Helping employees link individual development goals to company needs and opportunities. Providing employees with information about assessment of prior learning for credit or advanced standing at the undergraduate or graduate level. Orienting employees to the career planning process and communicating the link between career development and learning. Periodically following up with employees to check progress, coach, and problem solve, as needed. Prior Learning Assessment Learning is not confined to the classroom.
Adults learn on the job, in military service, and through hobbies, friends, television or books.
Colleges have come to respect the kinds of learning that adults acquire on their own and award college credit for this learning when it proves to be similar to what is taught in the classroom. Over twenty years ago, CAEL took the lead in articulating the philosophical basis for PLA as well as developing a set of policies and procedures for carrying it out in an academically sound manner. The EPP assesses these critical competencies and can be integrated into existing job counseling and guidance procedures or selection and placement systems to provide a much more complete picture of an employee's capabilities. Both incumbent and prospective employees can compare their assessment scores to job profiles to get a sense of the skill standards required for positions they are pursuing. Businesses can use assessment scores in tandem with other criteria as a tool for updating job descriptions, setting compensation, aiding in the selection and promotion process, as a guide to education and training, and as a resource for outplacement.