Career Livelihood's
CDFI Training Course
This 3-day, in-person, NCDA-approved course prepares you to become a CDF Instructor.
CDF Instructor training provides classroom instruction for those career development professionals who wish to conduct the 120-hour Career Development Facilitator course using the NCDA curriculum.
Upon successful completion of the CDFI training, you will be approved to teach the CDF course and have the opportunity to join the NCDA instructor registry for marketing and professional recognition.
How It Works
CDFI training is a 3-day course. During the workshop, you will be assigned to teach one or more of the 12 CDF Competencies to your peers. Feedback will come from your peers as well as from me.
Who Attends
Candidates for the CDFI training are selected based on a combination of career development expertise, education, teaching experience, professional contributions, credentials, and commitment to teach the CDF curriculum.
For more information, go to: CDF Instructor
Course Materials
Course materials include the CDF curriculum and the instructor's manual for conducting your own CDF class. You will also receive additional handouts from me and your peers.
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Define and describe the 12 competencies on which the CDF training program is based.
- Identify content in each chapter of the CDF curriculum.
- Identify how and where each of the 12 competencies is taught and evaluated in the curriculum.
- Respond correctly to questions about the ethics and scope of practice of CDFs.
- Demonstrate your knowledge of, and your ability to teach, the helping skills component of the curriculum.
- Demonstrate competence in your training skills by presenting a 30-minute portion of the CDF curriculum.
- Evaluate CDF students' competence in helping and training skills in order to provide a valid recommendation to the National Career Development Association (NCDA), which awards CDF certificates.
- Describe ways in which the CDF curriculum can be modified and expanded by an instructor.
- Describe correctly e-learning and blended (hybrid) curriculum and the process to become an e-learning instructor.
- Describe the CDF scope of practice as it relates to assessment, both formal and informal.
- Describe the requirements and process developed by the Center for Credentialing and Education (CCE), for those who want to obtain a credential as a Global Career Development Facilitator (GCDF).
- Develop a plan to promote and deliver a CDF course.
- Describe correctly the CDF Instructor and Program Registry administered by NCDA.
Certificate of Completion
Upon successful completion of the course, you will receive a certificate of completion from NCDA verifying that you have completed the CDFI training and are able to conduct your own CDF Trainings.
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