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Today’s Agenda

Today’s Agenda. Identifying the Scope of the Problem Background on Prior Learning Assessments What it is How it can help Who is CAEL? Why LearningCounts.org How it works Who uses it Its impact on recruiting and graduation rates Questions. About Your Presenters. Cathy Brigham, Ph.D.

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Today’s Agenda

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  1. Today’s Agenda • Identifying the Scope of the Problem • Background on Prior Learning Assessments • What it is • How it can help • Who is CAEL? • Why LearningCounts.org • How it works • Who uses it • Its impact on recruiting and graduation rates • Questions

  2. About Your Presenters • Cathy Brigham, Ph.D. • Director of Academic Programs • CAEL, LearningCounts.org • Jo-Carol Fabianke, Ed.D. • Associate Vice Chancellor • Alamo Colleges

  3. Why College Completion Matters • U.S. position as a world leader in education has slipped from 4th – 11th (1997 – 2009) • By 2018, 63% of jobs will require some college or above Source: Help Wanted: Projections of Jobs and Education Requirements through 2018, Georgetown University, Center for Education and the Workforce, June 2010

  4. Tools to Meet these Workforce Needs • Common core initiatives / Transferability • 2+2 programs create alliances between affordable community colleges and strong four-year programs • Dual-enrollment programs encourage a more prepared K-16 pipeline But these are traditional approaches to a nontraditional problem.

  5. Finite number of traditional students –Focus on adult learners • Increase the numbers of highly-trained, college-educated individuals in the workforce • Prepare for emerging industries • Build on transferable skills

  6. Focus On Adult Learners • Increase the numbers of highly-trained, college-educated individuals in the workforce • Prepare for emerging industries • Build on transferable skills

  7. Barriers to Participation • Access • Affordability • Aspiration

  8. What is PLA? Prior Learning Assessment is a process for evaluating knowledge and skills in order to award college credit for learning from:

  9. How PLA Can Help:Graduation Rates Fueling the Race to Postsecondary Success, CAEL, March 2010

  10. How PLA Can Help:Persistence

  11. Why LearningCounts.org • Not enough colleges granting credit for prior learning • Need for consistent standards • Adult learners are not aware of PLA so they often repeat what they already know • Need for a national, on-line approach with easy access • Ability to use faculty experts nationwide to review learning portfolios in various disciplines

  12. Why LearningCounts.org • One-Stop Shop for PLA • Free academic advising • Individualized portfolio development and review

  13. Why LearningCounts.org LearningCounts.org educates adult learners about the multiple ways people can earn college credit forwhat they already know.

  14. Students have the option tospeak one-on one with a PLA advisorto find out which PLA option is right for them

  15. Individualized Portfolios CAEL 100: Prior Learning Assessment Theory and Practice • Six-weeks, credit-bearing, online course • Facilitated by an instructor • Asynchronous • Courses start every few weeks • Teaches students how to recognize and document college level learning; leads them through the development of their portfolio. • Cost: $500

  16. Individualized Portfolios Create and Submit Portfolios • Each portfolio may contain up to 6 credits in any one discipline • Faculty from colleges and universities from across the country will evaluate portfolios and make credit recommendations • Two week turn-around • Credits will be recorded on an American Council on Education (ACE CREDIT) transcript • Cost: $250 for 1-6 credits attempted

  17. Portfolio Credits

  18. Portfolio Disciplines

  19. Faculty Assessors Nearly 800 faculty applications, 71 faculty assessors trained Online training for assessors (example?, screenshot?)

  20. Who Uses LearningCounts.org • Learners (matriculated and non) • Institutions – marketing, accreditation, retention and completion improvement plans • Corporations • Workforce boards • Professional associations • Military to Medicine • Veterans Upward Bound • Achieving the Dream

  21. Sample Partner Institutions

  22. Student Benefits • Access to free academic advising • Information on all major forms of PLA • Online – accessible – affordable • National roster of faculty ensure coverage of all disciplines • Credit-bearing course guiding them through portfolio • Timely review of portfolios • Transcription of results by ACE • Fast, convenient, and reputable • Access to philanthropic support

  23. Foundation Support

  24. Walmart Foundation Stipends The Walmart Learning Assessment Stipends program will ensure services offered by LearningCounts.org are available to low-income students. The stipends will fully support: 1. Enrollment in CAEL 100 (a $500 value) 2. Evaluation of one (or more) portfolio(s) For requests greater than six credits or across multiple disciplines, students may submit additional portfolios for a fee of $250/portfolio.

  25. Achieving the Dream • Achieving the Dream and LearningCounts.org have partnered to remove obstacles that face adult students and accelerate the pace their learning.

  26. Jeff Reardon • 33 years old • Completed Associates Degree • 7 years experience in Finance • Saved > $3000 in tuition • Graduating May 2012

  27. Here, a student testimonial was played during the live presentation. To access all of our student testimonials, please visit: • http://www.youtube.com/learningcountsorg

  28. Become a Partner Benefits • Benefit your institution, faculty, and students • Instant capacity to recruit, serve, and retain more adult learners • Administer a PLA program simply and cost-effectively • Refer your students to CAEL 100 and the portfolio process • Eligible for Walmart Foundation stipends Requirements • Agree to accept credit recommendations • Institutional-level membership in CAEL

  29. PartnerPlus Program Benefits • Turn-key service with administrative and training support • Option to list CAEL 100 in your academic catalog • Flexibility to set your own tuition and assessment rates • Ability to transcribe assessment results directly Requirements • Institutional-level membership in CAEL • Annual service fee

  30. Linking to Us Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/LearningCountsORG Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/Learning_Counts Join us on LinkedIn: http://linkd.in/mRTm0s Watch us on YouTube: www.youtube.com/LearningCountsORG

  31. For more information email: colleges@learningcounts.org cbrigham@cael.org @cathybrigham

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