VCDA Model Career Development Awards

VCDA Individual Program & Organization Awards

The Virginia Career Development Association’s Model Career Development Award honors: 

  • One individual VCDA member(s) or Non-member whose program Support or promote Career Development, and 
  • One Group/Organization who exemplifies model career development through their Career Programs which have demonstrated effective planning, teaching and counseling strategies that foster career development in a variety of settings during 2018­2019. 

Model Career Development Award recipients (s) will be selected by VCDA and presented at the VCDA Spring 2019 Conference on April 5, 2019. Individuals may nominate themselves or may be nominated by a colleague or administrator.

The 2019 deadline for submission is March 15, 2019.

Selected recipients will receive a free Registration to VCDA Spring 2019 Conference. Entries will be judged by the VCDA Award Committee based on:

  • Adherence to accepted career development standards (The National Career Development Association’s Policies on Career Development).
  • Program description of the activity including goals and objectives.
  • Evidence that stated goals/objectives were met
  • Evidence of impact on student or participant learning and career development
  • Integration of the activity into the school/community/agency organizatio

Please complete the information below for either: 

  • Individual Program Model Career Development Award Application Form, or 
  • Organization Model Career Development Award 2018-19
    Application Form

Individual Program Application Form

Individual Program Nomination submitted by:

Name (Please Print):

Applicant’s Work Title: 

Name of Work­site:  

Address:  

E­mail:  

Work Phone:  

Submit Nominee’s Program that Supports Career Development by providing the following information.

  • Name and description of the program.  
  • Goals and objectives of program.) 

Goals: 

Objectives: 

  1. Describe the participants/ learners for which program was designed.
  2. Give delivery method for the program.
  3. Describe the program outcomes. Include the following information:
    • objectives achieved by students/participants, 
    • number of persons who participated, 
    • number of business partners who participated,  
    • ways in which career development goals were implemented 

4. Package should Include:

    • Three (3) supporting documents such as fliers, handouts, sample evaluations, etc.
    • Team planning sheets from a Career Fair Booklet or other supporting documents.

E­mail (preferred) or FAX your entry by March 15, 2019: 

Send documents to:   Manny Bartolotta (manbart@mac.com)  FAX:  703-799-1705


Organization Model Career Development Award 2018-19

Application Form

Organization Award submitted by:

  • Name (Please Print):    
  • Applicant’s Work Title: 
  • Name of Work­site:  
  • Address:  
  • E­mail:  
  • Work Phone:  

Describe Model Organization Application by providing the following information.

  • Name of the group and description of activity/event.  
  • Goals and objectives of group.
  • Goals: 
  • Objectives: 
  • Describe the participants/ learners for which group was designed.
  • Give delivery method for group’s activity/event.
  • Describe the group activity/event outcomes. Include the following information:
    1. objectives achieved by students/participants, 
    2. number of persons who participated, 
    3. number of business partners who participated,  
    4. ways in which career development goals were implemented
  • Package should Include:
    • Three (3) supporting documents such as fliers, handouts, sample evaluations, etc.
    • Team planning sheets from a Career Fair Booklet or other supporting documents.

E­mail Application (preferred) your entry by March 15, 2019: 

  • Send documents as an email attachment to:   Manny Bartolotta manbart@mac.com
  • Nominations may also be sent by fax by the deadline above to:  703-799-1705

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