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Membership Benefits & Services
CCDA Members
receive:
- affiliation with the largest community of
career development professionals and paraprofessionals
in the state.
- reduced registration
rates to
the International
Career Development
Conference/California
Career Conference
(formerly the
California Career
Conference),
the California
Counseling Association Convention,
and other regional
workshops.
- reduced or waived
fees to all
CCDA regional
Chapter events,
featuring workshops
on the latest
career development
techniques, resources,
information,
and assessments,
as well as providing
a local venue
for professional
affiliation.
- Continuing Educational
Units (CEUs) through
many CCDA-sponsored
conferences and
events.
- the CCDA News quarterly
newsletter, the main
communication vehicle
for career development
information in the
state.
- access to the lowest
professional
liability insurance
rates available
to California
career development
practitioners.
- the CCDA Membership
Directory,
a resource of
all members of
the organization,
listed both by
geographic location
and work setting.
- the CCA Compass newsletter
and the CCA Journal.
CCDA also:
- co-sponsors the International Career Development
Conference/California Career Conference, the largest
conference of its kind in the world.
- sponsors regional Chapters and Chapter events
throughout the state.
- monitors public policy and acts on behalf of the
membership on legislative
issues.
- maintains this website for the dissemination
of career-related
information.
- funds research minigrants,
project development
minigrants, and
graduate student
scholarships to
the International
Career Development
Conference/California
Career Conference.
- sends delegates to
the National Career
Development Association
Convention to represent
California career
development service
providers on policy
issue votes.
- sponsors
the California
Registry of Professional
Counselors
and Paraprofessionals
(CRPCC),
a designation
which identifies
practitioners
who meet
certain
defined
standards
and have
voluntarily
sought
and obtained
Registry
status.
- maintains active involvement with
the California Coalition
for Counselor Licensure.
Regular – Counselors, counselor supervisors, counselor administrators, counselor educators and others who hold at least a Bachelor’s degree and are employed in the area of career development.
Associate – Individuals interested in career development but not specifically employed in that area. Such members might include teachers, administrators, training and development specialists and paraprofessionals.
Student – Full-time students involved in a graduate program. Persons employed full-time in any CCA related profession do not qualify for graduate student status. Graduate student status is limited to five years from initial date of membership.
Emeritus – Those retired from active employment.
Membership in CCDA also includes membership in the
California Counseling Association
Join CCDA
- If you would like to pay for membership with MasterCard
or Visa, you can easily and securely apply online by clicking on the Membership Application Form.
If you prefer to pay by check, just print out the same form, complete it and mail it with payment to:
P.O. Box 5700
Oakland, CA 94605
NOTE: This is an UPDATED address from the one listed on the form -- do NOT send forms to Pacifica. Please allow 5-10 business days for processing at this time. (Yes, a website conversion project is underway, which will greatly enhance site functionality and response time.)
- If you have any questions or to check on the status of your membership, please
call CCA at 510-500-4477 (toll free 866-460-0945). If you experience no response within 10 business days, email Robin Wortley Hammond, CCDA Communications Chair, at communications@ccdaweb.org.
Update Your Profile
If you have not done so in a while, please take a moment to update your CCDA record with your current professional profile and contact info. While you will not see the changes live online for several more weeks (just one of the exciting projects we are working on), you will be helping us keep our records up to date so that when the new dynamic database is available, it will be just as you like it!
Commit to Your Own Career
We have several cool ideas that we are working on to build our website's functionality, convenience, and member support -- we just need a few more hands!
Join our all-volunteer force to help us build:
- member database networking and referrals
- continuous conversation via topic-focused blogs
- more critical news on California career issues
- hot regional resources to help your clients
- best practices and professional development
contact our Communications Chair,
Robin Wortley Hammond, at communications@ccdaweb.org,
or call direct at 916-453-0395.
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