Week 6 Assignment: Career Development Program Plan

Your site supervisor at RCCC wants your help to secure agency funding for a career development program to serve your clients and community. You will design a career development program plan to be reviewed by the administration at the RCCC for funding consideration.

In this assignment, you will identify a diverse population for whom you need to design a career development program.

The following are examples of populations that may be used:

• Specific racial minorities or ethnic groups.
• Individuals from specific religious affiliations.
• Different generations in the workforce.
• Veterans or military families.
• People with a particular disability or mental disorder.
• LGBTQI+ individuals.
• People who were previously incarcerated.
• At-risk youth.
• International refugees/asylees.
• People with limited English proficiency.

Be creative and explore a population about which you know little and/or want to learn more. Your population can be situated in a hypothetical agency, school, or counseling center.

Using the , address the following:

• Define the diverse population, its characteristics, and its needs related to career development (one page).
• Career Development Program Planning (one page).
• Program goal: What is the overarching goal of your program?
• Objectives: Write three measurable objectives to meet the needs of your population.
• Address how the program will be delivered (face-to-face or online/group or individual/frequency [how many sessions] and duration [number of days/weeks/etc.] of program).
• Define personnel and budget needs.
• Describe how you will promote the career program to target relevant participants.
• Career Development Program Implementation (12 pages).
• Detail the timeline for your program, session topics, and specific strategies/activities.
• Use the table in the provided template to ensure all aspects of program implementation are met.
• Career Development Program Evaluation (0.5 page).
• How will you measure the effectiveness of your career development program?
• Process-oriented data: Include an objective assessment that clients would take to measure progress towards your identified objectives. Utilize information from Week 4 on Assessment. (School counseling learners – ASCA refers to this as perception data.)
• Outcome data: Include how you will measure results on a larger, long-term scale.

Assignment Requirements

Your paper should meet the following requirements:

• Written communication: Written communication is free of grammar, spelling, and format errors that detract from the overall message.
• APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting guidelines. You may reference the Capella Writing Center:
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• Length of paper: 45 typed, double-spaced pages of content, in addition to the references page.
• About one page for defining your chosen diverse population.
• About one page for program planning.
• About one to two pages for program implementation.
• About half a page for program evaluation.
• References: A minimum of three scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles.
• Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and rubric criteria:

• Competency 2: Describe the use of assessment in evidence-based career counseling interventions.
• Develops an evaluation plan that includes process-oriented data and outcome data.
• Competency 3: Analyze legal, ethical, and multicultural issues related to the career development process.
• Discusses an issue or challenge in the career development of a diverse population.
• Competency 4: Develop career plans for diverse clients that align with your professional counseling specialization.
• Discusses aspects of career program planning, including program goal, program objectives, program delivery, personnel/budget needs, and program promotion.
• Designs a career program implementation guide, including timeline, session topics, and career strategies/activities.
• Competency 5: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, respectful of the diversity, dignity, and integrity of others and consistent with the codes of ethics guiding members of the counseling profession.
• Conveys purpose, in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to organizational, professional, and scholarly writing standards.