R 051623Z MAR 13

ALCOAST 082/13
COMDTNOTE 12410
SUBJ: FY13 MANDATORY COAST GUARD SUPERVISORY TRAINING REQUIREMENTS
1. This announces supervisory training requirements for all military
and civilian first-line supervisors, who are responsible for directly
supervising GS/WG civilian employees.
2. DHS mandated all components implement the Cornerstone program to
ensure compliance with 5 CFR 412.202, which requires all supervisors
receive training within one year of appointment. Cornerstone is
comprised of four key aspects:
      a. Understanding the DHS Leadership Commitment,
      b. Supervisory Onboarding: L90X,
      c. Fundamentals of DHS Leadership, and
      d. Continuous Supervisory Leadership Development.
3. All civilian first-line supervisors hired in FY12 and thereafter
must complete Supervisory Onboarding: L90X within 90 days of their
start date. (For the purposes of the Cornerstone program, first-line
supervisors are defined as those members, military or civilian, who
directly supervise civilian employees and sign civilian performance
evaluations as the rating official).  This checklist of requirements
introduces the individual to their new supervisory role along with
resources and activities to support development in that role.
Managers are responsible for ensuring this requirement is met and
includes making certain the eight-hour mentoring obligation is
accomplished.  New hires will receive the checklist during their
in-processing. The checklist can also be found on the COMDT (CG-133)
website provided below.  Once complete, the checklist must be scanned
and emailed to HQS-SMB-CG-133TrainingCourses(AT)uscg.mil for tracking
as required by DHS.
4. To fulfill the Fundamentals of DHS Leadership requirement, all
military and civilian first-line supervisors must complete the Coast
Guard Supervisors of Civilians, Tier I 40-hr online course (code
502197), which is available on the Coast Guard Learning Management
System (LMS).  All first-line supervisors are required to complete
this training no later than 30 Sep 13.  This is a one time
requirement.
5. Supervisors of Civilians, Tier II, a 32-hr instructor-led roadshow
course (code 502831), will be offered for all civilian first-line
supervisors hired in FY12 and later.  A separate ALCOAST will
announce training dates and locations.
6. To fulfill the Continuous Supervisory Leader Development aspect of
Cornerstone, all first-line supervisors must complete 12 hours of
annual leader development and 12 hours of Leader-as-Teacher
Give-Back.
     a. The 12 hours of annual leader development can be comprised of
any leadership training completed during FY13, to include Supervisors
of Civilians, Tier I and II.  Other examples include, but are not
limited to: scholastic coursework on leadership and management,
participating in leadership seminars, workshops and conferences,
reading leadership books, and attending leadership events, such as
those held by the Treasury Executive Institute.  This requirement may
also be met by using any combination of preapproved DHS courses on
Skillport.
     b. The Leader-as-Teacher Give-Back requirement can be met using
any combination of activities, such as presenting leadership topics
to groups, developing leadership training, and mentoring individuals
outside of their chain of command.
     c. To track completion of these two annual continuous learning
requirements, supervisors at all levels beyond their first year must
self-report via the LMS course titled DHS Continuous Leader
Development (code 502801).  Supervisors must enroll in and affirm
they have completed the course requirements NLT 30 Sep 13.
7. To augment the above training, COMDT (CG-133) developed three
online LMS courses: Do I Want to Become a Supervisor (code 501832), 5
hours. Mentoring (code 500243), 6 hours.  Civilians that Supervise
Military Personnel (code 502830), 10 hours.  These may be found in
the Course Catalog under the category Leadership/Manage/Communication
Courses.
8. To raise awareness and provide useful information, COMDT (CG-133)
maintains a website to share pertinent content.  I encourage you to
visit http://www.uscg.mil/leadership/courses/dhs.asp for more
detailed information and to familiarize yourself with requirements
for each aspect of Cornerstone.  You may send inquiries to
Hqs-smb-cg-133trainingcourses(AT)uscg.mil
9. Mr. Curtis B. Odom, Director of Civilian Human Resources,
Diversity and Leadership, sends.
10. Internet release authorized.