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NCTN's Inspiring Career Development and Action: A Curriculum Guide for Adult Educators
Posted on 01/20/2026
The National College Transition Network (NCTN) works with adult education and workforce system providers to effectively design career pathways, comprehensive student support services, and effective multi-stakeholder partnerships.
NCTN has recently updated Inspiring Career Development and Action (ICA): A Curriculum Guide for Adult Educators, which provides tools for educators to guide learners through a supportive, realistic career awareness, exploration, and planning process. The ICA is divided into five main sections:
- Building a Career Foundation
- Self-Exploration
- Occupational Exploration
- Exploring Options for Education and Training
- Skills for Education and Career Planning
The ICA lessons in each section model career-contextualized teaching and advising by integrating College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education (CCRSAE), English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS), and transferable workplace success skills alongside career content.
The curriculum is designed to be used by instructors and career coaches, career navigators, and advisors in a variety of settings and formats, including classroom-based instruction, workforce training programs, career readiness workshops, and in one-on-one career coaching sessions.
For more information, visit the NCTN website.
