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| Welcome to the Wisconsin Career Development Association We are constantly looking for more members to join in support our passion for career development programming in Wisconsin. Think about it...join your colleagues! |
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| See WCDA in Action photos (who we are...what we do). Check out our event from Fall, 2011 here! And, check out of event from Spring 2012 here! |
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| WCDA members discuss the summit at their WCDA sponsored luncheon. |
| Our Fall PD...Remember! WCDA Co-hosts Manufacturing Roundtable Discussion The Roundtable Discussion (October 8, 2012) was a follow-up to a Manufacturing Summit held at WCTC in March. The Summit was crafted to be a catalyst in creating a mutually beneficial relationship between the K-12 school system, post-secondary institutions, manufacturers, government agencies and local business alliances to address the manufacturing “Skills Gap”. |
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| WCDA's Spring Professional Development Event Best Practices for Informal Assessments The Pyle Center in Madison Thursday, May 2nd, 9:00am - 3:00/3:15pm Receipts, check in and coffee from 8:30 am to 9:00 am |
Overview
The scheduled presenters will be sharing their Informal Assessment Tools (Card Sort, Values
Survey, Checklists, Interviews, etc.) to address diverse populations.
Registration Form:
Download a Word Document or a PDF file. The form must be received by April 25, 2013.
Presenters (lunch will be available mid-day)
April McHugh, Adult Career & Special Student Services, UW-Madison
Creative Career Design: An Experiential Career Assessment Technique
Use clients’ natural creativity to help them discover potential career paths that are more fitting to
who they are and what they want from life. Hear about the process, see some of the work
clients have completed and are working on, and what types of experiential activities can be
done to help clients “create and design” their desired career and subsequently the life they
want to live.
John Pritchett, Career Services, Waukesha County Technical College
Networking Activity for WCDA Members
Don Schutt, Office of Human Resource Development, UW-Madison
Utilizing an “Appreciative” Career Development Interview as Part of a Strength-Based Career
Development Process
The language we use may predict the direction of career development interactions. By focusing
on our word choices, it may be possible to move from a problem-centered approach to a
strength-based approach. The “Appreciative” interview is the lead component in a strength
based approach to career development using Appreciative Inquiry.
Stephanie Foster, Allison Carroll, and Sara Davis, Southwest WI Technical College
Fun Informal Assessments to Use in Team Building
Learn about some of the informal assessment tools that Career Coaches, Counselors, and
Advisors at our Technical College employ when working with students and prospective
students. The wide variety of interview strategies, inventories, games, and other activities
assist individuals in their career path by increasing self-awareness in relation to career
interests, skills, and aptitude, and work values.
Kathy Eidsmoe, CESA #1 Office
Your Motivation for Working
Understand how work values are linked to daily work tasks in order to assist students with the
conceptualization of their work personality. It “shifts” the framework of their thinking from job
titles to the content of jobs in relation to their strengths and passions. It successfully has been
used within the context of appreciative inquiry and the career clusters model.
Ann Fillback-Watt, Center on Education & Work, UW-Madison
Learning Style Inventory through WIScareers
Students/Clients will be able to discover their learning styles, and then save results to their
ILP/ePortfolios. Furthermore, you can see whether your students/clients learn best by reading,
hearing, or doing, and then adapt your classroom activities to maximize students' learning.
Registration fee:
$50 for members (includes lunch)
$60 for non-members (includes membership fee and lunch)
CEU’s: .5 CEU’s available for $7.50
Parking:
There are two options. A permit may be purchased for lot 83 (Fluno Center) for $8 +tax/day--or
park in the public lot on Lake Street for $12.50/day. The following link includes the instructions
and directions for both places:
http://extensionconferencecenters.uwex.edu/parking2.html
The scheduled presenters will be sharing their Informal Assessment Tools (Card Sort, Values
Survey, Checklists, Interviews, etc.) to address diverse populations.
Registration Form:
Download a Word Document or a PDF file. The form must be received by April 25, 2013.
Presenters (lunch will be available mid-day)
April McHugh, Adult Career & Special Student Services, UW-Madison
Creative Career Design: An Experiential Career Assessment Technique
Use clients’ natural creativity to help them discover potential career paths that are more fitting to
who they are and what they want from life. Hear about the process, see some of the work
clients have completed and are working on, and what types of experiential activities can be
done to help clients “create and design” their desired career and subsequently the life they
want to live.
John Pritchett, Career Services, Waukesha County Technical College
Networking Activity for WCDA Members
Don Schutt, Office of Human Resource Development, UW-Madison
Utilizing an “Appreciative” Career Development Interview as Part of a Strength-Based Career
Development Process
The language we use may predict the direction of career development interactions. By focusing
on our word choices, it may be possible to move from a problem-centered approach to a
strength-based approach. The “Appreciative” interview is the lead component in a strength
based approach to career development using Appreciative Inquiry.
Stephanie Foster, Allison Carroll, and Sara Davis, Southwest WI Technical College
Fun Informal Assessments to Use in Team Building
Learn about some of the informal assessment tools that Career Coaches, Counselors, and
Advisors at our Technical College employ when working with students and prospective
students. The wide variety of interview strategies, inventories, games, and other activities
assist individuals in their career path by increasing self-awareness in relation to career
interests, skills, and aptitude, and work values.
Kathy Eidsmoe, CESA #1 Office
Your Motivation for Working
Understand how work values are linked to daily work tasks in order to assist students with the
conceptualization of their work personality. It “shifts” the framework of their thinking from job
titles to the content of jobs in relation to their strengths and passions. It successfully has been
used within the context of appreciative inquiry and the career clusters model.
Ann Fillback-Watt, Center on Education & Work, UW-Madison
Learning Style Inventory through WIScareers
Students/Clients will be able to discover their learning styles, and then save results to their
ILP/ePortfolios. Furthermore, you can see whether your students/clients learn best by reading,
hearing, or doing, and then adapt your classroom activities to maximize students' learning.
Registration fee:
$50 for members (includes lunch)
$60 for non-members (includes membership fee and lunch)
CEU’s: .5 CEU’s available for $7.50
Parking:
There are two options. A permit may be purchased for lot 83 (Fluno Center) for $8 +tax/day--or
park in the public lot on Lake Street for $12.50/day. The following link includes the instructions
and directions for both places:
http://extensionconferencecenters.uwex.edu/parking2.html