Define the diverse population, its characteristics, and its needs related to career development (one page).

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CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM PLAN

Your site supervisor at RCCC wants your help to secure agency funding for a career development program to serve your clients and community. You will design a career development program plan to be reviewed by the administration at the RCCC for funding consideration.

In this assignment, you will identify a diverse population for whom you need to design a career development program.

The following are examples of populations that may be used:

• Specific racial minorities or ethnic groups.
• Individuals from specific religious affiliations.
• Different generations in the workforce.
• Veterans or military families.
• People with a particular disability or mental disorder.
• LGBTQI+ individuals.
• People who were previously incarcerated.
• At-risk youth.
• International refugees/asylees.
• People with limited English proficiency.

Be creative and explore a population about which you know little and/or want to learn more. Your population can be situated in a hypothetical agency, school, or counseling center.

Using the Career Development Program Plan Template [DOCX], address the following:

• Define the diverse population, its characteristics, and its needs related to career development (one page).
• Career Development Program Planning (one page).
  • Program goal: What is the overarching goal of your program?
  • Objectives: Write three measurable objectives to meet the needs of your population.
  • Address how the program will be delivered (face-to-face or online/group or individual/frequency [how many sessions] and duration [number of days/weeks/etc.] of program).
  • Define personnel and budget needs.
  • Describe how you will promote the career program to target relevant participants.
• Career Development Program Implementation (1–2 pages).
  • Detail the timeline for your program, session topics, and specific strategies/activities.
  • Use the table in the provided template to ensure all aspects of program implementation are met.
• Career Development Program Evaluation (0.5 page).
  • How will you measure the effectiveness of your career development program?
    • Process-oriented data: Include an objective assessment that clients would take to measure progress towards your identified objectives. Utilize information from Week 4 on Assessment. (School counseling learners – ASCA refers to this as perception data.)
    • Outcome data: Include how you will measure results on a larger, long-term scale.

ASSIGNMENT REQUIREMENTS

Your paper should meet the following requirements:

• Written communication: Written communication is free of grammar, spelling, and format errors that detract from the overall message.
• APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting guidelines. You may reference the Capella Writing Center: Evidence and APA.
• Length of paper: 4–5 typed, double-spaced pages of content, in addition to the references page.
  • About one page for defining your chosen diverse population.
  • About one page for program planning.
  • About one to two pages for program implementation.
  • About half a page for program evaluation.
• References: A minimum of three scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles.
• Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
• Originality: Use the SafeAssign Draft option to check your writing and ensure that you have paraphrased, quoted, and cited your sources appropriately. Run a SafeAssign report, saving your paper as a draft. Based on your SafeAssign results, make any necessary changes to your paper before submitting your assignment.
  

  COMPETENCIES MEASURED

  By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:

  • Competency 2: Describe the use of assessment in evidence-based career counseling interventions.
    • Develops an evaluation plan that includes process-oriented data and outcome data.
  • Competency 3: Analyze legal, ethical, and multicultural issues related to the career development process.
    • Discusses an issue or challenge in the career development of a diverse population.
  • Competency 4: Develop career plans for diverse clients that align with your professional counseling specialization.
    • Discusses aspects of career program planning, including program goal, program objectives, program delivery, personnel/budget needs, and program promotion.
    • Designs a career program implementation guide, including timeline, session topics, and career strategies/activities.
  • Competency 5: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, respectful of the diversity, dignity, and integrity of others and consistent with the codes of ethics guiding members of the counseling profession.
    • Conveys purpose, in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to organizational, professional, and scholarly writing standards.