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 Poster Contest.
november 12-16, 2012,
national career development week
november 14, 2012,
national career development day
Announcing the 47th Annual Poetry & Poster contest. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of NCDA, the 2012 theme is "Inspiring Careers: Honoring History"
Click here for the 2012 NCD Month Contest Rules .
Please Click Here to view the
2011Poetry and Poster Contest Winning Entries
National Chair for NCD Month -Marie Zimenoff ncdacontest@ncda.org
Listed below are the NCD Month State Contacts:
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.
ALABAMA - LYNN BOYD
ARIZONA - JOYCE DONAHUE
CALIFORNIA - JUDI GARCIA
COLORADO - LIN SHERMAN
FLORIDA - LEVETTE S DAMES
GEORGIA - CHARLOTTE HAYES or BETSY JOHNSON
IDAHO - JENNIFER ROSS
ILLINOIS - JULIA YANG
LOUISIANA- KRYSTAL HARDISON
MAINE- DEBORAH WALSH
MARYLAND- LAKEISHA MATHEWS
MASSACHUSETTS - RICHARD MADDEN
MICHIGAN - MARY ENGELHARDT
MINNESOTA-
MISSOURI - MELODY KRUZIC
MONTANA- DONETTA MCDOWELL
NEW JERSEY- Send entries directly to NCDA Headquarters.
NEW MEXICO- MIKELYNN.ROMERO
NEW YORK- ABIOLA DIPEOLU
NORTH CAROLINA - CAROLYN HICKS and TERESA RAY
OHIO- CHRISTINA GOLDEN
OREGON- ANGELA DOTY
RHODE ISLAND- HEIDI CARLA
SOUTH CAROLINA - STACEY WESTBERRY
SOUTH DAKOTA- CHRIS BRIDDICK
TEXAS- R.J. DAVIS
VIRGINIA- MICHELLE SEIBERT
WASHINGTON- BILL GREGORY
WEST VIRGINIA- JOHN WILGEROTH
WISCONSIN - JOHN PRITCHETT
WYOMING - WESLEY BERTAGNOLE
Poster Contest Winning Entries
NCD Month Resources
- Contact Debbie Gann (dgann@ncda.org) at NCDA Headquarters to request contest brochures.
- Looking for a Poster to advertise this great month? Save this 2012 NCD Month Ad pdf file & send on to your local copy shop to print the size you need.
- 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 - Kent Intermediate School District
- 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.
