EMI Course Catalog - Emergency Management Institute - Federal ...

EmErgEncy managEmEnt InstItutE • 2011-2012 • catalog of coursEs
Employee Development
Curriculum
Posting Integrated Financial Management
Information System (IFMIS) Transactions
(E337)
This course trains participants in posting financial
transactions to the Integrated Financial Management
Information System (IFMIS). Classes are conducted
using the computer laboratory at the Emergency
Management Institute, National Emergency Training
Center, in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Participants will
be instructed by an expert system user about transactions
for the following: disaster assistance, travel
advances, receiving reports, invoices, expenditures,
approvals, reports, and more. For each type
of transaction, participants will be guided through
an exercise, and then given a similar exercise to
perform on their own. Successful completion of the
course is required before access to the system will
be granted.
Selection Criteria: Required for any FEMA financial
staff member who needs to record transactions to
the accounting system as part of his or her duties.
Course Length: 2½ days
CEUs: 1.5
Performance Excellence Series II—
Communication and Customer Service
(E526)
This 4 day course is designed to provide the techniques
and tools for oral and written communication
necessary to meet and exceed performance expectations
as a future leader. Participants are instructed in
how to appropriately, accurately, and succinctly relay
information at all levels. Participants learn to effectively
respond to customer needs in a timely manner
while setting an example of high leadership and a
win-win communication style with impact.
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Selection Criteria: Permanent Full-Time (PFT)
employees in grades GS 11/12/13. Cadre of On-call
Response Employees (CORE) employees may attend
on a space-available basis.
Course Length: 4 days
Performance Excellence Series II—
Representing the Agency (E527)
This 4-day course is designed to provide FEMA
employees with the tools and techniques for serving
as positive representatives of their organization
and the Agency. Participants identify their personal
strengths when relating to others and how to parlay
those strengths into the ability to effectively communicate
viewpoints that may differ from an audience’s
ideas or beliefs. Techniques are provided for crafting
an External Affairs message that delivers concise,
focused, and key-message points.
Selection Criteria: PFT employees in grades GS
11/12/13. CORE employees may attend on a spaceavailable
basis.
Course Length: 4 days
Performance Excellence Series II—
Achieving Results and Teamwork (E528)
This course teaches participants effective and
efficient team concepts and establishes a resultsoriented
approach to daily tasks and projects.
Participants learn: goal setting, maximizing team
diversity, prioritizing tasks, decision making, identifying
and maintaining a common team goal, team
leader vs. team member, and adapting to unforeseen
situations. These skills with direct application to the
workplace encourage high performance teams and
employee empowerment.
Selection Criteria: PFT employees in grades GS
11/12/13. CORE employees may attend on a spaceavailable
basis.
Course Length: 4 days
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DEVELOPMENT