Thank you for this information.  I am CDF certified and an thrilled that
you are offering this training FREE.  We can benefit from this in our
field.  
 
 

Mae B. Stephens,

Workforce Development Advisor

PDE, Bureau of Adult Basic and Literacy Education

333 Market Street, 12th Fl.

Harrisburg, PA 17126

(717) 772-0866

 

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	From: workplace-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:workplace-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Phyllis Utley
	Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 5:43 PM
	To: The Workplace Literacy Discussion List
	Subject: [Workplace 1109] Re: Professional Development
Opportunities
	
	
	Additional Professional Development Opportunities :
	 
	Career Development Facilitator certification with eLearning
option:
	 

	
	What is a Career Development Facilitator (CDF)?


	This occupational title designates individuals working in a
variety of career development settings. A CDF may serve as a career
group facilitator, job search trainer, career resource center
coordinator, career coach, career development case manager, intake
interviewer, occupational and labor market information resource person,
human resource career development coordinator, employment/placement
specialist, or workforce development staff person. 
	
	The counseling profession has made great progress in defining
professional counseling and the career counseling specialty through such
efforts as NCDA's career counseling competencies
<http://www.ncda.org/pdf/counselingcompetencies.pdf>  (pdf 29kb) and
code of ethics <http://www.ncda.org/pdf/EthicalStandards.pdf>  and state
licensing and registry requirements. However, several professional
groups recognized that many individuals who are currently providing
career assistance are not professional counselors. The CDF credential
was developed to provide standards, training specifications and
credentialing for these career providers. The goal was to define and
differentiate two levels of career practice. 
	 
	 
	http://www.ncda.org
	
	tsticht at znet.com wrote:

		January 4, 2008
		
		Professional Development for Adult Literacy Educators:
		Motivational, Informative, Inspirational, Empowering
		
		Tom Sticht
		International Consultant in Adult Education
		
		Greetings in the New Year of 2008!
		
		Following a well attended series of presentations in
Canada, Ireland, the
		United Kingdom and eight of the United States last year,
I am pleased to
		announce that once again in 2008 I will be presenting
FREE workshops and
		speeches for adult literacy educators.
		
		There are three, one day, six hour, motivational and
informational workshops
		available to choose from, including
		
		(1) Adult Literacy Education in Industrialized Nations
		A survey of research, policies, and practices in
language, literacy, and
		numeracy (LLN) instruction related to seven PReP PAPP
factors
		[Participation, Retention, Persistence, Progression,
Achievement,
		Accountability, Prevention (of education problems with
children)]. This
		workshop looks at research on and successes in meeting
the PReP PAPP
		challenges common to LLN provision in Australia, Canada,
Ireland, New
		Zealand, United Kingdom, and the United States.
		
		(2) The Spoken Language and Reading Development of
Adults
		2008 is the 100th anniversary of E. B. Huey's 1908
classic book, "The
		Psychology and Pedagogy of Reading" in which he stated
that, "The child
		comes to his first reader with his habits of spoken
language fairly well
		formed, and these habits grow more deeply set with every
year. His meanings
		inhere in this spoken language and belong but
secondarily to the printed
		symbols...." . This workshop examines research, policy,
and practices from
		the United States and United Kingdom on the development
of spoken and
		written language skills of native language speaking
adults, and the
		transfer of these skills from parents to their children.
		
		(3) Functional Context Education: Principles and
Practices for Adult
		Literacy Education
		There is a growing concern in several knowledge-based
nations for education
		that is more relevant to the needs of youth and adults
who are at risk of
		social exclusion and economic marginalization because of
their lack of
		basic skills and knowledge. This workshop presents case
studies and
		summarizes principles underlying the design and
development of
		instructional programs for these youth and adults which
integrate the
		teaching of literacy with important content areas such
as job training,
		parenting, health, computer use, and others.
		
		Each of these three workshops includes extensive
information and
		evidence-based practices from professional wisdom and
scientific studies
		presented with humor and easy to understand
illustrations. Materials
		relevant to each of these workshops are available online
for free
		downloading.
		
		I will also be presenting keynote, general, and breakout
sessions of an
		informational and motivational nature including five
speeches entitled (1)
		The Shoulders on Which We Stand, (2) The Lions of
Literacy: Sustaining
		Motivation for Adult Literacy Learners, (3) From Parents
to Progeny: The
		Intergenerational Transfer of Literacy From Parents to
Their Children, (4)
		Integrating Literacy and Numeracy in Workforce, Health,
and Parenting
		Education, and (5) Contemporary Issues in Adult Literacy
Education.
		Materials relevant to each of these workshops are
available online for free
		downloading.
		
		I charge no fee for any of these workshops or
presentations, but sponsors
		must pay travel expenses and make all arrangements for
the events.
		Following is a list of the presently scheduled meeting
and speaking events
		for 2008. In past years I have enjoyed meeting many
members of various
		discussion lists and putting faces with names! I look
forward to meeting
		many more this year!
		
		1. February 1, Miami, Florida. Adult Education Miami
Dade County Public
		Schools. Contact: Darlene Kostrub, dskostrub at aol.com
[Full day
		presentation of Adult Literacy Education in
Industrialized Nations]
		
		2. February 15, Washington DC, Adult Literacy Research
Working Group
		(ALRWG). [Scheduled meeting of ALRWG members, no
presentation]
		
		3. March 13, Connecticut. Connecticut Association of
Adult and Continuing
		Education. Contact: Andy Tyskiewicz,
atyskiewicz at crec.org [Keynote and
		follow-up session]
		
		4. April 4, 2008 Delaware, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
Association for Adult
		Continuing Education. Contact: Matt Davis,
mhdavis24 at yahoo.com [Keynote and
		follow-up session]
		
		5. May 6, Georgia, Atlanta, Reading Hall of Fame (RHF),
International
		Reading Association. Contact: Tom Sticht,
tsticht at aznet.net [Presentation
		in a special RHF session celebrating 100 years of E. B.
Huey's The
		Psychology and Pedagogy of Reading]
		
		6. June 20, New Mexico. New Mexico Coalition for
Literacy. Contact: Heather
		Heunermund,heather at nmcl.org [General session
presentation]
		
		7. August 7, North Carolina, Raleigh. N.C. C.C. Basic
Skills Conference.
		Contact: Karen Brown, kbrown at nccommunitycolleges.edu
[General session
		presentation]
		
		For additional information and to arrange a workshop or
presentation in your
		area contact Tom Sticht by email: tsticht at aznet.net
		
		Thomas G. Sticht
		International Consultant in Adult Education
		2062 Valley View Blvd.
		El Cajon, CA 92019-2059
		Tel/fax: (619) 444-9133
		Email: tsticht at aznet.net
		
		
		
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