Strategic Scale-up of Career Services with Peer Paraprofessionals
March 12th, 2025 | 12:00 p.m. EST - 1:15 p.m. EST | $395
Effectively leverage career peer advisors to strategically expand the reach and capacity of full-time career services professionals.
Why This Topic Matters
When asked about motivations for pursuing higher education, students’ responses consistently indicate that work and career goals are primary drivers (Strada-Gallup, “Why Higher Ed?”, 2018). Yet, those motivations often do not translate into engagement with career services.
Significant career services outreach across campus is needed throughout students’ college experiences to cultivate the numerous positive outcomes that students associate with strong connections between their education and career-related experiences (e.g., expressing that education was “worth the cost” and “helped me achieve my goals”) (Clayton & Torpey-Saboe, 2021; Leigh, 2021b). This webinar explores the great value found in leveraging the strengths of peer paraprofessionals as a means of strategically expanding the reach and capacity of full-time career services professionals.
Who Should Attend?
This program is ideal for college staff and faculty supporting career development for college students.
College Career Services Professionals and Career Services Leadership
Academic Support Professionals
TRIO, Student Support Services Professionals
Overview
The use of paraprofessionals in career services is a longstanding practice with surprisingly little published information to provide guidance on program design, implementation, and assessment. This webinar will fill in the gaps and give you best practices for building or growing an effective program on your campus. Discussion topics are illustrated by examples, primarily drawing from an active peer mentoring program at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Join us for an this interactive webinar that considers key components of building a peer paraprofessional program, including:
considering the environment and needs addressed by the program
selecting a framework and developing learning outcomes to ground the program
developing initial and continuous training plans
implementing the program, with ongoing supervision
communicating with key stakeholders
conducting program assessment; and
using assessment results to both demonstrate impact and inform continuous improvement
Pricing and Webinar Connection Information
Live Webinar Site Connection and On-Demand Recording $395
Includes:
5 connections for staff members from your institution with each registration
Connection information sent one week prior to the event and again the day before the event. Any questions can be emailed to the program contact at the bottom of this web page.
An electronic link containing a recording of the webinar and resources emailed to you within 7 business days following the live webinar date (active for 30 days). The link can be shared with your entire staff to view the recording.
Follow-up resources and assignments to help you implement your learning.
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Instructor
Julia Panke Makela, PhD, CCC, Senior Director of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Career Services at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Illinois)
Julia leads initiatives to advance students’ career development competencies and experience. In this office, a team of five full-time career professionals is called upon to effectively serve an increasingly large student population of 12,500+ undergraduate students in 70+ academic majors. Julia designed and implemented a robust peer mentoring program as an indispensable component of our service delivery strategy. Julia’s passion for empowering individuals in their education and career pursuits is strongly communicated in her cultivation of training programs for career professionals and paraprofessionals, alike.
She has delivered invited presentations and consultations across the U.S. for organizations such as the Career Leadership Collective, Complete College America, Midwest Association of Colleges and Employers, and National Association of Colleges and Employers, as well as internationally for the Career Industry Council of Australia, CERIC, and the Asia Pacific Career Development Association. She is a National Career Development Association (NCDA) Fellow, Facilitating Career Development program instructor, and a Certified Career Counselor with more than 20 years of experience embracing counseling, teaching, research, and program evaluation roles.
Questions about the program?
Please email info@eduology.org.