“Credit for Prior Learning: Planning through Implementation” six module playlist. These trainings are designed to support CPL leads.
To access these modules, log in by entering your email at visionresourcecenter.cccco.edu/login and search for “Credit for Prior Learning: Planning through Implementation” or search by individual modules:
- “Credit for Prior Learning: Introduction”
- “Credit for Prior Learning: Getting Started”
- “Credit for Prior Learning: Working with Faculty”
- “Credit for Prior Learning: Working with Staff and Administrators”
- “Credit for Prior Learning: Working with Curriculum Committee”
- “Credit for Prior Learning: Working with Counselors and Veteran Services”
To see what other colleges are offering as CPL student opportunities, please visit the California Community Colleges CPL Opportunities Dashboard.
For Students: Register with the California Community Colleges Credit for Prior Learning Student Portal to add your work expertise, military and training information, and upload your JST or certifications to be reviewed by the college(s) of your choice. Please watch a short video on how to get started.
CPL Quick Reference Sheet for Counselors
CPL general counselor: Gohar Srapyan
CPL Veteran's counselors:
To see what other colleges are offering as CPL student opportunities, please visit the MAP California Community Colleges CPL Opportunities Dashboard(opens in new window).
- CPL Board Policy: BP4235
- CPL Administrative Procedure: AP4235
- CCCCO Guidance System Memorandum ESS 20-300-001 Credit for Prior Learning
- CCCCO CPL Updated Guidelines and Reporting Requirements
- ACCJC Policy-on-Credit-for-Prior-Learning_June-2024
- Cal State and CPL EO 1036
- UC and CPL
- CCC Management Information System CPL Data Elements
- ASCCC Adopted Resolutions April 22, 2023 7.04. Review of Credit for Prior Learning Regulations
- Senate Bill No. 1071
- Senate Bill No. 466
- Scaling Credit for Prior Learning in California_ Oct. 2024
- Santa Monica College:
- To learn what other colleges are offering as CPL student opportunities, please visit the California Community Colleges CPL Opportunities Dashboard
- TEMPLATE SMC CPL Inventory This spreadsheet is designed to help faculty create an inventory of CPL courses within their discipline.
- ACE Military Guide
- Articulation website: AP, IB, CLEP, DANTES, and DLPT
Palomar College CPL Resources
- Palomar CPL for Military Students (Zoom recording)
- Palomar CPL for Military Students workshop slides
- Palomar Portfolio Review Templates
- West Hills College: Standard portfolio review framework example
- Portfolio Review – eportfolio in Canvas
- Edsource: Why many colleges are giving more credit for learning outside the classroom
- Credit for Prior Learning: Leveraging Past Learning to Close Present-Day Equity Gaps
- Racial Equity and Prior Learning Assessment
- CAEL: How Can Institutions Address the Equity Gap in PLA/CPL Credit Receipt by Adult Learners?
- Flex-Learning-Report-Final
- ACE: Reimagining Transfer for Student Success
- ACE Military Guide_Institution Onboarding Guide_April 2021 (1)
- PLA Boost Report CAEL WICHE – October 2020
- ASCCC: Credit for Prior Learning as an Equity Lever
- Recognition of Learning Tool Box Collaborative efforts provided by the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment for the Learning Recognition Collaborative – an online repository to assist colleges in the recognition of learning.
- Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) Prior Learning Assessment
- Prior Learning Assessment Inside Out: An International Journal on Theory, Research and Practice in Prior learning Assessment
- Lumina Foundation: America’s Call for Higher Education Redesign 75% of Americans would be more likely to enroll in Higher Ed if they could be evaluated and receive credit for what they know.
- CAEL Fueling the Race for Postsecondary Success Longitudinal study of PLA outcomes: shows increased graduation rates and persistence and does not discriminate!
- Joint statement on the transfer and award of credit for AACRAO, ACE and CHEA