SUPPORT SCHOOL WEEKLY REPORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-06363A000200080003-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 26, 2000
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: March 26, 1971
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Training
SUBJECT : Support School Weekly Report
A. MANAGEMENT TRAINING
1. Managerial Grid GS-13/14
The GS-13/14 Managerial Grid commenced 25X1A6a
with 37 students in attendance. On Monday evening one of the
students was called away on a family emergency and will be re-
enrolled in a future Grid. The class is attentive and serious in
25X1A9a their work. I monitored this running to prepare
himself for active participation in future Grids.
2. Management Course
Pre-work for Management Course #3-71, running
from 29 March to 2 April 1971, were sent to 34 students.
3. Advanced Management (Planning) Course
The course scheduled to begin on 11 April has been
cancelled because of insufficient registration. (One fortunate by-
product of the cancellation was the release of space to O/DDS
which desired to conduct an Administrative Conference
during the week of 12 April.) In our Weekly Report of 4 February
1971 we noted that the AMP scheduled for January had to be can-
celled because of insufficient enrollment and mentioned the
advisability of a "market survey" through Training Officers if a
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shortfall developed in registrations for the April course. We
plan to begin this survey in the very near future so as to get a
"line" on the probable requirements for this course in FY 72.
The schedule for Phase II of the upcoming Midcareer Course
No. 28 has been completed with three speakers still to be announced.
Phase II runs during the period 12 - 28 April 1971.
The following outside speakers have already been scheduled to
speak in Phase III of the 28th Midcareer Course, which begins on
28 April 1971: Ernest LeFevre, Brookings Institution; Hyman
Bookbinder, former Director of OEO; Richard Scammon, Elections
Research Center; Assistant
Secretary of State Marshall Green;
,
I I and Brig. Gen. Alexander Haig, Deputy Assistant
to the President for National Security Affairs.
We have received word from O/DDS&T that Carl Duckett, who
normally attends the Director's daily Staff Meeting, plans to speak
25X1A6a to the Midcareerists I I on Thursday, 22 April, and to
remain for the evening's informal discussion.
C. ADMINISTRATIVE TRAINING
1. Training Course for Technical Officers
The preliminary outline proposed by Mr. I 25X1A9a
of OL and Mr. I of DDS&T for the content of the
"Technical Officers' Training Course" is being expanded to include
input from the members of the Agency's R&D Board to provide a
basis for further discussions with Messrs. I et al. 25X1A9a
When agreement has been reached on this more detailed outline,
preliminary discussions will be held with potential contractors to
obtain proposals for that part of the course which will be handled
by an outside contracbr. All matters involving an outside contractor
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will be coordinated with the Procurement Division, OL, before
action is taken.
2. Tutorials
Miss I , NE Division, completed her tutorial
in Logistics on 19 March. Miss I I completed her 25X1A9a
tutorial in Class B Accounting and Personnel/ Travel on 25 March.
3. General
Mr. is attending the Intelligence and
World Affairs Course from 22 March - 16 April 1971.
4. Administrative Procedures
The feedback provided by the Student Responder
Units (SRUs) used in the March running of the Administrative
Procedures course enabled the instructor to monitor the progress
of the students and to gauge teaching effectiveness. The SRUs were
used for only one day of the course. Statistics compiled revealed
a higher rate of comprehension for that day's material than for
presentations during the two days immediately prior to the compre-
hensive test. Of the previous 17 classes using the same comprehensive
test, only one achieved a higher average grade than this class.
Additional benefits of the system were increased student attention and
better participation. The SRUs will be used throughout the next
running of Administrative Procedures in an effort to validate further
the merits of this system. Our longer range goal is the elimination
of the "end of course" examinations.
Chief, Support School, OTR
Distribution:
O +2 - Adse
1 - DC/SUS/MT
1 - C/SUS/TR
1 - DC/SUS/AT
1 - C/CTF
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Addendum
Support School Weekly Report
Week of 22 - 26 March 1971
CLERICAL TRAINING FACULTY
Dr. I
]met wits
might be a greater need for and interest in training in basic
typewriting.
limited use of existing shorthand skills and suggested that them
Miss Chief, Clerical Staffing Branch/OP, on
Tuesday, 23 March to discuss the recommendation of Problem
Solving Seminar #5 that a survey be conducted to determine the
level of interest in and the number of potential candidates for
beginning shorthand training. Miss Iommented on the /
2. Mr. I Training Officer, Office of Logistics,
and a member of the Logistics Personnel Staff met with Mrs.II 25X1A9a
on 24 March to request the scheduling of a special course in English
usage for clerical personnel from that Office. The course is to deal
with the fundamentals of punctuation, capitalization, and grammar
and is to be conducted for one hour a day for a four-week period
beginning, if possible, on 26 April. Mr. will submit a 25X1A9a
written request for this training to the DTR.
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