Career Navigation
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.
Agendas, Materials and Resources
*(modified from original 2019 NACE standards workbook; includes modified NACE standards questions and rubric)
Goals
- Focus on equity, to include processes, services, and offerings
- Provide a career services experience that gives ALL students myriad opportunities for career awareness and exploration throughout their student journey
- Embedded work-based learning processes into the community college student experience
- Successful implementation of colleges’ unique Career Services Strategic Plans over two years with support and technical assistance from the Regional Consortium
2024-25 Projects and Strategies
- Development and implementation 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
Career Navigation CoP Leads
Claudia Estrada-Howell
Dean, School of Business, Technical Careers, and Workforce Initiatives, San Diego Miramar College
George Dowden
Dean, Career and Technical Education, Cuyamaca College
Kevin McMackin
Director of Strategic Partnerships, Region