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From all talk to action: Using self-efficacy in career coaching
Thursday, August 13, 2009  1:00pm – 2:30pm EST
Co-sponsor:  The Commission for Career Development

Helping students recognize their strengths and set appropriate career goals, particularly in a more competitive job market, is a hallmark of the work we do as career services professionals. However, a client’s ability to execute a plan into action is the hallmark of an effective interaction. We will discuss practical strategies to boost our clients’ self-efficacy and help them move closer towards achieving career and life goals by employing effective behaviors. The strategies find root in Albert Bandura’s (1995) research, where he studied self efficacy and its relationship to growth and development. He defined self efficacy as “the belief in one’s capabilities to organize and execute courses of action required to manage prospective situations” (p.2). This concept speaks to the likelihood that a client will do what we know leads to good career development outcomes. Therefore, purposefully promoting self- efficacy highlights clients’ strengths, identifies effective behaviors, builds independence, and promotes self authorship. As we recognize how to promote efficacy, we intentionally help move clients from talk to action.

In this webinar, participants will explore the concept of self efficacy, learn the sources of efficacy, and practice specific techniques to promote the efficacy of students or alumni via career counseling interactions. The four sources of efficacy that will be discussed are:

1. Performance accomplishment: Using mastery over a difficult task as a model for learning through personal experience.

2. Vicarious experience: Modeling effective behavior and using these observations to help coach students on successful behaviors.

3. Verbal persuasion: Using specific positive feedback to reinforce effective behaviors in students.

4. Physiological state: Anticipating setbacks and planning methods for overcoming future setbacks. This will help students prepare for challenges and work past them.

Reference:

Bandura, A. (Ed.). (1995). Self-efficacy in changing societies. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.

Facilitators:

Jennie Cisar Lawrence currently works as the Coordinator of Career Services for Ohio State University’s College of Nursing. Her interests include career coaching, academic advising, strengths based initiatives, and leadership development. She holds a Master of Science degree in College Student Personnel from Miami University.

Paula Wishart is currently a Career Consultant at the University of Michigan’s Career Center. She has 20 years of experience assisting individual and groups in skill identification and development, including career consulting, workshop development and facilitator training. In particular, she worked at the Institute for Social Research where she was a master trainer and facilitator on efficacy boosting techniques. She holds a Master’s degree in College Student Personnel from Bowling Green State University.

Registration Fees

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The registration fee covers the cost of connection - whether in your individual office or a conference room. If you desire to have the webinar at more than one location on your campus, a fee will need to be paid for each connection.

Payment and Cancellation Policy
Registrations can be paid by check, VISA, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express. All fees must be prepaid. Purchase orders are not accepted. Registration and cancellation deadline is 7 days prior to start of course. All faxed and mailed registrations must be accompanied by a payment. No refunds after cancellation deadline.  FAX Number:  202 296 3286

Important Registration Information

1. Registration deadline is one week prior to the webinar.
2. Requests for cancellation must be received one week prior to the webinar.
3. Your email confirmation of registration is your receipt.
4. All registrants will receive login and other technical information regarding online connection to the webinar three days before the webinar.

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Continuing Education Credits
Continuing education credits are available for eligible webinars. ACPA is a CEU provider through the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC). The CEU credits are available to licensed counselors. Download and complete the CEU form [Adobe PDF | Microsoft Word] and send it to the attention of Vernon A. Wall at the ACPA International Office.

Questions?
Contact Vernon A. Wall , Director of Educational Programs and Publications, 1.202.835.2272