Jane Kushma, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Jacksonville State University
Jacksonville, AL
Developing Competency
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Based
Emergency Management Degree
Programs
Outline
Evolution of emergency management curriculum
development
The case for attention to competencies
Challenges and opportunities
Possible frameworks
Implementation approaches
Resources
Evolution
The early days
Post 9/11 boom
Current trends
Curriculum of the future
The case for competencies
Rationale
The competency literature
Important distinctions… knowledge areas/
skills/professional behaviors; layers/levels; proficiency
metrics
What are the challenges?
Diversity of the “communities”
Lack of consensus re required curriculum
Measurement issues
Motivation and incentives
Others?
Possible frameworks
CEM… the concept
and
the credential
EM Principles
IAEM S&P Competency Framework for Emergency
Managers (TBD)
Other influences and frameworks…?
Implementation strategies
Competency domain development initiative
Assessment development initiatives, e.g., GWU’s VHA work
Share instructional/assessment best practices (e.g.,
experiential learning, simulations, virtual reality
applications)
Others?
EM Resources
CEM
http://www.iaem.com/certification/generalinfo/cem.htm
IAEM EM Principles
http://www.iaem.com/EMPrinciples/index.htm
FEMA ISP, Professional Development Series
http://training.fema.gov/IS/searchIS.asp?keywords=PDS
CBE Resources
Internet Resources for Higher Ed Outcome Assessment
http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/UPA/assmt/resource.htm
Association of American Colleges and Universities,
Assessment Resources
http://www.aacu.org/resources/assessment/index.cfm
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