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Title: Welcome to the Training Leaders of Cadets Course


1
Welcome to the Training Leaders of Cadets Course
  • Training Leaders of Cadets - Seminar A1

2
  • In Cadet Programs, there is no substitute for
    leadership.

3
About the Course
  • Goal Prepare seniors to lead cadeys and
    administer the Cadet Program at the squadron
    level
  • Blocks of Instruction
  • Foundations
  • Leadership
  • Management
  • Schedule

4
Seminars
  • Seminars are mostly guided discussions.
  • Students come from several squadrons and can
    share ideas.
  • TLC is not the final word on Cadet Programs
  • Unit Commanders Course
  • Squadron Leadership School
  • Cadet Programs Officer Specialty Track
  • CAP Publications

5
Ground Rules
  • Collegial atmosphere with lots of discussion
  • Validate your local practices
  • Freedom to speak with no cadets present
  • Focus on the big picture
  • Short breaks after each seminar
  • Administrative notes
  • Restrooms
  • Food beverages
  • Cell phones

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Introduce Yourself
  • Who are you?
  • Whats your role in CAP?
  • What do you do in the real world?
  • What is something interesting about you?

7
Strategic Overview of the Cadet Program
  • Training Leaders of Cadets - Seminar F3

8
The Cadet View
  • Youre 14 years old. What does being a cadet mean
    to you? What excites you about CAP?

9
The Long View
  • Youre the governor. What good do you see coming
    out of the Cadet Program?

10
Todays cadets . . . Tomorrows aerospace leaders
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Adolescent Development
  • Training Leaders of Cadets - Seminar L2

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Overview
  • Diverse ages in the Cadet Program
  • Learning styles
  • Student-centered education

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Early, middle late adolescence
Age 14-16
Age 12-13
Age 17-20
Concrete thinkers Abstract thinkers Critical
thinkers
Body changes Independence Entering adulthood
Fears not knowing Fears not fitting-in Fears not
reaching goals
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The Four Modalities of Learning
  • Visual Auditory

Kinesthetic Tactile
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Student-Centered Learning
  • The best cadet units are cadet-centered.
  • Cadets learn by doing they are active
    participants, not passive receivers.
  • Subject matter must be relevant to cadets
    interests.
  • Cadets need to have a stake in their own
    learning.
  • Ranking cadets should be included in the
    decision making-process.

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Summary
  • Each cadet is an individual.
  • Use a variety of leadership teaching styles so
    as to reach all cadets.
  • Consider age and maturity as you promote cadets
    and assign jobs.
  • Use student-centered approaches by involving
    cadets in decision-making.

17
Leading Indirectly
  • Training Leaders of Cadets - Seminar L3

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  • Leaders dont create followers, they create
    more leaders.

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Overview
  • What is indirect leadership?
  • How do you lead without taking over?
  • How do you discipline using indirect leadership?
  • Case studies

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1. Definitions Concepts
  • What is indirect leadership?
  • What does it mean for a senior to lead cadets
    indirectly?

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2. Methods for Indirect Leadership
  • How can you apply principles of indirect
    leadership to
  • Get a cadet started on a project?
  • Refocus a cadets efforts in the midst of a
    project?
  • Debrief a cadet upon completing a project?

22
  • CASE STUDIES

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Summary
  • Indirect leadership methods develop cadets
    potential more effectively than authoritarian
    methods
  • Begin with mission-type orders that merely
    define the goal
  • Require updates and approvals along the way
  • Ask questions to tighten cadets logic and
    introduce new ideas
  • Mentor and debrief cadets to help them learn from
    their mistakes
  • Don't tell people how to do things, tell them
    what to do and let them surprise you with their
    results.
  • - GEORGE S. PATTON

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Leadership Feedback Mentoring
  • Training Leaders of Cadets - Seminar L4

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Overview
  • What is mentoring?
  • Leadership expectations
  • Feedback meetings
  • Case studies

26
1. Mentoring
  • What is mentoring?
  • Why is mentoring important in the Cadet Program?
  • What are some examples of mentoring?

27

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3. Leadership Feedback Meetings
  • How frequently are feedback meetings held?
  • Whats the goal of the feedback meeting?
  • What principles should guide mentors?
  • Process CAPF 50-x

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CASE STUDIESEvaluate the cadet depicted in the
scenario using a CAPF 50. Decide if they are
ready for promotion.Be prepared to roleplay
during a mock feedback meeting
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Summary
  • Cadets need mentors to help them develop.
  • Mentoring can happen everyday.
  • Be positive, constructive, and specific during
    feedback meetings.
  • Use the CAPF 50 and Leadership Expectations chart
    as tools.
  • Mentors make a difference.

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The Cadet / Senior Team
  • Training Leaders of Cadets - Seminar L5

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Overview
  • Anatomy of the squadron staff
  • Designing a cadet staff
  • Staff selection process
  • Exercises

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1. Anatomy of the Squadron Staff
  • What positions comprise the senior staff?
  • What positions comprise the cadet staff?
  • What are the basic responsibilities of each
    position?

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2. Designing the Cadet Staff
  • A tailor-made challenge
  • Scalable organizational charts
  • One step forward, one step back
  • Term limits

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3. Staff Selection Process
  • Who picks the cadet staff?
  • What do cadets need as they begin a staff job?
  • What do cadets need as they conclude a staff job?

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Exercise 1
  • Student 1 Student 2
  • Scenario 1 Cadet Programs Officer C/SSgt and
    evaluator
  • Scenario 2 C/Capt and evaluator Cadet Programs
    Officer

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Exercise 2
RED SQUADRON RED SQUADRON BLUE SQUADRON BLUE SQUADRON YELLOW SQUADRON YELLOW SQUADRON ORANGE SQUADRON ORANGE SQUADRON
Abby C/Amn Gus C/TSgt Montel C/1st Lt Tanjela C/2d Lt
Blake C/A1C Hilda C/A1C Nancy C/SSgt Upton C/2d Lt
Carlos C/A1C Isabelle C/MSgt Olivia C/MSgt Vicky C/Lt Col
Dorothy C/A1C Jerome C/SrA Pedro C/Capt Walt C/Lt Col
Everett C/SrA Kari C/A1C Quentin C/SMSgt Xavier C/Maj
Frank C/Amn Lamar C/A1C Russ C/1st Lt Yvonne C/TSgt
Sun C/MSgt Zach C/SSgt
Total Strength Total Strength Total Strength Total Strength Total Strength Total Strength Total Strength Total Strength
12 cadets 12 cadets 18 cadets 18 cadets 24 cadets 24 cadets 30 cadets 30 cadets
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Summary
  • Seniors and cadets need to lead together
  • Use position descriptions to guide cadet staff
  • Tailor the challenge match rank, skill, and job
  • Design a staff structure that fits your needs
  • Arrange everything so that the strong have
    something to yearn for, and the weak nothing to
    run from.
  • RULE OF ST. BENEDICT

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Partnering With Parents
  • Training Leaders of Cadets - Seminar L6

40
  • Kids with highly-involved parents are more
    active in extracurricular activities than kids
    whose parents are less involved.
  • - Cornell University College of Human Ecology

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Overview
  • Standard practices for working with parents
  • Getting parents involved in CAP
  • Helicopter parents
  • Addressing parents concerns

42
1. Standard Practices
  • Parents welcome orientation Included in
    Cadet Great Start
  • Roster contact information
  • Calendar of events
  • Parents Guide to CAP

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2. Getting Parents Involved in CAP
  • What are your success stories in these areas?
  • Parent orientations
  • On-going communication
  • Socials awards nights
  • Parents committees
  • Recruiting

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3. Helicopter Parents
  • Todays Parents in the News
  • The Worlds Longest Umbilical Cord The Cell
    Phone ABC NEWS
  • Dear Parents Relax, Its Just Camp NY TIMES
  • Hovering Parents Need to Step Backat College
    Time CNN
  • Helicopter Parents Try to Help Their Kids Land
    Jobs USA TODAY

NEWSWEEK / MICHAEL ELINS
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4. Addressing Parents Concerns
  • If you were a cadets mom or dad, how would you
    want the squadron to respond to your concerns?

46
Summary
  • Parents expect the commander to be a partner.
  • calendars, rosters, websites
  • Parents Guide
  • Involved parents means involved cadets.
  • parent committees
  • cadet sponsor members
  • Address concerns promptly and fairly.
  • listen well
  • show your concern for fairness and the cadets
    best interest

47
Cadet Welfare Legal Issues
  • Training Leaders of Cadets - Seminar L5

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Something to Remember
  • Theyre not your cadets.they are my children.
  • FATHER OF A CADET

49
Overview
  • Assuming the place of the parent
  • Basic guidelines for adult supervision
  • Overnight high adventure activities
  • Perennial legal issues
  • Case studies

50
1. Assuming the Place of the Parent
  • In loco parentis
  • 60 Minutes test
  • Team approach to decision-making
  • Safety welfare can not be delegated

51
2. Basic Guidelines for Cadet Activities
  • Cadet activities always require adult supervision
  • Limit one-on-one contact
  • Activities are supposed to be positive

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3. Overnight Activities
  • Parental permission
  • Adult supervision requirements
  • Chaperoning a co-ed group
  • Respect for privacy
  • Sleep
  • Meals nutrition

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4. Perennial Legal Issues
  • Transportation Can Cadet Curry drive Cadet
    Arnold to CAP?
  • Dating
  • Can Cadet Curry date Cadet Arnold?
  • Cadet Major Curry date Cadet Arnold?
  • Legal Agreements
  • Who can sign agreements on behalf of CAP?

54
5. High Adventure Activities
  • Strenuous activities are part of cadet life
  • Partnering with parents
  • Physical fitness medical limitations
  • Operational Risk Management (ORM)
  • What could go wrong?
  • How can we stay safe?

55
  • PROBLEM SOLVING SCENARIOS

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Conclusion
  • In loco parentis
  • What would a responsible parent do in this
    situation?
  • How would my actions and inactions appear on 60
    Minutes?
  • The adults on scene are responsible for keeping
    cadets safe.

57
Orientation Membership Cadet Great Start
  • Training Leaders of Cadets - Seminar M1

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Overview
  • Three approaches for orientating new cadets
  • What do prospect cadets need?
  • What is Cadet Great Start?
  • Managing the membership process

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1. Three ways to welcome newcomers
  • Trickle-inCadets enter CAP at any time
  • Basic Cadet TrainingWing trains cadets over a
    weekend
  • Pipeline
  • Cadets enter at certain times when the unit is
    prepared to receive them
  • What are the pros and cons of each?

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2. From kid to Cadet Airman
  • What does it take to transform a prospective
    cadet into a Cadet Airman?
  • What do newcomers need not just to get by but
    to succeed?

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3. Cadet Great Start
  • Begins with an open house
  • Includes a parents briefing
  • Offers hands-on activities that teach Curry
    topics
  • Uses ranking cadets as instructors
  • Transforms prospects into Airmen in 5 weeks
  • Concludes with an O-Flight CRITICAL NEED!

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3. Cadet Great Start Schedule
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4. Management Issues
  • Membership Process
  • Cadet Uniform Program
  • New Cadet Kit
  • Best Practices

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Conclusion
  • Cadet Great Start is the standard way to
    orientate new cadets.
  • Focuses squadron on newcomers needs
  • Pipeline lets new cadets support one another
  • Lots of hands-on training
  • Quick but well-deserved promotion
  • O-Flight as reward and motivator CRITICAL NEED!
  • cap.gov/greatstart

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Cadet Advancement, Testing, Records
  • Training Leaders of Cadets - Seminar M2

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Overview
  • How cadets become eligible for promotion
  • What rules govern cadet tests
  • How to manage cadets records
  • How to make a promotion ceremony meaningful

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1. Promotion Eligibility
  • What are the basic requirements cadets must meet
    to complete an Achievement?
  • Are those requirements always the same?
  • When, precisely, is a cadet officially promoted?

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2. Path of Progression
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3. Cadet Testing
  • What steps should you take to protect the
    integrity of cadet tests?
  • Basic Facts
  • Test names
  • Passing score
  • Open or closed book?
  • Time limit?
  • After passing then what?

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4. Cadet Records
  • Online Cadet Promotions Application
  • Data Entry
  • Approvals
  • Reports

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5. Promotion Ceremony
  • Youre 13 and about to be promoted to Cadet
    Airman. What do you want that promotion
    experience to be like?

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Summary
  • Study the Path of Progression chart
  • Keep tests secure using common sense
  • Give cadets meaningful feedback about their tests
  • Use the Cadet Promotions Application
  • Make promotion ceremonies meaningful

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Resources for Great Activities
  • Training Leaders of Cadets - Seminar M3

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Textbooks, Activity Guides, Handbooks More
  • What resources are available to support squadron
    activities?
  • Leadership
  • Aerospace
  • Fitness
  • Character

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The Weekly Squadron Meeting
  • Training Leaders of Cadets - Seminar M4

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A Visit to Hometown Cadet Squadron
  • 1828 Squadron commander arrives with key to
    building. Meeting is supposed to begin in 2
    minutes.
  • 1833 Only half the active cadets have arrived.
    Commander decides to delay formation, hoping more
    will show.
  • 1841 Opening formation begins. 10 cadets are
    present. Pledge of Allegiance and Cadet Oath
    recited.
  • 1842 Uniform Inspection seems to take more time
    than is necessary.
  • 1854 Drill Random commands. Not much
    instruction. Objective is unclear.
  • 1930 Flight Commanders Time A C/TSgt
    lectures cadets on how to prepare for encampment,
    telling them their poor attitudes wont be
    tolerated there. Encampment is 38 weeks away.
  • 1945 Break Cadets casually chit-chat. No
    refreshments served. No substantive
    administrative business conducted. Break seems to
    run long, like theyre trying to run out the
    clock.
  • 2003 Aerospace AEO is not present at meeting.
    Some discussion about whether he even knew AE was
    scheduled tonight. Squadron watches 41-minute
    documentary on the Space Shuttle instead.
  • 2050 Closing Formation The squadron is formed.
    The commander discusses the upcoming wing
    conference.
  • 2104 Dismissal. The commander dismisses the
    squadron. Following official dismissal, two
    cadets speak up about not having phone email
    rosters. A cadet NCO asks if the color guard can
    meet this Saturday detailed discussion about the
    logistics ensues. Another cadet wants to see if
    any of the service coats in the units supply
    locker fit her.
  • Frustrated mom tells cadet son to get moving,
    its a school night and its time to go home.
  • 2132 Last few members of the squadron leave.
  • One month later The squadron is down to 7
    active cadets.

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Overview
  • The quarterly plan
  • Elements of the weekly meeting
  • Great activities every week
  • Planning the meeting

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1. The Quarterly Plan
  • What do you want to accomplish next quarter?
  • What are the benefits of following a quarterly
    plan?

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2. Elements of the Weekly Squadron Meeting
  • Opening formation 15 min
  • Emphasis item 15
  • Core curriculum 50
  • Break admin time 10
  • Special training 50
  • Closing formation 10
  • Total 2.5 hrs

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3. Great Activities
  • What do cadets want from their Tuesday night?
  • What are your success stories?
  • How do you let cadets take a leadership role
    while still ensuring the activities are of high
    quality?

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3. Great Activities
Suggested process when using cadets to lead
activities
1. A senior or experienced cadet officer meets with the cadet to discuss goals vision for the activity 2. Cadet begins to do some thinking and finds and personalizes a lesson plan. Cadet should rely on published lesson plans vs. original work 3. Check Ride. Cadet presents their ideas in depth to the cadet officer or senior, who provides mentoring and quality control. Postpone the activity if the cadet is clearly8 not ready to lead. 4. Squadron Meeting. Cadet leads activity or class.
2 Weeks Prior 2 Weeks Prior 1 Week Prior D-Day
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4. Planning the Meeting
  • How do you plan a good meeting? Who does what,
    when, and how?

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4. Planning the Meeting
Suggested procedure for developing a meeting
schedule
1. Cadet officer or senior begins drafting detailed meeting schedule 2. Cadet officer coordinates details with staff officers submits proposed schedule 3. Commander or deputy reviews and approves schedule. If the cadet fails to deliver it on time, they lose the privilege of planning the meeting 4. Commander or designee publishes the schedule, asking all members to prepare accordingly 5. Squadron Meeting schedule is implemented
2 Weeks Prior 1 Week Prior 1 Week Prior D-Day
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Summary
  • What are the hallmarks of great squadron
    meetings?
  • What are the bad practices we want to avoid?

85
Weekend Summer Activities
  • Training Leaders of Cadets - Seminar M5

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  • The Goal Provide each cadet with an opportunity
    to participate in one weekend activity each
    month.
  • Solution Squadrons wings need to work
    together.

Squadron Group or Wing January Field
Trip February Leadership Academy March O-Flights
April Model Rocketry Day May Parade June Ca
det Competition July Bivouac August Encampment
September O-Flights October Wing
Conference November Day Hike December Wreaths
Across America
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Overview
  • Squadron-level weekend activities
  • Group wing activities
  • National activities
  • General management principles

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1. Weekend Squadron Activities
  • What are some good activities your unit has had
    success with?
  • What does another squadron need to know to
    duplicate your success?

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2. Group Wing Activities
  • What are some activities that our group and wing
    offers?
  • Why should cadets participate?

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3. National Activities
  • What are some great national activities?
  • In what ways do you see national activities
    benefiting cadets? America?
  • How do cadets apply?

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4. Special Safety Policies
  • Prohibited Activities
  • Parasailing
  • Skydiving
  • Ultralights
  • Aerolights
  • Paintball
  • Highly-Regulated Activities
  • Firearms training
  • Rappelling
  • Obstacle courses
  • Emergency services missions
  • Activities during hot weather

For details, see CAPR 52-16, chapter 1
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5. General Management Principles
  • What are some standard management practices you
    should follow when planning cadet activities?

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Summary
  • Weekend summer activities are great, but the
    weekly squadron meeting remains most important
  • Offer cadets at least 1 weekend activity per
    month Work with wing group Work with
    neighboring squadrons
  • Cadets recognize quality when they see it
    ensure the activity is well-planned
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