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Table of Contents
MyCAA Homepage/Menu ............................................................................................................................. 3
Homepage ................................................................................................................................................. 3
Menu (Public) ............................................................................................................................................ 4
Menu (Logged in)............................................................................................................................... 4
Spouse Account ............................................................................................................................................. 5
Registering an Account .............................................................................................................................. 5
Spouse Dashboard ................................................................................................................................... 13
Education&Training (E&T) Plans .................................................................................................................. 14
Creating E&T Plan .................................................................................................................................... 14
Plan Follow-up ......................................................................................................................................... 16
View E&T Plans ........................................................................................................................................ 19
Edit E&T Plan ........................................................................................................................................... 21
FinancialAssistance(FA)Requests ................................................................................................................. 23
Requesting FA.......................................................................................................................................... 23
Trend Messages ....................................................................................................................................... 27
View/Print FA........................................................................................................................................... 28
School/Program Search ............................................................................................................................... 32
School/Program Search ........................................................................................................................... 32
Resources/Help ........................................................................................................................................... 35
Spouse Resources Page ........................................................................................................................... 37
Spouse Help Page .................................................................................................................................... 38
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MyCAA Homepage/Menu
Screenshots in this section will show the public-facing Homepage of the MyCAA Spouse portal and the
perpetual drop-down, navigation menu.
Homepage
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Menu (Public)
Menu (Logged in)
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Spouse Account
This section will focus on the creation of a Spouse account and the initial pages a spouse will see once
they access the portal.
Registering an Account
NOTE: If a spouse lands on the MyCAA page they will be re-directed to the MySECO website by to
complete the registration process.
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DS Logon Authentication (NOT
PICTURED)
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Note: Once a spouse navigates past DS Logon they will be prompted to fill out their MySECO
profile.
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NOTE: On this page the spouse can either go to Tratify or click “Skip” to move the MySECO Profile
checklist required to proceed to the MyCAA Terms and Conditions.
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NOTE: If the Summary, Education and at least three Skills are listed on the spouse profile, the Next
button will be selectable to navigate to the MyCAA Terms and Conditions.
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NOTE: After reading the MyCAA Terms and Conditions, the spouse will be required to complete a
quiz before agreeing and accepting the terms and conditions.
NOTE: Once the spouse has registered their MySECO account they will be prompted to set up a
specialty consultation with a SECO career coach, and they will be able to access their MyCAA
account.
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Spouse Dashboard in
NOTE: When a spouse sees their account dashboard they will be prompted to schedule a meeting
with a SECO career coach.
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Education&Training (E&T) Plans
Once a spouse creates their MySECO account and they are eligible for MyCAA, they will be able to
log into MyCAA and start creating their (E&T) Plan. This involves selecting an approved, MyCAAparticipant school and inputting all the necessary program information provided by the school. E&T
Plans also allow SECO Career Coaches to track the progress of a spouse’s program.
Creating E&T Plan
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NOTE: When the spouse provides the Career and Occupation field for the Education and Training
Plan, the spouse is shown job postings from MSEP partners that are directly related. The spouse
could go directly to the job posting in SECO or complete the Education Training Plan in MyCAA.
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NOTE: Spouse will be able to select Career Field and Occupation if it has not already been selected
on a previous plan.
The spouse will need to choose their “Plan Type” for the program details to populate.
NOTE: If a spouse selects Certification, they will be required to input the type of certification
they are obtaining by free typing it in the Certification(s) Offered box. Any Certifications added
will be displayed below the Certification(s) Offered field.
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NOTE: If a spouse selects Continuing Education the credential title field will appear as a required
field and the spouse will be prompted to upload two documents, their current credential and their
ETP document.
Note: If the spouse has selected a school that requires them to select courses from their course
catalog they will receive a “Heads up” message.
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Note: If a school does not require the use of their course catalog the spouse will have the option to
add courses manually.
Plan Follow-up
When a spouse has pending or inactive plans on their account, they will be prompted to decide what
to do with those plans.
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CLEP Testing E&T Plans
When a spouse creates a CLEP plan they will need to choose the CLEP school on the “School” step.
The spouse will enter information like normal on step 5. Changes to this page include the warning at the
top of the page, the addition of the free type field for the “University name”, and the ability to upload
an ETP document has been removed.
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Spouses are forced to choose from the list of courses provided by CLEP. The free type field is not
available.
The spouse will review their plan and submit like normal.
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View E&T Plans
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Edit E&T Plan
When editing an E&T plan, the spouse will have the option to edit the school, the program details, and
the course
NOTE: The spouse will be able to switch schools if needed. If not, they have the option to click
“Next”.
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FinancialAssistance(FA)Requests
Spouses that have an approved E&T Plan will have the ability to request financial assistance for courses
listed on their plan. These financial assistance requests (when approved) will be visible for schools in the
Academic Institutions (AI) Portal for invoicing.
Requesting FA
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NOTE: When a spouse creates FA for CLEP the full cost of the course will be automatically entered and the Spouse
will click “Add Course” like normal.
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NOTE: FA Request may NOT be AUTO-APPROVED and will be submitted to the SAP queue for review, if needed.
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Trend Messages
Course term and cost data is tracked among all FA requests submitted for each school. If the cost or term
date exceeds the trend from past FA request, the FA will not be auto approved and will be sent to the
Pending FA queue in SAP.
If a spouse attempts to add a course with a term date length that is outside of the course trend by more
than 10%
•
Thiscourse(Course Code, Title) fromyourschoolhasanaveragedurationof(XX)days,
whichdiffersfromtheduration you entered. Please verify the information WITH YOUR
SCHOOL before submitting your financial assistance request.
If a spouse attempts to add a course with a cost that is outside of the course trend by
more than 10%
•
This course (Course Code, Title) from your school has an average cost of (XX), which
differs from the cost you entered. Please verify the information WITH YOUR SCHOOL
before submitting your financial assistance request.
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View/Print FA
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School/Program Search
On the public-facing pages of the spouse portal, there are many resources available to the spouse.
Spouses (and other site visitors) can utilize these resources by searching for MyCAA-participant
schools, and reviewing the programs offered at those schools. These searches are available to
spouses whether they are logged into their account or not.
School/Program Search
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Resources/Help
General resources are available to spouses in the form of links and files. This page is available to
spouses if they are logged in their account or not.
Spouse Resources Page
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Spouse Help Page
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| File Type | application/pdf |
| Author | Aaron Smith |
| File Modified | 2024-11-26 |
| File Created | 2024-11-26 |