Categories for Professional Development

We’re all “recalculating” now

June 2, 2021 8:27 pm Published by 3 Comments

Tina J. Mello (she/her/hers) Cooperative Education Faculty, Biology Northeastern University CEIA Blog Contributor, Marketing and Communications Committee We’re all “recalculating” now Those of us who attended CEIA conference in April received Lindsey Pollak’s new book “Recalculating: Navigate your Career Through the Changing World of Work” as part of our registration, but it’s worth picking up... Read More »


Coronavirus: Support & Resources

March 23, 2020 7:19 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

In response to the coronavirus, CEIA brings important information and resources to its members. We hope this page will serve as a central source of support and information. For the latest information and updates please visit: https://www.ceiainc.org/coronavirus/


Professional Goal Setting: Create work goals like a boss!

February 17, 2020 5:35 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

Professional Goal Setting: Create work goals like a boss! Erin Glaser Career Coach | Professional Development & Training | Instructional Specialist- Leadership, Team, DISC Let’s talk about goal setting! Your professional life can provide you with great insight and can help mold your career goals. Taking just a bit of time to reflect on the experience... Read More »


Expectation Management at Work–What’s that old saying about assumptions?

January 14, 2020 8:41 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

Erin Glaser Career Coach | Professional Development & Training | Instructional Specialist – Leadership, Team, DISC Expectation management is the name of the game when it comes to any successful relationship. In both our professional and personal lives almost all conflict can be traced back to poor expectation management. Either you expected something and didn’t... Read More »


Manage conflict using this simple tool

December 12, 2019 2:43 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

Erin Glaser Career Coach | Professional Development & Training | Instructional Specialist- Leadership, Team, DISC Manage conflict using this simple tool People are different. Often times our ability to work with different people will be the difference in whether we are successful or not in our personal and professional life. As a professional, we can... Read More »


Unpacking Best Practices

July 24, 2019 4:30 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

By Ned Khatrichettri *orignially published in NACE. “Best practice” is a common phrase in higher education institutions; yet it is rarely analyzed, and thus its meanings are often subjective. It is presumably a standard of performance to which administrators are expected to adhere, but its parameters are often left unstated. This is particularly significant because... Read More »


Elevate Experiential & Work-Integrated Learning; Submit a #CEIA2019 Proposal

October 22, 2018 2:34 pm Published by 2 Comments

By: Andrew Harper, St. Edward’s University As chair of the Programs Committee for the 2019 Conference, I want to encourage all of you, our community of educators, employers, practitioners, researchers and scholars, to submit a session proposal this Friday! Many of you may be contemplating what you could contribute through a session at the upcoming... Read More »


Professional Development – Authentically Appreciative

August 9, 2017 10:45 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

By: TRACEY DOWLING Last fall a new hire conducted informational interviews with members of the broader Career Center Team across functional departments to determine which annual conference she would request to attend during the 2016-2017 academic year. And….I must confess a feeling of pride when her travel authorization request landed on my desk bearing the... Read More »


Keeping Up With Your Own Professional Development

July 24, 2017 6:38 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

By: TINA MELLO It can be easy to get lost in the day-to-day activities of getting your job done, and lose track of big picture, professional development activities that will ultimately keep you current in your work and your skills fresh. As educators, particularly those of us who work with students pursuing internships and co-op... Read More »


Leveraging Lunch

November 22, 2016 8:27 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

By DEMETERIUS SMITH  Hello. Thank you for taking the time to stop and read this post. It is the first in a new series that I hope you will find professionally beneficial, personally inspiring, and impactful enough to share with others. Let’s start by talking about the most important time of the workday; which happens... Read More »