Orientation Module CDA Competency and Assignment Designations

A Note About Assignment Designations for Use in the Professional Portfolio

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Some assignments have been aligned to help you develop (and get feedback on) components of the professional portfolio. These include components of the Resource Collection (RC) and Reflection Statements of Competence (CS).

When an assignment, or part of an assignment, has a designation of RC or CS next to it, you will want to save this/these item/s for use in your portfolio.
After receiving grading feedback, it is recommended you adjust this/these item/s so that they may be ready for inclusion to the portfolio.

If, at any time, you have questions about the designations, please do not hesitate to reach out.

Example of Assignment Step with Designation

Sometimes, only one step or part of an assignment will have a CDA RS or CS designation associated with it. When this is the case, the step or information to save will be labeled accordingly.

Step showing RC designation

Image description: Under steps to complete, a black box encompasses the heading Part 1: State Regulations (RC IV-1) with a yellow callout box including the text "This assignment only has an RC designation for Part 1, meaning this step meets the requirements for RC IV-1. Only this information needs to be saved for the Professional Portfolio."

Example of Assignment with Designation

Some assignments may have a designation in the assignment title, indicating the whole assignment should be saved for the professional portfolio.

In the case that the whole assignment should be saved, but has two designations, you'll want to save the information from each step separately for use within the portfolio.

Assignment with two designations

Image Description: Black box around assignment title "Creating a Weekly Menu" to show it has two designations- RC I-2 and CS 1a. Black box around Step 2: Create a Weekly Menu with yellow callout box to the right. Text inside the yellow call out box read "This assignment has two designations, so each step is labeled accordingly".