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Career Readiness Engagement Policy Forum Pillar II - Providing Professional Career Advising


Wednesday December 8th, 2021
3:00pm - 4:30pm EST

To ensure that career development becomes a central priority, schools and post-secondary institutions need to appoint trained professionals to oversee this work. Providing access to high-quality career development will require more credentialed career advisers and licensed counselors in every school and post-secondary institution. These advisers must have specific career development knowledge and competencies.

BACKGROUND Document: Career Readiness for All

AGENDA:

3:00pm - The Five Pillars for Creating High Quality Career Development Systems

-Leo Reddy, Chair, CCD Center

3:10pm - Perceptions from Working America to Create Sustainable Career Development Systems

Sharon Givens, President, National Career Development Association (NCDA)

Dr. Spencer Niles, Professor and Co-Director, THRIVE Research and Intervention Center at William & Mary

3:45pm - Comprehensive Student Career Advising for Career Readiness

Moderator -

Dr. Scott Solberg, Professor, Counseling Psychology and Applied Human Development, Wheelock College of Education and Human Development Boston University

Panelists -

John R. Swallow, President, Carthage College

Dr. John Hill, Director, College and Career Readiness, Milwaukee Public Schools

Naydeen Gonzalez-De Jesus, Ph.D., Executive Vice President, Student Success, Milwaukee Area Technical College

Phyllis King, Ph.D., Vice Provost, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee


4:25pm - What's Next?

RESOURCES:

2021 Harris Poll - Perceptions of Career Development from Working America

https://www.ncda.org/aws/NCDA/pt/sp/statements_harris_2021

M3 College Connections M3 website is:

https://wm.edu/m-cubed

Post-Secondary Engagement

https://mps.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/en/Programs/Postsecondary-Engagement/M3.htm


Academic and Career Planning

https://mps.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/en/Programs/School-Counseling/Academic-and-Career-Planning.htm

Publication on Finnish research available here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2158244020968778

Ohio ACTE - Career Guide Certificate

www.ohioacte.org/careerguide


Career Advising Specialist

https://microcredentials.digitalpromise.org/explore/career-advising-specialist




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