13 FAM 301.3 MANDATORY SUPERVISORY LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT TRAINING

Start Date: Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Last Modified: Saturday, May 2, 2020

End Date: Friday, December 31, 9999

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13 FAM 301.3

MANDATORY supervisory LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT TRAINING

(CT:TPD-1; 09-18-2019)
(Office of Origin: FSI)

13 FAM 301.3-1 supervisory TRAINING

(CT:TPD-1; 09-18-2019)
(State Only)
(Civil Service and Foreign Service Employees)

NOTE: Mandatory supervisory training information has been updated in Department Notice 44185 dated December 7, 2018. Currently, this guidance should be followed.

a. This section addresses Department policy governing mandatory supervisory training for newly-appointed and/or promoted first-time supervisors. Per 5 CFR 412.202, all Title 5 first-time and/or promoted Civil Service supervisors (GS12 - GS15) must complete a total of 46 hours of supervisory training within one year of appointment to include:

         Fundamentals of Supervision (PT230) - 40 hours

         Telework (online)

         Harassment (online)

         EEO/Diversity(online)

         ePerformance (online)

         Disability and Reasonable Accommodations (online)

NOTE: Content for the 6 hours of training above can be found in the Skillsoft General Library, the Office of Personnel Management's website, and/or FSIs course catalog.

b. All supervisors must complete 24 hours of refresher supervisory training every 3 years, to include at least one course from the following topics:

         Leadership/Mentoring

         EEO/Diversity

         Performance Management

c. Though 5 CFR 412.202 only applies to Civil Service, the Department mandates that all Foreign Service and Civil Service supervisors complete the training outlined in paragraph a of this section, to bolster supervisory skills and reinforce the spirit of "one mission, one team" through training together.

d. There is no waiver for supervisory training (i.e., PT230 Fundamentals of Supervision) completed during other federal or nonfederal employment.

13 FAM 301.3-2 leadership TRAINING

(CT:TPD-1; 09-18-2019)
(State Only)
(Civil Service and Foreign Service Employees)

This section addresses Department policy governing mandatory leadership training (see also 3 FAM 1214.10).

13 FAM 301.3-2(A) Senior Level Personnel

(CT:TPD-1; 09-18-2019)
(State Only)
(Civil Service and Foreign Service Employees)

Newly promoted Senior Foreign Service personnel and Senior Executive Service personnel are required to take the Foreign Service Institute (FSI) offered course, Senior Executive Threshold Seminar (PT133), within the first year following promotion.

13 FAM 301.3-2(B) Mid-Level Personnel

(CT:TPD-1; 09-18-2019)
(State Only)
(Civil Service and Foreign Service Employees)

a. Mid-level personnel are required to take the following FSI leadership courses as indicated by grade:

FS-01 and GS-15:

Advanced Leadership Skills (PT210)

FS-02 and GS-14:

Intermediate Leadership Skills (PT207)

FS-03 and GS-13:

Basic Leadership Skills (PK245)

b. The following current and/or former FSI and non-FSI courses are considered equivalent to meeting the requirements described in 13 FAM 301.3-2(B), paragraph a:


FSI Courses:

Can be substituted for (only one substitution per course allowed):

Deputy Chief of Mission/Principal Officer Seminar (PT102)

Intermediate, or Advanced Leadership Skills

Leading for Lasting Impact (PT243)

Basic or Intermediate Leadership Skills

Non-FSI Courses:

Can be substituted for (only one substitution per course allowed):

Executive Development Seminar (OPM course)

Basic, Intermediate, or Advanced Leadership Skills

Management Development Seminar II: Leading Organizations (OPM course)

Basic or Intermediate Leadership Skills

Management Development Seminar I: Leading From the Middle (OPM course)

Basic Leadership Skills

The National War College

Basic, Intermediate, or Advanced Leadership Skills

Dwight D. Eisenhower School

Basic, Intermediate, or Advanced Leadership Skills

Air War College at Montgomery

Basic, Intermediate, or Advanced Leadership Skills

Army War College at Carlisle

Basic, Intermediate, or Advanced Leadership Skills

Naval War College at Newport

Basic, Intermediate, or Advanced Leadership Skills

Marine War College at Quantico

Basic, Intermediate, or Advanced Leadership Skills

 

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