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EmErgEncy managEmEnt InstItutE • 2011-2012 • catalog of coursEs
State Emergency Management Director
Training Course (E257)
One of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s
(FEMA’s) most important stakeholders is the State
Emergency Management Agency. These State agencies
are responsible for implementing FEMA’s
programs. FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute
(EMI) conducts training for new State Emergency
Management Directors. The resident training course
at EMI is conducted in cooperation with the National
Emergency Management Association (NEMA), an
organization which represents the State Directors.
The training is designed to bring new State Directors
together at EMI for opportunities to learn about FEMA
programs, what NEMA has to offer, and to further
develop skills necessary to lead their departments.
Course Goals:
• Provide State Emergency Management Directors
and Deputy Directors with the information,
resources, and tools they need to effectively lead
and manage their agencies and programs.
• Identify current and emerging issues, challenges,
and trends in all-hazards emergency management
and help identify and develop effective strategies
to deal with them.
• Encourage innovation in emergency management
and homeland security through public policy
discussion and debate.
• Develop leadership and management skills for a
constantly changing environment.
Selection Criteria: State Emergency Management
Directors and Deputy Directors who have not previously
taken this course. A limited number of FEMA
Federal Coordinating Officers (FCOs) are also
eligible to attend.
Prerequisites:
Required: Participation in pre-course Webinars.
Course Length: 2½ days
FEdErAL EmErgENCy mANAgEmENT AgENCy 50
Instructional Techniques for Subject
Matter Experts (SMEs) (E262)
Instructional Techniques for SMEs is a dynamic, interactive,
and educational 4-day course designed for SMEs
who are called upon to deliver training or provide
presentations in their area of expertise. Participants
will learn, in the first 2 days of the course, how to
account for such things as room design, material
organization, classroom/meeting room technology,
learner/attendee influences, and the impact of
the instructor/presenter on the environment. The
second 2 days are for practice training/briefing
delivery sessions with constructive feedback from
fellow participants and the course instructors.
Participants will be responsible for delivering two
10 minute presentations on their area of expertise—one
on Wednesday and one on Thursday.
Presentations will be videotaped so participants
can critique themselves at a later date. Participants
must bring the PowerPoint or other materials they
use in their presentations to the practice sessions. If
the course is to be delivered for a particular audience,
i.e., a specific FEMA program office, the course
material will be geared toward that function and
the delivery method they use, i.e., presentation or
instruction.
Selection Criteria: Participants with a requirement
to provide presentations or teach information to
any variety of publics, from internal briefings to
teaching courses or providing presentations on
their project they are working on at the time OR
those seeking COOP Level II Master Professional
Continuity Practitioner certification.
Federal, State, and local attendees should receive
priority admission for this course, followed by
contractors.
Course Length: 4 days