Coach as Instrument & Other Unconventional Instruments in Career Planning National College Transition Network November 2011 Amy Mazur, M. Ed, NCC, MCDP Career Development Specialist [email_address] net
Take A Breath… What happened? A metaphor for what we will do here and what we do with our students
This Morning’s Focus Understand the critical role you play in fostering growth and change in your students   Reframe what you already know and use from a new perspective that will sharpen the skills you already possess Practice using assessments that will move students along in their career planning and transition process
Our Hope with Students - Engendering Hope - Evaluating Realistic Options - Motivating & Supporting - Understanding Possibility - Maintaining Boundaries
When we think of  Career Assessment Identifying Skills Clarifying Values Exploring Interests Assessing Abilities
Career Development Model Self Match Action Options
Career Development Model Self (Reflection) Includes: Roles Values Aptitudes Environments   Interest Skills Personal Style Priorities
Career Development Model Options (Exploration) Includes: Research on occupations, industries and labor market Job shadowing Volunteer or part-time work Informational interviews Written materials, the internet
Career Development Model Match (Decision-Making) Includes: Identifying and evaluating possibilities Exploring alternatives Choosing options – long and short-term Goal Setting
Career Development Model Action (Strategy) Includes: Building in support, accountability and rewards Networking Resumes, Cover Letters, Interviews Negotiating Employment
Considering Context Gender Family Racial/Ethnic Dominant Culture Rosie Bingham, 2007
Constructivism Career Construction Theory…surveys how  individuals construct their careers  by using  life themes  to integrate  self -organization of personality and the  self -extension of career adaptability into a  self -defining whole that animates work, directs occupational choice and shapes vocational adjustment. Savickas in Career Construction Theory
Constructivism
Constructivism Shift from: Information to experience Psychometric self to storied self Objective to subjective Career as carrier of personal meaning Client & Counselor as Co-Collaborators Builds on development framework: Takes context and development into account
What Does it Look Like? Vocational Genogram Peak Experiences Skills Identification Through Story Relational Mapping
What Does it Feel Like?: Five Good Things
Wrap-up/Questions PowerPoint available on my LinkedIn Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/amymazur Assessment Resource List Contact me at acmazur@comcast.net Thank you!

2011 college transition network

  • 1.
    Coach as Instrument& Other Unconventional Instruments in Career Planning National College Transition Network November 2011 Amy Mazur, M. Ed, NCC, MCDP Career Development Specialist [email_address] net
  • 2.
    Take A Breath…What happened? A metaphor for what we will do here and what we do with our students
  • 3.
    This Morning’s FocusUnderstand the critical role you play in fostering growth and change in your students   Reframe what you already know and use from a new perspective that will sharpen the skills you already possess Practice using assessments that will move students along in their career planning and transition process
  • 4.
    Our Hope withStudents - Engendering Hope - Evaluating Realistic Options - Motivating & Supporting - Understanding Possibility - Maintaining Boundaries
  • 5.
    When we thinkof Career Assessment Identifying Skills Clarifying Values Exploring Interests Assessing Abilities
  • 6.
    Career Development ModelSelf Match Action Options
  • 7.
    Career Development ModelSelf (Reflection) Includes: Roles Values Aptitudes Environments Interest Skills Personal Style Priorities
  • 8.
    Career Development ModelOptions (Exploration) Includes: Research on occupations, industries and labor market Job shadowing Volunteer or part-time work Informational interviews Written materials, the internet
  • 9.
    Career Development ModelMatch (Decision-Making) Includes: Identifying and evaluating possibilities Exploring alternatives Choosing options – long and short-term Goal Setting
  • 10.
    Career Development ModelAction (Strategy) Includes: Building in support, accountability and rewards Networking Resumes, Cover Letters, Interviews Negotiating Employment
  • 11.
    Considering Context GenderFamily Racial/Ethnic Dominant Culture Rosie Bingham, 2007
  • 12.
    Constructivism Career ConstructionTheory…surveys how individuals construct their careers by using life themes to integrate self -organization of personality and the self -extension of career adaptability into a self -defining whole that animates work, directs occupational choice and shapes vocational adjustment. Savickas in Career Construction Theory
  • 13.
  • 14.
    Constructivism Shift from:Information to experience Psychometric self to storied self Objective to subjective Career as carrier of personal meaning Client & Counselor as Co-Collaborators Builds on development framework: Takes context and development into account
  • 15.
    What Does itLook Like? Vocational Genogram Peak Experiences Skills Identification Through Story Relational Mapping
  • 16.
    What Does itFeel Like?: Five Good Things
  • 17.
    Wrap-up/Questions PowerPoint availableon my LinkedIn Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/amymazur Assessment Resource List Contact me at [email protected] Thank you!