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STD 298: PLACE
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Introduction
 
The Portfolio Development Course is designed to help students to:
  • Identify their learning experiences
  • Match their learning to college courses
  • Articulate and document their learning in a portfolio, requesting credit for specific courses
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Course Objectives

While the major outcome of the Portfolio Development Course is the preparation of the portfolio, the course is a valuable educational experience in itself. The course is an exercise in self evaluation, introspection, analysis and synthesis. 

The course can help students enhance their self-esteem, their self-concept as learners, and their ability to clarify and reach life/work goals. The portfolio can be an excellent record of the student's effectiveness in life/work situations. It can be suitable for presentation to prospective employers and others interested in a student's skills. 

Upon successful completion of the Portfolio Development course, the student will have accomplished the following course objectives: 

  • Clarified the conditions for enrollment in the course, the steps in the portfolio development/evaluation process, and the role of the faculty resource person. 
  • Clarified the importance and purpose of the portfolio in relationship to the achievement of the course objectives. 

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  • Recognized the value and legitimacy of learning from experience. 

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  • Appreciated that learning is a life-long process. 
  • Written a five or more page Life History. 
  • Prepared a one to two page Chronological Record 
  • Set life/career goals and objectives. 
  • Written a one to two page Goals Paper. 
  • Differentiated between "book" learning and "practical" learning, clarifying the expectation of Northern Virginia Community College faculty evaluators. 

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  • Assessed his/her own experientially developed competency. 
  • Understood NVCC’s expectations regarding the articulation of the experience and learning sections of the portfolio. 

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  • Demonstrated understanding of principles of documentation, his/her own prior experiential learning and, specifically provided documentation for each learning description recorded in the portfolio. 

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  • Described and documented competence developed through experience. 

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  • Assembled a portfolio of life and career accomplishments for submission to Northern Virginia Community College faculty evaluators, prospective employers, or others interested in appraising the student's competence.
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Course Content
WEEK 1:    Class Activity/Topics Assignment
A. Introduction Read PLACE Workbook (purchased in the bookstore, excerpts online)
B. Credit for prior learning: Prepare Chronological Record
1. Class procedures Record and Life History
2. Workbook review Paper
3. The portfolio and its parts
4. NVCC Course Offerings
5. Portfolio evaluation process
6. Non-traditional ways to earn credit
7. Grading
C. Life History Paper
D. Chronological Record
1. Format
2. Content
WEEK 2:  Class Activity/Topics Assignment
A. Questions and Answers Prepare a Goals Paper and do Learning    Experience
B. Review Worksheet
1. Life History Paper
2. Chronological Record
3. Turn in both to instructor for review (mail, email, or in person)
C. The Goals Paper
1. Values and goal setting exercises
2. Format for Goals Paper
D. NVCC Catalog
WEEK 3:    Class Activity/Topics Assignment
A. Identifying learning experiences Do Learning Experiences 
         Worksheet Exercises
B. Matching learning to specific NVCC courses
C. How to report what you know (Narrative of Competencies)
1. Competencies
2. Format
3. Separating experience from learning
4. Competency worksheet
D. Utilizing the Learning Experience Worksheet and Chronological          Record To identify potential courses
E. Instructor returns edited Life History and Chronological Record papers
F. Request list of NVCC Course Content Summaries
WEEKS 4-5:    Class Activity/Topics Assignment
A. Instructor works one-on-one with Request appropriate - 
          Students to identify appropriate Course Content Summaries
           courses 
B. Instructor available for individual consultation-
         Prepare first draft of advising Narrative of Competency 
WEEKS 6-10:    Class Activity/Topics Assignment
A. Instructor works one-on-one with students - Gather documentation
B. Competencies refined 
WEEKS 11-15:    Class Activity/Topics Assignment
A. Instructor works with students one-on-one- 
          Continue working on competencies 
B. Students begin assembling the Assemble portfolio(s) 
1. Cover letter 

2. Parts of portfolio 

3. Labels, tabs, formatting 
C. Evaluation Process 
WEEK 16:    Class Activity/Topics Assignment
A. Turn in minimum of one portfolio - Portfolio due 
B. Evaluation, registration, and  payment process explained
Complete STD 298 Course Evaluation.
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Course Content:  Includes dates for completing your assignments.
All actual dates are listed on the label in the Syllabus you received from ELI.
  • Your Enrollment Begins: Week 1
  • Last Day to Drop with Tuition Refund:  Week 3, approximately 
  • Last Day to Drop Without Grade Penalty:  Week 8, approximately
  • LAST DAY TO TURN IN PORTFOLIO- Before the end of enrollment
  • WHEN PORTFOLIOS HAVE BEEN EVALUATED, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT YOU PICK THEM UP FROM MS. WHITE, INSTRUCTOR. THEY WILL BE KEPT NO LONGER THAN SIX MONTHS.
  • End of Enrollment:  Week 16
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