CAEL's PLA
Workshops present the basic “nuts and bolts”
of how to design and implement PLA at colleges and universities.
These 1½ day workshops will help institutions design
and implement a program that is both attractive to students
and consistent with high academic standards. The overall goal
of the CAEL PLA 101 workshop is to provide faculty and practitioners
who are new to PLA programs with the understanding and tools
they need to begin to build, or develop and expand PLA programs
that will benefit adult learners in their institutions. Participants
will also be better prepared to be internal advocates within
their own colleges and universities for establishing principles
of good practice. A secondary goal for the PLA 101 Workshop
is to build a national network of skilled and informed PLA
professionals who can provide leadership within higher education
on the importance of CAEL standards for good practice in prior
learning assessment.
At the completion of the workshop, participants will:
- Understand the principles and value of experiential learning.
- Deepen their understanding of the history and development
of prior learning assessment in higher education.
- Be able to advance the CAEL principles of best practice
in prior learning assessment.
- Become familiar with the steps, tools and procedures in
the PLA process with an emphasis on Portfolio Development.
- Be able to articulate the roles and responsibilities of
those involved in the PLA process.
- Gain a better understanding of the administrative principles
of prior learning assessment.
- Be able to articulate to various audiences the value of
prior learning assessment.
- Be able to bypass the first workshop in the CAEL PLA online
workshop and, with possible supplemental work, begin with
workshop two in the online course.
Advising Adult Learners
Adults learn differently, face different issues related to work-life balance, and may have access to different financial aid sources than their younger counterparts. In this one-day workshop you will learn to respond to the needs of adult learners and receive a toolkit of resources for advisors and students.
Defining College-Level Learning
Each institution struggles with its operational definition for college-level learning while upholding academic quality standards. Identifying student knowledge from experience requires a unique blend of pedagogy and coaching techniques.
In this 1 ˝ day workshop, you will have the opportunity to “go beyond the basics” and using best practices in PLA, explore the meaning of college-level learning from a theoretical and practical perspective. The knowledge and skills learned in this workshop will equip participants to:
- identify college-level learning imbedded in student experiences throughout academic disciplines,
- utilize models, rubrics and coaching techniques that move students beyond experience to articulating a knowledge base,
- examine faculty assessor criteria for college-level learning and
increase student retention and success.
Questions? Contact Bridget Miller at bmiller@cael.org.
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