Professional Development Changes in Professional Development Training By Maj. Donald Duff, Polaris Composite Squadron CAP National introduced sweeping changes to the Professional Development program that took effect September 1, 2020. Specific information about these changes can be accessed Education & Training through the Volunteer University. University.
training through distance learning.
2021: Now, members can access classes for each level in the AXIS system (PDF download). Level 1 completion is approved at the unit level. After that approval is done As before, there are still 5 levels through the Voluntary University. to rise to executive leadership levCohorts are assigned beginning with el. Levels 4-5 have a legacy proviLevel 2 and at each succeeding levsion that lasts until the end of April el. Members interested in becoming 2021 If their OBC, SLS, CLC, Region on-line instructors are encouraged Staff College and National Staff Colto visit the requirements on the Unilege had been completed by July 31, versity site. For ET Officers, there 2020. is a Facebook group for Education & Training. It’s a great place to ask PAST: In the past, Education & Trainquestions, participate in discussions, ing combined self taught online and help out other ETO’s. L4 & L5 courses, wing conferences, and yearlegacy sunsets end of May 2021. ly (or sometimes twice a year) SLS or CLC courses that usually covered All of the courses each of us accomtwo days of classroom work. That plishes yields a more comprehensive enabled a member to rise through knowledge of the ins and outs of CAP Level 3. For Level 4 and 5, a memand perhaps in your professional life ber had to to travel, respectively, outside of CAP. to Region Staff College at Nellis AFB NV and to National Staff College at Maxwell AFB, AL. If a member was current or past military, the one time use of professional military experience/education could be used as equivalency. Non-military members could participate in Level 4 or 5 24 CAP AKWG
