Career Develoment Facilitator Training
Training
Schedule (Location, Dates, & Times)
This series of 15 sessions can lead to global certification
as a Career Development Facilitator.
Purpose
Recognizing that many individuals who currently provide career assistance
are not professional counselors, the National Occupational Information
Coordinating Council (NOICC), through its Career Development Training
Institute, developed the occupational title Career Development Facilitator
(CDF) and designed associated standards and training specifications
necessary for credentialing.
Curriculum
This curriculum is endorsed by the National Association of Workforce
Development Professionals (NAWDP), the National Career Development Association
(NCDA), the National Employment Counseling Association and other organizations.
Career Services / Project IDEAS has offered this training since January, 1999.
Training Description
The CDF curriculum consists of 120 hours (90 hours classroom and 30
hours of independent study). The course covers the full range of skills
and knowledge needed to provide effective career development guidance.
This training is highly interactive and requires the active participation
of the learner. The curriculum is competency-based with each session
building on its predecessors. Throughout the fifteen days of training,
you will apply the concepts learned to your own personal and professional
life. You will use journal entries and a case study from your past or
active case files to enhance your application of the concepts. Since
this training is in preparation for certification as a Career Development
Facilitator, you are expected to attend all 15 sessions. Arrangements
must be made with the lead trainers to make-up missed sessions. Brief
descriptions of each session follow. You should expect some flexibility
of session material based on class size, interest level, and resource
availability.
Session Descriptions
Session 1
Provides a course overview, reviews course objectives and requirements,
and identifies the learner's role as a Career Development Facilitator.
Session 2
Explores the helping components of case management. Includes an in-depth discussion and practice of communication skills (attending, observing, and hearing.)
Session 3
Examines decision-making and action plans (including goal setting),
reinforcing of strengths, following up and client self-sufficiency.
Session 4
Discusses diversity as it applies to a variety of populations. The
student's public and private self is discussed along with barriers
and legislative issues.
Session 5
Continues the discussion of diversity and examines legal issues including
the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Session 6
Discusses ethical standards as they apply to CDF and explores practical
application of these standards using role-play with case studies.
Session 7
Provides an overview of the assessment process and reviews the four
major uses of assessments. Allows for practice on actual instruments
and discussion of the career theories supporting the instruments.
Session 8
Reviews various interventions used for assisting clients, including
the use of informal assessment and appraisal techniques.
Session 9
Examines the major types of formal assessments. Focuses on selection,
administration, and technical considerations.
Session 10
Identifies characteristics and explores the quality of various career
information delivery media.
Session 11
Provides the learner with strategies for traditional job search including
discussion of employability skills, interviewing, resumé writing
and job retention.
Session 12
Continues analysis of labor market trends via discussion and demonstration
of computerized delivery systems. Includes use of the Internet for
job search.
Session 13
Introduces specific facilitation techniques that help groups generate
ideas. Also examines key aspects of program design, development,
and
management. Also
Session 14
Allows learners to use group facilitation skills while further exploring
program design issues. Offers specific tips for promotion and public
relations, including self-advocacy.
Session 15
Celebrates the completion of the course and allows all new CDFs to
present plans for applying their new knowledge.
Trainers
The lead trainer for this course is Darlene Martin, Assistant Director for Career Services / Project IDEAS, a professional development institute specializing
in workforce investment issues, which is a unit of Continuing Education
at Kennesaw State University.
Darlene Martin
Darlene Martin, Assistant Director for Career Services / Project IDEAS and lead instructor for the Global Career Development Facilitator training, is a National Certified Career Counselor, a Certified Career Development Facilitator Instructor and Master Trainer. She has more than 25 years experience in counseling and training both clients and professionals. Darlene completed her undergraduate work at the University of Hawaii, and earned a Master’s degree in Counseling/Psychology from Chaminade University of Honolulu.
Most recently, Darlene has had training in e-learning for GCDF and is a Certified Distance Counselor.
An excellent motivator, Darlene has a down-to-earth training style that is both humorous and innovative. Her insights and intuitions about people add energy to her presentations, as she involves the audience through inspiring personal stories.
Additional instruction provided by:
Wynn Montgomery
Wynn Montgomery is the former Director of Kennesaw State University’s Project IDEAS, the professional development institute of Georgia ’s workforce enhancement system. Prior to creating this entity in 1993, Wynn planned and administered the City of Atlanta ’s workforce development programs for nineteen years. He spent ten years with General Motors and two management consulting firms before entering the public sector.
Upon retirement from Kennesaw in 2004, Wynn, along with his wife Millie, started their own consulting partnership, WynnMill Solutions (WMS), that specializes in workforce development and educational enhancement.
Wynn is a graduate of Duke University and earned a Master’s degree in Public and Urban Affairs from Georgia State University . He is an experienced trainer who has delivered courses on topics such as Creative Problem Solving, Effective Writing, Managing Change, Monitoring for Quality Results, and Quality Principles. He is a certified trainer for the Change Cycle TM training and the Global Career Development Facilitator curriculum. He is also a charter member of The Workforce Excellence Network’s cadre of Quality Trainers and was recognized by Kennesaw State University as one of Continuing Education’s Instructors of the Year for 2005.
Janis Ashkin
Janis Ashkin has been a career counselor and career development instructor for more than 16 years in Atlanta. She holds a Master’s degree in Counselor Education from Georgia Southern University and a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the State University of New York at Fredonia. She is a Master Career Counselor, a National Certified Counselor, a National Certified Career Counselor and a Global Career Development Facilitator Trainer.
Janis has provided career counseling, and teaches career management, communication skills, team building and customer service courses to AT&T, BellSouth, and Lucent Technology employees. Other clients have included the American Business Women’s Association, Club Corporation of America, Grady Hospital, the U.S. Department of Labor and the Internal Revenue Service.
She currently provides career counseling services to employees of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Transportation Security Administration. She is also a career counselor with the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program at Emory University. As a staff member of Career Services / Project IDEAS at Kennesaw State University, Janis teaches the curriculum of the Global Career Development Facilitator training throughout the Southeast. Janis has been a Board Member of the Georgia Career Development Association since 1998 and has served two terms as president of that chapter. She is a member of the first NCDA Leadership Academy.
