National Career Development Month
NCDA promotes career development through its annual celebration of National Career Development Month. Every November, career development professionals are encouraged to celebrate with career related activities. In particular, NCDA sponsors an annual Poetry and Poster Contest.
November 2010 National Career Development Month
November 15-19, National Career Development Week
November 17, National Career Development Day
2010-2011 Poetry and Poster Contest Theme:
"Celebrating My Career Dreams"
For complete Poetry and Poster Contest Rules, see the National Career Development Month brochure.
Contest Winners are posted on the NCDA website and showcased at the annual NCDA conference in July.
National Chair for NCD Month -Frank Coulson ncdacontest@ncda.org cell # 956-459-2435
Listed below are the NCD Month State Contacts:
Each NCD Month entry must go through a state contest! If your state contact is not listed or your state is not participating in NCD Month, please contact NCDA Headquarters or e-mail the national chair for further instructions.
ALABAMA - LYNN BOYD
ARIZONA-MARY DOUGLAS ZUNK
CALIFORNIA - NANCY MILLER
FLORIDA-DEBBIE OSBORN
ILLINOIS - JULIA YANG
LOUISIANA- KRYSTAL HARDISON
MAINE- MERLE DAVIS
MARYLAND- LAKEISHA MATHEWS
MINNESOTA- BRIDGED KENADJIAN
MISSOURI - PAT HURLEY
MONTANA- SHAUNDA HILDEBRAND
NEW JERSEY- Send entries directly to NCDA Headquarters.
NEW MEXICO- TANYA CAMPOS
NEW YORK- JENNIFER KELLINGTON
NORTH CAROLINA - TERESA RAY and CAROLYN HICKS
OHIO- AMY ANSPACH
OREGON- ANGELA DOTY
PENNSYLVANIA- TRISTIANA HARVEY
RHODE ISLAND- ELLEN WEAVER PAQUETTE
SOUTH CAROLINA - DAVID WALKER
SOUTH DAKOTA- CHRIS BRIDDICK
TEXAS- R.J. DAVIS
VIRGINIA- MICHELE SEIBERT
WASHINGTON- TERRY PILE
WEST VIRGINIA- JOHN WILGEROTH
WISCONSIN- KATHY EIDSMOE or keidsmoe@cesa1.k12.wi.us
WYOMING- CONTACT: BECKY GURTLER
Poster Contest Winning Entries
NCD Month Resources
- Contact Debbie Gann (dgann@ncda.org) at NCDA Headquarters to request contest brochures.
- Looking for a Poster to advertise this great month? Save this 2010 NCDA Month Poster file & send on to your local copy shop to print the size you need.
- Creative Ways to Celebrate- a list of ideas submitted by those who have celebrated in previous years
- NCD Month K-12 Activities - Provided by Liz Jones - Kent Intermediate School District
- Click Here to read from NCD Month Celebration of Work. In the presidential year of Jane Goodman, 2006 Eminent Career Award Winner, many NCDA members, such as LeeAnn Bernier-Clarke (Editor), Pat Wickwire, Judith Ettinger, Victoria Wildermuth and priceless others, collaborated to create one of the most remarkable NCD Month Activity Books available. This is a work in progress, and NCDA is striving to provide you with the best resources available.
