8th ANNUAL WCDA
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE
"Today’s Career Competencies
for Practitioners & Clients"
May 19th, 2023
IN PERSON, CWU Campus, Ellensburg, WA
Asynchronous Virtual option pending*
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8:00 am-4:05 pm
Join the Washington Career Development Association in this in person event featuring industry-leading professional speakers, interactive discussion, and professional networking. This PDI, our first in-person in three years, combines new and updated career development topics with the latest trends in Washington State and our region.
Registration includes coffee, tea, continental breakfast and a delicious hot lunch (Italian dishes incl. vegetarian option, dessert), and afternoon cookies. No cold sandwich bar for us. ;)
4.15 NCDA CE units application pending; 8 K12 Clock Hours Approved; Sign up onsite
Student scholarships are available (see below).
Today’s Career Competencies for Practitioners and Clients
No matter where you work in Pacific Northwest career development, you want to stay on top of today’s core career competencies. These competencies, defined a little differently in K12, Higher Education, Business and Industry, and Workforce Development, share two common goals:
- Success in a continuously changing workplace, and
- Acquisition of lifelong career management skills.
* We hope to record all sessions except Roundtables and make them available after the conference for an affordable fee. Sign up to be notified when we know more.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr. Bill Provaznik, Director, CWU Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, professor of entrepreneurship and strategic management. He is a popular speaker and teacher @CWU, known for his engaging and interactive approach.
“Thriving in Chaos:
Strategists' approach for a winning career in times of accelerating change
Businesses, governments, and individuals are sharing increasing concern over the accelerating technological, social, and political change. How does one make five/ten-year plans in an environment where it is impossible to predict the future six months ahead? Conventional planning is becoming more difficult, and increasingly overlooks new opportunities, and underestimates new threats.
Using frameworks from the field of strategy, we will build effective approaches to leverage uncertainty as a source of opportunity through combining principles from strategy, psychology, and sociology research.
Breakout Sessions and Speakers
Combating Ableism: Simple Ways to Improve Workplace Accessibility and Inclusivity
Aimee Elber, Regional Transition Consultant, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Department of Social and Health Services.
This session will focus on Ableism within the context of the workplace. The conversation will highlight both visible and invisible disabilities, with discussion on simple ways to minimize Ableism at work, building awareness about Ableism and offering best practices for supporting staff and colleagues with disabilities. Participants will engage in interactive discussions - learning about the Medical vs. Social/Human Rights models of disability, the various forms of Ableism and how they may apply in the workplace, Ableist stereotypes, and guidelines for reducing Ableism.
Strengthening Career Well-Being in Accelerating Change from AI, Automation
Juliet Jones-Vlasceanu, GCDF, J.D., CEO, Career Key
We must help our students and clients prepare for accelerating change in the world of work. We want them to not only survive, but thrive. Learn how individuals, with your support, can apply a holistic career well-being framework to career planning in the age of generative artificial intelligence (ChatGPT), automation and industry-wide occupational disruption.
Central Washington and Washington State: A Current Labor Market Analysis
Donald W. Meseck, Regional Labor Economist, Data Architecture, Transformation, and Analytics (DATA) Division, WA State Employment Security
Don will provide a current analysis of the labor markets in Washington State and in the two Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) he serves; the Yakima MSA and the Wenatchee MSA (i.e., Chelan and Douglas counties). In this session, practitioners will also learn ways to identify local labor market data they can use to advise students and clients.
Current Roundtable Topics and hosts, more to come….
K12 Table: High School & Beyond Plan (Legislation re: State-wide vs. District Implementation)
Host: Natalie Powell, College & Career Counselor and Partnership Coordinator, Vancouver Public Schools
AGENDA
8:00 – Registration, Refreshments, Continental Breakfast
8:45 – Welcome/Introductions
9:00-10:15 – KEYNOTE: Dr. Bill Provaznik
10:30-11:45 – ROUNDTABLE Session (25 minute sessions, three rotations) 4-5 topics, multiple constituencies (K12, Higher Ed, Private Practitioners, Workforce Dev).
12:00 - 1:15 - LUNCH and social time, networking
1:15-2:05 – BREAKOUT Session ROUND 1 (2 rounds of 3 50-minute sessions)
2:20-3:10 PM – BREAKOUT Session ROUND 2
3:25--3:35 PM – Final comments and adjourn
3:35-4:05 PM – Coffee, Cookies and WCDA Business Meeting, Cal Crow Award
Accessibility is important to us
The Washington Career Development Association (WCDA) values equity, diversity, and access as it demonstrates our commitment to creating an inclusive community. If you require an accommodation request for this event, please reach out. Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made by May 4, 2023 to Juliet Jones, WCDA Technology and Communications Chair, 206 850-6195, julietjones@careerkey.org.
Event Pricing (unchanged since 2017)
Standard: Member $100.00 | Non-Member $140.00| Member Student $75.00 (*5 scholarships available)
Cancellation deadline May 11.
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*Student Scholarships
The Washington Career Development Association is pleased to offer five scholarships to the 2023 annual WCDA Professional Development Institute. These scholarships cover the cost of the PDI registration and are available to currently enrolled undergraduate and graduate students with a demonstrated interest in career development work.
Scholarship recipients will be responsible for the $15 annual student membership fee (if they are not already members of the WCDA) and must agree to limited volunteer duties including: checking in PDI attendees, providing technical assistance to speakers, or setting up the rooms. Students are responsible for their own travel and accommodations.
Applications are due April 14 and scholarship recipients will be notified by April 18, 2023. Apply now!
