FORT JACKSON, S.C. (Sept. 18, 2014) -- Not all learning takes place in the classroom. The knowledge acquired through life and work experience is extremely valuable and may be worth college credit.
LearningCounts for the DoD Spouse Education and Career Opportunities program, or SECO, is a new initiative to help military spouses earn college credit for knowledge and expertise gained through life and work experience.
LearningCounts is an online service that helps military spouses identify college-level learning gained from volunteer and community service; work experience; training programs; military service; and independent study. The online courses guide participants in building an online learning portfolio that is evaluated for college credit.
The program is a great opportunity for spouses who
-- are strong writers or have taken a basic college-level writing course;
-- have completed at least one other online course or have good computer skills and will feel comfortable completing an online course;
-- have several years of work, volunteer or other life experience in an area that aligns with college coursework, e.g. communications, management, information technology, marketing, health care or merchandising.
The program is open to spouses of active duty, National Guard and Reserve sercie members in the Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force; to spouses of service members who separated from the military fewer than 180 days ago; and to spouses of service members who died while on active duty.
The LearningCounts program is scheduled to begin this fall. For more information, email moreinfo@learningcounts.org.
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