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Identifying the Scope of the Problem Background on Prior Learning Assessments What it is How it can help Who is CAEL Why LearningCountsorg How it works Who uses it Its impact on recruiting and graduation rates ID: 373056

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Today’s AgendaIdentifying 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

QuestionsSlide3

About Your PresentersCathy Brigham, Ph.D.Director of Academic Programs

CAEL, LearningCounts.org

Jo-Carol Fabianke, Ed.D.

Associate Vice Chancellor

Alamo CollegesSlide4
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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 2010Slide6

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.Slide7

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

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Focus On Adult Learners

Increase the numbers of highly-trained, college-educated individuals in the workforce

Prepare for emerging industries

Build on transferable skills

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Barriers to Participation

Access

Affordability

AspirationSlide11

What is PLA?

P

rior

L

earning

A

ssessment

is a process for evaluating knowledge and skills in order to award college credit for learning from: Slide12

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How PLA Can Help:

Graduation Rates

Fueling the Race to Postsecondary Success

, CAEL, March 2010Slide14

How PLA Can Help:

Persistence Slide15

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

Why LearningCounts.orgSlide16

One-Stop Shop for PLA

Free academic advising

Individualized portfolio development and review

Why LearningCounts.orgSlide17

LearningCounts.org

educates adult learners about the multiple ways people can

earn college credit for

what they already know.

Why LearningCounts.orgSlide18

Students have the option to

speak one-on one with a PLA advisor

to find out which PLA option is right for them Slide19

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 Slide20

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

Individualized PortfoliosSlide21

Portfolio CreditsSlide22

Portfolio DisciplinesSlide23

Faculty Assessors

Nearly 800 faculty applications, 71 faculty assessors trained

Online training for assessors

(example?, screenshot?)Slide24

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 DreamSlide25

Sample Partner InstitutionsSlide26

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 supportSlide27

Foundation SupportSlide28

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.Slide29

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

Achieving the DreamSlide30
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33 years oldCompleted Associates Degree

7 years experience in Finance

Saved > $3000 in tuition

Graduating May 2012

Jeff ReardonSlide32

Here, a student testimonial was played during the live presentation. To access all of our student testimonials, please visit: http://www.youtube.com/learningcountsorgSlide33

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

Become a PartnerSlide34

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 feeSlide35

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

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For more information email:

colleges@learningcounts.org

cbrigham@cael.org

@

cathybrigham