Leadership Expectations

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Leadership Expectations Cadet Evaluation

• Maj Daniel W. Brodsky, CAP
• Commandant of Cadets

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Education is not the filling of a pail, but the
lighting of a fire -- William Butler Yeats
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Topics

• Philosophy
• Expectations of Phase I and II cadets
• Evaluation forms
• Questions

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Philosophy

• What does the Cadet Program do?
• Develops leadership skills in youth
• Develops youth into responsible citizens
• Develops character in youth
• Inspires in youth a love of aviation and space
• Introduces youth to aerospace careers
• Motivates youth for academic success
• The CAP Cadet Program cultivates youth through a
  series of increasingly difficult and rewarding
  challenges

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Leadership Expectations Concept

• Standardize expectations based on a cadets
  progress in the cadet program
• Raise the expectations as cadets earn rank and
  serve in staff positions
• Build cadets confidence and competency through a
  series of challenges

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Phase I Cadets

• Display a positive attitude
• Aware of the Core Values, honest, wears uniform
  properly, practices courtesies
• Listens attentively, asks good questions
• Follows directions, dependable, prompt
• Manages oneself

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Phase II Cadets

• Maintains positive attitude, does not flaunt rank
  or authority
• Displays commitment to Core Values, promotes team
  spirit and professionalism
• Proficient in informal public speaking
• Enforces standards
• Guides and coaches junior cadets
• Manages small teams

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Cadet Evaluation Concept

• Provide a snapshot in time of a cadets progress
  in meeting the leadership expectations of their
  CP phase
• Provide the reviewer an opportunity to praise and
  critique
• Provide the cadet an opportunity to reflect and
  perform self-evaluation

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CAPF 50-x

• Four evaluation forms, tailored to the CP phase
  of the cadet being reviewed
• Completed at least once during the cadets
  time-in-phase
• At encampment, flight staff is performing
  evaluations on all in-flight cadets
• Cadet staff are also being evaluated

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Leadership Feedback Forms
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So What do I do with this form?

• Consider the reviewers comments, praises, and
  critiques
• Compare and contrast results of this evaluation
  with future evaluations to monitor your own
  progress
• Learning experience for both reviewers and cadets
  on the formal feedback process

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Questions?