NDPC News

The NDPC News is a quarterly newsletter comprised of a letter of address from the consortiums current chairman and several prominent stories from each consortium member. The newsletter is distributed four times a year to consortium members and the men and women of the U.S. Congress. The purpose of the NDPC News is to heighten awareness about the advanced-level training offered by each consortium member to the nation’s emergency responders. The newsletter reflects the good work of the consortium and validates the U.S. Congress’s financial support of the NDPC.

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NCBRT introduces the Ready On-Demand
Academy Delivery (ROAD) program

he NCBRT has recently introduced the Ready On-Demand Academy Delivery (ROAD) program. This program provides training academies with courses and training materials certified by the Department of Homeland Security.
This is a new approach to training delivery that conveniently delivers course materials to academies so training can occur on their schedule.

The ROAD program is an asset to any training academy or agency inservice program because there are seven certified courses available, Law Enforcement Prevention and Deterrence of Terrorist Acts, Law Enforcement Response to Weapons of Mass Destruction Incidents, Introduction to Computer-Aided Management of Emergency Operations (CAMEO) Suite, Utilizing Computer-Aided Management of Emergency Operations and WMD, Preparedness and Response to Agricultural Terrorism, Preparing Communities for Agroterrorism, and Awareness and Response to Biological Events.

Courses offered in the ROAD program are pre-packaged with everything needed to deliver a course, which includes manuals and supplemental training materials. In addition, NCBRT instructors will teach trainers the tips and notes of delivering the course.

Continuing educational units from LSU are offered to those who complete one of these courses. These courses are covered under the NCBRT’s Homeland Security National Training Program Cooperative Agreement.

“Preparedness is a shared national responsibility requiring our active participation to prepare America to address its threats,” says Tom Tucker, director of the NCBRT. “NCBRT is pleased to offer a program that ensures academies can efficiently deliver necessary vital training.”

New Mexico Tech’s ICP assessed

In an effort to provide NDPC members with a consistent approach to ensure DHS-sponsored training is delivered by high-quality instructors, the Instructor Certification Program (ICP) was adopted in 2007. The ICP includes selection, certification, and sustainment phases, as well as an emphasis on professional development opportunities. A provision of the ICP is that each consortium member will have its ICP peer-reviewed and accredited.

This assessment serves several purposes. In addition to adding credibility to the overall ICP, the assessment process enables other training partners to observe best practices that may improve their programs, and ensures the NDPC members are meeting the spirit and intent of the ICP.

In July 2008, New Mexico Tech was the first NDPC member to undergo an assessment of their ICP. All members of the assessment team agreed that the process worked very well. The most valuable part was the discussion of New Mexico Tech’s processes, challenges, and related ideas regarding instructor recruitment, development, and sustainment.

In addition, the assessment process indicated that New Mexico Tech has several notable practices that exceed the requirements for instructor certification. For example, every instructor is peer reviewed by their instructor team immediately following a class delivery.

These on-going assessments serve as mentoring experience to strengthen every instructors’ pedagogy. Additionally, instructors are video-taped, which provides immediate feedback. Class participants’ feedback indicates these strategies serve to provide high-quality instructors to DHS training.

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