SIEC Career Advising Certification- Cohort 3
Dates: Sept 16, Sept 17, Nov 13, Jan 29, & April 8 Help students discover who they are and where they're going, with tools that move beyond checklists. Join & build purpose-driven systems that align with Indiana’s Grad Pathways and the RIASEC. ✔️ For school leaders, counselors, & career coaches
Time & Location
Sep 16, 2025, 9:00 AM – 2:30 PM
Jasper, 1102 Tree Ln Dr, Jasper, IN 47546, USA
About the event
Cohort 3 Dates
September 16, 2025
September 17, 2025
November 13, 2025
January 29, 2026
April 8, 2026
Overview
Career advising today must go beyond lists of options. It must be transformational. This certification equips K–12 educators with the tools to guide students in discovering who they are, what they’re interested in, and how to navigate life with purpose.
Through a year-long cohort experience, participants will develop expertise in student-centered career development, helping youth explore and articulate their vocational identity, a process they can use throughout their lives. Grounded in the RIASEC framework (Holland Codes), the certification provides a common language for interest-based advising and practical strategies to embed career conversations into the daily fabric of schools.
Participants will design sustainable systems that connect career readiness from elementary through high school. The goal is to help students name who they are and envision their best possible future, strengthen Graduation Pathways, and align with Indiana’s new diploma requirements.. This certification includes 5 in-person training events, online learning, and access to a collaborative community of practitioners committed to meaningful, equity-focused advising across K–12.
Skills & Competencies
Participants will:
Develop expertise in transformational career advising, focused on student identity, purpose, and reflection—not just checklists or compliance.
Learn to guide students through the RIASEC framework, building a shared language to explore interests, strengths, and career pathways.
Use a dialogic approach to advising—asking powerful, open-ended questions that promote self-awareness and lifelong decision-making.
Help students develop vocational identity and apply it toward Graduation Pathways, diploma seals, and long-term planning.
Collaborate with classroom educators to embed career readiness into everyday instruction through intentional connections and reflection.
Build capacity to lead or scale career-connected learning across grade levels, departments, or districts.
Align school advising systems with Indiana’s Career Coaching & Navigation Framework and broader diploma redesign efforts.
Who It’s For
This certification is designed for school-based leaders who are actively guiding students in their career development journey and influencing advising systems across a school or district. Ideal participants include:
School counselors supporting Graduation Pathways and postsecondary planning
Career coaches and navigators helping students explore and pursue career pathways
Work-based learning specialists and staff leading workforce readiness initiatives in middle and high schools
Administrators overseeing advising systems, Graduation Pathways, or career-connected learning
Educators serving as pathway coordinators, instructional coaches, or advising leads
This certification is especially valuable for educators whose roles are expanding to include career and life readiness as Indiana’s diploma and advising systems evolve.
FEES: Registration fee is $675 per person.
NEW for 2025-26: FREE REGISTRATION TO CLASSROOM TEACHERS!
Effective career readiness initiatives focus on developing personal identity and provide a sense-making process for mapping work-related opportunities. As school districts realign their work to meet expectations for career and life readiness, intentional learning outcomes have been developed for this certification.
Internationally Benchmarked Best Practices
Career Education is a Part of Everyday Instruction
Career Conversations are Ongoing
Families and Community Partners Participate in Career-Connected Learning
Career-connected learning Engages A Wide Range of Community Partners
Students Monitor, Share, and Update Career Plans
SPECIAL NOTES:
*Lunch is included in the registration.
*Participants completing all requirements of the program will receive a digital badge. See below.
*All participants should bring a laptop to use during the session.
LOCATION: 1102 Tree Lane Drive, Jasper, IN 47546