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Career Development Courses, Programs, & Services in California Community Colleges

Career Development Courses, Programs, & Services in California Community Colleges. A report based on the 2009 California Community College Career Center Survey. Uses of this Report.

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Career Development Courses, Programs, & Services in California Community Colleges

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  1. Career Development Courses, Programs, & Services in California Community Colleges A report based on the 2009 California Community College Career Center Survey

  2. Uses of this Report • Answering questions about how others are organizing, implementing, funding, or staffing their programs and complying with Education Code, Title 5, or WASC regulations • Recent Listserv posted questions: • Qualifications of the CWE Coordinator/Director? (CIWEA, 5/10/10) • SLO’s developed for cooperative work experience education courses? (CWE@calplacement.org, 4/6/10) • SLO’s for Career Planning courses? (Chancellor’s Office Career Development Advisory Committee members, 11/24/09) • Models or resources for incorporating SLO's into Student Employment? (cpamembers@calplacement.org, 11/12/09) • Preparing hiring or funding requests, program reviews, etc.

  3. Your Questions Answered • How many career centers are funded by their districts? • Are career counselors employed in career centers? In counseling departments? What’s the difference? • Which career development courses are offered? • Which assessments are being used? Which Web sites/subscriptions are most valued? By whom? • How are colleges posting employment opportunities? Which Web-based database(s) are they using? • Are job fairs still viable? Are fees being charged? • Do you have a sample SLO for …?

  4. It’s a Buffet • The report is meant to be a buffet rather than a five-course meal • Pick and choose only what interests you • Sample your favorites, leave the rest for others • Use the Table of Contents, List of Tables, List of Figures, and Bookmarks as guides

  5. A Grain of Salt • Consider the context of the information you’re citing • Only information relative to Career Centers is provided in the Career Center section • Only information relative to Career Development Courses is provided in the Career Development Courses Section • Only information relative to experiential education is provided in the CWEE and Internship sections • Only information relative to Student Employment Services is provided in the Student Employment Services section • Thus Career Centers providing one or more of these services should consider and perhaps consolidate the information provided in each relevant section

  6. More Salt • Researcher vs. Curious Practitioner • Snapshot Data • Severely constrained community college budgets (e.g.: categorical funds, matriculation) • From personal networking to social media • Facebook, Twitter, Linked In … • What else has changed/emerged/evolved since spring 2009?

  7. The Survey • 110 community college contacts • 82 community colleges responded • 6 surveys • Career Center Survey • Career Development Course Survey • Cooperative Work Experience Education Survey • Internship Survey • Student Employment Services Survey • Opinions Survey

  8. Services Provided Career Centers (97%) Career Development Courses (96%) Cooperative Work Experience Education (77%) Internships (54%) Student Employment Services (90%)

  9. Counseling Based Coordinated by Faculty Student Employment Based Coordinated by Classified Staff or Administrators Comprehensive Coordinated by either faculty or staff or both Offer Career Development Courses 53% Offer Student Employment Services 52% Offer Career Development Courses & Student Employment Services 5% (6 Respondents) Career Centers

  10. Career Center Directors • Permanent: 70% • Faculty: 42% • Classified: 37% • Administrators: 22% • Rotate on a Regular Basis: 7% • Faculty: 100% • No Center Directors: 13%

  11. Career Counselors • In Career Centers: 49% • In Counseling Departments: 46% • Full-time: 48% • Mean number of FT career counselors: 1.28 • Part-time: 51% • Mean hours of PT career counselors: 15.69 hrs/wk

  12. Career Center Status • Organizationally • Independent: 29% • Career/Transfer Centers: 35% • In Counseling Departments: 18% • Financially • Allocated budget & assigned personnel: 40% • Budget and personnel are co-mingled: 22% • Counseling Departments: 87% • Career/Transfer Centers: 73% • Assigned personnel, no district funds: 16% • District funds, no assigned personnel: 6%

  13. Offered regularly in Career Center Counseling (82%) Assessments (79%) Career/Major Fairs (79%) Job Postings (46%) Resume Assistance (27%) Internships (11%) CWEE (8%) Offered in a different office/department Counseling (16%) Assessments (10%) Career/Major Fairs (10%) Job Postings (22%) Resume Assistance (18%) Internships (33%) CWEE (49%) Career Services Offered

  14. Intervention Assessed Career Development Courses (38%) Workshops (31%) Career Counseling (30%) Assessment Instruments (29%) Work-based Learning Courses (94%) Student Employment Services (88%) Assessment Tool Satisfaction Survey (74%) Observation (34%) Pre-test/Post-test (26%) Rubric (21%) Written Test/Quiz (21%) Employer Evaluations (WBL only: 69%) Learning Objectives (WBL only: 63%) Student Learning Outcomes

  15. Data Collected • Students Served (91%) • Classroom Presentations (78%) • Career Center-sponsored Events (70%) • Students at Presentations/Events (67%) • Students Served by Service Provided (67%) • Job Postings (67%)

  16. Data Cited • NACE (61%) • National Association of Colleges & Employers • NCDA (43%) • National Career Development Association • FSU (23%) • Florida State University’s Center for the Study of Technology in Counseling and Career Development

  17. What’s Needed • Additional Support Staff (80%) • Additional Career Counselors (74%) • Job/Worksite Development Resources (58%) • More Local/Regional Meetings (58%) • Professional Development Opportunities for General and Specialist Counselors (54%) • More Career Development Resources (51%)

  18. What Can You Do? • Collect local/district data supporting the need for/impact of career development services • Comparative Data • Degree completion time of students having received a career development intervention vs. students in the general population • Retention data for students having received a career intervention vs. those in the general population • Persistence data for students having received a career intervention vs. those in the general population • Longitudinal Data • Transfer institution satisfaction data for students having received a career development intervention • Career satisfaction data for students having received a career development intervention

  19. Who Can Help? • Regional and Local Career Development Colleagues • At community colleges in your city, in your county, in your region, in your state – we’re all online; look us up: www.cccco.edu • Chancellor’s Office Career Development Advisory Committee Members • Check the web; contact one of us: www.cccareers.org • National Organizations • NACE: www.naceweb.org • NCDA: www.ncda.org

  20. The Complete Report • For a complete copy of the report • Career Development Courses, Programs, and Services in California Community Colleges: A Report Based on the Results of the Spring 2009 California Community College Career Center Survey, go to www.miracosta.edu/careers and click on the “News and Events” link

  21. Many Thanks • To MiraCosta College’s President/Superintendent, Trustees, and fabulous Career Center Team for providing allowing me to take a sabbatical leave • To the Chancellor’s Office Career Development Advisory Committee and the Region 10 Career Center Directors for all their insightful input and feedback • To each of 82 respondents who took more than the projected 30 minutes to complete this important survey; this data would not be possible without you. Most sincerely, Donna Davis: ddavis@miracosta.edu

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