The Northeast Region Director of Professional Development is
Lt Col Keith Raymond 

Professional Development Winter Update

The new Level 1 and Fast Start are in the field.

The new SLS and CLC will be reviewed in meetings on 18 and 19 January at National Headquarters. A number of the members of the National Professional Development Committee will appraise the instructional material, student handouts, slides, etc for the new course. When the material is polished it will be field/beta tested. Two NER wings have volunteered to test the material. Once the results analyzed and any adjustments made we hope to have it in the field by late spring/early summer.

The decision to drop AFIADL 13 will not be addressed for a long time. First
the new SLS and CLC must run smoothly. Some of the AFIADL 13 material may be picked up in RSC. The RSC curriculum review is set for 2008. Once that is
settled we can turn to the decision about dropping the 13. We will still be doing the 13 for a while (it is still an optional substitute for COS, for
example and is still required for Level 2. My advise is to continue to
enroll people in AFIADL 13. You don't want to hold up promotions and you can
always dis-enroll if we drop it tomorrow.

The COP has been renamed the General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., Award (took
effect on 1 Oct; all of the certificates have been updated for those
completing Level II requirements on or after 1 October).