SIEC Career Advising Certification- Cohort 3

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 build sustainable systems that connect career readiness to identity, strengthen Graduation Pathways, and align with Indiana’s new diploma requirements. This certification includes 4 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 how advising systems function across a school or district. Ideal participants include:

• School counselors working directly with students on Graduation Pathways and postsecondary planning

• Career coaches and navigators supporting career exploration and pathway development

• JAG instructors or staff leading student support and workforce readiness initiatives

• Administrators overseeing career-connected learning, Graduation Pathways, or student advising systems

• Leaders of work-based learning or college and career readiness initiatives within middle and high schools

• Educators serving as advising leads, pathway coordinators, or instructional coaches supporting implementation

Dates:

September 16, 2025

September 17, 2025

November 13, 2025

January 29, 2026

April 8, 2026

FEES: Registration fee is $675 per person.

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

1. Career Education is a Part of Everyday Instruction

2. Career Conversations are Ongoing

3. Families and Community Partners Participate in Career-Connected Learning

4. Career-connected learning Engages A Wide Range of Community Partners

5. 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