“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”

CCCCO and Success Center CPL Toolkit

CPL Policies (CCC, CSU, UC) & Data Reporting

• CPL Board Policy: BP4235 
• CPL Administrative Procedure updated 4/11/23: AP4235
• CCCCO Guidance System Memorandum ESS 20-300-001 Credit for Prior Learning
• ACCJC Policy-on-Credit-for-Prior-Learning_June-2020
• 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

Palomar College CPL Petition eForm examples

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

Curriculum Management System (META) & CPL

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

Portfolio Rubric Examples

• PC-CPL-RUBRIC-final v04 This Palomar College CPL rubric is intended for use with portfolio assessment. It can be modified to fit a department’s needs. See the examples below:
• Palomar College: Cabinet and Furniture Technology CPL Rubric
• Palomar College: Graphics Guidance on Prior Learning GCIP 141 Photoshop rubric 2
• Palomar College: Palomar GIS course portfolio requirements (step-by-step video)
• Palomar College: Military Leadership CPL portfolio rubric
• West Hills College: Standard portfolio review framework example
• Portfolio Review – eportfolio in Canvas

CPL Transcription

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

Additional CPL Tools

• 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 Coordinator Duties and Scope of Work

• 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

CPL workshop recordings and presentation materials

• Curriculum Institute 2021
  • Takeaways
    • CCC Student-Facing CPL Effective Practices
    • CCC Institutional CPL Effective Practices

• CIAC CPL Workshop
  • April 24, 2021 Zoom Recording: CAIC CPL Workshop

• CPL Lunch and Learn series – zoom recordings & slides
  • March 8, 2021 Zoom Recording: CPL Overview: Engaging Your College in Credit for Prior Learning (CPL)
    • CPL Overview Slide presentation
  • March 9, 2021 Zoom Recording: Portfolio Review and CPL
    • West Hills CPL Portfolio Google Drive Folder 
    • Presentation Slides: CPL Portfolio Assessment
  • March 10, 2021 Zoom Recording: Industry Certification and CPL
  • March 11, 2021 Zoom Recording: Formal Military Training and CPL
    • Presentation Slides: Formal Military Training and CPL
    • ACE Military Guide website
    • ACE Joint Service PDF

• Additional Presentation Slides
  • Thinking Outside the Box with CPL – CCCAOC conference 03_16_2021

Outside Resources

• 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