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Career development education is an organized educational strategy to help students discover their own aptitudes, learn about career opportunities, and develop their interests and talents to inform educational and career choices. There are many specific tools and strategies, but they include a process of career exposure, career exploration, and career experiences throughout the educational environment
Our planning tools and resources help you develop and implement a career development education system for your school, district, or college.
A closely related set of activities is called Work-based Learning. Because Work-based Learning depends largely on the involvement of business and industry partners, you can learn more about our support for Work-based Learning here.
Consulting & Professional Development Services
In general, there are three types of services we can provide to support you relating to Career Development Education:
- A single or series of 3-to-4-hour workshops in-person or virtual
- A series of workshops, in-person or virtual, with additional follow-up coaching sessions for small groups leaders and/or instructors
- Incorporating this training and coaching into a larger consulting agreement that includes other consulting and coaching services
Creating a Schoolwide or Districtwide Plan for Career Development
Career Development is a well-designed process of career awareness, exploration, discovery, and application. NC3T consultants can help your school or district conduct a review of its current career development strategies, identify promising practices and strategies from across the nation, and create an action plan for implementing a comprehensive Career Development model that links across elementary, middle schools, and high schools.
Delivering “Quick-Start” Career Development Lessons
An important starting point for Career Development is adopting a set of easy-to-implement lessons that guide a student through the key steps of self-discovery, career exploration, and creating a personalized Education and Career Plan. NC3T offers 10 quick-start lessons with training and support for teachers and counselors to implement the lessons.
Helping School Counselors Understand Career Development and CTE
Many school counselors spend so much time addressing academic counseling and the social-emotional needs of students that they have little experience providing Career Development or helping students select the best-fit Career and Technical Education/Pathways courses. NC3T provides workshops and coaching to counselors to help them quickly gain confidence in these concepts.
- Integrating Career Conversations into Academic Courses
- Implementing a Career Exploration platform and creating an Education and Career Plan for every student
- Designing College and Career Planning Activities