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 2011
National Career Development Month

2011 Theme: My Career Dreams

Nov. 14-18, 2011 National Career Development Week
Nov. 16, 2011 National Career Development Day

For complete Poetry and Poster Contest Rules, see the National Career Development Month 2011 Brochure


Please Click Here to view the
2010 Winning Entries
"Celebrating My career dreams"

 



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 - JOYCE DONAHUE

CALIFORNIA JUDI GARCIA

COLORADO - LIN SHERMAN

FLORIDA LEVETTE S DAMES

GEORGIA - CHARLOTTE HAYES or BETSY JOHNSON

IDAHO - JENNIFER ROSS

ILLINOIS - JULIA YANG

LOUISIANA- KRYSTAL HARDISON

MAINE-  DEBORAH WALSH

MARYLAND- LAKEISHA MATHEWS

MASSACHUSETTS - RICHARD MADDEN

MICHIGAN - MARY ENGELHARDT

MINNESOTA- BRIDGED KENADJIAN

MISSOURIMELODY KRUZIC

MONTANA- DONETTA MCDOWELL

NEW JERSEY- Send entries directly to NCDA Headquarters.

NEW MEXICO- MIKELYNN.ROMERO

NEW YORK- ABIOLA DIPEOLU

NORTH CAROLINA - CAROLYN HICKS and TERESA RAY

OHIO- CHRISTINA GOLDEN

OREGON- ANGELA DOTY 

RHODE ISLAND- HEIDI CARLA

SOUTH CAROLINA - STACEY WESTBERRY

SOUTH DAKOTA- CHRIS BRIDDICK

TEXAS- R.J. DAVIS 

VIRGINIA-
  MICHELLE SEIBERT

WASHINGTON- BILL GREGORY

WEST VIRGINIA- JOHN WILGEROTH

WISCONSIN - JOHN PRITCHETT

WYOMING - WESLEY BERTAGNOLE 

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 2011 Contest Poster pdf 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.