SPOTLIGHT on:
Summer Institute--Save the Date
Enhancing Career Development Competencies
July 23-24, 2012
4 half-day Professional Development Workshops (register to attend 1, 2, 3, or all of them).
New Elementary Website
WISCareers (Wisconsin)
CareerLocker (National)
WISCareers and CareerLocker Elementary is a complete online resource that allows 4-6 graders to begin their journey in self-exploration and career exploration. Most important, in this game-like learning environment, elementary students begin developing decision making skills they will use throughout their lives.
News and Events (Archive)
Ettinger Wins Distinguished Instructor Award
Judy Ettinger, CEW Sr. Outreach Staff and CDF Instructor/Master Trainer,
has been selected to receive a UCLA Extension Distinguished Instructor
Award for 2012. Ettinger has been teaching career-related courses at
UCLA Extension since 2004 in the online College Counseling program. The
award recognizes her exemplary teaching, professional knowledge and
standing, and outstanding commitment to students.
Mitchell Nathan to direct CEW
Announcing the appointment of Professor Mitchell Nathan as the director of the Center for Education and Work, effective December 1, 2011.
The Center on Education and Work (CEW) is a research, technical assistance, and resource provider within the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Established in 1964, the Center has a rich tradition of assisting educators and career development practitioners with program evaluation, qualitative and quantitative research, professional development training, and career resources.
Through its work, the Center seeks to enhance the quality of career-related learning and outcomes for all youth and adults, including those with disabilities or other factors that challenge performance and success.
Center staff demonstrate expertise in both qualitative and quantitative research encompassing a wide range of designs and ranging from case studies to multi-site empirical research. Areas of focus include career and technical education, school-based enterprises, Advanced Placement, math and science education, and secondary school reform.
Center staff also conduct both small-scale and large-scale multi-site program evaluations. Evaluation designs include Stufflebeam’s CIPP model as well as other approaches appropriate to specific program evaluations. Current and completed large-scale evaluations include the Wisconsin State Improvement Grant, the Advanced Placement Expansion Project, and the Wisconsin Youth Apprenticeship program.
Wisconsin Careers has a 30-year history of providing career development products in the state. Throughout this time, Wisconsin Careers’ purpose has been inherent in its mission statement: To foster lifelong career development, a meaningful work life, and a sound economic future for all Wisconsin residents. Efforts to encourage this process are fueled by the belief that career development is vital for students and adults, which is especially important in this ever-changing world.
The annual Careers Conference is a premier national event in the field of career development and education for work. Designed for educators and practitioners at all educational levels, the Careers Conference presents learning opportunities that range from an introduction to career development theory to the very latest in advanced practices.
The Center provides quality professional development experiences through annual summer workshops and project-related seminars in a number of areas related to career development and education for work. The Center is also an authorized provider for the Global Career Development Facilitator and Global Career Development Instructor programs.