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Leadership in Supervision: Creating Environments for Professional Growth F0646

Curriculum: Leadership and Executive Development

Training Specialist

Keith Heckler
301-447-1380

Delivery type

2-day off-campus

Continuing education units

1.4

ACE recommendation

In the lower-division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 1 semester hour in leadership and management theories.

This 2-day course presents the supervisor with the basic leadership skills and tools needed to perform effectively in the fire and EMS environment. The course includes concepts related to a successful transition to supervisory and leadership roles, including concepts of adaptive leadership; change management; active followership; effective communication, including difficult conversations and advocacy-inquiry based dialogue; ethics; authority; power; decision-making; and active engagement through development of a personal plan.

Student pre-course materials and course syllabus:

https://nfa.usfa.fema.gov/ax/pcm/BYOD_Instructions_0646.pdf PDF 190KB: Instructions to Download Student Manual
https://nfa.usfa.fema.gov/ax/syll/syllabus_f0646.pdf PDF 121KB: Syllabus

Selection criteria

The primary target audience for this course are those individuals who are at the first line level of supervision. For purposes of student selection first line level is considered to be those at the Company Officer or Unit (fire prevention, fire education, communications, EMS, etc.) Supervisor level.

More specifically primary selection criteria are as follows:

First line supervisors in fire and emergency medical services organizations.
Fire and emergency medical services personnel due for promotion/appointment to a first line supervisory position within 18 months.
Fire and emergency medical services personnel who are regularly assigned acting supervisory positions.

Fire and EMS personnel currently enrolled in the National Fire Academy Managing Officer Program will be provided priority selection.

The secondary target audiences are fire and EMS personnel at the first line management level (Chief Officer or above). Students at this level may be given consideration on a space available basis.

Prerequisites

None

Post-course requirements

None

Upcoming offerings

Email or call the official under Contact(s) if you are interested in attending a course.

		Dates	Availability	Location	Contact(s)	CCP
		May 23 - 24, 2022		Anderson, South Carolina	Mike Dunlap Education Specialist SC Fire Academy 803-896-9842 mike.dunlap@llr.sc.gov Bonita Watters Curriculum Manager SC Fire Academy 803-896-4074 bonita.watters@llr.sc.gov Wayne Craft Region 7 Coordinator SC Fire Academy 864-401-8036 wayne.craft@llr.sc.gov	Course coordination plan
		June 13 - 14, 2022	Cancelled	Anderson, South Carolina	Mike Dunlap Education Specialist SC Fire Academy 803-896-9842 mike.dunlap@llr.sc.gov Bonita Watters Curriculum Manager SC Fire Academy 803-896-4074 bonita.watters@llr.sc.gov Wayne Craft Region 7 Coordinator SC Fire Academy 864-401-8036 wayne.craft@llr.sc.gov	Course coordination plan
		July 16 - 17, 2022		Bend, Oregon	Julie Olsen Fire Program Manager DPSST 503-378-2297 julie.olsen@dpsst.oregon.gov Kayla Ballrot Fire Certification Supervisor DPSST 503-378-2596 kayla.ballrot@dpsst.oregon.gov Hayden Jones Fire Training Coordinator DPSST 503-779-5744 hayden.jones@dpsst.oregon.gov	Course coordination plan
		September 5 - 6, 2022		Addison, Texas	Michael Cole Regional Training Manager Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service 979-500-6807 michael.cole@teex.tamu.edu Christopher Angerer Executive Associate Division Director Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service 979-845-3605 chris.angerer@teex.tamu.edu CJ Alexander Deputy Chief Addison Fire Department 972-450-7203 calexander@addisontx.gov	Course coordination plan
		September 20 - 21, 2022		Watertown, South Dakota	Michael Jones Deputy Fire Marshal South Dakota Department of Public Safety 605-280-8165 michael.jones@state.sd.us Doug Hinkle Chief Deputy Fire Marshal South Dakota Department of Public Safety 605-773-3417 doug.hinkle@state.sd.us Scott Jongbloed Assistant Chief Watertown Fire Rescue 605-237-9998 sjongbloed@watertownfirerescue.com	Course coordination plan
		October 18 - 19, 2022		Wentzville, Missouri	Greg Landwehr Deputy Chief Missouri Division of Fire Safety 573-522-1625 greg.landwehr@dfs.dps.mo.gov Mike Scott Deputy Chief Wentzville Fire Protection District 636-332-9869 mscott@wentzvillefire.org	Course coordination plan
		October 24 - 25, 2022		Springfield, Missouri	Greg Landwehr Deputy Chief Missouri Division of Fire Safety 573-522-1625 greg.landwehr@dfs.dps.mo.gov Ben Wahl Battalion Chief Springfield Fire Department 417-576-4805 bwahl@springfieldmo.gov	Course coordination plan
		October 31, 2022 - November 1, 2022		Lehi, Utah	Dave Owens Assistant Director - Operations Utah Fire and Rescue Academy 801-863-7719 daveo@uvu.edu Dennis R. Goudy Program Manager Utah Fire and Rescue Academy 801-863-7727 dennis.goudy@uvu.edu Vicki Utley Lehi Campus Coordinator Utah Valley University 801-863-6225 utley@uvu.edu	Course coordination plan
		December 8 - 9, 2022		Reno, Nevada	Tom Martinez Training Officer II State Fire Marshal Division 775-684-7529 tmartinez@dps.state.nv.us Dennis Pinkerton Bureau Chief State Fire Marshal Division 775-684-7520 dpinkerton@dps.state.nv.us Joe Schum Division Chief Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District 775-326-6000 jschum@tmfpd.us	Course coordination plan
		December 12 - 13, 2022		New Braunfels, Texas	Darren Smith Regional Training Manager Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service 210-269-9437 darren.smith@teex.tamu.edu Christopher Angerer Executive Associate Division Director Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service 979-845-3605 chris.angerer@teex.tamu.edu Chris Nored Training Captain New Braunfels Fire Department 830-221-4264 cnored@nbtexas.org	Course coordination plan
		January 10 - 11, 2023		Dublin, California	Kirsten Fonseca Staff Services Analyst CAL FIRE State Fire Training 916-902-5191 kirsten.fonseca@fire.ca.gov Chris Fowler DSFM Supervisor CAL FIRE State Fire Training 916-508-4120 chris.fowler@fire.ca.gov Jeff Luepke Division Chief of Training Alameda County Fire Department 510-693-3419 jeffrey.luepke@acgov.org	Course coordination plan
		January 23 - 24, 2023		Tuscaloosa, Alabama	Reid Vaughan Director of Regional Services Alabama Fire College 205-343-7414 rvaughan@alabamafirecollege.org Rick Gregg Training Group Supervisor Alabama Fire College 205-391-3744 rgregg@alabamafirecollege.org	Course coordination plan
		February 11 - 12, 2023		Dickinson, North Dakota	Robert Knuth Training Director ND Firefighter's Association 701-516-4457 rknuth@nd.gov Jared Rhode Training Officer Dickinson Fire Department 920-598-0126 jared.rhode@dickinsongov.com	Course coordination plan
		March 9 - 10, 2023		West Fargo, North Dakota	Robert Knuth Training Director ND Firefighter's Association 701-516-4457 rknuth@nd.gov Matt Berg Training Chief West Fargo Fire Department 701-318-8497 Matthew.Berg@westfargond.gov	Course coordination plan
		March 13 - 14, 2023		Lehi, Utah	Dave Owens Assistant Director - Operations Utah Fire and Rescue Academy 801-863-7719 daveo@uvu.edu Dennis R. Goudy Program Manager Utah Fire and Rescue Academy 801-863-7727 dennis.goudy@uvu.edu Vicki Utley Lehi Campus Coordinator Utah Valley University 801-863-6225 utley@uvu.edu	Course coordination plan
		March 21 - 22, 2023		Mukilteo, Washington	Howard Scartozzi Chief Deputy State Fire Marshal Washington State Patrol - Fire Prevention Bureau 425-401-7732 howard.scartozzi@wsp.wa.gov N/A Michael Lingrey Division Chief of Training Everett Fire Department 425-257-8131 mlingrey@everettwa.gov	Course coordination plan
		April 11 - 12, 2023		Concord, New Hampshire	Scott Cathy Captain NH Fire Academy 603-223-4223 scott.cathy@dos.nh.gov	Course coordination plan

Student comments

Very informative--provided new methods to becoming a more effective leader.

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