OPPORTUNITY

Military Transcript Of The Future Counselor Feedback Wanted

Rebecca Hilgeman, Prior Learning Assessment Systems Analyst

The Joint Service Transcript (JST) is the #2 most in-demand support service in the DoD Voluntary Education Enterprise. The JST is an academically-accepted document approved by American Council of Education to validate Service member’s military occupational experience and training to include college credit recommendations, as well as a suite of tools and capabilities for Service members to manage their professional development.

Modernizing the JST

DoD is currently developing a Modernized Military Transcript (MMT) prototype to more holistically capture a service member’s military learning, work experience, competencies, academic and professional development achievements in order to understand how that capture pertains to, and benefits, readiness and transition.

Counselor Feedback Wanted:

DANTES is forming a counselor stakeholder group for the Modernized Military Transcript prototype. This will allow counselor stakeholders to cross pollinate ideas, find similar pain points and agree to a modern solution/functionality for the counselor role. We are looking for a diverse set of counselors from each Service, with varying roles and positions. If you use the JST, we want to hear your voice! No other (conditions/experience) required!

This stakeholder group could make a difference for the 8 Million+ Service members and veterans who use the JST.

If you would like to participate and join our Counselor Stakeholder Group, please email Rebecca Hilgeman at beci.j.hilgeman.civ@us.navy.mil by 31 August 2023.

About the Project:

In July 2018, DoD’s Reform Management Group issued a decision memo instructing the Department to (1) consolidate contracting and management of education and training, (2) develop a common catalog of education and training courses, and (3) develop a common repository for learner records. These three lines of effort are being implemented under the Enterprise Digital Learning Modernization (EDLM) reform. The ELRR project implements the third element of the EDLM reform.

In 2020, the ADL Initiative spearheaded two projects, an Enterprise Course Catalog and an Enterprise Learner Record Repository (ELRR) in support of the EDLM Learning Systems Modernization line of effort.

In September 2022, the ADL Initiative partnered with DANTES in a one year effort to explore how the Joint Services Transcript (JST) will meet EDLM requirements. The intent of this effort is to develop a JST prototype that leverages ELRR microservices, data models, and data management infrastructure to demonstrate how the JST can leverage defense-wide learner data.

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