R 191440Z SEP 12

ALCOAST 418/12
COMDTNOTE 5351
SUBJ: DHS CORNERSTONE PROGRAM
1. Over the past several weeks, the Leadership and Professional
Development Office (CG-133) received numerous inquiries seeking
clarification of the newly mandated DHS Cornerstone Program training
requirements. A major piece of the DHS Cornerstone training program
is the annual requirement for supervisors of civilians to complete 12
hours of leader development and 12 hours of leader as a teacher or
give-back. This ALCOAST details how the Coast Guard will capture the
annual 12-12 requirements using the Coast Guard Learning Management
System (LMS).
2. All first-line supervisors who were hired, or began an assignment
as a supervisor of civilians, before 30 September 2011, must complete
the Continuous Supervisory Leader Development requirement. This
requirement is comprised of 12-hours of leader development training
and 12-hours of leader as teacher give-back by 12 October 2012.
3. To fulfill the leader development training requirement, first-line
supervisors may use any leadership training they completed during
FY12. Examples include, but are not limited to: scholastic coursework
on leadership and management, participating in leadership seminars,
workshops, and conferences, reading leadership books, and attendance
at leadership events, such as those held by the Treasury Executive
Institute. First-line supervisors may complete this requirement using
any combination of the preapproved DHS courses on Skillport.
Skillport is available at
https://uscg.skillport.com/skillportfe/main.action.
4. To meet the leader as teacher give-back requirement, first-line
supervisors may use any combination of activities such as being a
presenter on leadership topics, developing leadership training, and
mentoring individuals outside their normal chain of command.
5. Over the course of the year many, if not all, of our first-line
supervisors have met these continuous leadership development
requirements in the performance of their duties, their lifelong
learning efforts, and on-going professional development.
6. Once both requirements are met, first-line supervisors described
in para 2 above must self-report their completion in the LMS using
course code 502801, titled DHS Continuous Leader Development.
Specific directions for accomplishing this can be found in the job
aid at
http://www.uscg.mil/leadership/courses/cornerstone(underscore)signoff
.pdf.
All training and self-reporting must be completed by 12OCT2012. To
clarify, this "course" within the LMS has been set up to simply
report completion of the annual requirement. This 5-minute process
will enable us to view annual compliance of the supervisors 12-12
requirements at the Headquarters and field unit level using CGBI.
7. POC: Alice Fleming at (202) 475-5513, Alice.r.fleming(at)uscg.mil
or Michael Maher at (202) 475-5512, Michael.v.maher(at)uscg.mil.
8. Mr. C. B. Odom, Director of Civilian Human Resources, Diversity
and Leadership, sends.
9. Internet release is authorized.