Walking the Walk

Career Level: Basic-, intermediate-, and advanced-level
Competency: Program design, implementation, and evaluation
Fee: FREE (member); FREE (nonmember);

Summary
Join Samara Reynolds, Director of Career Services at Virginia Commonwealth University and Director of Professional Development for the Virginia Association of Colleges & Employers (VACE), for a session that focuses on how to fairly judge your current role and its potential for growth, consider your own priorities and next steps, and help us take our own advice when it comes to professional development.

Following this program, you will be able to:
- Identify key elements of professional development and provide tangible next steps for action and engagement.
- Evaluate current role, while considering other opportunities and strategies/tools for future implementation; and
- Identify critical questions when considering roadblocks in professional development planning and progress.
Presenters

Samara Reynolds, Director, VCU Career Services, Virginia Commonwealth University
Samara Reynolds has been invested in the field of career development for nearly 15 years, including related work at eight unique institutions across three states. She currently serves as director of Virginia Commonwealth University career services and director of professional development for the Virginia Association of College & Employers. She has served as an associate editor for the National Career Development Association's (NCDA) Career Convergence web magazine, member of the NCDA Leadership Academy, and past-president of the North Carolina Career Development Association. She has a B.A. in interdisciplinary studies from Virginia Tech and a master's in education from North Carolina State.