The Health and Life Sciences Career Initiative (HLSCI) is a three-year program funded by the U.S. Department of Labor that seeks to prepare unemployed or underemployed individuals (including veterans, trade adjustment assistance impacted workers, dislocated workers and others) for careers in the health and life sciences. The HLSCI grant will help prepare underemployed and unemployed individuals by using Credit for Prior Learning (CPL) to document skills and knowledge that they already have. Charter Oak State College led the PLA work for HLSCI. For more information about the program and how it will achieve its objectives see our presentation document.
HLSCI is being implemented by a consortium of seven of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU):
- Capital Community College
- Charter Oak State College
- Eastern Connecticut State University
- Gateway Community College
- Manchester Community College
- Middlesex Community College
- Norwalk Community College
Credit for Prior Learning
Get Credit For What You Know
As an adult, you've learned a lot throughout your life and some of that learning may be at the college level. When your prior learning matches what is taught in college courses you may be able to earn college credit. Credit for Prior Learning (CPL) provides the pathways for you to prove what you have learned and how it matches college course material so you can earn college credit for what you already know.
Learn More
Learn more about getting credit for what you know by reviewing the information about those PLA pathways at Charter Oak and watching these videos:
- Credit for Prior Learning: Earn College Credit for What You Know
- Using Standardized Tests to Accelerate Your Way to a Degree
- Got Credentials: How to Receive College Credit for Non-Credit Training
- Proving What You Know by Developing a Prior Learning Portfolio
- Empowerment through Credit for Prior Learning
- Veterans: How to Receive College Credit for Your Military Training
- Veterans: From Serving Your Country to Serving Your Community
Special Information for Veterans
Veterans have an edge in PLA because the American Council on Education (ACE) has evaluated the training and skills veterans receive during their service. See more information specific to veterans interested in the HLSCI program.
Credits Available
The Connecticut Credit Assessment Program (CCAP) at Charter Oak reviewed these programs and credentials to make credits available and facilitate stackable credentials for the Health and Life Sciences Career Initiative.
American Red Cross Blood Services Collections Staff Training
Asnuntuck Community College
- Certified Medical Coder
- Medical Assistant
- Pharmacy Technician
- Phlebotomy/EKG Technician
- Public Safety Dispatcher
Capital Community College
- Certified Nurse Aide
- Community Health Worker
- Electrocardiograph (EKG/ECG) Technician
- Pharmacy Technician
Central Connecticut Paramedic Program
Certified Coding Associate
Certified Coding Specialist
Certified Coding Specialist - Physician-Based
Certified Documentation Improvement Practitioner
Certified Health Data Analyst
Certified Health Technology Specialist - Clinician/Practitioner Consultant
Certified Health Technology Specialist - Implementation Manager
Certified Health Technology Specialist - Implementation Support Specialist
Certified Health Technology Specialist - Practice Workflow
Certified Health Technology Specialist - Technical Software Support Staff Specialist
Certified Health Technology Specialist - Trainer
Certified Professional Coder - ICD 9
Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality
Registered Health Information Technician
Certified Rheumatology Coder
Connecticut Technical High School System
- Dental Assistant
- Medical Assistant Program: Anatomy and Physiology and Pharmacology
- Medical Assistant Program: Medical Terminology
- Surgical Technologist Program
- Surgical Technologist Program Re-Review
- Adult Education Program Certified Nurse Assistant
- High School Program Certified Nurse Assistant
Eastern Connecticut State University Summer Undergrad Research Program
Education Connection
Gateway Community College
Hartford Hospital Radiation Therapy
Housatonic Community College
Manchester Community College
Middlesex Community College
New Haven Job Corps Certified Nursing Assistant
Northwestern Community College Nurse Aide
Norwalk Community College Certified Nurse Aide
Quinebaug Valley Community College Certified Nursing Assistant
Registered Health Information Technician
Three Rivers Community College Certified Nurse Aide
Tunxis Community College
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