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STD 298: PLACE

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Instructors Textbook: PLACE Workbook
Introduction Course Content
Course Objectives Important Dates

 
Instructors
 
Cammy White's Home Page
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Introduction
 
The Portfolio Development Course is designed to help you:
  • Identify your learning experiences
  • Match your learning to college courses
  • Articulate and document your learning in a portfolio and request credit for specific courses
          You will be graded on the entire portfolio, with all its parts.
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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 you enhance your self-esteem, your self-concept as a learner, and your ability to clarify and reach life/work goals. The portfolio can be an excellent record of your effectiveness in life/work situations. It can be suitable for presentation to prospective employers and others interested in your skills. 

Upon successful completion of the Portfolio Development course, you 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. 

  • Recognized the value and legitimacy of learning from experience. 

  • 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. 

  • Assessed your 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, your own prior experiential learning and, specifically provided documentation for each learning description recorded in the portfolio. 

  • Described and documented competence developed through experience. 

  • 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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WEEK 1:    Topics Assignment
A. Introduction: Read this Syllabus completely and explore the rest of the web site.
B. Read the PLACE Workbook (purchased in the bookstore, excerpts online), pages 1-12.  Pay particular attention to the description of portfolio contents.

Introduce yourself to your instructor by email or phone and ask any questions you may have about getting started.  You must use your college student email to email the instructor. 
WEEK 2:  Topics Assignment
A. Read pages 13 - 31, Life History and Chronological Record
B. Complete the exercises in the text.  These exercises are for your use and are not to be submitted to the instructor.
C. Complete: 

1. Life History Paper

2. Chronological Record

3. Turn in both to your instructor  (mail, email, or in person)

WEEK 3:    Topics Assignment
A. Read pages 32-42 in the text, The Goals Paper, completing the accompanying exercises.
B. Complete the Goals Paper and submit it to your instructor.
C. Match learning to specific NVCC courses
Review the NVCC Current Catalog, looking for the courses you think are the most appropriate match for your experiences.

Search for appropriate course numbes in the NVCC Course Content Summaries
 

WEEKS 4-5:    Topics Assignment
A. Read pages 42-58 of the text, Narrative of Competencies, completing accompanying exercises
B. Consult with instructor who is available for individual consultation
          C. Prepare first draft of the Narrative of Competency, submit it to the instructor.
WEEKS 6-10:    Topics Assignment
A. Read pages 59-73 of the text, Documentation
B. Gather documentation - Your instructor is available to work one-on-one with you.
          C. Refine competencies and submit to your instructor for review.
WEEKS 11-15:    Topics Assignment
A.  Continue working on the Narrative of Competencies.  Your instructor is available to work one-on-one with you.
B. Read pages 74-75 of the text, Assembling the Portfolio and Cover Letter
          C. Begin assembling the portfolio(s) 
1. Cover letter 

2. Parts of portfolio 

3. Labels, tabs, formatting (contact instructor for additional information)
D.  Read pages 76-79 of the text, Evaluation of the Portfolio
WEEK 16:    Topics Assignment
A. Turn in a minimum of one portfolio - Portfolio due 
B. Register and pay for appropriate course.  Once registered your portfolio will be forwarded to the appropriate faculty member for evaluation. 
         C. Complete the STD 298 Course Evaluation.  Your answers are anonymous, but 
          they help your instructor improve the course.


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Course Content:  Includes dates for completing your assignments.
All actual dates are listed on the label in the Quick-Start Syllabus you received from ELI.
  • Your Start Date: Week 1  Your Start date and your End of Enrollment dates are 16 weeks apart.  That's the length of a normal semester, and the time in which you are expected to complete this course.
  • Last Refund:  Week 3, approximately  Your Last Refund date is the last day you can withdraw from this course and receive a refund of the tuition.
  • Last Withdrawal:  Week 10, approximately  The Last Withdrawal date is the last day you can withdraw from this course.  If you do not submit your Life History Paper and make contact with your instructor by this date, you will be administratively withdrawn with no refund.
  • 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   To request a grade of Incomplete for this course, you must have satisfactorily completed at least 50% of your work (Life History Paper, Chronological Record, and Goals Paper).


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