WORKFORCE
ONLINE GRADUATION
On May 19, the DACM Office-sponsored DAU Senior Service College Fellowship held a virtual graduation for 26 students who completed the 10-month program. (Photos courtesy of DAU – SSCF)
teleworking. I think we’ll have to find the right balance of a reduced footprint with greater telework when and where appro- priate, keeping the health of the individuals in our workforce at the forefront of all considerations.
I’m concerned that the suspension of so many development activ- ities will have a negative impact on the workforce. But one of the many areas in which we could not falter in the face of recent COVID-19 events is the competence and associated training we need to do our jobs. Te Defense Acquisition Workforce Improve- ment Act was enacted in 1990 to professionalize and establish education and training standards for the defense acquisition workforce—not even a pandemic could stop that.
CENTER OF EXCELLENCE Te Army Acquisition Center of Excellence (AACOE) has conducted three virtual classes utilizing the Defense Collab- oration Service (DCS). Twenty-three students completed the nine-week Army Acquisition Professionals Course; 20 students completed the one-week Army Engineering and Test and Eval- uation Course; and 21 students completed the four-week Army Intermediate Contracting Course. AACOE has now changed its virtual platform from DCS to Microsoft Teams, which doesn’t require a CAC, and started an Army Acquisition Professionals Course with 36 students in mid-May.
How was the AACOE able to accomplish this on short notice? In early March, Director Kevin Zurmuehlen and his team began to develop contingencies in the event classes couldn’t be held in
person. Tey decided to use DCS, since it was already up and running. Some changes were made to the curriculum, limiting group collaboration and revising some group work into individual work. To ensure that the virtual classes went smoothly, a moni- tor was designated for each class. Te monitor was responsible for troubleshooting technical issues and assisting the instructors and students if issues arose. Tis allowed the instructors to focus on teaching and the students on learning. In short, the entire AACOE staff came together to adjust the curriculum, learn the platform in minimal time and provide the instruction in a new and creative way.
DAU Te Defense Acquisition University (DAU) has had to scramble to convert its traditional in-person classes into virtual ones, and
But our ability to quickly respond and maneuver has made it possible for the AAW to continue the important and required training it needs.
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