1. GoArmyEd Briefing Mr. Joshua Fenner Education Services Specialist MIARNG

2. College 101 Regional Accreditation Transfers to Regional and National Degree not recognized for grad school National Accreditation Does not transfer to Regional (as a general rule)

3. College 101 Semester Hours Quarter Hours Clock Hours Be familiar with your schools unit type

4. College 101 Certificate Associates Degree (60 SH) Bachelors Degree (120 SH) Masters Degree (36-45 SH) Doctorate or Professional Must elect one for FTA

5. College 101 Submit official transcripts from any college previously attended Can be obtained by previous colleges registrar Submit Army Transcript JST

6. Joint Services Transcript

7. College 101 Letter of Instruction (LOI) All courses, degree plans, costs loaded into GoArmyEd Predominantly online, but not all are. Non-LOI TA requested manually

8. Federal Tuition Assistance (FTA) A Soldiers Resource For Paying For School

9. Qualifications Active duty, active drill status in guard or reserve (no ING or IRR) High School diploma or GED Cannot be on any ROTC scholarship (tuition or housing) Officers and enlisted 1 Year from AIT/BOLC graduation date 10 Years Service for Masters (is FTA used for undergraduate)

10. !!WARNING!! WO2 and above incur a 2 year service obligation for active/AGR; 4 year for traditional guard and reserve Obligation begins last day of last TA funded course

11. What Does TA Pay For? $250 per credit hour, 16 per year cap 130 undergraduate semester hours 39 graduate/certificate hours First Associates, Bachelors, Masters, Certificate. One degree (no double majors)

12. State Tuition Assistance STAP can be use concurrently with FTA Soldiers must apply for FTA first Attach FTA Approval Form to request

13. GI Bill CH 1606/1607 CANNOT be used concurrently with FTA CH 30/33 CAN be used concurrently with FTA

14. FTA Cap Exemptions INITIAL teaching certification (18 SH) Approved foreign language courses Specialized Chaplain Certification Prerequisites for IPAP, AMECP and USMA Contact EO for more information

15. Soldiers Responsibility

16. Recoupment C> = Recoupment Bachelors B> = Recoupment Masters I after 120 days = Recoupment W for Personal reasons Schools have 45 days to enter grade

17. 17 Withdraw for Military Reasons 1.Unanticipated military mission, to include unanticipated Federal or State missions for National Guard Soldiers who are involuntarily mobilized 2.Emergency leave 3.Death of a family member 4.Illness/hospitalization as endorsed by my Battalion Commander or first LTC in the chain of command; or by my Unit Commander if in the Reserve Component for each class. **3 years from course end date to request WM** IMPORTANT! You are required to initiate all drops and withdrawals from classes through GoArmyEd PRIOR to the class end date.

18. Soldier Responsibility Time Restrictions FTA requests can be submitted up to 60 days prior to course start date Course requests MUST be APPROVED before course start date Requests must be submitted 10 days prior to course start date If a course is requested even one day late, FTA cannot be approved

19. Solder Responsibility Read and understand the Statement of Understanding Signed and uploaded to GAE annually

20. Soldier Responsibility Degree Plan After 6 SH, Soldiers need to upload degree plan to Course Planner Online degree audits from student account does not need signature

21. Example Degree Plan

22. Course Planner ** Click on ‘Course Planner tab**

27. Now That I Have a GoArmyEd Account, What’s Next?

28. Student Schedule

29. Cost Verification

31. Do I have to turn in anything to the school after my classes are approved for TA? YES!

32. TA Authorization

33. SOCAD Army Career Degrees Degrees designed around 21 MOS career fields Maximizes Army training towards degree http://www.soc.aascu.org/so cad/ACD.html

34. MyCAA $2,000 yr/$4,000 Total Licenses, Cert, Associates  High demand portable career fields Spouses of Military members  E-5 Below  WO-1 and CWO 2  O-1 and O-2

35. If you have questions… Call me: 517-481-8107 E-mail me: joshua.s.fenner.civ@mail.mil