Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges SOC Degree Network Student Agreements: SOCAD Student Agreement Overview and GoArmyEd A SOCAD Training Module 2013.

Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges

SOC Degree Network Student

Agreements:

SOCAD Student AgreementOverview and GoArmyEd

A SOCAD Training Module2013

SOC DNS Student

Agreements(SOCAD Student Agreements)

• Contract for Degree

• Counseling Tool

• Recognized across the Services

• The traditional SOCAD Student Agreement is a paper document; the form can be down-loaded from the SOCAD Web site

• The SOCAD Student Agreement is also embedded in GoArmyEd

The SOCAD Student Agreement• The SOCAD Student Agreement serves as a “contract for degree” between

the college and the student

• The SOCAD Student Agreement should identify the degree, degree requirements, SOC Course Category Codes that apply

• The SOCAD Student Agreement should reflect a formal evaluation of prior learning and a clear statement of remaining degree requirements

• Credit awarded for MOS or Service School, from testing, and from transfer from other colleges should be reflected on the SOCAD Student Agreement

• The SOCAD Student Agreement should be written when the eligible student has completed two or three courses toward the degree after selecting the degree

• Completing SOCAD Student Agreements for eligible students is an important responsibility of a college’s participation in SOCAD;; directions can be found in Chapter 4 of the SOC DNS Handbooks and on the SOC Web site

Preparing the Student Agreement • Prepared by the SOCAD college for all military students seeking undergraduate degrees

The college writes Student Agreements for all Handbook-listed degrees Core college may write “open network” Student Agreements

• Who should receive a Student Agreement?

All active-duty servicemembers Army National Guard, Reservists (active-duty and not) Spouses and college-aged children of servicemembers (active or reserve component) A SOCAD college can write a Student Agreement for military students in other services

• SOCAD schools that are not LOI schools will create all of their SOCAD Student Agreements in the traditional manner; SOCAD colleges that are LOI schools may create electronic Student Agreements through GoArmyEd for degrees that are fully-developed in GoArmyEd and SOCAD Student Agreements for all other degrees

Preparing the Student Agreement (cont)

• How to complete the traditional Student Agreement

Chapter 4 of the DNS-2 or DNS-4 Handbook includes detailed instructions Instructions are also available on the SOCAD Web site The form itself can be down-loaded from the SOCAD Web site

• GoArmyEd electronic SOCAD Student Agreements

If the student has an account in GoArmyEd (currently: active-duty Soldiers and Reservists), either a traditional SOCAD Student Agreement or an electronic SOCAD Student Agreement will be required by the GoArmyEd system If the degree being sought is fully-developed within the GoArmyEd portal, the SOCAD college uses Student Agreement interface procedures for creating the SOCAD Student Agreement electronically

• The next several slides show how SOCAD Student Agreements are processed• LOI colleges with questions about their SOCAD Student Agreements should discuss these issues with their Academic Liaison • The SOCAD Project Director is also available to discuss any SOCAD Student Agreement issue or problem

• For SOCAD schools that are not LOI colleges:

Student Agreements and GoArmyEd

College completes appropriate Student

Agreement on traditional (“paper”)

SOCAD Student Agreement form

College sends copy to SOC

Soldier scans the StudentAgreement into his or her

GoArmyEd e-file

The ESO approves the e-filed Student Agreement

• For SOCAD schools that are LOI colleges and if the degree is fully developed within GoArmyEd:

Student Agreements and GoArmyEd

College creates the Student Agreement within GoArmyEd using the Student

Agreement interface

The Student Agreement is generated and recorded

within GoArmyEd

The GoArmyEd system sends a copy of the

electronically generated Student Agreement to SOC

ESO approves degree when the Soldier selects it within

GoArmyEd

• For SOCAD schools that are LOI college and if degree is not fully-developed in the GoArmyEd portal (drop-down or not listed)

Student Agreements and GoArmyEd

College completes appropriate Student Agreement on the

traditional (“paper”) SOCAD Student

Agreement ” form

College sends copy

to SOC

Soldier scans the StudentAgreement into his or her

GoArmyEd e-file

The ESO approves the e-filed Student Agreement

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