Equip faculty and staff with the shared language, confidence, and practical tools to embed career readiness into teaching and student experiences.
The NACE Faculty and Staff Fellows: Fundamentals program helps institutions move career readiness beyond the career center—scaling impact, advancing equity, and preparing more students for success after graduation.
Students gain career-relevant skills across the curriculum—but many struggle to name, translate, and communicate that learning to employers.
This program helps faculty and staff bridge that gap by aligning learning experiences with NACE Career Readiness Competencies and making career language visible, intentional, and actionable for students.
Help students connect classroom and co-curricular experiences to the competencies employers expect—and confidently talk about them in interviews.
Address the disconnect between what students are learning and how effectively they can demonstrate it to employers.
Build shared understanding so faculty and staff can intentionally reinforce career readiness in everyday teaching and advising moments.
Empower faculty and staff to offer practical, inclusive career guidance to all students—regardless of major or background.
Move career readiness beyond the career center by infusing it into curriculum and core experiences at scale.
Prepare students not just for their first job, but for sustained career growth and opportunity after graduation.
NACE delivers hands-on professional development that helps faculty and staff understand the NACE Career Readiness Competencies and why they matter for student success.
Participants learn practical ways to integrate competencies into courses, assignments, and co-curricular experiences—supporting academically rigorous learning while expanding access to career-relevant, experiential opportunities that prepare students for the workforce after graduation.
NACE will deliver a series of three 90-minute workshops, with participants eligible to receive a certificate of completion upon finishing the full program.
NACE will share pre-reading materials and a PowerPoint presentation.
Understand NACE’s focus on Career Readiness Competencies and how it strengthens career preparation and success for all students.
Align career competencies across curriculum, course materials, workshops, events, and student experiences.
Learn practical strategies for helping students clearly recognize and understand competency development.
Explore ways to give students meaningful practice describing their growth in work-relevant language.
Discover work-based learning and employer engagement options that enhance course and co-curricular activities.
Explore how academic fields relate to the realities of the workplace.
Develop projects and experiences that intentionally support student career development within courses.
Explore the NACE competency assessment tool and how it can support and measure student development over time.
| Institution | Registrants | Virtual/Local | On-site/Hybrid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-year | Level 1 (up to 15 people) | $3,000 | $4,000 |
| Level 2 (over 15 people) | $3,000 + $100 per person (over 15) | $4,000 + $200 per person (over 15) | |
| 4-year | Level 1 (up to 15 people) | $5,000 | $6,000 |
| Level 2 (over 15 people) | $5,000 + $200 per person (over 15) | $6,000 + $300 per person (over 15) |
If you would like to invite NACE to work with your faculty and staff beyond the career integration planning stage, you may want to consider a NACE Faculty and Staff Fellows Learning Community.
This would extend your engagement beyond one semester to include the implementation of courses revised for competency integration, monthly office hours with NACE staff for real-time feedback and advice, and the assessment of the student learning and experience.
| Institution | Registrants | Virtual/Local | On-site/Hybrid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-year | Level 1 (up to 25 people) | $6,000 | $8,000 |
| Level 2 (over 25 people) | $6,000 + $250 per person (over 25) | $4,000 + $350 per person (over 25) | |
| 4-year | Level 1 (up to 25 people) | $9,000 | $11,000 |
| Level 2 (over 25 people) | $9,000 + $400 per person (over 25) | $11,000 + $500 per person (over 25) |
Bringing NACE leaders to your campus can offer a substantial boost to your efforts at advancing career readiness on your campus. If a NACE staff member is going to be visiting your campus for the NACE Faculty and Staff Fellows Program, consider if you would like them to meet with or speak to other key stakeholders on campus to give a presentation on the ‘why’ behind career readiness, NACE data and research on a variety of topics, or strategies for expanding career readiness.
Pricing: $1,500 per hour
Begin by completing a guided self-assessment process. Once this is complete, you will be asked to submit your self-assessment and all relevant curriculum or program materials to NACE experts in career readiness and career competency integration in the curriculum and co-curriculum for review, feedback, and potential endorsement.
Once endorsed, your campus will have access to an exclusive NACE endorsement brand to add to any marketing or course materials. Your program will also have the ability to offer the NACE Certificate of Endorsement and badge that can be shared on social media. This certificate of endorsement will also become a way for your campus to measure how many faculty and staff are truly NACE Career Advocates.
Note: Any program that is not endorsed will be offered feedback and a pathway for making necessary adjustments to achieve endorsement.
Pricing: Starting at $5,000
Niesha Taylor, Ph.D., is NACE's first director of career readiness and leads the association's career readiness strategy and initiatives. Previously, she served as senior director for career pathways at the New York Jobs CEO Council and as dean for academic innovation and career success at Guttman Community College. She earned her doctorate in linguistics from the CUNY Graduate Center and her master's in education from the New School for Social Research.
Elizabeth R. Brown, Ph.D., is a social psychologist specializing in motivation, leadership, and beliefs. Her work examines how helping students connect academic content with personally important information increases their motivation. Dr. Brown regularly teaches undergraduate and graduate students social psychological, methodological, and professional development classes. In her courses, she consistently highlights the specific career competencies that students are developing to reinforce that students are developing lifelong, important career competencies and to spark increased student interest in the course material. Students have used these course experiences within their job interviews as examples of how they have accomplished these important career competencies such as critical thinking, communication, and teamwork.
Dr. Brown received her bachelor's degree in psychology from Southeastern Louisiana University, her master's and Ph.D. in social psychology from Miami University (in Ohio), and a graduate certificate in college teaching from Miami University (in Ohio). She has also completed a predoctoral internship at Procter & Gamble and a post-doctoral research position at Montana State University. She is currently the Assistant Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of North Florida.
Cristina Di Meo is the Director of Experiential Education at Queens College, City University of New York (CUNY). She has spent over 15 years creating, implementing, and assessing programs that help CUNY students connect to impactful experiential learning opportunities (ELOs) and career exploration. Cristina has supported faculty in embedding community-engaged learning and other high-impact practices into course curricula, and has led initiatives to integrate academic and career advising as a strategy for equitable student success. At Queens College, Cristina oversees ELO programs that engage students in projects with mission-driven community partner organizations that help cultivate their long-term success inside and outside the classroom.
Prior to joining CUNY, Cristina worked in nonprofit organizations advocating for economic equity legislation and policies. Cristina holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Fordham University and a Master’s in Social Work from the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College/CUNY, where she experienced the transformative power of hands-on learning through internships and fieldwork.
Tameka S. Battle, Ed.D. is a Professor of Community Health & Wellness at LaGuardia Community College at the City University of New York. Dr. Battle’s research primarily focuses on evidence-based practice, student success, and career preparedness in health and human services practice. Dr. Battle’s pedagogy is centered on integrating career-connected information, through high-impact practices, including syllabus and curricula revision, data utilization, student support, work-based learning, employer engagement, workforce development, and building partnerships with community-based healthcare organizations. Dr. Battle's collaborative approach bridges disciplines by integrating these competencies into curricula and leveraging the resources of the college's Center for Career and Professional Development (CCPD).
As a faculty fellow trainer with the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), she brings expertise in aligning academic curricula with NACE career readiness competencies to prepare students for success in the workforce. Dr. Battle was a 2023-2024 Black, Race, and Ethnic Studies (BRES) Faculty fellow with the BRES Collaboration Hub at the City University of New York, Graduate Center and a 2023-2024 CUNY Career Success Fellow.
Jessica Perez, Ed.D., is the director of the Center for Career & Professional Development at LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York; she is a certified Myers Briggs Type Indicator practitioner with 20+ years of experience in career and professional development and employer partnership building. Dr. Perez oversees the SOAR Experiential Learning Program, Elmezzi Foundation Career Fellows Program, CUNY Career Launch, Spring Forward, and several other internship programs at the college. She previously served as the co-president of the Career Services Association of CUNY for four years, co-chair of the NACE Career Readiness Task Force from 2022-2023, and co-lead for the NACE Two-Year and Community College Affinity Group from 2019-2021.
Dr. Perez’s diverse expertise is instrumental in helping her to guide and empower students to flourish in their chosen careers. She earned a doctorate in education from the University of Southern Mississippi’s higher education administration program, and her research is focused on first-generation students and how career services impact retention and graduation rates. She earned her master’s in public administration from Metropolitan College of New York and her bachelor’s degree in English and sociology from Binghamton University. In June 2013, she completed the New York City Management Academy, a selective leadership training program for City of New York managers and executives.
Chantelle K. Wright, Ed.D., serves as the executive director for Experiential Education and Career Connections. She has 15 years of experience in college career counseling, particularly with multi-ethnic and multi-generational populations. Most recently, she served as the director for the Center for Career & Professional Development at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City, overseeing the career services for all students and alumni. Dr. Wright previously served as an associate director at John Jay College managing employer relations, internships and career education.
Prior to her roles at John Jay, she was the career and transfer advisor at Bronx Community College and worked as an adjunct lecturer and internship coordinator at LaGuardia Community College. Dr. Wright received her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Morgan State University, her master’s in psychological counseling from Teachers College, Columbia University, and her doctorate of education in leadership for organizations from the University of Dayton.
Dr. Isabelle Monlouis, Professor of Practice at Georgia State University (GSU), leverages 20+ years of leadership in strategy, innovation, and workforce development to bridge academia and industry. With expertise honed in Fortune 500 companies, she led global, high-impact projects, demonstrating strengths in critical thinking, leadership, communication, and collaboration.
At GSU, Dr. Monlouis serves as Associate Director of the Russell Center for Entrepreneurship, where she drives initiatives to cultivate entrepreneurial and career-readiness skills, focusing on NACE Career Competencies. She develops interdisciplinary programs integrating immersive case studies, simulations, and real-world projects to enhance problem-solving, communication, teamwork, and professionalism among students. Her work fosters ethical leadership and prepares students to thrive in dynamic professional environments.
Dr. Monlouis collaborates with Career Services to design transformative programs that blend industry outreach with competency-building. She spearheads the GSU_CodePath Emerging Engineer Empowerment Program (E3), a $25M inclusive tech excellence initiative that enhances student learning, provides paid internships, and prepares graduates for the evolving workforce. Passionate about empowering underrepresented groups, Dr. Monlouis emphasizes women’s leadership, corporate innovation, and start-up entrepreneurship in her courses. Her dedication ensures students achieve career success while contributing to GSU’s mission of advancing economic mobility. Outside academia, Dr. Monlouis enjoys meditation and exploring diverse cultures through international travel, bringing a global perspective to her work.
Vivian Senior is enjoying a long professional career at the University of North Florida, currently serving as the Senior Director of Student Engagement in Career Services and as adjunct faculty for undergraduate and graduate courses. She personifies leadership. For over 25 years, she has effectively developed and led teams, while managing the creation and implementation of programs, services, and collaborative partnerships.
Vivian is a National Certified Counselor and extends her expertise to individuals and groups targeting career and professional development, teambuilding, communication, and leadership. This extension of her services and expertise are also available through her private consulting organization. Vivian’s greatest accomplishment is her 23-year-old son, Clayton, class of 2023 college graduate, who continues to challenge everything she thought she knew.
Dr. Jason T. Hendrickson serves as a CUNY Career Success Leadership Fellow and brings nearly 20 years of teaching experience as a Professor of English at CUNY's LaGuardia Community College. At LaGuardia, he served as a leader in the development of the Career Success pillar of the college's strategic plan. He leads trainings at the college and across the CUNY system to equip faculty with tools to embed Career Connected Learning within curricula and classroom settings.
Dr. Hendrickson combines academic and administrative leadership, having co-led initiatives like CUNY’s Transformative Learning in the Humanities, LaGuardia's inaugural Career Success Summit, and the Center for Teaching and Learning's "Africana Studies Across the Disciplines" series. An Africana Studies scholar by training, Dr. Hendrickson has also collaborated with the National Urban League and is a life member and former executive officer of the College Language Association. His training specialties are career-infused pedagogy with NACE competencies, syllabus and curricular revision, administrative strategic planning, and cross-divisional/cross-disciplinary career-related collaboration.
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