02/23/2016

NCDA and Career Literacy

An Overview of NCDA Efforts & Resources

ABOUT NCDA:

The National Career Development Association (NCDA) provides professional development, publications, standards, and advocacy to practitioners and educators who inspire and empower individuals to achieve their career and life goals. (More About NCDA)

NCDA PROVIDES FACILITATING CAREER DEVELOPMENT TRAINING FOR K-12:

(More about the Career Development Facilitator Training on our website and in our Brochure)

NCDA PRESENTS THE NATIONAL CAREER DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES (NCDG)

The NCDG framework has a simple coding system to identify domains, goals, indicators and learning stages. The coding system makes it easy for you to use the NCDG for program development and to track activities by goal, learning stage and indicator. (View the NCDG)

NCDA POSITION STATEMENT ON College and Career Readiness for All Students:

NCDA has partnered with the Automation Federation to release a position statement on College and Career Readiness for all Students. (View the AF/NCDA Workforce Position Statement)

NCDA COMMENDS THE MANUFACTURING SKILLS STANDARDS COUNCIL’S (MSSC) TRANSFORMING CAREER COUNSELING: BRIDGING SCHOOL TO CAREER IN THE WORKFORCE OF THE FUTURE:

In summary, this document supports equal opportunities to learn what is necessary to succeed in a chosen career. (Read the MSSC Document)

NCDA MEMBERS SHARE BEST PRACTICES FOR USE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS

These will motivate and inspire students. (Sample Best Practice: Career Center Student Opportunities)

NCDA’S HARRIS POLL ON PERCEPTIONS OF WORKING AMERICA:

The NCDA commissioned a national survey entitled "Perceptions of Working America", performed in conjunction with Harris Interactive. The poll assessed the perceptions of today’s workforce on the effectiveness of career specialists, the need for expanded workforce training opportunities, and the hardships implicit in selecting, changing, or getting a job in the current economic climate. (Read the Harris Poll Press Release and Executive Summary)

NCDA SUPPORTS EVIDENCE-BASED CAREER INTERVENTIONS:

In this literature meta-analysis journal article, five intervention ingredients were identified and were individually associated with career choice outcome, and collectively were linearly related to increases in career choice effect sizes. (More on Career Interventions)

For more information, visit www.ncda.org and read about the
National Meeting on Strengthening Career Development in American Education
or contact Deneen Pennington at dpennington@ncda.org