{"id":1033,"date":"2020-11-04T18:56:10","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T18:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/?p=1033"},"modified":"2020-11-04T18:56:10","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T18:56:10","slug":"welcome-amanda-roberts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/2020\/11\/04\/welcome-amanda-roberts\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Amanda Roberts!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Centre for Experiential and Career Education (CECE) is excited to announce that Amanda Roberts is joining UFV as a Manager of Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Amanda Roberts comes to UFV from Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) in Calgary, Alberta where she was\u00a0the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Coordinator for just over 20 years.\u00a0She holds a Diploma in Criminology from Mount Royal University, a Certificate in Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) from Red River College, a Bachelor of Arts, Interdisciplinary Studies, and she recently completed a Graduate Certificate in Values Based Leadership both from Royal Roads University.<\/p>\n

She has served on the Canadian Association for Prior Learning Assessment (CAPLA) Board of Directors, SAIT\u2019s Board of Governors, has chaired the Alberta Council on Admissions and Transfers (ACAT) PLAR Articulation Committee and currently is a Board member with the Wheatland Crisis Society, Strathmore Shelter in Alberta.<\/p>\n

Amanda\u2019s interests include access to education, organizational development, creating policy and governance, and her\u00a0passion for lifelong learning finds expression in her work with academic staff, students and senior officials within her previous institution,\u00a0and among those engaged in the RPL community of practice nationally. She is a strong advocate for adult learners and mentoring\u00a0PLAR students in their journey to make connections and articulate \u2018what they know and can do\u2019 to gain recognition for their learning within Post-Secondary Education.<\/p>\n

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The Centre for Experiential and Career Education (CECE) is excited to announce that Amanda Roberts is joining UFV as a Manager of Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR). Amanda Roberts comes to UFV from Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) in Calgary, Alberta where she was\u00a0the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Coordinator for just over … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":183,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/183"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1033"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1036,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033\/revisions\/1036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}