USAF Air University Portal

The Support Section:

Oversees Air University's Professional Development, Continuing Education and the Graduate Education Program, which includes out-year course requirements for:
- Professional Military Education (PME)
- Professional Continuing Education (PCE)
- Officer Accessions Training (OAT)
- Advanced Academic Degree (AAD) programs for out-years
Tracking the scheduling, production and lodging requirements during execution-year for Maxwell-Gunter and AFIT courses.
Serves as the AU focal point for the Air Force Education Requirements Board (AFERB), working with AF/DPD to manage both AETC funded PCE and AAD quota and monetary allocations to various functional areas.

Key Functions:

COURSE/PROGRAM REQUESTS:
Coordinates new course requests and changes/deletions to existing courses through AU and AF/A1D staff, to include all PCE courses (AF IMT 19 process), PME, Accessions, Technical Training, etc as required for AU processes
ETCA:
Ensures AU (to include AFIT) courses are current in the Education and Training Course Announcement (ETCA) web site, and that data aligns with the AU Catalog where required
CLASS/EVENT SCHEDULES: Develops and maintains the Air University Operations and Production Schedule (AUOPS) to include:

BASIC SCHEDULE BUILD (between May-July) – review and coordination of school schedule inputs
SCHEDULE UPDATES-review and coordination of schedule changes, to include requests for reallocation and/or additional quotas
LODGING REQUESTS: Processes all requests for Maxwell-Gunter group lodging

AU Staff representative to quarterly Lodging Steering Committee meeting
Resolve lodging requests resulting in overbooked periods

Air Force Education Requirements Board (AFERB): Along with AF/A1D, Career Field Managers and schools, manages both AETC funded PCE and Graduate Education quota allocations

Represents the AU/CC in dual capacity as AETC Director of Education

Coordinating Grad Ed and PCE programs and requirements
Provides reporting and data analysis on programs
Coordinates approval of all AETC funded PCE courses(AF IMT 19 process) and Grad Ed AFERB programs

AUREPM: Focal point for the “Course Plans and Scheduling” module of the Air University Registrar Education Program Management (AUREPM)

Assigns system privileges and provides training for system users
Maintains system support data

PRODUCTION REPORTING: Focal point for all AU student production data. Prepares and submits various periodic and ad hoc production reports and analyses to AF, AETC and AU