Sticking Points: Tips for Advancing the PLA Conversation presentation at the Colorado Adult Learning...
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Sticking Points: Tips for Advancing the PLA Conversation Bitsy Cohn, Director, Credit for Prior learning, CCCS Danielle Forrest, Prior Learning Specialist MSU Denver Dr. Rey Hernandez, Associate Professor of Economics, MSU Denver
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This presentation Bitsy Cohn, Director, Credit for Prior learning, CCCS; Danielle Forrest, Prior Learning Specialist MSU Denver; Dr. Rey Hernandez, Associate Professor of Economics, MSU Denver around the conversation of Prior Learning Assessment and what is considered crucial to advancing the prior learning assessment conversation?
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Sticking Points: Tips for Advancing the PLA Conversation
Bitsy Cohn, Director, Credit for Prior learning, CCCSDanielle Forrest, Prior Learning Specialist MSU Denver
Dr. Rey Hernandez, Associate Professor of Economics, MSU Denver
What do you consider crucial to advancing the
prior learning assessment conversation?
Faculty Perspective
•Engagement•Building buy-in•MSU Faculty PLA Task Force
▫Creation▫Charge▫Outcomes
Student Perspective• Ease of access is key
Where to go, how to get information, faculty/staff awareness
• Articulating experience in a portfolio Understanding what college-level learning
means Addressing writing deficiencies Connecting theory and practice
• Time commitment• Cost• Navigating the process
Best PLA practices for students•Establish a permanent position
▫Screener, resource specialist, advisor able to help students define their end goal
▫Familiar with transfer, admissions, registrar, and academic departments
•Establish a campus hub▫One place on campus to go for all PLA support
•Clearly delineated list of classes available for all PLA – portfolio, dept. exam, CLEP, DSST, etc.
Leadership Perspective
•Policy•Articulation•Standards/Rigor•Faculty driven•2:4 at the table•National best practices•Leveraged resources
Contacts
•Bitsy Cohn▫[email protected]
•Danielle Forrest▫[email protected]
•Rey Hernandez▫[email protected]
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