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EmErgEncy managEmEnt InstItutE • 2011-2012 • catalog of coursEs
Professional Development
Curriculum
FEMA’s Professional Development curriculum
addresses skills and abilities required by the emergency
management professional in today’s complex
environment. Whether dealing with natural hazards,
technological hazards, or national security hazards,
the emergency manager must be prepared to exercise
a leadership role that extends far beyond his or
her own department.
The field of emergency management is emerging
into higher visibility in communities throughout
the Nation as they are victimized by disasters that
are increasingly severe and more numerous. With
this comes a greater responsibility for emergency
managers, and likewise for the trainers who guide
them in developing the skills to deal with disasters.
Managing People in Disasters: A Local
Perspective (G249)
This 3-day course is aimed at preparing participants
to step in to manage and supervise in chaotic
and stressful crisis situations. The package of skills
offered in this course should enable an emergency
manager to shift from managing a normal office
environment to supervising an expanded staff in
rapidly changing conditions. Major topics include
communicating, community relationships, leadership,
managing staff, teams, and managing the work.
Selection Criteria: Anyone who performs emergency
management work. This course applies many of the
basic skills of the Professional Development Series
within a disaster context, and thus offers the possibility
of being given as a Capstone experience or
offered as refresher modules at conferences and
other functions.
Prerequisites:
Recommended: IS-240, Leadership and Influence, IS-241,
Decision Making and Problem Solving, and IS-242, Effective
Communication.
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Instructional Delivery Skills (G265)
The purpose of this 2-day course is to prepare the
participant to assist with State-delivered emergency
management training. It provides a foundation
from which participants can develop or enhance
their instructional delivery skills within a classroom
setting. This course is not designed to teach how to
design training. Rather, the focus of this course is
how to present an existing lesson plan or training
materials.
At the conclusion of this course, participants should
be able to:
• List the qualities of effective performance-based
training.
• Describe the fundamental principles of adult
learning.
• Identify the preparation steps for conducting a
training session.
• Describe the quality of effective presenters.
• Distinguish between presentation and facilitation.
• Describe how interpersonal skills are applied in a
training setting.
• Identify the techniques used to manage
classroom interactions.
• Describe how to assess training and make
continuous improvements.
• Demonstrate the ability to present a lesson plan.
Selection Criteria: Members of State and local emergency
management disciplines. Recommended for
members of Federal, State, Tribal, and local emergency
management disciplines who assist in the
teaching of FEMA- or State-developed classroom
training.
Prerequisites:
Required: Must have responsibility for teaching a
portion of a FEMA- or State-developed course.
Completion of IS-265, Basic Instructional Skills course.
Course Length: 2 days
CEUs: .2
FEdErAL EmErgENCy mANAgEmENT AgENCy
STATE/LOCAL/TRIBAL FIELD
COURSES—PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT