The “Life Experience Portfolio” course is compulsory for all students who are completing their teaching experience as language assistants in public schools (option B) or who are completing their teaching experience in other institutions of their choice which do not have agreements with the program (option C).  

Students are able to gain academic credit through the experiences outside the MA degree theory classroom. These experiences do not automatically translate into college credit. Students are required to elaborate a personal portfolio which consists in an organized collection of essays and documentation demonstrating their learning through life experiences. In the Teach and Learn Program, the aim of the Portfolio system is to offer students the opportunity to gather all documents related to their experiential learning before their experience at school and also their experience as language assistants during the program in order to gain academic credits.

The Life Experience Portfolio has a workload of 30 ECTS credits.