2021 Training for Career Development Professionals

The Career Development Association of PEI (CDA of PEI), in partnership with Canadian Career Development Foundation (CCDF) is offering training courses to start on December 1, 2021. 
 
One of the ways CDA of PEI works to represent and advance the profession on PEI is through learning. This training supports Career Development Professionals on PEI to meet Canadian standards, carry new strategies into their work with clients, and connect to a broader community of practice on the PEI.
 
The training is provided through Canadian Career Development Foundation and integrates the competencies outlined in the Canadian Standards and Guidelines for Career Development Practitioners. It reflects Canadian standards for effective and ethical practice, current and emergent labour market trends, and best practices.
 
Training is targeted to Career Development Professionals and will help promote the full employability of Islanders by raising the bar and establishing a professionalized, vibrant, and high-quality career service across the Province.
 
SkillsPEI and the Department of Economic Growth, Tourism and Culture are pleased to be able to support this network of Career Development Professionals on PEI.

Eligible participants may receive funding of 50% of eligible course costs. To determine eligibility, email cdapei.training@gmail.com.
 
A 10% administration fee applies to all training.
 
All participants must be members of CDA of PEI. Join CDA of PEI   
 
Please note spaces are limited and will be based on a first come first serve basis. Invoices will be sent after the deadline.
 
Payment arrangements will be required before receiving the individual online access code to begin your training program. 
 
For additional information, please contact Lisa Chaisson at cdapei.training@gmail.com  
 
Available Courses: 
Career Development Foundations
This course provides participants with an introduction to career development, exploring what it is and presenting a process (the 4M model) that highlights its key elements. The course includes hands-on experience with a range of practical and creative career development interventions targeted to major career development issues faced by youth, young adults and not so young adults! ($450 per person)

Career Development for Persons with Disability
This short course is an extension of the Career Development Foundations course that provides an overview of relevant statistics, current career outcomes and available protections for persons living with disabilities in Canada.  It looks at the evolving definition of disability and the five main categories of disability consistently included in current definitions.  This topic then revisits the 4M model in the context of serving persons with disabilities. It's a chance to consider how best to support your clients and students who are living with disabilities to meander, maneuver, find meaning and maintain momentum. ($100 per person)

Career Development Theories 
This course enables practitioners to build a critical mass of knowledge and skill as a foundation on which to base their practice in career development.  The course makes career development theories both understandable and relevant by constantly relating them to day-to-day practice realities. In this way, practice becomes grounded in a theoretical perspective that is congruent and meaningful to learners. ($450 per person)

Career Development Process
This course builds the core skills and specialized techniques needed to effectively establish and maintain a working alliance with clients and deliver quality career services. It supports learners in practicing the skills underpinning the working alliance and client engagement in the context of the career service delivery model. The course explores key contributors to client self-management and enhances the capacity of learners to deal with reluctant clients, identify success indicators and monitor progress. This course also provides an opportunity for career development practitioners to refine their personal approaches to practice. ($450 per person)

Strategies and Tools for Quality Career Service Delivery
This short course (a sub-set of the full Career Development Process course) introduces the Employment Service Delivery Model (ESDM):  an outline of the main phases, steps and sub-steps involved in service delivery. It then digs into the process underpinning the ESDM, fleshing out the main components of service delivery - from the initial employability assessment to goal setting and action planning, and including the cycle of assessing progress and refining the goal and plan to achieve success. ($175 per person)

Ethics in Career Development Practice
The goal of this course is to enable learners to develop the theoretical and reflective foundation necessary for ethical service delivery.  This course prepares learners to meet the core requirements for ethical practice as set out in the Competency Framework for Career Development Professionals (CDPs) and, specifically, the Code of Ethics.  The course will also provide learners with an ethical decision-making model to guide your approach to ethical dilemmas. ($300 per person)

Using Labour Market Information in Career Services
This course prepares participants to better access, understand and apply labour market information (LMI) in their work with clients. Integrating both formal and informal LMI, this course teaches strategies to find, make sense of and apply LMI in meaningful ways to support better career development with students and clients. ($450 per person)

Work Search
This course prepares career development practitioners to help students/clients’ transition into jobs, find/create meaningful work, and develop personalized plans for effective work search. Comprised of five self-directed modules, this practical and timely course is geared to helping learners build their expertise in work search strategies for today’s emergent labour market. ($450 per person)
 
Networking and Interviews
This chapter of the VOCO Work Search curriculum can be taken as a standalone short course. Completion of this chapter will entitle learners to a coupon code for a discount off the Work Search curriculum equivalent to the value of this chapter, and an email endorsing the completion of 8 CEU hours. This chapter does not offer a course certificate. ($100 per person)

Resumes, Cover Letters and Portfolios
This chapter of the VOCO Work Search curriculum can be taken as a standalone short course. Completion of this chapter will entitle learners to a coupon code for a discount off the Work Search curriculum equivalent to the value of this chapter, and an email endorsing the completion of 8 CEU hours. This chapter does not offer a course certificate. ($100 per person)

Understanding Yourself and the Job Market
This chapter of the VOCO Work Search curriculum can be taken as a standalone short course. Completion of this chapter will entitle learners to a coupon code for a discount off the Work Search curriculum equivalent to the value of this chapter, and an email endorsing the completion of 8 CEU hours. This chapter does not offer a course certificate. ($50 per person)

Digital Skills and the Gig Economy
This chapter of the VOCO Work Search curriculum can be taken as a standalone short course. Completion of this chapter will entitle learners to a coupon code for a discount off the Work Search curriculum equivalent to the value of this chapter, and an email endorsing the completion of 8 CEU hours. This chapter does not offer a course certificate. ($100 per person)

Walking Your Career Path
This chapter of the VOCO Work Search curriculum can be taken as a standalone short course. Completion of this chapter will entitle learners to a coupon code for a discount off the Work Search curriculum equivalent to the value of this chapter, and an email endorsing the completion of 8 CEU hours. This chapter does not offer a course certificate. ($50 per person)

Engage: Dynamic Ways of Connecting
Explore the career development process from an actively engaged perspective. Combining ideas from Norm Amundson’s award-winning career development book “Active Engagement” and Andrea Fruhling’s creative career coaching approach, learners will gain a deeper understanding of a more creative, client-centered career development process from start to finish. ($450 per person)

Engage: Leaders’ Guide
As a team, explore together the career development process from an actively engaged perspective. Combining ideas from Norm Amundson’s award-winning career development book “Active Engagement” and Andrea Fruhling’s creative career coaching approach, learners will gain a deeper understanding of a more creative, client-centered career development process from start to finish. This course is organized in a way that supports teams in an organization wishing to take the Engage course as a cohort. Learn together as a team through a range of shared learning opportunities, simultaneously developing the strength of your organization while supporting individual learning. ($450 per person)

Create: The Creativity of Career Development
Learn about harnessing the power of creativity and imagination as a way to gain new perspectives and support clients in new, more impactful ways. Combining ideas from Norm Amundson’s award-winning career development book “Active Engagement” and Andrea Fruhling’s creative career coaching approach, learners will gain a deeper understanding of a more creative, client-centered career development process from start to finish. ($450 per person)

​To register for training, please click here.
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Please note: Participants must be members of CDA of PEI or willing to become members. Join CDA of PEI 

*Deadline to Apply Friday, December 17th *