Education & Professional Development Branch (FC-Tepd)
The Education and Professional Development Branch coordinates educational opportunity programs for
Coast Guard personnel to improve the professional and academic abilities of the Coast Guard workforce.
Primary Functions
Manage the Enlisted Performance Qualifications System.
Provide supervisory oversight of the Coast Guard Institute
Manage the Coast Guard's voluntary education program to include tuition assistance, Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education
Support (DANTES), and Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges (SOC).
Prepare resource proposals for voluntary education programs.
Benchmark DoD voluntary education programs and initiatives. Develop and maintain standard operating procedures for the Coast Guard
education service officers.
Serve as the Voluntary Education Service Chief and maintain liaison with the DoD Service Chiefs on high level policy issues.
Manage the advanced education program including the training allowance billet (TAB) allocation process.
Serve as program manager for the Coast Guard Foreign Language Program.
Approve curriculum outlines for all Coast Guard training delivered by the Leadership Development Center and Training Center Cape May.
Collect, coordinate, and validate training and education requirements from the Leadership Development Center and Training Center Cape May.
Provide in-service testing authority for policy affecting the Armed Services Vocational Testing Battery.
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