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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.
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
Team Review Date Administrative Date
Military Guide: Related
Competencies
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
Joint Services Transcript
22 https://jst.doded.mil
• Basic Training AR-2201-0399
• Basic Noncommissioned Officer Course AR-1406-0090
• Warrior Leadership Course AR-2201-0603
Start with military training
that is not MOS specific
General Map
Training ACE
Recommendation
Institution Specific
Course
Basic Training 2 sh/LD first aid & CPR
1 sh/LD recreation
1 sh/LD physical fitness
1 sh/LD self defense
3 sh physical
education
BNCOC 2 sh/LD principles of
supervision
1 sh/LD communication
3 sh Supervision
WLC 3 sh/LD Mgmt
3 sh/LD Leadership
3 sh Management
Links to Army MOS titles and descriptions
http://army.com/info/mos/all
Determine MOS to research
Military Occupation Exhibit
MOS-25B-003
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST
Exhibit Dates: 7/14–Present.
Career Management Field: 25 (Communications and Information
Systems).
Description
Summary: 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 Exhibit
MOS-25B-003
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST
Exhibit Dates: 7/14–Present.
Recommendation, Skill Level 50
In 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).
Map Courses to Program Specific Degrees
25B Information Technology Specialist
Skill Level 50
to
Augusta Tech
AAS Business Management Degree
25B Skill Level 50 to Bus Mgmt
ACE Recommendation Institution Specific Course Transfer
Credit
3 sh/LD Server
Administration & 3 sh/LD
Network Administration
COMP 1000
Introduction to Computers
3
3 sh/UD Management
MGMT 1100 Principles of
Management
3
3 sh/UD Human Resource
Management
MGMT 2115 Human
Resource Management
3
3 sh/UD Project
Management
MGMT 2210 Project
Management
3
3 sh/UD Leadership MGMT 1115 Leadership 3
• 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
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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
Connecting the Resources
Transcripts
• JST Home Page
jst.doded.mil
• JST Frequently Asked Questions
https://jst.doded.mil/faq.html
• JST Video and Resources
www.jointservicetranscript.com/
• ACE Military Transcripts Portal
www.acenet.edu/militaryprograms/jst
Mapping and Transfer
• ACE’s College and University
Partnerships (CUP)
www.acenet.edu/cup
• ACE’s Veteran Friendly Toolkit
vetfriendlytoolkit.acenet.edu
• DANTES Pulse
doddantespulse.blogspot.com
• Servicemembers Opportunity
Colleges
www.soc.aascu.org
