CACEE Career Educator Certificate Program

CACEE is pleased to provide this professional development program which awards a Career Educator Certificate to participants upon completion.  The goal of the program is to provide participants with an introduction to the Career Educator role within the Canadian post-secondary context as a means to enhancing their professional development and opportunities within the field.

Upon the completion of this certificate, participants will have:

  • An understanding of the diverse roles of career educators and how each contributes to the career development  of students;
  • An awareness of the role of career development programs and services within the institutional context;
  • An appreciation of  what constitutes  comprehensive and effective service delivery;
  • Exposure to the tools and resources that contribute to one’s professional expertise.
The Career Educator Certificate consists of five Modules as follows:
  1. Overview to Career Education (3 hours – regional or national conference workshop)
  2. Career Resources (1.5 hours – webinar format)
  3. Career Coaching and Counselling (1.5 hours – webinar format)
  4. Employer Relations and Recruitment (1.5 hours – webinar format)
  5. Programs and Delivery (1.5 hours – webinar format)
Upcoming Sessions:

The Overview Module of the Career Educator Certificate Program is offered in-person, twice a year
    1. CACEE National Conference (June)
    2. Ontario Regional Conference (December) 
 
Modules 2 - 5 are typically offered via webinar twice a year. 

Certificate Cost: 

Each module is $69 (CACEE member); $99 (CACEE non-member).

Testimonials:

“Looking forward to the remaining modules. It doesn't matter how long you have worked in the "career" field, you can always learn from others and be willing to share information back to them.”

“CACEE is doing a great job of finding people in the field to present these sessions. Great learning experience...thanks!”

“The Modules thus far have been providing me with very valuable information and the facilitators are great.”

“I really enjoyed the flexibility of the webinar delivery. The technology is becoming very well tailored ... and enables the delivery of information in a flexible method ... Thank you!”

“Great learning experience...thanks!”

“I particularly appreciated the opportunity to gather information, practices and opinions from all of the participants.”

“This certification is a great idea and I am looking forward to the next module(s).”

“I really enjoyed the discussions; hearing from other schools and how their departments are organized was really helpful. This was probably one of the best 'breakaway' sessions from any conference!”



For more information, please contact Jan Basso at   or Carly Ekstein at