Alberta School Counsellor spring 2020 issue

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Graduate in less than a year at Campbell College.................................. 4 CDAA – Leading the way....................................................................................... 6 Exploring careers in music?

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Graduate in less than a year at Campbell College

Submitted by Campbell College

Are YOU graduating soon? Exploring YOUR options?

Do YOU want to earn a great income without a big investment in time?

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At Campbell College YOU can earn a diploma in a year, and start your career ASAP.

For more than 30 years, Campbell College has been a pioneer in professional office training.

We have already helped thousands of graduates be Job Ready in our Administrative Professional diploma program. More than 90 per cent of our graduates have found employment.

With growing demand for graduates in

other business fields, Campbell College has launched the following diploma programs: • Logistics and Supply-Chain Management • Legal Administrative Assistant • Business Administration Campbell College is known for its personalized small class sizes, essential office skills, and work practicums (where students are placed with targeted employers), matching your career interests and skills.

Start dates are scheduled throughout the year. Our career counsellors will be happy to help you enrol in one of our hands-on business diploma programs.

Employment prospects for our graduates are diverse. Our programs do not limit job skills to one specialty—our goal is to provide you with the well-rounded training to become an asset to any office team in multiple fields of finance, accounting, construction, technology, oil & gas, healthcare, education, government agencies, or non-profit organizations.

You will develop your professionalism by learning how to communicate clearly, collaborate efficiently, and cooperate effectively to become a supportive team member.

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We help you create an outstanding resume, we also coach you to market yourself successfully in an interview. Plus, we provide on-going job-search support after you graduate. We are here for you!

In addition to expanding our campus, we will be offering more programs to accommodate the ever-growing demand from employers for top-quality business

professionals—the essential support system for all successful business teams.

We are passionate about what we do! Are you?

As a private career college, our programs must go through a rigorous licensing process with Alberta Advanced Education, Private Career Colleges branch—which ensures that our programs meet all standards.

To begin your journey, we invite you to contact the college for our program details and start dates. n

Your future is waiting, and your success is our business!

Testimonials Shannie said, “Choosing to go back to school after a two-year hiatus after high school was not something I decided in a snap. I knew for a fact that I didn’t want to work in retail forever, but at the same time, I felt that I would be wasting time and money going to university to get a degree in an area I wasn’t passionate about.”

“My journey through this program was exciting, a lot of work, and a challenge at the same time.”

“I truly want to thank Campbell College for preparing me for the “real world.” They are doing great work and helping people succeed—it was certainly worth going to their Information Session as that day changed my life.”

Vanessa shared, “I heard about Campbell College from church mates who had graduated from the Administrative Professional program and now had great professional administrative jobs.”

“I took a chance, attended an Information Session, and enrolled. Little did I know this choice would change my life forever. My first day felt strange, as I was only 17. The training was excellent, and the instructors worked hard to ensure that we became the best we could be, and they were always there to help. I would like to thank Campbell College for their amazing administrative training and on-going support.”

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CDAA – Leading the way

By Paula Wischoff Yerama, CCDP, Executive Director, Career Development Association of Alberta

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id you know the Canadian Standards and Guidelines for Career Development Practitioners

Guidelines need to be more inclusive of the

Foundation (CCDF), Canadian Council for

diversity of CDPs and the clients they serve.

Career Development (3CD), provincial

Career professionals from across Canada are currently collaborating to set a new

(https://career-dev-guidelines.org/) are

standard for practice in the field. This

almost 20 years old? Formally launched

exercise not only highlights the pride

in early 2001, after extensive consultation

and professionalism of the field but the

with a broad cross-section of career

diversity of service providers delivering

development practitioners across Canada,

these services. In a February 4, 2020

the Standards and Guidelines mapped out

CERIC article entitled “NEVER BEEN

the knowledge and skills required to work

MORE NEEDED: DEVELOPING A NEW

within the career development sector. In

COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK FOR CAREER

the past several years CDPs across Canada

PROFESSIONALS” Kathy McDonald and

have identified the need to update and

Philip Mondor provide an update on

renew the Standards and Guidelines to

the project. The article highlights that

reflect the evolving nature of work and

validation of the new CDP Competency

the diversity of contexts in which career

Framework will take place between January

development services are provided.

and March 2020 and that over the next 16

Specifically, they said the Standards and

months the Canadian Career Development

and territorial partners, and the network of existing certifying bodies and others will work together to create a new PanCanadian Voluntary Certification Program for Career Development Professionals.

One of the hallmarks of the multi-phased process is broad stakeholder review with formal ratification and endorsement by the project’s National Stakeholder Committee. “Ultimately, the designation evolving from this professional certification will be recognized as the pre-eminent credential of CDPs across Canada and their essential role in promoting positive health, social and economic outcomes of individuals, institutions and communities.”

The new CDP Competency Framework will underpin targeted training and professional development, promote clarity of role and

The Career Development Association of Alberta is proud to host the seventh annual

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Alberta Career Development Conference

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World-Class Keynote Speakers | Industry Recognized Exhibitors Multiple Streams of Concurrent Sessions Expert Panel Presentations | Consultation Sessions

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Tuesday & Wednesday, October 27 & 28, 2020 Best Western Premier Calgary Plaza Hotel & Conference Centre info and registration: careerdevelopment.ab.ca/ACDC

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segments of the new CDP Competency Framework, please visit: https://bit.ly/cdpcanada.

This year’s annual Alberta Career Development Conference (ACDC) will feature concurrent sessions and expert

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scope of practice, and promote awareness

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Bringing together 300 career development and related professionals for two full days of learning, laughing, and leading.

panel presentations related to the new CDP Competency Framework and the PanCanadian Voluntary Certification Program for Career Development Professionals. As Alberta’s professional association for career development and related practitioners we are proud to support these national initiatives and to engage the diverse career

development community in quality and

by Dave E. Redekopp and Michael Huston

signing as well. This edited international

leading edge professional development!

available for purchase and signing. The

collection of contemporary and emerging

CDAA is proud to have been involved in the

career development theories and models

2020 marks the 7th anniversary of ACDC.

early work for this book through a series of

aims to inform the practice of career

This year’s conference will be held at the

professional development events offered

development professionals around the

Best Western Premier Calgary Plaza Hotel

throughout Alberta in 2018. This book makes

globe. It is also intended to be used as a

& Conference Centre in Calgary, Alberta

the case that career development practice

text for undergraduate and graduate career

on May 5 and 6, 2020. ACDC 2020: Leading

is a mental health intervention and provides

counselling courses.

the Way will bring together 300 career

skills and strategies to support career

development and related professionals

development practitioners in their work. It

for two full days of learning, laughing, and

explores how practitioners do far more than

leading featuring:

help people prepare for, enter and navigate

• World-class keynote speakers • Multiple streams of concurrent sessions • Industry recognized exhibitors

career pathways – they change people’s lives in ways that improve mental health and overall well-being. The authors also emphasize their focus is mental health, not

• Expert panel presentations

mental illness, and address this distinction in

• Opportunities to connect and reflect

the book.

• and much more!

Over the past several years we have welcomed an increasing number of Guidance Counsellors and Teachers to ACDC. Your participation has added to the richness of discussions and strengthened the foundational understanding of the necessity of early career development interventions.

We know that you are delivering valuable career development services as part of your day to day work with students and that the

Copies of “CAREER THEORIES AND MODELS

quality of services you deliver has an impact

In addition to our exciting conference

AT WORK: IDEAS FOR PRACTICE” by

on students well beyond their school years.

program we are pleased to make

Nancy Arthur, Roberta Neault, and Mary

Interested in joining us? Visit:

“STRENGTHENING MENTAL HEALTH

McMahon will also be available. Both

www.careerdevelopment.ab.ca/ACDC-

THROUGH EFFECTIVE CAREER

Nancy and Roberta will be presenting

2020 for conference details and registration

DEVELOPMENT: A PRACTITIONER’S GUIDE”

at ACDC 2020 and will be available for

information. n

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Exploring careers in music?

Consider Metalworks Institute for your students Submitted by Metalworks Institute

“W

hat do you enjoy doing?

What do you know you want to do? What do

Metalworks Institute’s diploma programs

skills to communicate, solve problems,

parallel these growing and shifting

and to work both independently and

demands. Drawing on over 40 years of

collaboratively towards rewarding and

you get excited about?” You’ve probably

award-winning experience, Metalworks

fulfilling careers within the entertainment

asked your students these questions

Institute not only delivers the world-class

industry. It’s no surprise that Metalworks

a thousand times. How often do your

expertise of both Metalworks Studios

graduates are now employed at some

students reply: “Making music”, “travelling”,

(17-times winner of Canadian Music

of the industry’s best companies,

“going to concerts”? These interests can be

Week’s Recording Studio of the Year) and

including Technicolor, Universal Music,

the first step on the road to a meaningful

Metalworks Production Group (Canadian

OVO, Live Nation, Maple Leaf Sports

career in the music and entertainment

Music Week’s Live Music Industry Awards’

and Entertainment, AVID, Last Gang

industries.

A/V Production Company of the Year)

Entertainment, The Agency Group,

to students, but also offers students an

Canadian Music Week, and many others.

educational foundation formed by genuine

We are also pleased to see many of our

industry success.

graduates making music headlines as they

Technology is causing the entertainment industry to change at an unprecedented pace, resulting in the need for new

work with top artists including Drake,

highly skilled creators, operators,

All of our diploma programs have

and coordinators. It has also become

The Glorious Sons, Shawn Mendes, The

been developed by Metalwork’s own

increasingly important for entry-level

Weeknd, Mother Mother, Daniel Caesar,

management, faculty, and technical staff

professionals to have a comprehensive

Jessie Reyez, and many others, or as artists

exclusively. Metalworks Institute’s cutting-

themselves – Arkells, Stefan Guy, and NAV

edge curriculums ensure a pedigree that is

just to name a few.

and diversified understanding of a wide range of subjects related to their career path. Whether it’s music business, music

not attainable anywhere else, as well as an exciting educational culture unique to our

The landscape of the entertainment

campus.

business is changing faster than ever before,

production, there are a myriad of career

In addition to preparing students within

day. So, the next time you chat with a

opportunities available to those who

their academic fields, Metalworks Institute

student who’s passionate about music,

develop the right skills.

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consider a future in entertainment media. n

performance, live show production, music composition, or audio recording and

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with new opportunities opening up every

You have the tools, we can help you use them -– A look at mental health resources in Alberta

By Taryn Rittberg

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ne of the best resources for school counsellors of students from Kindergarten all the way to Highschool is the Making Mental Health Matter in Alberta Tool Kit.

Created by the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), Alberta Division, the Making Mental Health Matter in Alberta Tool Kit is designed to provide teachers and counsellors with resources to support their efforts in both advocating for better mental health supports in Alberta, and finding resources in a timely manner for those in need.

Its primary goal is to provide the information that is need to make mental health accessible and helpful in all communities in Alberta.

The Tool Kit includes a variety of formats including worksheets and diagrams, as well as different approaches beginning with the individual all the way to community based tools, that can be used in a wide variety of situations.

The Tool Kit not only includes mental health aids for students, the CMHA has made this tool kit truly inclusive, by locations, age, and socioeconomic situation.

One of the many fantastic resources which the Making Mental Health Matter in Alberta tool kit provides, is a set of maps which indicate where services can be found all across the province of Alberta. Including maps focusing on Caregiver Connections who “offers peer-to peer support for families and individuals who are parenting or supporting a person with a mental health concern”, Healthy Campus Alberta (HCA) who is a “supports the advancement of mental health strategies specific to postsecondary campuses across the province. HCA has members from all 32 post-secondary institutions in Alberta including the five Indigenous Colleges”, Integrated Youth Service Delivery Hubs which “develop youth-oriented service delivery hubs that support physical health, mental health and addictions, and provide access to supports and services in a youth friendly environment”, the Rural Mental Health Project which “trains and embeds mental health animators in 150 rural and remote communities in Alberta

(over three years). The project’s goal is to develop action plans to advance mental health on a community level”, as well as maps which showcase many other wonderful resources across Alberta.

The abundant use of social media applications is another source of anxiety, especially in teenagers, who statistically use these platforms more than any other age group. With everything being posted digitally, students and children are looking for external validation online. This is a very important concept to discuss with students and children, as they enter high school, and begin to have access to a wide variety of digital platforms. n Work Cited: https://alberta.cmha.ca/wp-content/ uploads/2019/10/Making-Mental-Health-Matter-in-Alberta_ ToolKit_2019.pdf Alberta School Counsellor / Spring 2020 9

Get ready for ever-emerging digital careers with the Computer Network Specialist Certificate Submitted by Northern Lakes College

W

ith the launch of its new online Computer

sending them out for expensive training.

Network Specialist

The program is delivered via NLC’s unique,

Certificate program,

Supported Distance Learning (SDL) model,

studied the labour market demand for computer and information technologyrelated occupations in Alberta. Findings showed that demand is projected to

Northern Lakes College (NLC) will make

which includes real-time, interactive

outpace supply over the next decade. The

it possible for learners anywhere to

delivery through NLC LIVE Online™ along

average projected growth in demand for

join the ever-expanding information

with flexible NLC Anytime, Anywhere

computer and information technology-

technology sector. With the increasing

delivery.

related occupations from 2015 to

digitization of the workplace, the demand for those with expertise in networking, cybersecurity, information technology, and troubleshooting is on the rise.

“Northern Lakes College is focused on offering relevant post-secondary programs needed to meet the changing workplace and labour market trends. The Computer

2025 is 14.6 percent. Supply for related occupations is projected to grow by 11 per cent on average during that time period, suggesting there will be a demand among employers.

Though the program is developed with the

Network Specialist program will meet

rural learner in mind, who may not want

demand for skilled computer networking

“We designed the Computer Network

to relocate to an urban centre for post-

and information technology personnel,”

Specialist program as an introductory

secondary studies, the online program will

comments Northern Lakes College

program. Someone who is already working

also appeal to urban students who prefer

President and CEO, Ann Everatt.

in the field without a certification would

Employers who want to up-skill in-house

In a study commissioned by Northern

looking to get into the field, the program is

employees will be able to do so without

Lakes College in 2018, Hanover Research

a good introduction, because it includes a

to study from the comforts of home.

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benefit from the program. For those

four-week field placement where students

and support a fully functional small

Contact Program Advisor Susan Hopps for

will hone their skills in a workplace

business network. Graduates will find work

further program information:

environment,” comments Vice-President,

as Technical Support, Network or Systems

Academic, Glenn Mitchell.

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What you need to know about depression in teenagers: A guide for parents, teachers, and counsellors

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iagnosing depression in teens, especially as a non MD can be incredibly difficult. The stereotypes of the sullen teenager, as well as the stigma still attached to having depression can result in a child or student’s depression being overlooked.

Depression is highly treatable, however getting a diagnosis specific to the individual can be very frustrating and time consuming. But, in the end it is absolutely worth it.

The list below provides some detail of common signs of depression in teens Per HelpGuide: • Problems at school. Depression can cause low energy and concentration difficulties. At school, this may lead to poor attendance, a drop in grades, or frustration with schoolwork in a formerly good student.

• Running away. Many depressed teens run away from home or talk about running away. Such attempts are usually a cry for help.

• Drug and alcohol abuse. Teens may use alcohol or drugs in an attempt to “self-medicate” their depression. Unfortunately, substance abuse only makes things worse.

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Depression is highly treatable, however getting a diagnosis specific to the individual can be very frustrating and time consuming. But, in the end it is absolutely worth it.

Your trusted guide to mental health & wellness www.helpguide.org/articles/depression/parents-guide-to-teen-depression.htm

• Low self-esteem. Depression can trigger and intensify feelings of ugliness, shame, failure, and unworthiness.

• Overly attached to electronics. Teens may go online to escape their problems, but excessive smartphone and Internet use only increases their isolation, making them more depressed.

• Reckless behaviour. Depressed teens may engage in dangerous or high-risk behaviors, such as reckless driving, binge drinking, and unsafe sex.

• Violence. Some depressed teens—usually boys who are the victims of bullying—can become aggressive and violent.

Please note these are the recommendations of Help Guide. Your trusted guide to mental health & wellness https://www.helpguide.org/articles/depression/parents-guide-to-teen-depression.htm n

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