A two-day professional development workshop was held at the SHEPC Learning Center on August 7 through August 8 , 2014. Funded through a U.S. Department of Labor Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) grant, workshop speakers presented information on the following topics:
- Career Coaches: Taking Advantage of Different Approaches
- Introduction to Strength-based Coaching/Positive Psychology Coaching/Contemplative Career Coaching
- Helping Skills
- Career Coaches: The Lynchpin for Students in Transition
- Career Transitions - Walking through the Natural Cycle of Change
- Career Transitions - Walking through the Quadrants and Exploring the Psychological Barriers and Obstacles
- Career Transitions - Accessing Motivation in Your Client and Goal Setting
- Career Coach Roles and Responsibilities - Brainstorming session
- Exploring the CHEO Allied Health Hub
Career coaches from the following institutions were invited to attend the workshop:
Flathead Valley Community College
Great Falls College Montana State University
Kodiak College University of Alaska Anchorage
Lake Area Technical Institute
Laramie County Community College
Otero Junior College
Pueblo Community College
Red Rocks Community College
The workshop objectives for the primary audience (CHEO Career Coaches) were to:
- Take away additional approaches that could be used to enhance their daily interactions with students.
- Learn how the career hub could serve as a solution to challenges they face in meeting grant requirements.
- Understand how the career hub could support their work in developing internships.
See Final Program for more detailed information.
See Linda Faucheux PowerPoint Presentation.
For more information, contact Sue Schmidt, NANSLO/CHEO project coordinator, WICHE, at sschmidt@wiche.edu.
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