Career Navigation
Leads
- Claudia Estrada-Howell, Dean, School of Business, Technical Careers, and Workforce Initiatives, San Diego Miramar College
- George Dowden, Dean of Career and Technical Education, Cuyamaca College
- Kevin McMackin, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Region
Purpose
- To support colleges to provide differentiated and inclusive practices that aim to facilitate students’ onboarding and career decision-making and to enrich students’ learning with career and WBL, as well as job opportunities and activities.
Goals
- Focus on equity, to include processes, services (including remote), and offerings
- A career services experience that gives all students, especially populations of DI students, myriad opportunities for career awareness and career exploration throughout their student journey
- Increased participation of students in WBL
- Embedded career navigation processes into all community college coursework
- Successful implementation of colleges’ unique Career Services Strategic Plans over three years with support and technical assistance from the Regional Consortium
Outcomes
- Development of college strategic plans for career services
- Improved work-based learning and job placement functions at each college
- Establishment of goals and processes for career services, with equity as a priority
- Professional development to expand and or improve services offered
Workgroup Materials and Resources
- Career Navigation RFA
- Career Navigation NACE Standards Self-Assessment Tool – “Sandbox” (modified from original 2019 NACE standards workbook; includes modified NACE standards questions and rubric) PDF 74 pages
- Career Services Strategic Plan template