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Assessing and Awarding Credit for Prior Learning. Plans for Today. Celebrating progress Sharing effective practices Building teams and planning next steps. Big Picture. Overview of relevant legislation Handbook, page 5 PLA work group progress. Established ongoing work group
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Plans for Today • Celebrating progress • Sharing effective practices • Building teams and planning next steps
Big Picture • Overview of relevant legislation • Handbook, page 5 • PLA work group progress
Established ongoing work group • Identified single points of contact for all campuses • Developed a consistent definition of PLA • Determined (and implemented) consistent method of tracking PLA for CTC students • Established crosswalk examples for specific career clusters • Analyzed and recommended a consistent fee structure • Collected and shared state and national good practices • PLA wording was added to inter-college reciprocity agreement • Developed resources and training for faculty and staff • statewide workshops, fall of 2011 and 2012 • PLA wiki with resources • Increased transparency and consistency of information available to students and stakeholders • This was the number one goal of colleges participating in the fall 2011 workshop • Discussed PLA practices with regional accrediting commission • Clarification on PLA definition and standards relating to PLA
PLA Progress Across the State What exciting progress have you on your campus?