Basic Leader Course (BLC)

BLC is a 22 day academic course that consists of 28 lessons. During the course, cadre will evaluate your leadership attributes and competencies through observations, assessments, practical exercises, and overall contribution to your groups. These attributes and competencies must align with the Army's Leadership Requirements Model. At times, you will be required to perform under pressure in the presence of your peers during evaluations such as physical training, drill and ceremony, and public speaking. In addition to these types of evaluations, your ability to effectively communicate through writing by applying AR 25-50 and the editing process will be assessed on three occasions. Below are documents that will help prepare you for success at the course.

Below are documents that will help prepare you for success at the course.

Common Faculty Development Instructor Course (CFD-IC)

CFD-IC is a ten (10) day, 80-hour, resident instructed course that prepares selected individuals to serve as instructors who teach, train, counsel, assess, evaluate, and facilitate learning army personnel. The first half of the course focuses on characteristics of effective instructors, self-awareness, fundamentals of teaching, and learning as they apply to adults. During this first week, there will be a Formative Practicum. The second week will include a second Formative Practicum. This second week focuses more on the application of those fundamentals in various teaching and learning practicums, with both instructor, peer, and self-assessment in a collaborative learning environment. In this second week, prior to the summative assessment, students will complete an Instructor Fundamentals Exam (IFE). The summit will take place at the end of the course and consist of an individual 30-minute practicum. The course instructor/facilitator will model proper facilitation behavior throughout the course. However, the bulk of the instruction effort will be coaching as students learn and apply new behaviors.

Below are documents that will help prepare you for success at the course.