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

EmErgEncy managEmEnt InstItutE • 2011-2012 • catalog of coursEs
they demonstrate that the system they manage is
of a complexity commensurate with that of the
State emergency management organization which
includes all functions identified above.
Prerequisites:
Required: Applicants must have the responsibility
for developing, planning, managing, and evaluating
a training program.
Pre-Course Work: Participants will be required to do
some pre-course reading.
ACE Recommendation:
Credit Hours: 2 hours
Level: UD
Curriculum: Human Resource Management or
Adult Education
Course Length: 4 days
CEUs: 3.0
Performance and Needs Analysis (E602)
This course will enable the participant to conduct
a performance and needs analysis. An analysis plan
is developed based on a problem that individuals
bring to the course. The plan is the basis for
conducting a performance and needs analysis. The
results will determine an appropriate intervention
to the problem(s).
Selection Criteria: The primary focus is State Training
Officers, FEMA staff, State Exercise Training Officers,
and other key emergency management trainers.
Prerequisites:
Required: Participants must complete E601,
Management and Supervision of Training.
Recommended: Participants also should do research
on a real problem from their department, agency,
or organization.
ACE Recommendation:
Credit Hours: 2 hours
Level: UD
Curriculum: Education, Public Administration, or
Emergency Management
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Course Length: 4 days
CEUs: 3.0
Instructional Design (E603)
This course will enable participants to develop a
Plan of Instruction (POI). The POI is used to develop
supporting training materials. Participants work
with the performance and needs analysis results
completed after the E602, Performance and Needs Analysis,
course.
During the course, participants will use task analysis
to organize their training and work on a POI.
Activities include analyzing tasks, content, and audience;
writing objectives; planning for participant
and course evaluation; and selecting instructional
strategies and methods.
Selection Criteria: The primary focus is State Training
Officers, FEMA staff, State Exercise Training Officers,
and other key trainers with emergency management
responsibilities.
Prerequisites:
Required: Participants must complete E601,
Management and Supervision of Training, and E602,
Performance and Needs Analysis.
Pre-Course Work: Since participants will be designing
training based on a performance and needs analysis,
they are required to submit a list of tasks that their
audience should be able to perform at the end of the
training. Reading assignments also are part of precourse
work.
ACE Recommendation:
Credit Hours: 2 hours
Level: UD
Curriculum: Education, Public Administration, or
Emergency Management
Course Length: 4 days
CEUs: 3.0
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