11/30/2016
Happy National Career Development Month!
Enter the 51st Annual Poetry & Poster Contest!
In November, the National Career Development Association (NCDA) celebrates National Career Development Month. This month, week and day celebrations are designed to highlight the importance of life-long career development and the personal empowerment of all people. Events and activities planned by national, state, and local organizations may help examine lives, careers, and alternatives available to increase everyone's personal success and happiness.
In conjunction with this annual celebration, NCDA sponsors an annual Poetry and Poster Contest. This year, the theme is "The Joy of Work: Positive Approaches to Work, Career & Life!" Click here to download the rules for the 51st Annual Poetry Poster Contest.
The 2017 NCD Month Poetry and Poster Contest invites participants to compete in one of six divisions:
- Primary: Grades K – 2,
- Intermediate: Grades 3 – 5,
- Middle: Grades 6 – 8,
- Senior: Grades 9 – 12,
- Adult: Student 18 and older enrolled in school,
- Open: Adult 18 and older not enrolled in school (student teachers, parents, and other professionals). NCDA encourages all its members to enter!
The winning entries for each division will be recognized and displayed on the NCDA website, www.ncda.org, beginning in April, 2017, as well as at the annual NCDA Global Career Development Conference to be held in Orlando, FL, June 30-July 2, 2017. National winners will also receive from the National Career Development Association, a special certificate and a congratulatory gift.
Also, state career development associations may be planning their own celebrations. Visit their websites by seeing the links on the NCDA State Divisions page. State leaders are encouraged to invite a representative to join the NCD Month Committee -- contact the NCD Month Committee Chair, Leann Morgan at NCDmonth@ncda.org
If your organization is celebrating NCD Month, share the details with us in the Comments area below. Be sure to also share on Twitter at #ncdmonth.
Happy National Career Development Month!
