Continuing Education

NCDA supports credential holders and FCD Instructors who are required to achieve regular continuing education.
NCDA offers diverse opportunities in support of the NCDA Credentials or FCD/SCDA/CPS Instructors.

Two manuals detail the requirements:

• Credentialing Commission's Continuing Education Manual
• Training & Education Council's (TEC) Continuing Education Manual

All NCDA FCD, SCDA or CPS Instructors* are required to obtain continuing education. The required 30 contact hours every 3 years must meet the NCDA’s Training and Education Council’s requirements regarding domain/competency area and activity type. All Continuing Education  (CEs) must relate to one of the 12 Career Development Competencies (listed under Learn About FCD Training). Complete CE requirements can be found in the NCDA's TEC Continuing Education Manual.

To record your CE, use the NCDA Instructor Registry Membership Continuing
Education Log Sheet. Please keep your records up-to-date. You may be audited.

* Facilitating Career Development (FCD) training

School Career Development Advisor (SCDA) training

Career Practitioner Supervisor (CPS) training

If you are an NCDA member, your continuing education (CE) contact hours from NCDA conferences, career practitioner institutes or webinars (i.e., ONLY NCDA sponsored events) will be documented for you and available when you login to your NCDA member account.

NCDA will only log NCDA sponsored events for attendees. 

It is recommended that you record any approved activities that you attended in this CE Log for NCDA Credential holders or this NCDA FCD Instructor Registry Log Sheet. You will need to keep this form updated in case you are randomly selected for an audit as a NCDA credential holder. In addition to the log, you must maintain proper documentation in your files (hard copies or scanned copies of certificates, agendas, letters, etc.) in the event of an audit of your CE contact hours.

NCDA is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP) and may offer NBCC-approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements. Sessions for which NBCC-approved clock hours will be awarded are identified in each program booklet. The ACEP is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.

NCDA hosts at least one NBCC-approved event each year: the annual Global Career Development Conference. NCDA may offer one or two regional institutes, called either the Career Practitioner Institute (CPI) or the National Career Development Month/Day/Week event. 

All other professional development (webinars, state division meetings, etc.) are not NBCC-approved, however, they are approved for NCDA continuing education for those holding NCDA credentials (see the Manual).

In order to obtain your CEs for attending the NCDA Global Conference or Career Practitioner Institute, first note if the event will automatically add CEs to your NCDA profile or if you must complete and submit a form.

If you are instructed to use a form, first log which sessions you attended. Sign and submit this form as instructed (either hand-in at the event or email to info@ncda.org). Follow the link you were sent after the event to get to the Conference Evaluation Survey. You MUST complete the evaluation to obtain CEs. Once you complete the survey, you will be directed to your login page at www.ncda.org.

Once you log into your NCDA account, click on Members Only and click on ‘MyProfile’ then click on 'View My CE History'. This is where you will see how many CEs you’ve earned for attending the event, as well as print out your certificate if necessary. 

If you have any questions about obtaining CEs from NCDA or opportunities for professional development, please contact any of the following:

NCDA Director of Credentialing, craphael@ncda.org

NCDA Training Director, mpowell@ncda.org

NCDA Professional Development Director, mvenable@ncda.org

NCDA Headquarters. (918) 663-7060, or dpenn@ncda.org