PLA through Learningcounts.org to TESC

[AZDan]

AZDan, what a great job you are doing for getting some light shed on this LearningCounts/TESC PLA confusion.

Now, lets say I take the instrtuctor led course at Learning Counts and write up a narrative for Accounting I,II. I pay $500 for the course (besides 3 hr LL course credit, am I getting any guidance on how to write my particular narrative?) I then fork over $250 for the assessment and I earn 6hr credit for the two sequenced LL courses.

Now I do a portfolio on say "Structured Finance", I submit to Learning Counts and pay $250 for this new assessment and earn 3hr UL credit for this course.

If I never take the instructor led course but only the self guided version, I pay the $129 for that course and then $250 for every porfolio (for up to 12 credit hours per portfolio) I then submit for assesment.

Have I got what LC told you correct? Thanks a heap. By the way Courtney is currently writing a narrative for Applied Piano and Organ III,IV,V,VI at Learning Counts for later transfer submission to TESC within her initial evaluation. LCs feedback so far is that a 1 course narrative should be about 20 pages long with an another 10 pages for each sequence course. So for these 12 UL credits she's got to come up about 40 pages of narrative. Now you can see why everyone advises to take the CBE if it's available.

Johnnyheck, you are correct in your understanding of the costs. $500 for Inst. Led course you are getting guidance on how to put together your portfolio and how to match that to the requirements of the course syllabus by TESC. You work with the instructor on the syllabus and they help you prove your knowledge of the subject or subjects. You then pay the $250 portfolio assessment fee and once done you have transcripts that you can transfer in to TESC. In your example you have 3 credits for the course and 6 for the two courses. You are also correct on the Self Guided option costs.

In my conversation with the LC rep she stated the narratives were about 5 pages in average length, but she said it depends on your writing style. It needs to be sufficient enough to prove your grasp of the subject.

The reason I am strongly considering it is because I can't find any CBE options for the Accounting upper level requirements. I am hoping to be able to clear some of the UL credits through PLA.

As far as the documentation of proof, the LC rep and Todd at TESC both had very similar responses. They said it is easier than you think. A letter from a former colleague, manager, or associate etc. will suffice. The letter only needs to support things you have done/accomplished. Even your past business cards is a type of support accepted.