National Dissemination Center for Career and Technical Education
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio 43210-1090

For Immediate Release

Webcast Addresses New Career Development Guidelines

The National Dissemination Center for Career and Technical Education will 
present a webcast entitled "Career Development Guidelines" on Thursday, 
March 16, 2006, from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. EST. This interactive event, and 
previous webcasts, can be viewed on any computer with Internet access at 
<http://www.nccte.org>.

The new National Career Development Guidelines (NCDG) provides a framework 
and applications for career counseling and development KAdult. This webcast 
provides an overview of the guidelines and the new Web-based materials 
created for high school and middle school students, parents, teachers, 
counselors, and administrators. Further, it will explore how the guidelines 
support the tenets of No Child Left Behind and how career development 
activities can be aligned with academic standards.

Linda Kobylarz is a career development consultant providing program design 
and implementation, staff development, program evaluation, and research 
services to schools, federal and state agencies, and businesses. She was 
recently appointed lead consultant for the NCDG Revision Project funded by 
the U.S. Department of Education. She has extensive experience working with 
schools to design comprehensive career development curricula. She was a 
contributing author for: The National Career Development Guidelines Adult 
Handbook; Managing Your School Counseling Program: K-12 Developmental 
Strategies; School Counseling: New Perspectives & Practices; and Career 
Pathways: Education With a Purpose. Kobylarz was the 2004 president of the 
Connecticut Counseling Association (CCA) and has served on the Board of 
Directors for the National Career Development Association (NCDA) and the 
National Employment Counselors Association (NECA). She was recipient of 
CCA's Professional Development Award in 2003 and NCDA's Outstanding Career 
Practitioner Award in 2001. Kobylarz has a bachelor's degree in education 
(history) from Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT and a 
master's degree in Counseling from the University of Hartford, Hartford, CT.

Viewers of the webcast may ask questions of the panel by signing up (at no 
charge) for a chatroom account at <http://www.nccte.org/re/050418b.asp>. 
The chatroom allows you to submit questions during the presentation. Please 
allow one full day for your account to be validated by e-mail confirmation.

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page: <http://www.nccte.org/ctemail/subscription.asp> or send an e-mail to 
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The work reported herein was supported under the National Dissemination 
Center for Career and Technical Education (PR/Award No. VO51A990004) and/or 
under the National Research Center for Career and Technical Education 
(PR/Award No. VO51A990006), as administered by the Office of Vocational and 
Adult Education, U.S. Department of Education. However, the contents do not 
necessarily represent the positions or policies of the Office of Vocational 
and Adult Education or the U.S. Department of Education, and you should not 
assume endorsement by the federal government. The National Dissemination 
Center for Career and Technical Education and the National Research Center 
for Career and Technical Education are funded by the Office of Vocational 
and Adult Education, U.S. Department of Education.

For Additional Information Contact:
Barbara Reardon
The Ohio State University
Director of Communications
Columbus, Ohio 43210-1090
Phone: 614-292-2894
Fax: 614-688-3258
Email: reardon.30 at osu.edu
Web site: www.nccte.org