16 hours VA DCJS career development in-service credits

**16 hours VA CPS credit**

Scenario-Based Executive Level Training (S-BELT) is a two-day program designed to promote and sustain homeland security leadership across the country.  Developed by Western Oregon University, Western Community Policing Institute and the Virginia Center for Policing Innovation, S-BELT is designed to be challenge and scenario-based, requiring active participation and problem-solving. 

Participants will learn about leadership theories and traits that will assist them in planning and preparing for a national or domestic all-hazards catastrophic event.  This course uses current and historical figures and a pandemic flu outbreak case study to examine and discuss how leaders, at critical times, can do the right thing, at the right time, in the right way, and for the right reasons.

The target audiences for this program are executive leaders representing a broad spectrum of public and private organizations that have official responsibility in events of national significance and in times of a community crisis.  This includes emergency management executives and other decision makers in a variety of fields such as: law enforcement, emergency medical services, fire service, communications, public works and public utilities, government administration, public safety, health care, education, and private sector executives. 

This no-cost training is supported by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security/FEMA, Office of National Preparedness Training and Exercise Integration. 

COURSE OVERVIEW

Carrying out the homeland security mission
Defining and understanding management and leadership roles
This module will address some of the changing societal dynamics that have necessitated a shift toward modern leadership theories and styles.  Participants will learn the distinction between leadership and management by understanding the evolution of leadership theory and practice; identify and apply the elements of leadership and management and their distinctions through a focus of modern management theories; understand the four dimensions of leadership and management in the decision making process; and The Leadership Test ©. 

Successfully integrating and synchronizing the homeland security mission through leadership
Situational leadership
This module trains leaders to apply team development and leadership skills to fulfill their homeland security mission.  Participants will be able to identify and apply the key elements of situational leadership to their duties and responsibilities – this includes the recognition and adjustment of leadership technique to coincide with dynamic conditions.

Homeland security executive leadership skills
Primal leadership and emotional intelligence (EI)
This module will stress the vital role that EI plays in homeland security leadership.  Specifically, exploring the value of EI competencies of primal leadership; including self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management as executive level tools that enable leaders to foster positive relationships in formal and informal groups, teams, and networks. 

Comprehensive application of homeland security strategies
Transformational leadership
This module will encourage participants to examine the transformational leadership model as a means of effectively applying the homeland security mission strategies in addressing all-hazards events.  Participants will compare and contrast transformational leadership in light of the changing needs and characteristics of the workplace.

Meeting the leadership challenge
In this module, participants will identify the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities needed for homeland security planning and preparedness through case studies of: Themistocles, Pandemic Flu Outbreak, and local all-hazards events.

"Many thanks for everything!  The executives are still talking about the training and that almost never happens.  You did an outstanding job up here."