Self-Guided PLA Portfolio Site
CPL/PLA PORTFOLIO OVERVIEW VIDEOS
BUILDING THE PORTFOLIO: a 5-Step Process
Module 1: Life Resume
This document will help identify some of your learning and eperiences from inside and outside of the classroom.
If you need help writing your Career & Educational Goals Statement for your Life Resume, this document will help guide you through it.
Career and Educational Goals Statement pdf
Module 2: Matching Your Learning to a College Course
This section will help you and the portfolio reviewer (Faculty Assessor) to identify your prior learning.
Life Experiences & Learning Outcomes pdf (optional--recommended!)
Matching Your Learning to Course Outcomes pdf
Matching Your Learning to Course Outcomes template (Word)
Matching Your Learning demo and explanation (video)
Module 3: Competency Statements
This section will constitute the bulk of your portfolio, as it is where you will provide evidence that your prior learning matches that of the college course for which you are petitioning. The goal is to prove that you can meet at least 75% of the Learning Outcomes at a level of 75% or higher.
tips for writing your Competency Statements Essay (video)
Module 4: Documentation/Evidence
This section is where you will include documents that support your competency statements.
Module 5: Statements/Cover Page
Although this will be the first page of your portfolio, it will be the last thing you will create. It will contain your name, contact information, college course for which credit is being sought, statement of purpose, and statement of authenticity.
Statements and Cover Page (Word)
FINISHING THE PORTFOLIO PROCESS
Use the checklist below to double-check that you have included everthing needed to make your case for recieving college credit for what you already know.