2000 NECA WORKSHOP WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM
Sponsored by
NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT COUNSELING ASSOCIATION
Monday, March 20 and Tuesday, March 21, 2000
U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC
AGENDA
Monday, March 20, 2000
8:00 - 9:00 Registration
8:30 - 9:00 Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 9:30 Welcome to Washington---
Greetings from Katherine Buckovetz, President, NECA
Welcome Address
9:30 - 10:15 What's New with O*Net---
Yvonne Howell,
Director, Occupational Information Coordinating Committee,
D.C. Dept. of Employment Services
10:15 - 10:30 BREAK
10:30 - 11:15 Update on ADA and Employment---
Faith Kirk,
President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities
11:30 - 1:00 Awards Luncheon -- - Guest Speaker,
Phyllis Eisen,
Executive Director,
Center for Workforce Success
1:15 - 2:00 Applying the Critical Thinking Process to the Career Issues of Adult Learners---
Jean Duffy, D.Ed.,
JAD Consulting
2:00 - 2:45 What's New in Assessment---
Professor Robert J. Drummond,
University of North Florida
2:45 - 3:00 BREAK
3:00 - 3:45 Office of the Future---
Karen Blass,
Maryland Information Technology Support Center
3:45 - 4:15 Wrap-up Exercise
7:30 - 11:00pm Champagne Evening Deluxe Motorcoach Tour of Washington DC - $37.50 - Optional Tour not included in registration price.
Tuesday, March 21, 2000
8:00 - 9:00 Registration
8:30 - 9:00 Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 9:45 Welcome from
American Counseling Association
9:45 - 10:30 The Y2K Employment Counselor---
Audrey L. Canaff, Ph.D,
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
10:30 - 10:45 BREAK
10:45 - 11:30 Multigenerational Career Counseling: Traditionalists, Boomers, Busters, Boomlets, et al.---
Dr. Claudette McCarty, LPC,
Cincinnati State Technical & Community College
11:30 - 1:00 Networking Lunch - Interactive Process ---
Michael Lazarchick, LPC,
Employment Counseling as a Process of Healing
1:00 - 1:45 Career Development Facilitator Training---
Bobbi Floyd,
Trainer/Consultant,
Roger Gantzarow,
Director of Counseling and Testing,
Wisconsin Dept. of Workforce Development
1: 45 - 2:30 The Successful Workshop---
Robin Cook, Ph.D.,
Wichita State University
2:30 - 2:45 BREAK
2:45 - 3:30 The Career Decision Making Process
Rita Freeborough, M.Ed.,
Ocean County Community College
3:30 - 4:15 Respect for Human Potential - Connecting the HEAD, the HAND, the HEART---
Paula Faith Bourne,
Indiana University Human Resources