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Vivian Snyder
Program Specialist,
Career, Technical and Agricultural Education

1752 Twin Towers East
205 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive SE
Atlanta, GA 30334
 (404) 657-8331
 (404) 651-8984
  vsnyder@doe.k12.ga.us

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Career Development

Vision
The Georgia Department of Education’s Career Development Initiative will provide the necessary tools, knowledge, and resources for systematic, developmental, and comprehensive career planning for all students in grades K-12.

Career development is a vital part of one’s educational career and is a school wide initiative. Individuals define and re-define career-related choices and outcomes in a life-long process. In general labor trends indicate that many workers will change jobs an average of 7-10 times in their career, will work in teams, and will need more education and training to be competitive in their selected field. Therefore, this process will be used repeatedly in one’s work career. Educators in Georgia are responsible for providing the tools, knowledge and resources that young people along with their parents need to make these critical education and career-related decisions.

The Georgia Department of Education’s (GaDOE) career development initiative has selected as its framework the National Career Development Guidelines (NCDG) www.acrnetwork.org. The framework identifies three major domains aligned with goals and indicators to represent the knowledge, skills and attitudes people need to be successful in the world of work. Each indicator is presented in three learning stages (Knowledge Acquisition, Application and Reflection) derived from Bloom’s Taxonomy. The following list represents the three major domains:

  1. Personal Social Development Domain - Students are provided the knowledge, tools, and resources to develop an understanding self and one’s relationship to others.
  2. Educational Achievement and Lifelong Learning Domain - Students are provided the knowledge, tools, and resources to reach their education and career goals in a diverse and ever-changing economy.
  3. Career Management Domain - Students are provided the knowledge, tools, and resources to create and implement a plan of action to reach their educational and career goals.

Key Career Components

The GaDOE has identified key components in an exemplary career development program in grades 6 through 12. These key components are:

  1. Career-related assessments
  2. Local school career centers
  3. Student education and career portfolio
  4. (ICP) Georgia Career Pathways: Education and Career Plan
  5. (WBL) Career-Related Activities including work-based learning

In an effort to reach ALL students in grades 6 through 12, the GaDOE strongly recommends a teacher-as-advisor (TAA) program beginning in the 6th grade as the delivery system for the career development initiative. Students need the opportunity to make connections between themselves, education, and the world of work. Educators need the opportunity to make connections with students in an effort to assist them in answering the following questions:

  • Who am I? Self Knowledge
  • Where am I going? Educational and career exploration and investigation
  • How am I going to get there? Planning/Management

For more information regarding Teachers-as Advisors (TAA) program, email Vivian Snyder at vsnyder@doe.k12.ga.us or call at 404-657-8331.

Resources

America’s Career Resource Network (ACRN) – national web site designed to provide multiple career-related activities and resources for students, parents, counselors and administrators.
www.GeorgiaCRN.org - a web site designed to assist counselors, instructors, and administrators with career-related programs, initiatives, and information.
Georgia Career Information System (GCIS) – an internet based comprehensive career planning program including over 400 value added activities.
GACollege411 – an internet site for planning, paying and applying for college.
Georgia Department of Labor, a state web site for obtaining local labor market information
Bureau of Statistics, a national web site with current labor market statistics
Career Voyages - national web site for emerging industries and high demand occupations
Occupation Supply and Demand - a career web site with information regarding high-wage, high-demand and high-skilled occupations in Georgia.
GaCollege411 Career Self Assessment - the Career Keys assessment to help identify careers that fit students’ interests.

Georgia Connections
Teacher As Advisor web site
Crosswalk Georgia 11 Concentrations to Federal 16 Clusters
Program Concentration Fact sheets
PeachState Pathways Occupational Charts
Ga Jobs and Growth Projections

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
TAA oneday workshop
TAA and Non-Traditional Elluminate webinar sessions 2009-2010
Spring 2010 Workshop-TAA Presentation
Spring 2010 Workshop- Supporting Counselors
Spring 2010 Workshop- Dual Enrollment and MOWR

Career Organzations
Georgia School Counselors Association
American School Counselors Association
National Career Development Association