Competency Portfolio Community Alliance

Welcome!

Service Delivery Network Fund Development, 2014-2015

Literacy Ontario Central South (LOCS), Joan Connolly
VCCS Employment Services, Carol Timlin, Amanda Middleton
Competency Portfolio Community Alliance Committee

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What is PLAR/RPL?
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
Started in the 1970s in various sectors
Recognizing and respecting different ways of
knowing
A focus on life long learning
Discovery, research, reflection and proof of
learning outcomes
An assessment of a learners Knowledge, Skills,
Abilities and Competencies

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About The Project

DELIVERABLES:
Employer Advisory Group formed
Meet with LBS and ES agency providers in
Kawartha/Peterborough and Haliburton
Regions
Complete 6 competency portfolio workshops
Complete surveys, develop best practices
report
Film 3 videos
Whoa! Lets Roll!

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Portfolios and the EMPLOYMENT

perspective:
To assist clients in getting a job! (Horray!)
Confidence
Ability to talk about skills
Organization
Setting job/educational goals
Identifying life-long learning (Including non-work and nonclassroom)
Challenging the equivalency
Having proof of learning that can be changed and modified
**This is not merely a collection of work, this is a targeted
portfolio based on the learning outcomes that are required in a
job**

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Portfolios and the LITERACY perspective:

Can be the same goals as the employment perspective PLUS:
Practitioners review of literacy
Aligned with the Ontario Adult Literacy Curriculum Framework
(OALCF) to demonstrate the competencies required to complete a
portfolio
**Literacy ratings and skills and competencies for each activity
have been established! **

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The Workshop!

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Details, Details,
Details

5 days over the course of 2 weeks

PowerPoint Presentation
Access to computers

Printed handouts for each participant

Pencils/Pens
Portfolio Folder
**Support staff assistance can be a great resource for
typing/computer support**
**Clients need to be able to access portfolio materials in the future
put on in-house computers or client USBs**

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THE MOST IMPORTANT

THING YOU WILL LEARN
TODAY!!!

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STEP 1
INTRODUCTIONS
BUILD RAPPORT
HOUSEKEEPING
AGENDA
It is essential that the portfolio workshop is
introduced in a way that respects the process
or the client will not understand the work
versus the product

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REFLECTION

In this stage advise your clients not to be specific

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REFLECTION ACTIVITY WORKSHEETS

RFL1: Life Long Learning
RF 01: STAR Introductions Activity remind learners to use STAR everything they
present information

Benefits of creating a competency portfolio

RF02: Personal Characteristics List
Identifying KSAs (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities) how employers use them,
why its important
RF03: Identifying Transferable Skills self management skills, transferable
skills, job content skills
RF04: Evaluating Attributes
RF05: Accomplishment Statements - learning to tell stories of success
RF06: Proud Moments Group Activities If your in the employment sector
put your employer hat on here
RF07: Identify Job Specific Skills Using the NOC / current job
advertisements
RF08: Exceptional Enjoyable Skills
RF09: Discover my meaningful work
RF10: Chronology list to be developed without judgement, skills and
learning outcomes will be identified later
RF11: Daily Activities

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Questions

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RESEARCH

Proving KSAs

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ESEARCH ACTIVITY WORKSHEETS

RE1: Prove It Process
RE2: Proving Learning The documentation index!

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INTEGRATION

Where is the learner going and how are they going to get
there?

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NTEGRATION ACTIVITY WORKSHEETS

Buzz Group Reasons for setting goals
IN1: Life Balance Wheel
IN2: SMART goal setting start with the big picture
IN3: Planning Next Steps
IN4: Sales Approach to Job Search

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PORTFOLIO
COMPLETION

Putting it all together

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ORTFOLIO COMPLETION ACTIVITY WORKSHEETS

Discussion of how the portfolio will be used
Gathering and editing documents
Declaration of Authenticity

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Questions

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NEXT STEPS
EVALUATION

CO-FACILITATION
BOOK WITH AMANDA TODAY OR CONTACT AT
705-328-0180 EXT. 253
amiddleton@careerservices.org
**opportunities to see the workshop in action at VCCS can be
arranged**

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