“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”

Success Center for California Community Colleges: Credit for Prior Learning Initiative

• CPL Quick Reference Sheet for Palomar Counselors

• CPL Board Policy: BP4235 
• CPL Administrative Procedure updated 4/11/23: 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
• CPL BOG Policy Title V §55050
• 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

• Credit for Prior Learning Petition Form Guide
• CPL Petition eForm example (slides) 
• CPL Petition Form Process for Reviewers (video) 
• CPL Petition eForm Student Process – Credit by Exam (video)

• CPL & Curriculum Management System
• CPL Eligibility Approval Form v02(1)
• CPL Student Intake Survey

• Palomar Portfolio Review Templates
  • CPL Basic Portfolio Rubric Template
  • PC-CPL-RUBRIC-Template 2
• Palomar Rubric Examples
  • CPL Cine 115 Creative Writing for Television and Cinema rubric
  • Cabinet and Furniture Technology CPL Rubric
  • Graphics Guidance on Prior Learning GCIP 141 Photoshop rubric 2
  • Palomar GIS course portfolio requirements (step-by-step video)
  • Military Leadership CPL portfolio rubric
• West Hills College: Standard portfolio review framework example
• Portfolio Review – eportfolio in Canvas

• Palomar College:
  • Example 1: Portfolio, AP, Industry Cert, Military Transcript
  • Example 2: Credit by Exam
  • Example 3: Portfolio
• Norco College: CPL Transcription Norco College

• TEMPLATE Palomar College CPL Inventory This spreadsheet is designed to help faculty create an inventory of CPL courses within their discipline.
• ACE Military Guide
  • Joint-Services-Transcript-Brochure
  • ACE Credit for Prior Learning: from the student, campus and industry perspectives
• Articulation website: AP, IB, CLEP, DANTES, and DLPT

• CPL Key Roles
• CPL Coordinator Job Duties This is an evolving list of job duties for the CPL Coordinator position at Palomar College.
• CPL Coordinator Scope of Work This is an evolving spreadsheet that aligns the CPL work with Guided Pathways

• 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