BCCIP and Canadian Guidelines and Standards for Career Development Practitioners NAVIGATION Home ... What is ... Partners ... Proceedings ... Iniatives ... ... OECD review ... ... Nat'nl Forum ... ... BC Forum ... ... Standards ... Blueprint ... Other linkages ... Contact us ... Canadian Standards and Guidelines for Career Development Practitioners... is a major initiative begun in 1996 to help build and implement standards and guidelines for career development practice across Canada. The first phase of the initiative began a consultation with the career development community to test support for this initiative. Phase 2 involved the development, testing, revision and validation of the standards and guidelines with practitioners across the country. Phase 3 has involved a series of systematic field tests to gather information on ways of applying the standards and guidelines in specific work and professional development situations. The informationis being used to develop practical tools and long-term strategies to promote the use and application of the standards and guidelines across the career development community. The BCCIP network has agreed to promote acceptance, adoption and use of the Canadian Standards and Guidelines and is undertaking several initiatives in support of this objective. For more information on BCCIP and the Canadian Guidelines and Standards... At their meeting on June 7th, 2007, BCCIP members agreed that the Career Management Association of BC (CMA) will be asked to begin implementing the CCDP Certification Model in BC. More... A request for proposals from stakeholder organizations who had previously expressed an interest in undertaking management and administration of the BC CCDP Certification Model was issued by BCCIP in March, 2007 More... A request for expressions of interest from stakeholder organizations interested in undertaking management and administration of the certification model for for career practitioners in BC has been issued by Deirdre Pickerell, Chair of BCCIP (November 7-06). More... Preliminary draft outline of a proposed certification model for career practitioners in BC prepared by the BCCIP Standards & Guidelines Subcommittee for discussion (June 15-06). More... Update from Denise Lloyd, Chair, BCCIP Standards & Guidelines Subcommittee (Oct 6-05). More... Letter from Lynne Bezanson to career practitioners: to provide an update on what is happening on pan-Canadian and international levels with the S&Gs; and, to invite members of the Stakeholder Group and members of the executives of national/provincial/territorial professional associations of career development practitioners to a meeting to decide upon a plan of action for both next steps and a “home” for the S&Gs (Sept 2005). More... BCCIP is supporting the implementation of a survey in BC to identify the current level awareness and usage of the Standards and Guidelines by practitioners in this province (April 2004). More... Canadian Standards & Guidelines for Career Development Practitioners: Learn About the S&Gs and Inform BC Representatives ... presentation by BCCIP representatives at the March 2003 Career Development Conference in Vancouver. One of the objectives of this presentation was to provide additional input to BC representatives attending the S&Gs stakeholder meeting in Ottawa at the end of March 2003. See also additional documentation from presentation on assessment applications and tools in Guidelines and Standards: Relevant Links BCCIP Sub-Committee on Standards and Guidelines: Report of November Meeting ... report of outcomes of meeting of BCCIP ad-ahoc committee on Standards and Guidelines, and recommendations on BCCIP follow-up to December 2003 BCCIP meeting. For more information across Canada on the Canadian Standards & Guidelines for Career Development Practitioners, see... Official Website for Canadian Standards and Guidelines...

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