Spring Workshops

Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) 101
April 29-30, 2009 (Chicago)
April 29: 1:00 p.m. Until 4:30 p.m. April 30: 8:30 a.m. Until 4:30 p.m.

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Hotel Information

To obtain these special rates, make reservations through CAEL (not the hotel). Please contact Kelsey Irish, kirish@cael.org or by phone 312-499-2667.

Chicago
Club Quarters
111 West Adams St.
Chicago, IL 60603
Rate: $174/night

There will be a $65 non-refundable administrative fee charged for all cancellations received before April 15. Cancellations received AFTER April 15 are totally non-refundable, but the amount paid, minus the $65 administrative fee, may be applied to a future CAEL workshop or the November CAEL International Conference.

2009 Spring Workshops

PLA 101 Workshops provide 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.

Questions? Contact Diana Bamford-Rees at dbamford-rees@cael.org.