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Neurodiversity & Career Planning
by MWA Learning by the Maryland Workforce Association
Summary: 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.
Summary: Partners or Silos? Reimagining Education & Workforce Development
Presented by: Sarah Burns and Peter Callstrom
Too often, education and workforce systems operate in separate worlds. The school experience should prepare students for the world of work, yet far too many students are not exposed to a myriad of career possibilities – and they do not understand their unique strengths, interests, and values. The workforce development system then tries to support job seekers who are little prepared or unclear on what they want to do. The San Diego Workforce Partnership is collaborating with school districts across the county to disrupt this disconnect, providing training, tools, and strategies to support all students in accessing the world of work.
Presenters: Sarah Burns, Director of Learning at the San Diego Workforce Partnership, and Peter Callstrom, CEO San Diego Workforce Partnership
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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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Career Development Beyond Job Titles: How K-12 is Using Challenges to Prepare Students for an Exciting Future
Presented by: JP Michel
The old paradigm of matching high school students to job titles is no longer serving us. The realities of our changing world of work demands that we help students look beyond job titles to find inspiring challenges to work on. This new approach to career education is called the Challenge mindset. For the last 3 years, thousands of students have been using 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. Teachers, guidance counsellors and district leaders have been leading this transformation in hundreds of schools. During this presentation, participants will learn about how K-12 leaders are using career education to promote equity, inclusion and achievement. We will explore three case studies as well as discuss student impact. Practical strategies and Challenge mindset activities will be discussed.
Summary: Strategies for Effective Implementation of Career Interventions
Presented by James P. Sampson and Janet G. Lenz
The purpose of the session is to help practitioners improve the effectiveness of career interventions by improving their implementation. The presenters will provide a basic overview of the nature of career interventions, and how career theory can be used in implementation. Evaluation and accountability strategies for career interventions will be discussed. Finally, attendees will learn about an eight-step model for implementing career interventions and factors that influence implementation success.
The presenters authored Designing and Implementing Career Interventions: A Handbook for Effective Practice (2nd Edition), an NCDA monograph.