The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the impacts the Senior Leaders Course (SLC) had on my leadership philosophy. I will identify what coursework, instructions, and peer interactions have changed my priorities as a leader. Identify what situations I would tackle differently or plan to address when I go to my next assignment. When you take into consideration the course length and what you gain while attending SLC, I am not impressed with the overall curriculum.
Upon reading the coursework and what the SLC students would be covering, I thought SLC was going to be very educational. Unfortunately, I was let down by how the curriculum was presented to the class. The curriculum is established for the students to teach by sharing knowledge from the field; however, many of the students in my class did not have real experiences. Instead of sharing their own personal knowledge, …show more content…
Research ability is what I was evaluated on during the Warrior Leaders Course (WLC) and therefore I was hoping for something a bit more challenging. I already know how/where to find DA-PAMs, FM, and ARs. One way to mitigate this issue would be to split the First Sergeant ISN posts between the students. One student is assigned to create a post and other students reply or comment to the students post.
I don’t see how the current curriculum for SLC will change how I tackle future problems. The IPB, Information Collection, and the Intelligence Support to Targeting evaluations were not challenging for even a 10 level soldier. Senior NCOs should already be experts at these tasks and should not have to come to the NCOA to be evaluated at them, as we are already evaluated on them in our NCOERs. I do plan to address my personal career map and have chosen several schools to make me a better GEOINT NCO. The skills that I will gain attending these courses will provide me with additional skill sets my peers do not
Upon reading the coursework and what the SLC students would be covering, I thought SLC was going to be very educational. Unfortunately, I was let down by how the curriculum was presented to the class. The curriculum is established for the students to teach by sharing knowledge from the field; however, many of the students in my class did not have real experiences. Instead of sharing their own personal knowledge, …show more content…
Research ability is what I was evaluated on during the Warrior Leaders Course (WLC) and therefore I was hoping for something a bit more challenging. I already know how/where to find DA-PAMs, FM, and ARs. One way to mitigate this issue would be to split the First Sergeant ISN posts between the students. One student is assigned to create a post and other students reply or comment to the students post.
I don’t see how the current curriculum for SLC will change how I tackle future problems. The IPB, Information Collection, and the Intelligence Support to Targeting evaluations were not challenging for even a 10 level soldier. Senior NCOs should already be experts at these tasks and should not have to come to the NCOA to be evaluated at them, as we are already evaluated on them in our NCOERs. I do plan to address my personal career map and have chosen several schools to make me a better GEOINT NCO. The skills that I will gain attending these courses will provide me with additional skill sets my peers do not