I read a blog post recently from RK Selmon, entitled "Professional Development: A Life Learner Activity." Thank you so much RK, I couldn't have said it better myself!

As Faculty Coaches, one of the points we might emphasize to our instructors is that faculty development and professional growth are focal points in the lifelong learning process. Though CEUs are important to ongoing credentials, thet are only one piece of the development pie. The lifelong learning process itself is a natural part of every educator's genre.

As RK mentioned, "Advancements via online portals have made it most convenient for educators and professionals to receive quality and continuous development. Ideally resources and tools as available through services like the Center for Excellence in Education (CEE) have combined various levels of facilitation that allow participants accessibility and manageability."

As our career college institutions stay involved with so many initiatives, activities and faculty/staff responsibilities, hopefully resources such as CEE are streamlined, relevant and practical to the point where accessibility and convenience support the continuous learning process and where we have time, as stated by RK, to address other issues having such arrangements in place.