly describes how the autobiography came about, and then dialogues with Dr. Ford with an emphasis on how Holland's Autobiography can powerfully inform the work of career counseling educators, researchers, and practitioners. The webinar concludes with a Q & A session for participants.

Learning Objectives:

1. Deepen your understanding of The Holland Theory. 
2. Explore Holland's personal career path from counseling practitioner, researcher, theoretician to author. As well as his work in relation to other contemporary theorists, especially Donald Super.
3. Discover the personal characteristics that led to Holland's success and the prominence of the Holland Theory in the field of Career Development.

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Presenter Information:

Dr. Jack R. Rayman is Senior Director Emeritus of Career Services and Affiliate Professor of Counseling Psychology and Education at Penn State University.  He is a long-time colleague and personal friend of Dr. Holland and was the Director of Career Services at Penn State University from 1983 to 2011.  He is the author of more than 40 journal articles and book chapters and has authored or coauthored four books for career services professionals including:  The Changing Role of Career Services (1993), Handbook for the College and University Career Center (1993), The Professional Counselor as Administrator (2006) and My Life with a Theory:  John L. Holland’s Autobiography and Theory of Careers (2020).  He is a Fellow of both the American Psychological Association (APA) Division of Counseling Psychology and the National Association for Colleges and Employers (NACE).   

David Julius Ford, Jr. holds a B.A. in Psychology and an M.A. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, both from Wake Forest University. In May 2014, he earned his Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision at Old Dominion University. Dr. Ford is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) in North Carolina and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Virginia and New Jersey. He is a Board-Certified Counselor (NCC) and Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS). Dr. Ford taught for four years at James Madison University and is now an Assistant Professor in the Department of Professional Counseling at Monmouth University and is the Immediate Past-President of the New Jersey Counseling Association. He is the Co-Chair of the Branch Development Committee of the American Counseling Association, a member of the Black Male Experience Task Force of the American Counseling Association, and a newly elected Trustee for Counselor Education and Research for the National Career Development Association, a division of the American Counseling Association.

The NCDA 2021 Webinar series presents:

Partners Working to Get The Trajectory Right:
Career Development From Kinder to Workforce

Presented by: Ed Hidalgo, Saki Dodelson, Peter Callstrom, Ian Martin, and David Miyashiro

Join leaders in Edtech, Workforce, K12 and Career Development to explore the unique partnerships that are driving the vision of developing happy kids, living in healthy relationships on a path to gainful employment in the Cajon Valley Union School District. Together this team is working to reimagine career development from the earliest grades through to post-secondary and workforce. Through the World of Work™ initiative, designed in Cajon Valley with support from Jacob's Institute for Innovation in Education, workforce, and Beable Edication, the district is creating the tools and training to help teachers, counselors, and parents help students envision their future possible selves. Join the webinar to hear from the experts who are advancing the use of the RIASEC typology and creating a common language of interests from K to grey.  

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The Presenters:

Saki Dodelson is Founder and CEO of Beable, the Life-Ready Literacy Company, and one of today’s true visionaries in education. Prior to launching Beable, Saki was the founder and CEO of Achieve3000®.  Now, with Beable, Saki is building on her unprecedented foundation of success to more directly connect literacy to life-readiness and to the skills all students need to unlock economic opportunity and lifelong success. Saki was named one of Inc. Magazine’s Top 50 Women Entrepreneurs and is a recipient of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Recognized as one of the Top 100 Influencers in education in 2018 and 2019, Saki is a trusted thought leader and partner to districts nationwide.

Peter Callstrom has led nonprofit organizations in the San Diego region for 30+ years including services to people with disabilities, the homeless, and under-represented job seekers. He joined the San Diego Workforce Partnership (SDWP) as CEO in 2012. With an annual budget of $30M+ from multiple sources and investors (public, private sector and philanthropy), the SDWP funds, oversees and delivers workforce programs to empower job seekers to meet the needs of regional employers. SDWP also directly administers youth programs that reach thousands of youth with robust work readiness and job placement services. The SDWP was the recipient of the “WIOA Trailblazer” award in 2018 (of 550 workforce boards around the country) by the National Association of Workforce Boards, the SDWP is a nationally recognized leader.

Dr. Ian Martin is an Associate Professor of Counseling at the University of San Diego where he teaches courses in school counseling and career development. Prior to becoming a counselor educator, he was a school counselor in Portland, OR. Dr. Martin has published and presented on such topics as program development, program evaluation, and policy within school counseling. He is very involved in curriculum design and is the author of the True Goals curriculum. Recently, Dr. Martin has become increasingly involved in international school-based counseling. He has taught numerous international courses in South America, Europe, and the Caribbean; and was a visiting scholar at the University of Verona, Italy. Dr. Martin is a Center Fellow at the Ronald R. Fredrickson Center for School Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation (CSCORE), an Advisory Board member for the National Evidenced-Based School Counseling Conference, and a founding member of the International Society for Policy Research and Evaluation of School-Based Counseling (ISPRESC).  

Dr. David Miyashiro currently serves as Superintendent of the Cajon Valley Union School District. David was named 2016 Superintendent of the Year by the Association of California School Administrators Region 18.  With David's leadership, Cajon Valley has undergone a seamless transition to the digital age. Cajon Valley has achieved system-wide success with blended and personalized learning where all teachers and students have 24/7 access to their own district issued laptop, internet connectivity, and a digital ecosystem. In 2015, The Cajon Valley Union School District was inducted by Digital Promise into The League of Innovative Schools, a bipartisan nonprofit, authorized by Congress in 2008 as the National Center for Research in Advanced Information and Digital Technologies. This distinction ranks Cajon Valley in the top 73 US school districts for innovation and digital learning.  

Ed Hidalgo is the Chief Innovation and Engagement Officer for the Cajon Valley Union School District, a public K-8 school district that serves more than 17,000 students across 28 schools in southern California. His focus is on the development, deployment and advocacy of the World of Work Initiative, a career development framework designed for students, families and teachers across grade levels. Prior to working in Cajon Valley, Ed worked as the Director of the World of Work Initiative for the Jacob’s Institute for Innovation in Education at the University of San Diego and prior in Human Resources and Government Affairs for Qualcomm. 

Wellness is one of the critical factors of being an effective practitioner. As career development professionals working with students, it is important for us to dedicate time to our self-care. This interactive webinar will provide tools for reducing stress and anxiety and encourage you to implement self-care into your daily routine. Important concepts we will discuss:

• Identifying triggers for stress and anxiety
• Mindfulness and cognitive techniques to reduce stress and anxiety
• Tips on how to implement self-care

Presenters: Dr. Sharon Givens and Marty Apodaca

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Self-Care Presenters:

Dr. Sharon Givens is a researcher, a licensed psychotherapist, career counselor, professional trainer, and academician. She is the CEO and Director of Visions Counseling and Career Center LLC., (VCCC).  VCCC is a premier private practice offering career counseling and coaching, mental health counseling and psychological testing with locations in Columbia SC, and Fort Mill, SC.  Sharon is also the sole proprietor of Training Visions, an international training firm, dedicated to providing customized training in the areas of career development, diversity and mentoring. Sharon has been involved with NCDA since 2008. She has earned a certification as a Career Development Facilitator, Career Development Facilitator Instructor, and a master trainer. Sharon has served on the Career Development Facilitator Instructor Task Force, and currently serves on the Master Trainer Committee.  Sharon is currently a member of the NCDA Advisory Council where she serves as the co-chairperson.  Since her tenure on the council, she has led, participated in and developed various ingenuities to promote the success of the Career Development Facilitator program as well as the National Career Development Association. More specifically, she has played a major role in the revision process of the career development facilitator curriculum and is leading the Career Development Facilitator program assessment task force. Sharon has an undergraduate degree in social work with a minor in psychology. She has a graduate certificate in Psychiatric Rehabilitation. She has a Master of Science in Counseling and a Master of Education in Adult Education. Sharon also has a doctorate in curriculum and instruction with a cognate in counseling. Sharon was the recipient of the Lorin Anderson Award for Doctoral Research.   She has over fifteen years of experience in the career development field with roles including a career counselor, college and career readiness project director, mentor, career coach and director of career development training. As a career and college readiness project director in her home state of South Carolina, she developed two major career development infrastructures that has enabled over 20,000 students across the state to attend college and or obtain successful employment.

Marty Apodaca, MA, LPCC, CCC, NCC
Marty Apodaca is a Senior Counselor at the University of New Mexico’s (UNM) Student Health and Counseling where he assists his clients in exploring the intersections of career and mental health. For over a decade, he previously served as a Career Development Facilitator at UNM Career Services, where he supervised and trained both individual and group counseling interns. Marty presents to counseling graduate students on career related topics and has taught undergraduate career development courses. Marty’s NCDA roles include being the Trustee-at-Large for Leadership Academy and a co-associate editor for the Features section of NCDA's web magazine, Career Convergence. Previously, he served on the President’s Strategic Planning committee and is an alumnus of Leadership Academy. Marty is an active board member and former president of the NMCDA, where he helps facilitate workshops aimed at educating community providers, career practitioners, and school counselors on serving their populations' career needs. Marty has also been faculty at two Career Construction Institutes and offers supervision and guidance to UNM staff and graduate students who use the Career Construction Interview with clients. Marty has publications in the Career Development Quarterly, Career Planning and Adult Development Network, and Career Convergence. Marty has also been published in the Journal of Individual Psychology, Teaching and Supervision in Counseling, and ACA’s VISTAS web magazine. Marty received his BA in English and MA in Counseling from UNM. While working on his MA, he served as a board member and president for Chi Sigma Iota, the counseling honor society. Marty is a Professional Clinical Counselor, Certified Career Counselor, and National Certified Counselor. At UNM, Marty has received the People Appreciate Wonderful Staff Award and was recognized as an American Indian Student Services Campus Partner.

This webinar begins a series focused on the importance of overall mental health and well-being as related to a person’s ability to break through career barriers. Throughout the series, panel members will share information on factors affecting accessibility and the ways in which career practitioners and employers can support people in gaining access to fulfilling work. (The series will continue with another webinar later in 2023.)

In this first webinar, the panel will focus on DEIJA (diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, accessibility) as it relates to disabilities/differ-abilities and career. Statistics show that people with disabilities have the highest unemployment rate, and those are people who have disclosed disabilities. Panelists will discuss barriers to sustainable employment, overall mental health and well-being and the general work environment for this group of people.  

Moderator: Courtney Warnsman

Panelists: Amanda Chenkin, Anush Hansen, Ken Meeker

Courtney Warnsman, PhD currently serves as NCDA’s Board Trustee for Private Practice, Business and Industry, and Agencies. A career development facilitator for nearly 20 years, she works at Austin Career Connections in Austin, Texas, delivering career transition and development services to individual clients across functional roles and industries. 

Amanda Chenkin is a licensed professional counselor in Colorado and Maryland and a certified career counselor through NCDA. She is in private practice and the owner of Choice Career Counseling (www.choicecareercounseling.com). She has over 15 years of experience working in career development and eight years working at the intersection of career development and mental health. Amanda loves working with clients who are feeling "stuck" and navigating how to write their next chapter in life. Career trauma is also a theme that she started to notice with clients and specializes in this area. 

Anush Hansen is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Career Counselor, and owner of Kennebunk Career & Wellness Counseling. She is also the founder of Balanced Card Sorts. Anush holds a master’s degree in mental health counseling and a master’s degree in public health. Prior to her work as a counselor, she worked for 17 years as a public health researcher and program evaluator. It is Anush’s background in health promotion research, mental health, and public health that fuels her commitment to using a holistic, wellness-centered approach when working with clients, and that helped to shape the Balanced Card Sorts tools. 

Ken Meeker, CPC, is the owner of Vitality Career Coaching LLC, a boutique executive and career coaching company. An essential aspect of Ken’s work is DEIJA (diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, accessibility) consulting and training. He develops customized training programs based on clients’ unique needs. Ken has received extensive diversity education, participated in numerous seminars and summits, and is Inclusive Behaviors Inventory Certified. Ken has contributed to panel discussions on workplace inclusivity on a national level, is a graduate of the American Foundation for the Blind Leadership Development Program, and a recognized leader for blind/low vision advocacy. Additionally, Ken is a 2023 participant in the NCDA Leadership Academy. He is the creator and host of the “Dissing My Ability’ Podcast, has been a featured guest on several other podcasts and shows, and is a regular contributor of articles on career development to the Bold Blind Beauty lifestyle magazine. 

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How do you use theory and research to guide practice in career development? In this webinar, we will explore ways that career practitioners can update their knowledge and use evidence to inform contemporary approaches. Join us to hear from three panelists who have contributed to the field by connecting theory with research and the implications for practice. Featured in this webinar are Social Cognitive Career Theory, Contextual Action Theory, and Cognitive Information Processing Theory. Learn what is new about the theories, selections of the latest research, and tips to inform your approaches with clients.

Panelists: Drs. Seth C.W. Hayden, José F. Domene, Hung-Bin Sheu
Moderator: Dr. Nancy Arthur

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Three Perspectives Panelists and Moderator:

Dr. Seth C.W. Hayden is an associate professor of counseling and coordinator of the clinical mental health program at Wake Forest University in the United States. Dr. Hayden’s research focuses on the connection between career development and mental health. In addition, he examines the career and personal development needs of military service members, veterans, and their families. Dr. Hayden is a past-president of the Military and Government Counseling Association and National Career Development Association, both divisions of the American Counseling Association. 

Dr. José F Domene is a professor in the counselling psychology specialization area within the Werklund School of Education at the University of Calgary in Canada. His research includes examining the relational contexts of career development and the use of technology in counselling. Dr. Domene is also a practicing psychologist whose clinical work focuses on the intersection of career-life and mental health concerns.

Dr. Hung-Bin Sheu is an associate professor, Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology, University of Albany in the United States. Dr. Sheu’s research interests include cross-cultural well-being and health research, vocational psychology, and multicultural counseling and training. He has served on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Counseling Psychology and the Journal of Vocational Behavior, and the Chinese Journal of Counseling and Guidance. Dr. Sheu is a licensed psychologist with clinical interests in cross-cultural adjustment, acculturation, college students, vocational counseling, and psychodynamic approaches.

Dr. Nancy Arthur is Dean of Research, UniSA Business at the University of South Australia, and Professor Emeritus from the University of Calgary. Nancy has served as Vice-President of the International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance and is currently a Board member.

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US Department of Labor
Open & Free Online Resources for Career Advisors

Presented by: US Department of Labor Employment & Training Administration

The U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration offers a variety of online career resources and tools that can support career counselors, academic advisors and workforce system professionals to help job seekers explore careers and find employment. Join representatives from the U.S. Department of Labor and CareerOneStop for a tour of some favorite online career sites and learn about some new resources and features.

• CareerOneStop (GetMyFuture, Reentry Portal, Competency Model Clearinghouse)
• O*NET Online (MyNextMove, MiProximo Paso, MyNextMove for Veterans)
• apprenticeship.gov

Over time, many customized portals have been added that provide specialized information and features for veterans, opportunity youth, returning citizens/ex-offenders, business/employer engagement, sector strategies, and more. 

The sites presented in this webinar include resources that are OPEN and FREE to use, download, and share, or even to incorporate in other websites or web-based tools.  You will be introduced to toolkits, assessments, guides, curriculum, and materials that support job seekers with diverse needs and backgrounds.  Hear examples of how these resources are used and learn how you can make use of them in your own practice. 

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Working with Third Party Providers to Support International Students’ Career Development

Presented by:

Kendra Northington, Kwan Segal, Elif Balin,
Nicole Anderson, and Sonia Liang

According to the survey research results of the NCDA International Student Services Committee (ISSC), there are consistent challenges in higher education to provide effective career services to international students. Some common struggles are the complexity of job and internship search processes, employer perceptions about international student work permit and visa procedures, and limited network and resources for international students in the U.S. The NCDA-ISSC recognizes the importance of addressing third-party service providers and resources outside of higher education settings that often emerge as a response to the unmet career development needs of international students. Third-party providers can be non-profit or for-profit organizations that offer career resources and job search platforms to international students. They also include technological platforms that disseminate or facilitate job opportunities in the U.S. and other countries.

Career development professionals need to become more familiar and competent with these services to assess their credibility and potential usefulness to meet international students’ career needs. This webinar aims to help career development professionals increase their awareness and gain more knowledge regarding the ethical and effective use of third party providers and resources as additional resources. 

In this webinar, you’ll learn:

• the functions and trends of third-party providers in the U.S. and how they can address the challenges of supporting international students in the higher education setting;
• the various types of third-party providers that provide career services to international students, including the service features, pros and cons, and examples;
• how to make ethical and multiculturally competent decisions when working with third-party providers

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The Presenters: 

Kendra Northington is the Senior Career Counselor in the School of Engineering & Applied Science at the George Washington University. Kendra has worked in career services for the past five years, with a focus on traditionally underserved communities including international students, undocumented students, and students of color. As a Licensed Professional Counselor she likes to bridge the gap between mental health and career support for college students.

Kwan Segal is the Founder and CEO of International Career Advisory, Inc. (ICAway), a Career Advisory firm that provides a complete career coaching solution for international students in the US. Kwan is an experienced human-capital consultant. Her past corporate experience includes global organizations like Deloitte, Accenture, and BMW. Kwan has designed a Career Success Roadmap that equips international students with the skills for their career search, encourages them to break through cultural barriers, and prepares them to enter the U.S. professional world. Kwan holds an Executive MBA through a Kellogg School of Management - Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration international education partnership program and a certification of Senior Professional in Human Resources by HRCI.

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.  

Nicole M. Anderson is Associate Director of Alumni Career Services at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts.  Nicole has worked with undergraduates, graduate students, and alumni in career development for more than 25 years at Tufts University and Boston College. For a decade, she worked as career services liaison to international students at Tufts University, and in 2017-2019, she co-chaired the International Student Services Committee with the National Career Development Association.  Nicole currently serves as the Vice President of Research for the Alumni Career Services Network. She earned her BA in Psychology and MA in Higher Education from Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

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