NCWIT Advising for Future-Ready Students: Guiding Students in an AI Era

Artificial Intelligence is rapidly shaping how students learn, explore careers, and make decisions about their futures. For counselors to be prepared and best prepare our students this call to action requires practical, human-centered guidance. This workshop is designed to help you feel confident and prepared by breaking down how AI actually works in clear, accessible language and explore where it’s showing up across college and career pathways.

We’ll dig into important challenges like evaluating AI outputs, data privacy, and the growing concern of students becoming overly reliant on AI.

This session focuses on how advising and career counseling practices need to adapt. You’ll learn practical strategies to guide students toward durable skills, thoughtful decision making, and flexible, interdisciplinary pathways in a rapidly changing workforce. We’ll also discuss how you can use AI as a tool in your own role, saving time on routine tasks, while protecting the valuable human-centered connections with students.

Event Details

This workshop is intended for K-12 School Counselors, Career Counselors, and those in student advising roles.

Workshop Details

This is a one-day in-person workshop on Monday, September 14, 2026. The workshop will run from 8:30AM-3:30PM EST.

Breakfast and lunch will be provided.

The workshop will be held at Ball State Fishers Center at 8626 E. 116th Street, Suite 300, Fishers, IN 46038.

Additional information about parking, room location, and details of the day will be shared to all registered attendees closer to the workshop date.

About

Guiding Students in an AI Era Workshop

AI is here and demanding an immediate shift in how we counsel and prepare students for college and career pathways. This workshop moves beyond the hype to true AI Readiness. Providing K-12 School Counselors, Career Counselors, and those in student advising roles with the knowledge, research, and resources to be AI literate and support students AI literacy.

Upon completion of this workshop, you will be able to:

- Explain core AI concepts in clear accessible language and connect them to current and emerging workforce trends.
- Develop and Implement student advising strategies that emphasize durable skills and interdisciplinary studies to prepare students for emerging, high-value jobs.
- Evaluate and plan a human-centered approach to AI literacy that empowers students to use AI as a co-creator, mitigate the risk of cognitive dependency, critically evaluate AI bias, and prioritize data privacy.
- Practice prompt engineering techniques for prioritizing direct student services and optimizing indirect services

The NCWIT Counselors for Computing (C4C) program provides information and resources that help counselors become effective influencers and advocates for computing education. We bring people and programs together with professional development, knowledge, and resources to give all students access to transformative computing careers.

Stipend, PGPs, Supplies

Workshop attendees will receive a certificate of completion.

All supplies will be provided.

Breakfast and lunch will be provided.

This workshop is eligible for a $200 incentive for all attendees, which will be paid after the workshop.

For attendees that are traveling over 50 miles, an additional travel stipend of $250 will be offered to allow for hotel accommodations. Hotel decisions and booking are up to individual participants.

Who Should Attend?

This workshop is intended for K-12 School Counselors, Career Counselors, and those in student advising roles.

Date and Time

Workshop Details

This is a one-day in-person workshop on Monday, September 14, 2026. The workshop will run from 8:30AM-3:30PM EST.

Breakfast and lunch will be provided.

The workshop will be held at Ball State Fishers Center at 8626 E. 116th Street, Suite 300, Fishers, IN 46038.

Additional information about parking, room location, and details of the day will be shared to all registered attendees closer to the workshop date.

About This Workshop

About

Guiding Students in an AI Era Workshop

Upon completion of this workshop, you will be able to:

- Explain core AI concepts in clear accessible language and connect them to current and emerging workforce trends.
- Develop and Implement student advising strategies that emphasize durable skills and interdisciplinary studies to prepare students for emerging, high-value jobs.
- Evaluate and plan a human-centered approach to AI literacy that empowers students to use AI as a co-creator, mitigate the risk of cognitive dependency, critically evaluate AI bias, and prioritize data privacy.
- Practice prompt engineering techniques for prioritizing direct student services and optimizing indirect services

What Counselors Will Receive

Stipend, PGPs, Supplies

Workshop attendees will receive a certificate of completion.

All supplies will be provided.

Breakfast and lunch will be provided.

This workshop is eligible for a $200 incentive for all attendees, which will be paid after the workshop.

For attendees that are traveling over 50 miles, an additional travel stipend of $250 will be offered to allow for hotel accommodations. Hotel decisions and booking are up to individual participants.