1. 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 1

2. ACE’s Center for Education Attainment and Innovation
ACE Review: Military & Workplace
Guides Online & Transcripts
Partnerships & Pathways 2

3. 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 3

4. Overview of ACE Review Process

5. Review Team Team Coordinator
Subject Matter Experts selected from college faculties
Psychometrician if needed

6. ACE Faculty Review Teams6

7. Evaluator Handbook Clarifies review process Demystifies expectations
Tools, resources, veteran evaluator tips
May be helpful to review for an in-depth view of our process.

8. Items Reviewed By Team Course syllabus Textbooks Assessment methods
Student & instructor guides
Laboratory projects
Instructional support materials
Instructor Qualifications

9. Digging In!

10. Depth and Breadth of Material Applicability to Postsecondary Programs
Evaluative Criteria
Content
Learning Outcomes
Depth and Breadth of Material
Level of Difficulty
Applicability to Postsecondary Programs
Assessments

11. 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.

12. Occupational Specialty Exhibit

13. 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.

14. Military Guide: Course Exhibit
Team Review Date
Administrative Date

15. Military Guide: Related Competencies

16. 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

17. ACE Review Summary No magic elixir Not always credit
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

18. Creating the Maps

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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
Member’s Individual Record
ACE Guide
The JST
Service’s Registrar System

22. Joint Services Transcript 22 22

23. ACE Military Guide 23

24. Start with military training that is not MOS specific
Basic Training AR
Basic Noncommissioned Officer Course AR
Warrior Leadership Course AR

25. Institution Specific Course
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

26. Determine MOS to research
Links to Army MOS titles and descriptions

27. 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

28. 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).

29. 25B Information Technology Specialist AAS Business Management Degree
Map Courses to Program Specific Degrees
25B Information Technology Specialist
Skill Level 50 to
Augusta Tech
AAS Business Management Degree

30. Institution Specific Course
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 sh/UD Human Resource Management
MGMT 2115 Human Resource Management
3 sh/UD Project Management
MGMT 2210 Project Management
3 sh/UD Leadership
MGMT 1115 Leadership

31. Tips to starting your own mapping program
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

32. 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.

33. Connecting the Resources
Transcripts
JST Home Page
jst.doded.mil
JST Frequently Asked Questions
JST Video and Resources
ACE Military Transcripts Portal
Mapping and Transfer
ACE’s College and University Partnerships (CUP)
ACE’s Veteran Friendly Toolkit
vetfriendlytoolkit.acenet.edu
DANTES Pulse
doddantespulse.blogspot.com
Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges