CAEL Career & Education Advisor Certification

CAEL Career & Education Advisor Certification
Class now forming for the Fall.
To sign up, contact Christina Hardman at chardman@cael.org or 312-499-2685.
CAEL and Indiana University have developed an online course designed specifically for those who need to provide
career and education advice to adults. Participants will learn how to:
• Apply career development theory
• Assess the role and impact of education and training in the workforce system
• Gather labor market data to assist with educational planning and advising
• Help others develop a career planning process
• Understand the needs of a diverse client base
• Deal with ethical issues
• Help adults leverage social networking tools
Course Organization
Content
The course content is organized into five Modules, each addressing one of the competency areas. Each
Module takes two weeks to complete. There is an additional two weeks at the end of the course
devoted to the final project presentation and review.
Module 1: Foundations of Career Development Theory
Module 2: Education and Training for Adults
Module 3: Data Gathering for Career Planning
Module 4: The Career Planning Process
Module 5: Advising a Diverse Workforce; Social Networking; Ethics in Advising

Final Project
As a capstone, you will also have the opportunity to exhibit understanding of the skills necessary for
providing successful career and education advising that meet the needs of the individual, specific companies
or organizations, where appropriate, and the workforce as a whole.
This final week provides a separate space and time for presentation of final projects and to review each
others’ projects and provide feedback.
Process
The course is delivered online in a mostly asynchronous manner. This means that you can participate by
watching presentations, reading content, completing activities, reflecting, writing, and discussing topics
with your fellow students in the community forums at a time that is convenient for you. There will be
options for live interaction with the course facilitator and other participants each module. These options
are highly recommended but, because we recognize the difficulty in finding times that work with
everyone’s schedules, they are not required.
Each Module includes the following learning activities:
Required reading and watching/listening to a presentation on the module topic
An application assignment where you have the opportunity to apply what you are learning in your
own context
A community activity where you interact with other students discussing aspects of the module topic
An optional synchronous (live) Online Meeting with your instructor and other students
A knowledge assessment in the form of an online quiz
Continuing Education Credit
The total anticipated contact time for this course is 60 contact hours (6.0 CEU’s for organizations
awarding CEU’s for the instruction).
Upon successful completion of the course, you will receive a certificate attesting that you have
successfully completed the course and earned 60 contact hours of continuing education credit.
Cost: $795 per person
Class now forming for the Fall. To sign up, contact Christina Hardman at chardman@cael.org or 312-499-
2685.