SIEC Career Advising Certification- Cohort 4
Become certified! Help students discover who they are and where they're going, with tools that move beyond checklists. Join cohort 4 & build purpose-driven systems that align with Indiana’s Grad Pathways and student interest. Includes 5 professional learning days in 2026-27.
Time & Location
Sep 29, 2026, 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM
Jasper, 1102 Tree Ln Dr, Jasper, IN 47546, USA
About the event
SIEC K-12 Career Advising Certification, Cohort 4 Dates:
September 29, 2026; September 30, 2026; November 20, 2026; January 28, 2027; March 31, 2027
Overview
Career advising today must go beyond lists of options, pathway checklists, and one-time conversations. Students need meaningful opportunities to understand who they are, discover what they are interested in, connect school to life, and build confidence in their next steps.
SIEC’s K–12 Career Advising Certification equips educators with practical tools to make career-connected learning part of the everyday school experience. This certification is designed for classroom teachers, school counselors, career coaches, administrators, work-based learning staff, and school leaders who want to help students explore identity, purpose, interests, strengths, values, durable skills, and future possibilities.
Grounded in the RIASEC framework, also known as Holland Codes, participants will learn how to use a common language for interest-based advising and classroom career conversations. The focus is not on pushing students to choose one career. The focus is helping students develop direction, self-awareness, confidence, and the ability to make sense of their options over time.
Throughout the cohort, participants will explore how career-connected learning can be embedded across grade levels and content areas. Classroom teachers will leave with simple, practical strategies to connect academic standards, classroom projects, student reflection, and real-world pathways. School counselors and career leaders will strengthen systems for advising, student portfolios, Graduation Pathways, readiness seals, work-based learning, and Indiana’s diploma redesign.
This year-long cohort includes five in-person training events, implementation support, and access to a collaborative community of educators committed to meaningful, student-centered career development across K–12.
Skills & Competencies
Participants will:
Develop a deeper understanding of transformational career advising focused on student identity, purpose, reflection, and growth.
Use the RIASEC framework to help students explore interests, strengths, values, career pathways, and learning experiences.
Lead career conversations that help students answer: Who am I? What are my options? How am I growing? Where am I heading?
Embed career-connected learning into everyday instruction through bell work, reflection prompts, classroom discussion, projects, and content-area connections.
Help students document growth through portfolios, durable skills evidence, career reflections, and meaningful student artifacts.
Support students in developing vocational identity, hope, confidence, and a stronger sense of direction.
Connect classroom learning to Indiana’s diploma redesign, Graduation Pathways, readiness seals, career coaching expectations, and work-based learning opportunities.
Build classroom, school, or district capacity for career-connected learning across grade levels and departments.
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:
Classroom teachers who want students to see the relevance of what they are learning.
School counselors supporting Graduation Pathways, student planning, and postsecondary readiness.
Career coaches and navigators helping students explore interests, pathways, and next steps.
Work-based learning specialists supporting career awareness, exploration, preparation, and experiences.
Administrators leading schoolwide advising systems, diploma readiness, or career-connected learning.
Instructional coaches, pathway teachers, and CTE educators supporting student reflection, durable skills, and real-world learning.
Elementary, middle school, and high school educators who want a stronger K–12 approach to career development.
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 (includes 5 in person professional learning days throughout the 2026-27 school year)
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.
*All participants should bring a laptop to use during the session.
LOCATION: 1102 Tree Lane Drive, Jasper, IN 47546