On February 17th Loyalist College invited the College community to attend the Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) Café to recognize faculty and staff members who completed the PLAR Practitioner Training Program.
At Loyalist the PLAR process ensures that adults avoid repeating the learning they have already mastered in order to avoid inefficiency and unnecessary costs.Knowledge and skills can be acquired through both formal study and life experience. Loyalist College acknowledges this through the Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) program — a process involving identification, documentation, assessment and recognition. Areas of evaluation may include work and life experience, formal or informal education and training, independent study, volunteering, travel, hobbies, and family experience. It is important that this accumulated learning be evaluated for credit by educational institutions and in the workplace for hiring and promotion.
