Ana Eliason Email and Phone Number

- Instructed multiple sections of a Career Planning course for juniors and seniors in both online asynchronous and in person settings adapting teaching methods for each setting.- Taught the CLA Internship Reflection course, supporting students at internship sites to grow in their professional development through assignments with varied lenses representing diverse perspectives.- Mentored new instructors in navigating common issues and provided templates and samples of past material.- Consistently documented, recommended and implemented course updates to assignment structure and assessment and overall cadence and sequencing to further improve courses each semester.- Built rubrics to improve assessment of learning outcomes for assignments.- Regularly solicited student feedback and implemented course changes to better serve students.- Supported curriculum development by sourcing and building new content and learning opportunities.- Worked with Liberal Arts Technology & Innovation Services to update assignments using new technologies.

- Co-developed the structure and supporting templates for a new one week “Industry Based Project” program for historically underserved sophomore students to build experience, exposure and connections.- Conducted outreach and engaged employer sites in hosting over 45 projects and serving over 170 students.- Managed project timelines in Asana to ensure decisions were made and communicated in a timely manner.- Demonstrated attention to detail working closely with host sites to develop a project plan and program schedule that met the goals of the site and advocated for students’ learning and work exposure. - Improved processes each iteration of the program addressing pain points and adding efficiencies.

- Successfully proposed a new policy to the college-wide curriculum committee to implement minimum standards for internship courses to improve the academic quality and tracking capability.- Designed and created templates and tools to support quality internship learning including: a sample syllabus, drafts of assignments and evaluations and a Canvas site for internship courses pre-set with best practices and assignments. - Developed relationships with academic departments to promote internships and then collaborated with internship course instructors to implement new classroom tools to enhance student learning and knowledge of Career Readiness competencies. Strategic Assessment and Development:- Compiled a base understanding of current internship practices and courses across 65 diverse majors through an electronic survey (99% response rate) and follow-up meetings with academic departments. - Facilitated a monthly meeting with representatives from over 14 departments to provide feedback on new policy recommendations and practices related to internships. - Convened a group of stakeholders from across the college to inform and guide internship work in the college.- Planned and hosted a CLA Internship Summit to present information to over 25 academic departments and effectively engage them in conversation and provide feedback on the future of internships in CLA.-Collaborated with leadership, career staff, and developers to strategically survey CLA undergraduate students to collect better information about internships and to understand barriers to completing an internship. -Demonstrated flexibility, leadership and tolerance for ambiguity as the responsibilities of this new role evolved during the first year based on new information acquired.

- Quickly learned the nuances and adapted career coaching for specific majors to effectively serve new groups of students during two different parental leaves serving very different student populations.- Coached international students on unique considerations for finding internships and employment in the U.S.- Actively engaged in professional development opportunities related to various student identities to improve service to the student populations served.

Internship Program Development and Oversight:- Oversaw the course registration process of 250 internships for credit each academic year.- Designed group-based internship registration/orientation sessions to improve process flow and to better prepare students to write learning goals and reflect on their work.- Created and implemented new online electronic data collection process for internship evaluations, which increased the response rate from less than 40% to over 90% while also enhancing capability for reporting options to measure learning outcomes and analyze data.- Hired and trained student staff to perform administrative tasks to support the internship program.Strategic Outreach/Communication:- Developed relationships with academic departments to promote internships and provide best practices to faculty to encourage development of quality internship learning criteria and outcomes.- Established relationships with employers and provided advice on developing internships that would best meet the needs of the diverse student body.Career Coaching:- Provided individual and group internship and career counseling and advising to students and assisted students in clarifying academic and career goals, career exploration, internship searches, and graduate school options.- Conducted and interpreted personality and career interest inventories including MBTI, Strong, and Strengths.- Helped students develop and refine resumes and cover letters, coached students on interviewing and internship and job-search skills including strategies to utilize the Internet for career discovery/job-search.Instruction/Presentations:- Managed and instructed a self-directed non-credit internship course each semester through Moodle.- Initiated, developed and delivered internship and career workshops and panels, classroom presentations, special programs and events for student groups ranging in class size from 5 to 85.

- Counsel and provide individualized job search support to a cohort of over 80 graduates at a time.- Experience working closely with students of many different cultural backgrounds.- Teach sessions on resume building and interviewing to current students in the classroom.- Built a network of over 120 healthcare related employers partners through networking and cold calls. - Plan and execute a minimum of three Career Fairs on campus per year.- Responsible for a minimum placement of 70% of graduates in a job related to their field.- Supervise work study student.

- Researched and developed strategic relationships with districts, building administrators, and educational organizations to launch the program in over 800 High Schools across the U.S.- Consistently achieved aggressive market growth and usage goals. (Doubled total accounts in California market from 300 accounts to over 600 in 6 months. Increased high school usage and satisfaction metrics by 180% over the course of one year by visiting school and district sites, conducting web meetings, and following up with current accounts.)- Trained and mentored new staff, including creating a training manual for new roles.- As Team Lead, assisted in developing communication strategy for Outreach team.- Presented informational and training sessions to educators in group sizes of 5 – 100 in a room.- Experienced with trade shows. Owned and carried out the planning, exhibiting, presenting, and networking tasks for several trade shows each year.

- Founded and managed an after-school activity program for at risk youth - Demonstrated flexibility by establishing rapport with staff and youth despite language and cultural barriers- Provided hospitality for guests who visited the centrum- Sustained communication with sponsors by writing blogs/newsletters of personal experiences posted weekly- Experienced a new way of living and developed a broader understanding of life and work methods