| Member Survey |
 The Career Development Association of Australia is currently reviewing benefits and services available to Members with the aim of ensuring that it continues to meet your needs. We are also preparing a strategic plan that will guide our association from now until the full implementation of the new professional standards at the beginning of 2012.
It is an important time for our profession and our Association has an important role to play in helping Members through this period, remain relevant to you as Career Development Professionals and to provide real benefit to your work and businesses.
To assist in these tasks we are asking Members to take some time to complete an online survey.
The survey is divided into four short parts, the first relates to general information about you and your membership category. The remaining parts focus on the three areas of, membership benefits, communications, and professional development. Specifically clarification and your input is sought on important matters such as member professional learning, professional indemnity insurance, publications, and membership benefits.
Your responses will help to define the focus and direction of the CDAA. I strongly encourage you to be involved to ensure your voice is heard by completing the confidential online survey. I look forward to receiving your feedback.
The survey can be accessed through the following link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=lwHGJrAvKA8sX_2bKEViZ0Vg_3d_3d
Dr Peter Carey
National President
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| National Career Development Association 2009 Conference |
In July 2008, the US National Career Development Association hosted the symposium entitled
Strategic Leadership for Career Development in Public Policy, Identifying Challenges, Creating
Solutions and Implementing Strategies.
Leaders in career development in the United States joined policy makers, international experts,
career practitioners and researchers in Washington DC, to focus on ways to advance the design and
implementation of public policy initiatives in career development. Many of the themes and
strategies contained in the papers that follow are highly relevant to both Australian
and international career development contexts.
List of papers:
- Strategic Leadership for Career Development in Public Polices: Background
- List of Panelists
- An Overview of Career Development and Public Policy: International Centre Viewpoint
Dr John McCarthy, International Centre for Career Development and Public Policy
- The European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network: Possible Implications for North America
Raimo Vuorinen, Ph.D. Coordinator of the ELGPN, Institute for Educational Research,
University of Jyväskylä, Finland
- International Symposia on Career Development and Public Policy: Major Findings from
IS2007 held in Scotland
Liz Galashan, Director, Skills Development Scotland
- Lessons Learned from National Reviews: Implications for the United States
A.G. Watts, UK
- Finding our Voice and Making it Heard
By Lester Oakes, Chief Executive Career Services
- Fourth International Symposium on Career Development and Public Policy
22 – 25 October 2007, Aviemore, Scotland
- Fourth International Symposium on Career Development and Public Policy
Theme Syntheses
Access the papers on the CDAA website at:
NCDA_Conference_2008.pdf
These papers have been made available by the Career Development Association of Australia Inc.
with the permission of the National Career Development Association
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| CDAA Member Access to Scootle |
The Learning Federation has developed a new, robust search interface (Scootle) which allows users to search, view and sequence digital content.
You will be able to:
- Easily find and download interactive learning objects, images, audio files and movie clips
- Use sophisticated browse, search and filter technology
- Create personal lists of resources for quick access
- Find content to develop sequences for students to question, investigate, analyses, synthesis, solve problems, make decisions and reflect on their learning
Scootle has the capability to accommodate one million concurrent users. It will allow you to quickly and efficiently locate resources.
You can find many Career Development Learning Resources for student to use in Schools. Type Careers or Career Development in the Search option.
Further instructions on accessing Scootle are available in the Members Section of the CDAA website at www.cdaa.org.au/resources#scootle. To access this page you will need to be logged into the CDAA website (remember your username is you email address and your password is your membership number).
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Reforms to Australian Employment Services |
On the 1st September the Commonwealth Minister for Employment Participation, Hon. Brendan O'Connor, outlined reforms to employment services in Australia. Speaking in Parliament the Minister announced that DEEWR would be opening tenders to deliver reformed employment services from 1 July 2009.
"These new services are the result of extensive consultations with job seekers, employers, peak welfare and community organisations and employment service providers," said the Minister.
"Under the new employment services, each job seeker will be placed by Centrelink into one of four streams, where they will receive a level of assistance commensurate with their level of disadvantage, and tailored to their individual needs. Importantly they will be able to receive assistance at a time better suited to their needs, not after some pre-ordained fixed period," said the Minister.
The full speech can be read here.
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| CS&H Industry Skills Council Conference |
Community Services and Health Industry Skills Council (CS&H ISC) -
Conference:
Making a Difference…The Education Revolution – It’s Happening! 15th - 16th October 2008
Further information: www.cshisc.com.au/conference/
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