Mapping Military Training Using ACE Recommendations Bridget Petzold South Regional Liaison American Council on Education Center for Education Attainment.

Mapping Military Training Using ACE Recommendations

Bridget Petzold

South Regional Liaison

American Council on Education

Center for Education Attainment and Innovation

College and University Partnerships

ACE’s Center for Education Attainment and Innovation

ACE Review: Military & Workplace

Guides Online & Transcripts

Partnerships & Pathways

College & University Partnerships (CUP)

• ACE Network: Recognition of ACE credits at 2,000 Institutions

• Regional Liaisons & Affiliate Institutions

• Resource Center: Advocacy & Articulation

• Webinars and Workshops

• Credits to Credentials™: Development of Employer Partnerships

www.acenet.edu/credit/network

Overview of ACE

Review Process

Review Team

• Team Coordinator

• Subject Matter Experts selected from college faculties

• Psychometrician if needed

ACE Faculty Review Teams

Evaluator Handbook

• Clarifies review process

• Demystifies expectations

• Tools, resources, veteran evaluator tips

www.acenet.edu/evaluators

Items Reviewed By Team

• Course syllabus• Textbooks• Assessment methods• Student & instructor

guides• Laboratory projects• Instructional support

materials• Instructor

Qualifications

Digging In!

Evaluative Criteria

Content

Learning Outcomes

Depth and Breadth of

Material

Level of Difficulty

Applicability to Postsecondary

Programs

Assessments

The Occupation Review• Review occupational standards to build a

faculty team and develop final recommendations

• Interview service members– Focus on the representation of the

job expectations at each pay grade / skill level

– Clarification and validation of the official military documentation (occupation manuals, task standards, etc.)

– Maintain a focus in determining whether job knowledge, skills, and abilities learned above and beyond formal military training are of post-secondary rigor.

Military Occupation ExhibitMOS-25B-003INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALISTExhibit Dates: 7/14–Present.

Career Management Field: 25 (Communications and Information Systems).

DescriptionSummary: PVT: Private (E-1). PVT: (E-2) PFC: Private First Class (E-3). Specialist (E-4). Sergeant (E-5). Staff Sergeant (E-6). Sergeant First Class (E-7). Master Sergeant (E-8). Sergeant Major (E-9).

Related Competencies

Recommendation by Skill Level

Military Occupation ExhibitMOS-25B-003INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALISTExhibit Dates: 7/14–Present.

Recommendation, Skill Level 50In the lower-division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 3 semester hours in introduction to project management, 3 in communications, 3 in virtualization, 3 in help desk technician, 3 in server administration, and 3 in network administration.

In the upper-division baccalaureate degree category, 3 semester hours in management, 3 in human resource management, 3 in project management, 3 in strategic management, and 3 in applied leadership (7/14)(7/14).

The Course Review• Formal military instruction

and military occupations specialties; courses approved by a central authority

• Correspondence courses with proctored end-of course exams

• Distance learning/online courses with documented rigid control test conditions and firm identification of the student.

Military Guide: Course Exhibit• Exhibit Dates

• Learning Outcomes

• Method of Instruction

• Related Competencies

• Credit Recommendation

• Team Review Date/Administrative Date

Team Recommendations• Based on college

equivalencies: what can be found in college curriculum

• Credit Categories– Vocational Certificate– Lower Division

Baccalaureate/Associate – Upper Division

Baccalaureate – Graduate

ACE Review Summary

No magic elixir• Content, scope,

and rigor• Learning

outcomes; alignment to assessment

• Current curriculum

Not always credit• Insufficient

materials• Inadequate

Assessments• Limited scope• Too military

specific

Faculty collaboration• 100% consensus • Aligned subject

area expertise• Also a

multidisciplinary approach

Creating the Maps

• Not a quick or easy process • A perfect match is rare

• No minimum number of crosswalk credits are required to constitute a “map”

• Most Credit for Prior Learning processes demand more proof of learning than traditional courses

• Institutions are not required to apply ACE recommendation

• Institutions are not limited by the ACE recommendation

• Military training can be bundled with other forms of prior learning assessment

Member’s Individual Record

ACE Guide

The JST

Service’s Registrar System

The Joint Services Transcript (JST)https://jst.doded.mil

• Academically accepted document

• Validates service member's occupational experience; formal military training aligns ACE college credit recommendations

• Owned and issued by respective service– Central support services JST

Operations• ACE supplies data

– performs quality checks on transcript

– cannot make changes to JST

ACE Military Guide

• Basic Training AR-2201-0399

• Basic Noncommissioned Officer Course

AR-1406-0090• Warrior Leadership Course

AR-2201-0603

Start with military trainingthat is not MOS specific

General Map

Training ACERecommendation

Institution Specific Course

Basic Training 2 sh/LD first aid & CPR1 sh/LD recreation1 sh/LD physical fitness1 sh/LD self defense

3 sh Physical Education

ALC(formerly known as BNCOC)

2 sh/LD principles of supervision1 sh/LD communication

3 sh Supervision

WLC 3 sh/LD Management3 sh/LD Leadership

3 sh Management

ACE Military Guide

Searching by Occupationof specific MOS

Occupation – choose branch and rank level

Occupation Title – name of Occupation

Occupation Designator – number and letter

Reviewed Between – enter latest exhibit in first tab you will accept and leave second blank for most current exhibits

Searching by Occupationusing Subject Area

Key Words to use for Manufacturing pulled from INAM website:

• Industrial Maintenance• Metal Working• Welding• Production Technician

Searching by Occupationusing Subject AreaIndustrial Maintenance 14T Air Defense System

Maintenance15T UH-60 Helicopter Repairer15S OH-58D Helicopter Repairer

Metal Working 44E Mechanical Maintenance

Welding 91X Maintenance Supervisor

Production Technician 15E Unmanned Aircraft Systems Repairer

MOS-14T-002PATRIOT LAUNCHING STATION ENHANCED OPERATOR/MAINTAINER14T1014T2014T3014T40Exhibit Dates: 3/09–Present.

Career Management Field: 23 (Air Defense System Maintenance).

14T Occupational Exhibit

14T Occupational Exhibit

Related Competencies

Maintenance management topics include coordinating, inventory control, inventory management, ordering, repair parts inventory, requisitions, scheduling, and troubleshooting. Supervision topics include counseling, disciplinary actions, evaluation, inventory control, leadership, mentoring, motivation, planning, quality control, reports, safety, and team building.

14T Occupational Exhibit

Recommendation, Skill Level 30In the lower-division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 3 semester hours in systems maintenance and troubleshooting, and 3 in computer applications (6/09)(6/09).

Recommendation, Skill Level 40In the lower-division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 3 semester hours in systems maintenance and troubleshooting, and 3 in computer applications. In the upper-division baccalaureate degree category, 3 semester hours in maintenance management, and 3 in supervision (6/09)(6/09).

Links to Army MOS titles and descriptions

http://army.com/info/mos/all

Determine MOS to research

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• Look at what your institution may already be doing informally

• Follow the path of least resistance

• Use maps created by other schools as a guide

• Engage the faculty

Tips to starting your own mapping program

Serve as an Evaluator

• You must be actively teaching college-level courses.

• When your discipline expertise is needed, you are contacted directly to serve on the ACE team.

• ACE pays all evaluators an honorarium and travel.

www.acenet.edu/evaluators

[email protected]

Bridget [email protected]

College and University Partnershipswww.acenet.edu/CUP