

The curriculum, designed to meet senior NCO needs, consists of lectures and small group work seminars.
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Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Academy (SNCOA): SNCOA is an advanced professional military education program that prepares select NCOs for greater responsibilities by expanding their leadership and managerial capabilities and their perspective of the military profession. Required for promotion eligibility to SMSgt. Senior Noncommissioned Officer Distance Learning Course (SNCO DLC): Computer-based training that replaced Course 14 on 1 July 2016. NCOA is attended by Technical Sergeants (E-6) and is required for promotion to Master Sergeant (E-7). NCOA focuses on leadership abilities, the profession of arms, effective communication, and organizational leadership. It is the second PME that enlisted Air Force members encounter. This course is designed to develop Airmen into effective mid-level leaders and managers. The principal method of instruction is guided discussion and case studies. Non-Commissioned Officer Academy (NCOA): This professional military education course prepares NCOs to be professional, war-fighting Airmen who can lead and manage Air Force units in the employment of air and space power. ALS is attended by Senior Airmen (E-4) and required for promotion to Staff Sergeant (E-5).Ĭourse 15: computer-based training that is a prerequisite for attending NCO Academy. ALS enhances the development of senior airmen by strengthening their ability to lead, follow, and manage while they gain a broader understanding of the military profession.
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The course teaches leadership skills required of supervisors and reporting officials throughout the Air Force. Schools, Programs, and Courses Īirman Leadership School (ALS): ALS is an Air Force education program held at base level to prepare senior airmen for positions of greater responsibility. Goal Expand the leadership ability of enlisted leaders and strengthen their commitment to the profession of arms by integrating sound leadership, communication skills, and military studies principles and concepts throughout the ALS, NCOA, and AFSNCOA curricula. Mission and goal Mission Provide the continuum of education necessary to inspire and develop enlisted leaders with the moral framework of integrity, service and excellence. All EPME courses include fitness and drill and ceremony components as well as formal lectures and academic research projects.Īll Air Force EPME courses have been approved for college credit in the Leadership, Management & Military Science discipline of the service's Community College of the Air Force Associate in Applied Science degree programs. Summative objective and performance evaluations are used to determine whether the educational requirements outlined in the course are met. Formative evaluations are an integral part of the curriculum and serve as feedback tools for the student and instructor. The principal instructional method for all Air Force EPME is guided discussion, in which students share ideas, experiences, and work together to achieve various educational objectives. Barnes, the first African-American to attain the highest enlisted position in any branch of the U.S. Barnes Center for Enlisted Education, part of the Air University system, named after the service's fourth Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, Thomas N. The course is available online as a distance-learning course.Īir Force EPME is created and provided through the Thomas N. The SEJPME Course is designed to expose enlisted personnel to joint education and prepare them to succeed by improving their ability to operate effectively as part of a future joint force and supervise multiple Service members. The DoD operates a Joint Senior Enlisted Professional Military Education (SEJPME) course designed to integrate members from across all branches of service into a unified force. 5.2.1 Senior Enlisted Professional Military Education Course.5.2 Schools, programs and courses (Staff Noncommissioned Officers Academy).
