0 “Maximizing Human Potential”“Maximizing Human Potential” Management and Training Consultants, Inc. Department of Defense Third Party Education Assessment CCME, 24 February 2013

1 About MTCI  MTCI is a woman-owned small business that provides superior military, government, and corporate solutions on time and above expectations by teaming with our clients, business partners and community in “Maximizing Human Potential”  MTCI has deep experience educating service members and managing military programs  MTCI has been executing the DoD Third Party Education Assessment (3PEA) program since it began in September 2011

2 Assessment Staff  David Truncellito, Ph.D., 3PEA Program Administrator Over a decade as a university professor, including face- to-face, distance-learning and hybrid instruction of traditional and adult learners  John McCall, M.S., 3PEA Program Assistant Navy veteran, beneficiary of voluntary education, adjunct faculty member, extensive project management experience o Both have been with the program since its inception

3 Assessment Process  Designed to ensure that voluntary education opportunities offered to service members using Tuition Assistance are of the same high quality as the opportunities offered to civilian adult learners  Efficient process to minimize burden on military installations and educational institutions  Standardized, yet flexible and dynamic process o No template for data collection – we will accept information in any format that an entity might already be producing See for complete FY13 assessment process

4 Types of Assessments  Installation assessments focus on the relationships between installations and educational institutions that provide instruction on those installations  Educational institution assessments focus on entire institutions and their educational offerings to service members

5 Timeline of Assessment Activity DaysActions At least 90 before visit MTCI sends notification of upcoming assessment, schedules visit (if necessary), and requests information 45 before visit Requested information is due before visit MTCI selects assessors Site visit 4-5 days; interviews with faculty, students, staff, administrators 45 after visit Draft of Final Assessment Report distributed for error-in-fact checking 60 after visit Final Assessment Report submitted to OUSD

6 Areas to be Assessed (at a minimum) 1.Academic partnership of the institution(s) with the service 2.Needs assessment 3.The methods whereby academic institutions are invited onto the installation; 4.Monitoring of institutional compliance with the MOU; 5.The support provided by various levels of the military for voluntary education; 6.The degree of congruence among various missions 7.The degree of consistency of programs for both military and civilian students 8.Responsiveness and flexibility toward service members 9.Students’ opportunity to evaluate the learning they receive 10.Marketing and communications 11.Institutional outcomes 12.Resources to support student learning 13.Faculty qualifications and standards 14.Policies to evaluate the performance and needs of faculty members 15.Academic and administrative student services See for elaborations

7 FY13 Assessment Schedule and Status Assessed EntityData CallData DueData Rec’dSite Visit NB San Diego & NB Coronado 19 Oct 3-7 Dec Excelsior 30 Nov Jan MCB Camp Lejeune & MCAS New River 21 Dec 4-8 Feb Williston State College 1 Feb March Strayer University 15 March29 Apr-2 May Joint Base Andrews 5 April20-24 May Trident Univ. Int’l3 May17-20 Jun Columbia Southern7 June22-25 July Fort Bragg5 July19-23 August Troy University2 August16-19 Sept

8 Best Practices for Educational Institutions Minimizing costs for service members Employing specialized staff members to work with military students Providing training for faculty who will work with military students and ensuring that faculty have flexibility to handle deployments Providing a mechanism to determine students’ suitability for distance learning. Providing training for faculty who teach via distance learning Teaching at additional locations beyond the education center Maintaining relationships with education office staffs at installations Participating in military education conferences and organizations Participating in self-improvement programs

9 Best Practices for Military Installations Remaining knowledgeable about the distance-learning landscape Developing and deploying robust needs assessments Holding an annual graduation ceremony Automating the processing of TA Ensuring that adequate opportunities for advising exist as TA processing becomes automated

10 “Maximizing Human Potential”“Maximizing Human Potential” Management and Training Consultants, Inc. Questions/Discussion Thank You!