career development

Career Development In The Schools

Course Study Description

CCEUS05 - Career Development In The Schools: Helping Students Make Better Decisions About Their Lives [10 contact hours] - [$50.00 - NO OTHER COURSE FEES APPLY] This course is designed to be a blueprint for counselors to build a program in the schools that enables students to make better decisions about their lives, especially with respect to the career pathway they choose. Choices made in this arena can have a profound and long-lasting effect upon the future of each young person who passes through the schools. Decisions made about a career have have ramifications about further training and college choice. However, instilling the career decision-making process in each and every student will serve them well in the future because career choices are affected by so many factors in a rapidly changing and technologically advanced society. The course will espouse a step-by-step approach for building and implementing an effective career development direction for a school. The course will review many of the major career theorists in the light of today's new realities and will focus upon what they say about the development of a career identity during the adolescent years. Strategies for developing a career identity will be discussed.

Course Directions

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Course Outcomes

As a result of the reading and study in this course the student/counselor will:

	identify the central issues of multicultural career development.
	understand the major theories of career choice and development and the role that they play in the school.
	discover the role of the counselor in career development in the elementary school.
	understand the counselor role in career development in the middle school.
	comprehend career development and decision-making skills at the high school level.
	learn the major gender issues in career development.
	find out the major career development issues with regard to ethnic minorities.
	learn the career development issues related to gay, lesbian, and bisexual populations.
	outline the major career development issues surrounding special needs students.
	learn what is the family influence on career development in the schools.
	discover the major appraisal guidelines in career development in the schools.
	outline the future directions for career development in the school.

Text [Required Reading To Be Prepared For The Exam]

Career Counseling In the Schools by Roger D. Herring, ISBN 1-55620-168-0 , $45.95 list price, $28.95 for ACA Members [ACA Order Number 72638]

Study Guide Questions

What are the central ideas of multicultural career development in the schools?
Describe the major theories of career choice and development and the role they play in the school.
What is the role of the counselor in elementary school career development?
What is the role of career development in the middle school?
Describe the career decision-making process at the high school.
Outline the major gender issues in high school career development.
What are some of the career development issues that deal with ethnic minorities?
Elaborate on the career development issues of the gay, lesbian, and bisexual students.
What are some of the career information issues surrounding special needs students?
What are the major appraisal guidelines in career counseling?
What are some of the future directions for career development in the schools?

Vocabulary

	career development
	career counseling
	career guidance
	vocational guidance
	career education
	applied behavior analysis
	multicultural career development
	avocation
	career
	career adaptability
	career awareness
	career intervention
	career ladder
	career management
	career maturity
	career path
	employment
	job
	labor
	leisure
	occupation
	Roe's counseling theory
	Holland's counseling theory
	Super's career theory
	Life Career Rainbow
	Ginzberg's career theory
	Tiedeman's career theory
	Godfriedson's model
	Krumboltz's model
	career exploration
	career decision making
	Miller's characteristics of middle grade students
	Holland's typology
	career academy
	dropout rates
	transition
	teen pregnancy
	Sue's model
	Christensen's model
	cross cultural counseling
	synergetic counseling
	homophobia
	ADA
	CAGIS
	NOICC
	SOICC
	career indecisiveness

Supplementary Readings [Required Reading To Be Prepared For The Exam]

Examination

The examination for this course is attached to this page. PRINT OUT THE EXAM. All examinations consist of both True-False and/or Multiple-Choice items with five answers. You must score 80% on the exam to gain the contact hours. When you have printed the exam, read each question carefully, choose the BEST answer and circle the letter of the answer you choose. Return the exam by mail to Dr. Budd A. Moore, Exam Scoring At CounselingCEUsOnline along with the signed Honor Pledge and a check or money order for $36.00 payable to Dr. Budd A. Moore. The exam and the honor pledge can also be faxed to our office at 1(717)597-2302; however, it will not be scored until the scoring fee is paid in full. When the fee and all of the materials are received, the exam will be scored within 48 hours. Results will be e-mailed to you as soon as they are available. A letter of congratulations, a certificate from CounselingCEUsOnline, and an official transcript will be mailed to you. Examinations will not be returned to the student. Records of your scores will be maintained by CounselingCEUsOnline and will be available for you for a $5.00 transcript fee.

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