DANTES Information Bulletin - July 2022

DANTES July 2022

INFORMATION BULLETIN

2022 DoD Voluntary Education (VolEd) Professional Development Institute (PDI)

By: Rebecca Hilgeman, PLA Data Systems Analyst, and Emily Bachman, Voluntary Education Enterprise Support Outreach Coordinator

In this issue: The Professional Development Institute (PDI) / 2 Rocket Launch at Patrick Space Force Base / 3 Thank you from Mr Allen, DANTES Director / 6 Hot News / 7 Contact Info / 8

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2022 DoD Voluntary Education Professional Development Institute

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he 2022 Department of Defense (DoD) Voluntary Education Professional Development Institute (PDI) held May 24-26, delivered training to over 200 in-person and 300 virtual attendees from the VolEd workforce assigned at locations from across the globe. The PDI is hosted annually by DoD Voluntary Education and the Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES) to equip the Services’ VolEd Education Services Officers (ESO) and Counselors in their support of the Military Services’ efforts to shape, recruit, train, educate, and retain a diverse workforce to execute current and future missions. This year’s PDI was hosted at the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute (DEOMI) Training Facility at Patrick Space Force Base in Cocoa Beach, Florida, from May 24-25, with an optional Service Day on May 26, 2022.

After pandemic-era virtual events, DoD VolEd and DANTES were excited to welcome back attendees with one of our largest PDIs to date! The training was delivered by 29 speakers and consisted of five general sessions and 14 concurrent, breakout-style

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sessions. In addition, and unique to this year’s PDI, all five general sessions were provided as a hybrid option to accommodate virtual attendance. This allowed a no-cost option for the Services to have counselors and ESOs receive the same quality of training and ask questions live using Zoom for Government.

The 2022 PDI boasted three-panel events: 1. Trends in Higher Learning Update with representatives from DoD VolEd Policy, academic industry, and higher learning institutions. 2. A military community college panel that had presidents, deans, and representatives from all three uniformed colleges (Army University, Community College of the Air Force, and U.S. Navy Community College) and 3.

Education Office Management Panel led by current ESOs of top-performing offices representing the four Services. This panel served how to holistically pull together and practically implement what counselors learned during the PDI.

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raining sessions were specifically designed for counselors and education service officers by the VolEd PDI Working Group. The PDI Working Group consists of representatives from each Service. The topics for this year’s PDI included: counseling outcomes and career coaching, how to receive buy-in for new projects, virtual counseling techniques, conflict management, leading across generations, and leading in the telework environment.

The Department of Labor presented outlooks for careers and the Department of Veteran Affairs presented in-depth training on the GI Bill. Survey results show that the session focused on developing the VolEd professional community had a significant impact, with many counselors saying they will be working on certifications as a result of the information provided.

Rocket Launch at Patrick Space Force Base

The PDI was concluded with participants and speakers joining for a rocket launch at Patrick Space Force Base. If you are interested in sharing your thoughts and ideas to enhance next year’s PDI, please contact your Services POC to let them know you would like to serve on or support the planning committee. We look forward to seeing you next year!

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Check Out Pictures from the PDI

The PDI was a great success!

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DANTES PDI STAFF

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE

VolEd Team, We are very appreciative and pleased that you were able to participate in the 2022 DoD Voluntary Education (VolEd) Professional Development Institute (PDI). Whether you attended in-person or virtually, it was time well spent to sharpen our tools and collaborate with each other on strategies and best practices to enhance the Department’s VolEd support to warfighters.

We trust you enjoyed the two days of outstanding training, engagement and networking. We covered a lot of ground … 19 total training sessions on a wide variety of topics with one aim in mind … to better equip you to serve our most important customer … the warfighter.

Special thanks to the PDI Working Group for planning an outstanding event and to PDI attendees for taking the time to participate. We’re already planning next year’s PDI and look forward to seeing you there!

Jeff Allen Director, DANTES

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HOT NEWS

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