The student will demonstrate the following:

1.    Knowledge about defining documentation assessment as well as information on the format, length, content and structure of documentation

2.    Determine sources of prior learning (e.g., military, work and community involvement)

3.    Identify the format for use in different parts of the documentation set

4.    Ascertain the length and structure of the documentation construction

5.    Identify events and experiences that have contributed to one’s learning as an individual or as a member of a group

6.    Articulate educational goals and plans as a context for the assessment of one’s experiential learning

7.    Understand the system by which experiential learning is assessed in one’s program or organization

8.    Apply one or more models of how adults learn from experience to the analysis of events and experiences in one’s life

9.    Identify possible and appropriate forms of evidence to document one’s claims of creditable learning 

10.  Collect and organize materials from past learning experience (e.g. letters, sample presentations, sample projects)

11.  Produce evidence of one’s learning that is acceptable to the institution or program and amenable to assessment

12.  Develop academic writing and research skills as demonstrated by mastery of oral and written formal Standard English; use APA citations effectively and consistently  

13.  Provide reflections on prior learning. 

14.  Apply criteria for determining the college-level qualities of one’s learning

15.  Know and use program–specific forms and formalities for submitting evidence of learning for assessment

16.  Use the outcomes of a learning assessment process to plan future educational and/or professional activities

17.  After working with the PLA counselor/ documentation course professor, the student will establish a working relationship with an advisor (staff, faculty) for ongoing identification and development of evidence for the assessment of one’s learning.