1. We help you give our warfighters the decisive edge
For 300-Level Courses
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The purpose of this briefing is to provide DAU faculty with a tailorable presentation designed to provide information to Defense Acquisition Workforce members attending resident training 100- and 200-level courses at the Defense Acquisition University. It helps answer the question: “What does DAU have to help me get certified and do my job more effectively?”
We help you give our warfighters the decisive edge

2. Courses…and so much more
Gain Acquisition Knowledge and Skills
Courses to help you meet certification and continuous learning requirements
Find Acquisition Resources to Help You on the Job
Online information and tools to help you be more effective in doing everyday tasks at work
Receive Assistance Tailored to Your Organization’s Needs
Consulting, executive coaching, and customized workshops, all tailored to your organization
The Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (AT&L) Performance Learning Model (PLM) is a visual representation of how the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) fulfills its mission: Provide a global learning environment to develop qualified acquisition, requirements and contingency professionals who deliver and sustain effective and affordable Warfighting capabilities.
To provide this global learning environment, DAU delivers the following learning assets to the Defense Acquisition Workforce:
training courses
continuous learning
knowledge sharing
mission assistance.
As supervisors and work group leaders, our -300 level course students should be very familiar with these learning assets so they can ensure that their personnel are using them to:
**maintain their DAWIA certifications
**to access information and tools to perform their jobs more effectively
**and to obtain DAU mission assistance in the workplace to address organizational acquisition issues

3. College Of Contract Management (CCM)
Mission: Design and deliver DCMA-defined training assets to further develop Agency acquisition professionals who deliver actionable acquisition insight from the factory floor to the front line…around the world.
Provide Post Award training that focuses on actual hands-on tasks
41 courses fielded
17 Resident
24 Online Courses
Post Award training focus:
Contract administration
Quality assurance
Industrial manufacturing/supply chain
Software engineering
Earned value management
Aircraft operations
All CCM online courses are open to non-DCMA Defense Acquisition Workforce members

4. Defense Systems Management College (DSMC)
Mission: Develop, innovate and deliver integrated learning and performance resources to the requirements workforce, international acquisition managers, and executive leaders in the acquisition workforce.
Executive-level acquisition courses
International acquisition management courses
Requirements Management training
Acquisition leadership training
Executive coaching
Mission assistance

5. Get College Credit for DAU Training
More than 150 colleges & universities offer credit for DAU courses toward degrees and certificates
“Excel-erate” Your Master’s Degree…
Through this program, partner universities are offering the Defense Acquisition Workforce credit toward masters degrees for DAWIA Level II and III certification.
We help you: save time, tuition assistance dollars and out-of-pocket expenses

6. We Help You Earn “CL” Points
Continuous Learning
One of the key DAU transformation initiatives was to provide learning assets to the Defense Acquisition Workforce 24/7 to help them do them perform their jobs more effectively
The DAU Continuous Learning Center offers online, self-paced Continuous Learning Modules (CLM)—more than 200 in total.
These short modules (2-4 hours on average) can be searched to find knowledge needed to address a workplace need. Our workforce members can formally enroll in the module, complete all of the material, and upon successfully completed the assessment at the end of the module earn continuous learning points (CLP), which will help them meet their requirement to earn a total of 80 continuous learning points every two years to maintain their DAWIA certification.
In addition to CLMs, the DAU continuous learning webpage provides workforce members access to information on numerous ways to earn CLPs.
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7. Online Tools Help You Excel on the Job
Tools & Resources – hundreds of assets at your fingertips with intuitive search
Web-enabled guidebooks – take your notes and bookmarks with you. Download and view guidebooks, such as the DAG, on your computer or mobile device
Connect with experts and peers – communities of practice
Interactivity – provide feedback and ratings
AAP
ACQuipedia
Communities
Glossary
Defense Acquisition
Guidebook
IPS Roadmap
Knowledge
Repository
Online Video Tour

8. We Keep You Current on Acquisition
Professional Development Events
Hot Topic Forums
Lunch and Learns
DAU Training Symposiums
Publications
Defense AT&L
Award-winning publication features experiences & observations of the acquisition community
Defense Acquisition Research Journal
Peer-reviewed, scholarly journal features acquisition research, lessons learned, & best practices
Defense AT&L
An award-winning bi-monthly publication featuring articles focused on real people and events that reflect experiences and observations for the Defense Acquisition Workforce
Defense Acquisition Research Journal
This peer-reviewed scholarly journal captures acquisition research, lessons learned/best practices, tutorials, expert opinion for the Acquisition community
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9. Professional Development Opportunities
The DAU Alumni Association provides a means for continuing professional growth within the defense acquisition community and helps workforce members meet their continuous learning requirements.
The Association hosts the annual Acquisition Community Symposium and a number of Hot Topic Forums.
You can use this chart to acquaint supervisors and workgroup leaders of the continuing professional development opportunities that these and other professional organizations provide to help meet their continuous learning requirements.

10. Connect with Us…Anywhere, Any Time
/DAUNow
@DAUNow
@DAU_Now
/Defense-acquisition-university
/defenseacquisitionuniversity
/defenseacquisitionuniversity

11. Helping Your People Earn Their Degrees
DAU partners with more than 100 colleges & universities to obtain credit for DAU courses toward degrees and certificates
“Excel-erate” Your Master’s Degree…
Through this program, partner universities are offering the Defense Acquisition Workforce credit toward masters degrees for DAWIA Level II and III certification.
Get College Credit Here
DAU has more than 100 strategic partnerships with universities, other governmental agencies, professional associations, and defense industry companies.
Of primary interest to our students are our partnerships with universities and colleges.
The purpose of these partnerships is to obtain credit for DAU courses towards the degrees and certificates offered by these educational institutions. By obtaining graduate or undergraduate credit for DAU courses, workforce members can earn their degrees more quickly and at lower cost, thereby meeting their DAWIA certification education requirements or enhancing their qualifications for promotion.
In addition, some universities also offer DoD students discounted course costs because of these strategic partnerships.
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Impact: Saves time, tuition assistance dollars and out of pocket expenses 11

12. How We Can Help Your Organization
Short, hands-on training for your teams
Applied critical thinking for your program or organization
Individual leadership development
Consulting
MDAPs/non-MDAPS
Identifies problems
Uses multiple data collection methods
Intensive analyses
Actionable results
Executive Coaching
Helps
Senior Leaders achieve their Extraordinary Futures
Workshops
Services Acquisition Workshops
Acquisition Program Transition Workshops
Program Termination Workshops
Systems Engineering Plan Workshops
Risk Management Workshops
Technology Transition Workshops
Source Selection Simulation
Acquisition Milestone Reviews
Focused on high-level interest areas
“Quick learn” venue
Tailorable
One-on-one
Defense Acquisition Executive Overview Workshop (DAEOW)
This chart lists the types of mission assistance DAU can provide. You don’t need to go into exhaustive detail on each one. Pick the ones that you think would be most relevant to the class you are teaching. Items that should be of interest to most classes include:
**consulting support
**ACQ 450 series of classes that can help your students become more effective supervisors and work group leaders
**rapid deployment training on latest AT&L policies such as Better Buying Power and the new 5000 series
Note: if you get a question about executive coaching, you should let the student know that this resource is typically made available to O6/GS15 and higher who are in very responsible acquisition positions
Sets your program up for success
Customized for your program

13. Student Academic Policies & Information
Students should visit the Student Policies and Information page at for information on:
Student Standards of Conduct
Violations of the Standards of Conduct
Course Enrollment, Extensions, and Walk-ins
Disenrollment, Dropping a Course, and Wait Lists
Course Prerequisite/Pre-course Work Requirements
Student Travel
Student Assessment and Evaluation
Student Attrition Codes
Accommodating Students with Disabilities
Transferring Students Between Career Fields (Programs) and from Other Institutions
Test Reset Policy and Procedures
Student Transcripts, Records Retention, and Disclosure of Student Academic Records (Privacy)
Student Complaint/Grievance Procedures
Although you covered some essential student policies as part of the course introduction on Day 1, this chart is an excellent listing of all the resources available to the student on
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The highlight box at the bottom of the chart is a requirement of our Council on Occupational Education (COE) accreditation status, so please make sure you show this chart.
DAU encourages students who have a concern or issue with the learning environment to discuss it with their instructor.
Students who feel their issue is not resolved satisfactorily may go to the department chair/site manager or Regional Associate Dean for Academics.

14. DAU helps you give our warfighters the decisive edge
This is the “get off the stage” chart for this presentation. It emphasizes that DAU training is important because it:
helps Defense Acquisition Workforce members achieve DAWIA certification
more importantly, DAU training helps workforce members do their acquisition jobs more effectively so they can provide the best products and services cost-effectively and on-time to our ultimate customer: the Warfighter.
DAU helps you give our warfighters the decisive edge