Prior Learning from Experience Document Writing

In this course students will develop a professional portfolio of their work for submission and review by Evergreen faculty. Since Prior Learning from Experience (PLE) credits may be awarded concurrently with other academic credits earned before and while attending Evergreen, the PLE program can significantly speed time to degree for motivated students.

Evergreen’s “Prior Learning from Experience” program supports adult students as they earn academic credits and work to complete a degree by demonstrating their learning and experience in the workplace, community, and the vital learning that occurs outside of the classroom. In the PLE class, students form a community of peers who collaborate, give and receive feedback, share their work in and out of class, and work to revise and formalize their documents as they develop a portfolio to showcase their work for review by faculty who are specialists in their field. Through research, workshops, readings, seminars, and meetings with faculty, librarians, and staff, adult students gain the academic vocabulary of their professional experience and learn to write scholarly reflections that demonstrate how much academic learning they have accomplished through professional work and volunteerism.

The PLE course will be taught online using Zoom and Canvas as students work virtually to develop an engaged, interactive learning community. To successfully participate in this program, students must have reliable internet access. Students will meet with the faculty and program librarian and will organize online groups outside of class. Students will meet in even numbered weeks on Wednesdays evenings 6pm-9pm (Weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10). Check with the faculty if you have special conditions.

Students must complete the prerequisite course, "Prior Learning from Experience Preparatory,” (or Writing from Life in the 22-23 academic year) before they enroll in PLE Document Writing. Please contact the faculty for a signature.

Olympia students register using CRN 20212, Tacoma students register using CRN 20213.