Transcript Module Test - Commission for Advanced California Paralegal

Commission for Advanced
California Paralegal
Specialization
“CACPS”
CACPS BOARD
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HAZEL LANGE, CP - CHAIR & CHIEF FINANCIAL
OFFICER
MARY THEROUX, CP - SECRETARY
LANA CLARK, ESQ. - ATTORNEY
MICHAEL I. ZWEIBEL, ESQ. – ATTORNEY
CATHERINE DURGIN, CLA, CAS - PARALEGAL
VACANT – PARALEGAL EDUCATOR
VACANT – PARALEGAL EDUCATOR
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DELAINA FINCH, CACPS ADVISORY CHAIR
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CACPS’ Role
The California Advanced Specialty Program
(CAS) is administered under the direction
of CACPS.
 CACPS oversees the CAS certification
program in California.
 CACPS is composed of three paralegals,
two attorneys and two paralegal
educators.
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CAPA’s Role
Maintains a code of ethics which California
Advanced Specialists adhere to.
 Assists CACPS for the promotion of the
online assessment program.
 Contributions from CAPA and individual
California paralegal associations fund the
online assessment program.
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CACPS Advisory’s Role
Attends CACPS Board meetings in an ex
officio capacity
 Liaison between the CACPS Board, CAPA
and the Advisory Committee
 Reports back to CAPA to encourage
support, assistance and feedback on the
activities of CACPS
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CACPS Advisory Requirements:
Appointed by CACPS and elected by CAPA
 Must sign confidentiality agreement with CACPS
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required because of the confidentiality and integrity
of the educational assessments and proprietary
ownership of the ACP assessment modules of NALA
and the CAS assessment modules of CACPS.
Expenses budgeted with CAPA
NEW PHASE DEVELOPMENT
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CACPS works with NALA to implement a
curriculum-based, learning-andassessment process on the Internet for
the California Advanced Specialty Program
WHY CHANGE TO ONLINE
CURRICULUM-BASED LEARNING?
BENEFITS IN ONLINE LEARNING
Opportunity to participate and to take
advantage of the continuing evolution of
technology.
 Studying online 24/7 allows a flexible
schedule for the participant.
 Allows learning re-enforcement
 CACPS and NALA are re-tailoring the
California Advanced Specialty Program to
more narrowly focused specialty areas.
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SURVEY CONDUCTED ON
JANUARY 24, 2004 TO
DETERMINE ADVANCED LEVEL
SUB-SPECIALTY AREAS
SUB-SPECIALTY AREAS:
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LITIGATION – CIVIL
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Personal Injury
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Medical Malpractice
Products Liability
Bad Faith
Insurance Defense
Construction Defect
 Business Litigation
 Environmental Litigation
 Employment Law
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Labor Law
Employee Benefits
SUB-SPECIALTY AREAS:
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TRUSTS AND ESTATES
 Probate
and Trust Administration
 Taxes
 Estate
Planning
 Conservatorships - Guardianships
SUB-SPECIALTY AREAS:
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CORPORATE BUSINESS LAW
 Business
Transactions
 Securities
 Mergers & Acquisitions
 Business Organizations
PR0JECT MANAGERS:
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Catherine Durgin, CLA, CLAS
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Hazel Lange, CP
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Personal Injury Litigation
Stacey Hunt, CLA, CAS
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Trusts and Estates
Jennifer Rodges, CLA, CAS
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Corporate Business Law
Real Property Litigation
Kathy Miller, CLA, CAS
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Discovery
PROJECT MANAGER TASKS:
Training session with NALA
 Set up certification team of attorneys,
paralegals, paralegal educators
 Prepared outlines for each sub-specialty
area
 Draft text and slides for modules
 Draft Q & A for the module assessments
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Get Ready, Get Set, Go!
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California Discovery Modules
 Deadline
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Trusts & Estates Modules
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– April 2008
– June 2008
Corporate Business Law
 Deadline
- July 2008
Get Ready, Get Set, Go!
Assessment modules submitted to
NALA for review.
 Assessment modules entered into
Eufrates, which is the software for the
online website.
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 Deadline
– latter 2008
Course Components
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Each course includes
 Learning
contract
 Subject-matter content divided into “modules”
 Activities that facilitate learning
 Module assessments in the form of quizzes
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Courses may include
 Course
glossary
 Captured web links
COURSE STRUCTURE:
Course is a presentation of text and slides
 Each course is divided into 10-15 modules
with 12 pages each.
 There is a test after each module.
 Tests consists of multiple choice or
true/false questions.
 The online program will tell what is
incorrect and will include a link back to a
page for more study and review.
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PASSING SCORE:
You must achieve 90% on all modules
 If one does not achieve a 90% score, the
module would be reviewed and completed
again until the score is achieved.
 If you must retake a module, the retake test
would be with different questions.
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Introductory
Screen
Screen Shots
of program
for an idea of
“look” of
program (look
at the format
only)
Content
Screen
Screen Shots
of program
for an idea of
“look” of
program (look
at the format
only)
Module Test
Screen Shots
of program
for an idea of
“look” of
program (look
at the format
only)
Quality Assurance
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CACPS is working with NALA to ensure the
quality of the specialty program:
 NALA
retained Kurt Kraiger, Ph.D., a specialist
in organizational psychology and training and
development, to develop program standards
Quality Assurance
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CACPS is taking the following steps to ensure
the quality of the specialty program:
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Hiring an instructional designer who will be used to:
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Ensure that content meets approved criteria
Provide technical editing of text, quality of activities, and
quality of assessment components
Develop a framework that will be used by all courses so that
participants have similar experiences from course to course
(in the same way that every current specialty exam requires
a paper test of a certain length)
Stay Tuned -
CACPS plans to launch its first Online Curriculum
Based California Advanced Specialty in the latter
2008.