TESU portfolio tips

[sanantone]

From what I can tell so far, if somebody had successfully completed portfolios prior to TESU's adoption of PLA100/200, then that person would be eligible to submit portfolios without taking PLA100/200 (or transferring in equivalent courses from elsewhere). After Mark Singer posted here, I reviewed everything on the subject, including some of my older emails with TESU. I concluded that taking the PLA100/200 sequence is what made me eligible for the $379 fee. If I had not taken those courses, I believe I would have had to pay the per credit fee. But again, I might be wrong about the fee in that case. It is clear to me now that TESU's information on their website does NOT explicitly state that PLA100/200 is REQUIRED in order to submit 12 credit portfolios for the $379 fee.

Here is what I want to have clarified by TESU. Can somebody who:

• did not successfully submit a portfolio prior to the implementation of PLA100/200, AND
  
• has not completed PLA100/200 (nor transferred in equivalent courses from elsewhere)...
  

...submit portfolios for the $379 fee?

Transferring in an equivalent, introductory, PLA course from elsewhere is required to submit a portfolio for assessment if you have never done a PLA at any college and don't want to take TESU's PLA courses. It's not a requirement for the price; it is a requirement to submit a portfolio at all. You need an introductory course if you have never been awarded credit for a prior learning assessment. For example, I do not need an introductory PLA course because I was awarded PLA credit from Empire State College. If I had never done a PLA before, I would need to take the introductory courses at TESU, Kaplan, LearningCounts, or somewhere else. If you have never been awarded credit for a PLA and have never taken an introductory PLA course, TESU will not allow you to submit a portfolio for assessment.

When talking about TESU, it is important to use their terminology to avoid confusion. What most schools call a PLA is called a portfolio assessment at TESU. TESU's PLA courses are just introductory courses that teach you how to put together a portfolio. They aren't the actual PLA (prior learning assessment).