REQUIRED READINGS Hardy, L. (1990). The fabric of this world: inquiries into calling, career choice, and the design of human work. Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans Brown, D (2003). Career Information, Career Counseling and Career Development. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Baconhttps://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/3845/thumbnail.jp

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Asbury Theological SeminaryePLACE: preserving, learning, and creative exchangeSyllabi eCommons1-1-2005CO 680 Career CounselingAnthony J. HeadleyFollow this and additional works at: http://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabiThis Document is brought to you for free and open access by the eCommons at ePLACE: preserving, learning, and creative exchange. It has beenaccepted for inclusion in Syllabi by an authorized administrator of ePLACE: preserving, learning, and creative exchange. For more information, pleasecontact thad.horner@asburyseminary.edu.Recommended CitationHeadley, Anthony J., "CO 680 Career Counseling" (2005). Syllabi. Book 2741.http://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/2741 CO 680- CAREER COUNSELING   Anthony J. Headley, Ph.D. Instructor   Wednesday 1:00 -3:45 pm Office: 410 Stanger Hall Phone: 858-2267 E-mail: tony_headley@asburyseminary.edu  This is intended to be a foundational course in career counseling that will equip students with the necessary knowledge and skills for performing such services in varied settings. The course incorporates both theoretical and applied dimensions of career counseling. Though primarily designed for students in the MA Counseling program, the course would be valuable for students in other programs who work with adolescent and other populations.  OBJECTIVES  As a result of completing this course, students shall:  1. Develop a biblical and theological understanding of career and work as a foundational basis for career counseling.  2. Be aware of the major theoretical approaches to career counseling.  3. Become familiar with career development theories and their relationship to career decision-making.  4. Acquire skills and techniques related to career counseling.  5. Be familiar with a variety of tools used in career counseling including assessment inventories, computer programs, DOT manuals and similar materials.  REQUIRED READINGS  Hardy, L. (1990). The fabric of this world: inquiries into calling, career choice, and the design of human work. Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans  Brown, D (2003). Career Information, Career Counseling and Career Development. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon      2 REQUIREMENTS  1. Active participation in class sessions.   This means that regular class attendance is an expectation in this course. I understand that emergency situations may sometimes arise and lead to your absence. Absences should be restricted to these kinds of circumstances.  2.   Career Counseling Project  1. Each student will be required to complete a career counseling project involving at least 5 one-hour sessions. For this project, you will be paired with a class member.    The focus of the sessions should be career issues. The process may involve assisting the person with some career decision or reviewing a recent career decision. On completion of the 5 counseling sessions, each class member will write a minimum 5 page paper on the process. The paper should conform to the following outline:   A. Conceptualization of Issue/ Diagnosis  1. The identified issues and or problems focused on in the counseling 2. The identified counseling goals 3. The relationship of Christian issues to the career problem and as a means       of illuminating it. 4. The relationship of career issues to other issues in the counselee’s life.   B. Process  1. The counselor-counselee relationship. 2. The counselee’s career decision-making process. What style or strategy does           the individual use? 3. Any assessment procedures used and how they were used. 4. Counseling interventions used. Be sure to include some guided exposure to a career information system or a similar resources intervention   C. Outcomes  1. Discuss outcomes including goals achieved. 2. Discuss how the outcomes were related to the interventions.  3. Highlight strengths and weaknesses of the sessions including anything       that you might do differently in the future.  3                          D. Theoretical Orientation  1. Discuss the career counseling theory you used and your reasons for choosing this approach.  Papers will be strictly graded along these criteria. Students should demonstrate complete coverage of all these areas in a well-written style.  3. Career Center Visit  Students will be placed in small groups to visit a career center to become familiar with resources used in career counseling. As evidence of this visit, each group will prepare an extensive list of resources with a brief description of how these materials are used. The resources should be presented in a three-ring binder.  Each individual member of the group must contribute to this project. There is a Career Center at Asbury College and at UK located on Rose Street. At UK’s center only current UK students and alumni can request a career counselor. However, the location is free for you to browse and use. Be sensitive so as not to put undue demands on the Centers’ personnel. The career center at Asbury College is located in rather small quarters. It would be best if no more than 2 seminary students were there simultaneously.   4. Exams   There will be a mid-term and final exam. The final exam will largely cover material from the mid-term onward. However, one section of the exam will require knowledge of the Hardy material and career counseling theories.  5. Career Assessment  You will complete the Strong Interest Inventory (SII). Those who have recently completed this instrument may use those results. Otherwise the test is available for a cost. The actual price will be given at the first class session. This money should be paid to the office secretary. Students in the MA Counseling program may also choose to use the results of their 16PF testing completed as part of the admission process as an augment to the SII. You will then use these results to write a minimum of a 2-page paper focusing on self-understanding gleaned from the instruments. You should address the following questions in your paper:   What vocational information did you glean from the test?    How do the results of the testing fit with your understanding of yourself?  What are some areas of agreement and disagreement? How do you explain  4  any results that do not fit with your previous self-understanding?    What new insights have you gained from the assessment?   What are the implications of the assessment results for you career choice? How do             the results support or not support your current career path? In light of these              results, what might you wish to do differently? How do you integrate your career  choice with your calling as a Christian?    In place of the above assignment, you may choose to complete the following: Using your  present career formation and decision, apply one of the career theories (e.g.Roe,        Ginsbergs, Holland, Super etc.) to that journey. How does the theory illuminate           your present career goal, what are some points of departure, what are some significant          areas that the theory does not address and how do you explain these areas?  6. Class Presentation on Career Needs for a Given Population   You will be assigned to different groups to lead a 40 minutes class presentation.         Presentations will focus on career counseling with five of the following populations:   • Career Counseling of Women • Career Counseling of Men • Career Development with School-aged populations: choose 1  Elementary   Middle School Students  High School Students • Career development of college-aged students • Career Development with the Physically Challenged • Career Development of the Culturally Different • Mid life career development or adults in Career Transition • Career counseling with persons who have left the ministry     Groups should prepare a detailed handout for distribution to class members or make the       material available in the class folder. Presentations will be graded on the basis of the        quality of information, presentation style, quality of handouts etc.  EVALUATION  Course grade will be determined in the following manner:  1. Individual career counseling project and report - 15%  Due May 11  2.   Career center visit with detailed resource list with descriptions - 10%       Due March 16  5  3.   Mid-term exam - 20%       March 30  4.   Final exam - 30%        Thursday May 19, 1-3PM  5.   Career assessment write-up - 15%       Due April 13  6. Special populations presentation 10%  Incomplete Policy  Incompletes will only be granted for emergency situations beyond your control. Work commitments are not considered emergency situations.  GRADE RANGES  A  93 C 73 A- 90 C- 70 B+ 87 D+ 67 B 83 D 63 B- 80 D- 60 C+ 77 F below 60    PROPOSED COURSE SCHEDULE  Week 1   Orientation Christian Perspectives on vocation, career and work  Read Hardy Text.   “The Fabric of This World”  Week 2    Christian Perspective  History of Career Counseling  Week 3   History of Career Counseling  Week 4    6  Definitional Issues in Career Counseling  Brown, chapter(s) 1, 3, 4, 14, 17; Hardy, chapter 3  Special Focus on Relationship of Career and Personal Counseling   Theories of Career Development Brown, chapter 2  Trait and Factor  Week 5   Theories of Career Development Ginzberg Super Video – Lifestyle and Career Development (older persons) 30 mins.  Brown, chapter(s) 2  Week 6   Theories of Career Development Video – Career Directions – First Part of Film Roe Video – Career Self-assessment – 27 min. Holland Brown, chapter(s) 2  Social Learning Theory   Week 7 Spring Reading Week   Week 8   Mid-term Exam Career Assessment: Qualitative Measures Brown, chapter(s) 5, 8  Video – Career Directions – Second Part of Film  Week 9   Career Assessment: Quantitative Measures  Brown, chapter(s) 5, 8 Week 10   7 Career Decision Making  Week 11  Resources for Gathering Career Information  Brown, chapter(s) 7, 8, 15  Video – Career Exploration 25 mins Internet Career Resources  Week 12  Resume writing Brown, chapter(s) 10, 18    Video – Effective Resumes and Application – 32 mins  Job Search Brown, chapter(s) 10, 18 Video - Job Search Strategies 23 mins  Week 13  Interviewing Skills Brown, chapter(s) 10, 18  Video – Sell Yourself – 22 mins  Career Counseling of Varied Populations: Class presentations Brown, chapter(s) 9, 11-13, 16  Five presentations chosen from the following topics and presented in the listed order.  Career Counseling of Women  Career Counseling of Men  Career Development with School-aged populations:   Elementary    Middle School Students   High School Students Career development of college-aged students  Career Development with the Physically Challenged  Career Development of the Culturally Different  Mid-life and Career Development or  Adults in Career Transition  Career counseling with persons who have left the ministry   8 Week 14  Career Counseling of Varied Populations: Class presentations  Video – Reinventing Themselves: Adapting to Career Change – 24 mins  Week 15   Final Exam – May 19, 1-3 PM  The professor reserves the right to make modifications in the class schedule.   SOME BIBLIOGRAPHIC RESOURCES: Historic and Christian Emphases  Bradley, L. (1990). Counseling midlife career changers. Garrett Park, MD: Garrett Park  Press.  Bolles, R. (2002). What color is your parachute 2003: A practical manual for job-hunters and career. Ten Speed Press.   Crites, J. O. (1981). Career Counseling: Models, Methods and Materials.  New York:   McGraw Hill.  Davis, H. V. (1969). Frank Parsons: Prophet, innovator, counselor. Carbondale and  Edwardsville, IL: Southern Illinois University Press  Deratany, Edward. (1988). When God calls you. Winona Lake, Ind.: Light and Life Press  Kai Erikson, K. & Vallas, S. P. (1990) (eds.). The Nature of work: sociological  perspectives. New Haven : Yale University Press  Ginzberg, Eli, (1951). Occupational choice: an approach to a general theory New York: Columbia University Press  Herr, E.L. & Cramer, S.H. (1996). Career guidance and counseling through the life span:   Systematic approaches. 5th edition. Harper Collins College Publishers.  Holland, J. L. (1985). Making Vocational Choices. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.  Hunt, R. A., Hinkle, J. E. & Malony, H. N. (1990) (eds.) Clergy assessment and career   development. Nashville: Abingdon Press  Gottfredson, G.D., Holland, J.L. & Ogawa, D. K. (1982). Dictionary of Holland   Occupational Codes. Palo Alto, CA: Consulting Psychologists Press.  Karasek, Robert (1990). Healthy  Work: stress, productivity, and the reconstruction of   9 working life. New York : Basic Books   Oates, Wayne Edward (1971). Confessions of a workaholic: the facts about work  addiction. New York: World Pub. Co   Oates, W. E (1978). Workaholics, make laziness work for you. NY: Doubleday  Narramore, Clyde M. (1974). How to choose your life's work. Grand Rapids: Zondervan  Palmer, Parker (1990). The Active Life - A Spirituality of Work, Creating and Caring. San  Francisco: Jossey Bass  Pines, A. M. & Aronson, E. (1988). Career burnout: causes and cures. New York : Free  Press  Roe, A. (1956). The Psychology of Occupations. New York: John Wiley.  Trueblood, Elton (1952). Your other vocation. New York: Harper  Williamson, E. G. (1965). Vocational counseling: some historical, philosophical, and  theoretical perspectives. New York : McGraw-Hill  Wingren, Gustaf, (1957). Luther on vocation. Translated by Carl C. Rasmussen.  Philadelphia: Muhlenberg Press  Zunker, V.G. (1986). Career Counseling: Applied Concepts of Life Planning.   Brooks/Cole Publishing Co.  

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