1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:01,900 Hello , everyone . I'm Jennifer 2 00:00:01,900 --> 00:00:03,940 Gonzalez with the Air Education and 3 00:00:03,940 --> 00:00:06,107 Training Command Public affairs team . 4 00:00:06,107 --> 00:00:08,390 Today we're talking about accessing 5 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:10,350 assessments to discover your 6 00:00:10,350 --> 00:00:12,800 foundational competencies . Joining me 7 00:00:12,810 --> 00:00:16,640 is Mr Jammal Chi'en , who is the branch 8 00:00:16,650 --> 00:00:18,928 chief of the foundational competencies . 9 00:00:18,928 --> 00:00:21,039 Thank you so much , sir , for joining 10 00:00:21,039 --> 00:00:23,240 us today . Thank you for having me so 11 00:00:23,250 --> 00:00:25,306 about this really quickly . A little 12 00:00:25,306 --> 00:00:26,917 bit about those foundational 13 00:00:26,917 --> 00:00:29,139 competencies before we get started . So 14 00:00:29,139 --> 00:00:31,139 foundational competencies are those 15 00:00:31,139 --> 00:00:33,400 competencies that are important to all 16 00:00:33,410 --> 00:00:35,900 Airman across the Air Force . And 17 00:00:35,900 --> 00:00:38,450 that's big . A airman , officer , 18 00:00:38,460 --> 00:00:40,830 civilian and enlisted . And And they 19 00:00:40,830 --> 00:00:42,997 fall into four different buckets . And 20 00:00:42,997 --> 00:00:44,950 those buckets are developing self 21 00:00:45,340 --> 00:00:48,120 developing , others developing ideas 22 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:50,176 and developing organizations . There 23 00:00:50,176 --> 00:00:53,440 are 22 competencies and with two 24 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:55,400 additional ones that we are now 25 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:58,740 studying digital literacy and fosters 26 00:00:58,750 --> 00:01:01,840 inclusion . Now these competencies are 27 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:04,062 measurable . And there's actually a too 28 00:01:04,062 --> 00:01:05,784 out there for airman to better 29 00:01:05,784 --> 00:01:07,896 understand how proficient they are in 30 00:01:07,896 --> 00:01:10,118 those competencies . Yes , yes . And so 31 00:01:10,118 --> 00:01:12,450 that that is what we are . While we're 32 00:01:12,450 --> 00:01:14,561 here today And that's the guide . You 33 00:01:14,561 --> 00:01:16,783 through that ? How do you access them ? 34 00:01:16,783 --> 00:01:19,200 And then what are those tools that will 35 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:22,710 help you as an airman ? start that 36 00:01:22,710 --> 00:01:24,877 development . All right , well , let's 37 00:01:24,877 --> 00:01:26,988 get started . I'm excited to see this 38 00:01:26,988 --> 00:01:29,154 because it's now living on my vector , 39 00:01:29,154 --> 00:01:31,321 right ? This is Yes , it is . Yes , it 40 00:01:31,321 --> 00:01:33,543 deal . It was a very big deal . It is a 41 00:01:33,543 --> 00:01:35,850 very big deal . So I'm going to start 42 00:01:36,540 --> 00:01:39,040 sharing this . See my screen . You 43 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:42,880 should see my vector up right now . Eso 44 00:01:42,890 --> 00:01:45,410 once you're once you're on my vector . 45 00:01:45,410 --> 00:01:49,170 If you go up under the heading of 46 00:01:49,740 --> 00:01:53,370 of training , education and development , 47 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:57,570 you will come to a , um 48 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:01,070 a link that will lead you to my vector . 49 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:03,860 And once you select that link , 50 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:07,496 the my vector tool comes up . And of 51 00:02:07,496 --> 00:02:09,740 course , there's some log in that is 52 00:02:09,750 --> 00:02:12,920 necessary . So it is CAC enabled 53 00:02:12,930 --> 00:02:16,110 on DSO and then So once you're in my 54 00:02:16,110 --> 00:02:18,410 vector , first thing you notice is that 55 00:02:18,410 --> 00:02:20,870 new air Force competencies foundational 56 00:02:20,870 --> 00:02:23,350 module . So we're very proud of that 57 00:02:23,740 --> 00:02:26,570 being able to showcase to the to the 58 00:02:26,570 --> 00:02:29,300 Air Force foundational competencies and 59 00:02:29,300 --> 00:02:32,690 over on the left side , askew looking 60 00:02:32,690 --> 00:02:34,930 at the my vector menu Down at the 61 00:02:34,930 --> 00:02:36,597 bottom , you'll see Air Force 62 00:02:36,597 --> 00:02:39,450 competencies . Just a simple click 63 00:02:40,540 --> 00:02:42,596 and you wait for the page to come up 64 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:46,300 and it's welcome Air Force 65 00:02:46,300 --> 00:02:49,890 competencies and something that but the 66 00:02:49,890 --> 00:02:52,730 force needs to know is that these new 67 00:02:52,730 --> 00:02:55,470 features that are in my vector , you 68 00:02:55,470 --> 00:02:57,990 will not be able to access them using 69 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:00,111 Internet Explorer . So make sure that 70 00:03:00,111 --> 00:03:02,000 you're using edge or you're using 71 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,910 chrome . And so , as as you can see , 72 00:03:04,910 --> 00:03:07,170 that there are two options for you to 73 00:03:07,170 --> 00:03:09,392 select , you could select , Resource Is 74 00:03:09,640 --> 00:03:12,250 or you could select my assessments . 75 00:03:12,740 --> 00:03:14,910 And so if so , I'm going to select my 76 00:03:14,910 --> 00:03:17,190 assessment . So once I click on my 77 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:20,470 assessments , this gives me a list of 78 00:03:20,470 --> 00:03:23,470 assessments that are , uh , loaded 79 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:26,800 against my particular profile . And so 80 00:03:26,810 --> 00:03:30,570 if you go down to uh , you're 81 00:03:31,540 --> 00:03:35,050 options , you'll see Pathfinder 2020 . 82 00:03:35,740 --> 00:03:39,720 And so I can retake the the 83 00:03:39,730 --> 00:03:41,786 self assessment . So that's what I'm 84 00:03:41,786 --> 00:03:44,008 selecting to do here , and it gives you 85 00:03:44,008 --> 00:03:46,660 some directions on how to do the self 86 00:03:46,660 --> 00:03:50,460 assessment . And so I will select self 87 00:03:50,460 --> 00:03:53,480 assessment . And so I would go here and 88 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:55,702 in the self assessment will come up and 89 00:03:55,702 --> 00:03:57,860 say , Rachel , level of agreement . 90 00:03:57,860 --> 00:03:59,916 With each statement , I consistently 91 00:03:59,916 --> 00:04:03,280 and effectively adapt a 92 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:06,450 presentation or discussion to appeal to 93 00:04:06,450 --> 00:04:08,672 the interest of levels others , so each 94 00:04:08,672 --> 00:04:10,617 one each one of these . These thes 95 00:04:10,617 --> 00:04:13,090 items , each one of these are are 96 00:04:13,090 --> 00:04:16,850 related directly to a competency . 97 00:04:17,840 --> 00:04:21,130 So we're looking s so if you start it 98 00:04:21,140 --> 00:04:23,307 and then you get pulled away , can you 99 00:04:23,307 --> 00:04:26,070 save your work and come back ? Thio ? 100 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:29,430 Yes , it will . It will keep track of 101 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:32,520 where you are . So I'm just going to go 102 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:34,970 through here and I'm gonna I'm going 103 00:04:34,970 --> 00:04:38,370 Toe just puts , um , some of 104 00:04:38,840 --> 00:04:42,080 selections and you can only select one . 105 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:44,180 So So don't try to select more than 106 00:04:44,180 --> 00:04:47,950 one , and so I'll 107 00:04:47,950 --> 00:04:51,650 just go down and 108 00:04:52,940 --> 00:04:55,162 we'll just go through and just put some 109 00:04:55,162 --> 00:04:58,350 information in and it'll show you 110 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:04,262 where you are . You also can keep track 111 00:05:04,262 --> 00:05:06,429 of the questions that you on . There's 112 00:05:06,429 --> 00:05:09,600 a there are a total of 66 questions for 113 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:12,560 the 22 . So that's three questions per 114 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:16,400 competency . And what's great is a lot 115 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:18,567 of people have already we talked about 116 00:05:18,567 --> 00:05:20,678 this on the podcast the other day . A 117 00:05:20,678 --> 00:05:22,789 lot of people have already taken this 118 00:05:22,789 --> 00:05:24,733 assessment . Eso that is , that is 119 00:05:24,733 --> 00:05:26,789 outstanding because it also helps to 120 00:05:26,789 --> 00:05:29,400 establish those norms . How we compare 121 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:31,178 ourselves when we take our self 122 00:05:31,178 --> 00:05:33,344 assessment . So there's been over 3000 123 00:05:33,344 --> 00:05:35,122 people that have taken the self 124 00:05:35,122 --> 00:05:38,460 assessment across . Enlisted officer 125 00:05:38,460 --> 00:05:41,950 and and civilian . It's a billion , 126 00:05:42,540 --> 00:05:46,370 yes , even civilians , which is which 127 00:05:46,370 --> 00:05:48,730 is because it is . It is a development 128 00:05:48,730 --> 00:05:52,180 tool for all area capital A . And so 129 00:05:52,190 --> 00:05:54,700 once I've completed answering the 130 00:05:54,710 --> 00:05:57,680 questions , I will submit it and the 131 00:05:57,680 --> 00:05:59,624 state's congratulations , a little 132 00:05:59,624 --> 00:06:03,270 dialogue box there and that you have it . 133 00:06:03,280 --> 00:06:06,890 It comes up instant , so it's instant 134 00:06:06,890 --> 00:06:09,057 feedback . It's instant feedback . And 135 00:06:09,057 --> 00:06:11,279 then again , you get the You get to see 136 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:13,501 how you stack against peers and stacked 137 00:06:13,501 --> 00:06:15,760 against high performing peers 138 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:20,870 and wonderful . So once and once you've 139 00:06:20,870 --> 00:06:23,370 done that , you can look at your 140 00:06:23,380 --> 00:06:25,547 improvement plan or you can continue . 141 00:06:25,547 --> 00:06:27,790 And if you continue now , we start to 142 00:06:27,790 --> 00:06:31,550 see those other options so I can opt 143 00:06:31,550 --> 00:06:34,060 in for supervisor feedback optional , 144 00:06:34,070 --> 00:06:37,770 which puts it in my control so I could 145 00:06:37,770 --> 00:06:39,992 select my supervisor . If my supervisor 146 00:06:39,992 --> 00:06:41,992 is not listed , then I could select 147 00:06:41,992 --> 00:06:44,048 another person and that person would 148 00:06:44,048 --> 00:06:46,270 happen right that that person will have 149 00:06:46,270 --> 00:06:49,370 to be in the gap . Okay , perfect . So 150 00:06:49,370 --> 00:06:51,570 you just put their email address there 151 00:06:51,580 --> 00:06:53,413 Exactly . You just put the email 152 00:06:53,413 --> 00:06:57,080 address in and then you request once 153 00:06:57,080 --> 00:06:59,191 you put the email address in and I'll 154 00:06:59,191 --> 00:06:59,960 put one in . 155 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:07,970 Oh , Dr Baron , she 156 00:07:07,970 --> 00:07:10,320 was also on our podcast . Exactly . Or 157 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:13,760 I could select to do the 3 . 158 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:17,710 60 and with now , this is the , 159 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:20,970 uh , the beauty of the 3 . 60 . In 160 00:07:20,970 --> 00:07:24,690 order to protect protect the anonymity 161 00:07:24,700 --> 00:07:27,410 of the individual that's providing the 162 00:07:27,420 --> 00:07:31,080 feedback . And to try to solicit the 163 00:07:31,090 --> 00:07:33,950 most honest feedback , you have to 164 00:07:33,950 --> 00:07:36,460 select at least three people . So 165 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:39,280 that's only if you opt in . Of course , 166 00:07:39,290 --> 00:07:42,540 E Take my assessment . I'm just awful 167 00:07:42,540 --> 00:07:46,280 in all categories . You know , I e can 168 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:48,169 take all of the training and then 169 00:07:48,169 --> 00:07:51,340 retake the assessments . If you decide 170 00:07:51,340 --> 00:07:53,284 that that you don't want to do the 171 00:07:53,284 --> 00:07:56,020 assessment yet , then you could go to 172 00:07:56,020 --> 00:07:58,550 the to the resource is Oh , you still 173 00:07:58,940 --> 00:08:01,240 So what you could do is that if you 174 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:03,296 look at the competencies and you see 175 00:08:03,296 --> 00:08:05,351 that there's an area that you really 176 00:08:05,351 --> 00:08:08,060 want thio improve in , you can select 177 00:08:08,060 --> 00:08:09,893 the competency . Let's say , for 178 00:08:09,893 --> 00:08:12,310 instance , accountability and filter . 179 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:14,840 All those resource is that are related 180 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:17,790 to accountability , and you can also 181 00:08:17,790 --> 00:08:19,920 see that thes that some of these 182 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:21,864 resource is have have been rated . 183 00:08:26,340 --> 00:08:28,562 So that's um , aggressive their men out 184 00:08:28,562 --> 00:08:31,330 there taking charge of their own 185 00:08:31,330 --> 00:08:33,570 development . That's wonderful . And so 186 00:08:33,570 --> 00:08:36,840 that's so if you are in aggressive 187 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:40,260 learner and if you want to doom or than 188 00:08:40,260 --> 00:08:43,180 the competencies that are identified on 189 00:08:43,180 --> 00:08:45,730 the self assessment you can you can go 190 00:08:45,730 --> 00:08:48,090 directly to the resource is . And you 191 00:08:48,090 --> 00:08:50,680 can filter out whatever type of 192 00:08:50,680 --> 00:08:53,260 resource that that you're looking for . 193 00:08:55,940 --> 00:08:58,740 And so that's that is that is that is 194 00:08:58,740 --> 00:09:01,190 very helpful to To the Airman , that is . 195 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:03,650 Well , look , I want to do more . I 196 00:09:03,650 --> 00:09:05,817 really want to develop myself . I want 197 00:09:05,817 --> 00:09:08,670 to get after these things . And so and 198 00:09:08,670 --> 00:09:11,440 that's about the the size of it . For 199 00:09:11,450 --> 00:09:15,250 for for my vector . Well , it seems 200 00:09:15,250 --> 00:09:17,830 like a wonderful development tool . As 201 00:09:17,830 --> 00:09:20,190 you mentioned , uh , that can really 202 00:09:20,190 --> 00:09:22,190 help get your men on the right path 203 00:09:22,190 --> 00:09:24,190 early on , whether they're enlisted 204 00:09:24,190 --> 00:09:27,230 officers or civilians And , uh , total 205 00:09:27,230 --> 00:09:29,230 force Big a airman . As you said in 206 00:09:29,230 --> 00:09:32,470 that podcast we recorded Okay ? 207 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:35,980 Yes . And so it this is this is an 208 00:09:35,990 --> 00:09:39,970 opportunity four us to 209 00:09:39,970 --> 00:09:41,070 be able to 210 00:09:44,340 --> 00:09:47,860 let me stop sharing . Okay , I think I 211 00:09:47,860 --> 00:09:49,638 stopped sharing . So this is an 212 00:09:49,638 --> 00:09:52,830 opportunity for us toe to get after 213 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:56,080 development to get those aggressive 214 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:58,860 learners to get after development 215 00:09:59,340 --> 00:10:02,410 have those conversations because by 216 00:10:02,410 --> 00:10:04,920 doing the self assessment , I could 217 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:07,290 have those pointed conversations those 218 00:10:07,290 --> 00:10:09,880 detailed conversations be able to talk 219 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:12,760 about . Well , I'm weak in this area . 220 00:10:12,770 --> 00:10:16,150 And how can we ? As a team , that's the 221 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:18,810 individual and a supervisor individual 222 00:10:18,810 --> 00:10:21,660 and a mentor individual and a coach . 223 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:25,070 How can we after thing is 224 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:28,070 improvement opportunities 225 00:10:29,540 --> 00:10:33,250 that is my vector and that za cool that 226 00:10:33,250 --> 00:10:35,306 is going . I believe that's going to 227 00:10:35,306 --> 00:10:37,710 change the Air Force most definitely . 228 00:10:37,710 --> 00:10:39,710 And we thank you so much for all of 229 00:10:39,710 --> 00:10:41,821 your hard work on as I mentioned , we 230 00:10:41,821 --> 00:10:45,750 do have a podcast with Q and 231 00:10:45,750 --> 00:10:47,400 Dr Baron on the foundational 232 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:49,456 competencies , which goes into depth 233 00:10:49,456 --> 00:10:51,750 about all of the competencies and what 234 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:53,927 they will do for our Air Force as well 235 00:10:53,927 --> 00:10:55,927 as for our airman on . You can find 236 00:10:55,927 --> 00:10:58,900 that on a t c dot f dot mil , or you 237 00:10:58,900 --> 00:11:01,390 can find that on iTunes as well as 238 00:11:01,390 --> 00:11:03,612 Google play . Thank you all so much for 239 00:11:03,612 --> 00:11:05,723 watching , and we hope you found this 240 00:11:05,723 --> 00:11:06,750 very helpful . Thank you