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US ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE

International Military Student Preparatory Course

Lesson Plan for Lesson P910

US Army Interviews

Course Author: Mr. Mike Brettmann

Lesson Author: Mr. Le Denniston

Date prepared:

1. SCOPE

This lesson supports the overall P910 course objective by allowing students to interview members of

various US Army personnel categories (officers, warrant officer, non-commissioned officers, and

Army civilian employees) to gain an appreciation of their experience, education, career patterns, and

the role each plays in the Army. The lesson builds on instruction students have already received on

the US Armed Forces and the US Army Officer Corps.

This lesson emphasizes two field grade leader competency map (FGLM) skills by challenging

students to improve their ability to reason critically (2.4) and think creatively (2.5). During the

interviews, they will be challenged to demonstrate three specific leader behaviors that are indicative

of exemplary field grade officer skill. The behaviors are: Understand situations, find causes, arrive at

justifiable conclusions, make good judgments, learn from experience, be adaptable (2.4.2), view

problems from several perspectives (2.4.3) and challenges bias of self and subordinates while

developing new ideas and approaches (2.5.1). The behaviors identified in the FGLM provide a

common language and assist in the assessment of overall student performance by providing

performance indicators to differentiate between successful and exemplary performance.

2. LEARNING OBJECTIVES

TLO B

Action: Develop awareness of societal/cultural differences and standards.

Condition: As a CGSOC Student International Military Student and member of a staff group; living

within the US military, local, national, and IMS communities; given concrete experiences; the

community cultural and social environment; handouts; references and readings; practical exercises,

group dialogues, and discussions.

Standard: Development must include

1. Acknowledgement of societal/cultural differences.

2. Relating to protection of human rights.

3. Providing honorable representation for home country.

4. Demonstrating awareness of historical development and current structure of US Armed Forces.

5. Understanding of US political system.6. Demonstrate an understanding of sustainment of the US officer corps.

7. Acknowledgement of American public and social welfare system.

Learning Level: Affective: Responding.

JPME I Learning Areas Supported:None.

ELO B.04

Action: Demonstrate awareness of the US Armed Forces

Condition: As a CGSOC Student International Military Student and member of a staff group; living

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within the US military, local, national and IMS communities; given concrete experiences; the

community cultural and social environment; handouts; references and readings; practical exercises,

group dialogues, and discussions.

Standard: Awareness will include:

1. Recognition of mission of the US Armed Services.2. Recognition of US Army command structure.

3. Recognition of US Army concepts for utilization in CGSOC.4. Recognition of historical events that led to current US structure.

5. Description of the United States Army officer acquisition process.

6. Description of the United States Army officer professional education system.

7. Explanation of the United States Army officer evaluation system.

8. Description of the United States Army promotion system.

Learning Level: Affective: Responding


3. LEADER BEHAVIORS

2.4.2 Understand situations, find causes, arrive at justifiable conclusions, make good judgments,

learn from experience, be adaptable2.4.3 View problems from several perspectives.

2.5.1 Challenges bias of self and subordinates while developing new ideas and approaches

4. ASSIGNED STUDENT READINGS: See Lesson Advance Sheet.

5. INSTRUCTOR ADDITIONAL READING(S)/MATERIAL:None.

6. TRAINING AIDS

Appendix A: Assessment Plan

Appendix B: Interview Schedule

7. CONDUCT OF LESSON

a. Introduction: (2 minutes). Instructors should remind students of the lesson objectives. Issue the

interview schedules, and explain to the students that they will have 15 minutes to interview, as a

group, each of six different categories of US Army personnel, including USMA, ROTC and OCS

officer graduates, a DA civilian, a Warrant Officer and a Non-commissioned officer.

Explain that the students will remain in their designated classrooms and the interviewees will

move from group to group. Groups will have 15 minutes for each interview, with a short period

between interviews so the interviewees can move. They should focus on experience, education,career patterns, and the role each plays in the Army. They should take notes and be prepared to

discuss their interviews at the end of the lesson.

b. Lesson Timeline:

2 minutes Introduction: Attention and Motivation

3 minutes Concrete Experience

5 minutes Publish and process

104 minutes Generalize New Information: US Army Interviews

10 minutes Break

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10 minutes Develop

31 minutes Apply

10 minutes Break

c. Concrete Experience: (3 minutes). The instructor should paint the picture for the students thatthey will be spending the CGSOC course in a small group learning environment with various

American officers, and they will be working with many other groups of US Army personnel. Toget the most out of their experience in CGSOC, they will need to understand the background and

experience of their fellow students, their instructors, and the other people they will be working

with.

d. Publish and Process: (5 minutes). Some suggested questions include:

How do you feel about coming into such a new environment to learn?

What are you most curious about concerning your American fellow students?

How important do you think it is for you to understand the backgrounds of your American fellowstudents?

e. Generalize New Information: (104 minutes, with break at the midpoint). The GNI for this

lesson consists of the actual interviews. Instructors should follow the interview schedule attached

at Appendix B. Each interviewee will make a short presentation outlining their experience,

education and career pattern, followed by student questions.

f. Break: (10 minutes).

g. Develop: (10 minutes) The instructor should conduct a short discussion with the students to focus

their attention on what they have learned during the interview period. Some suggested questions

include:

How have these interviews changed your thinking about the US Army and its personnel?

What is the most important thing you have learned from the interviews? Why?

What is the most important difference you see between your Armys officer system and the US Army

system?

h. Apply: (31 minutes) The instructor should divide the group into 3 or 4 small groups,instructing

the groups to develop a list of the 5 most important things they still want to learn about US Army

officers and other personnel. At the end of 15 minutes, have each group in turn discuss their list

and encourage discussion among the groups.

i. Break: (10 minutes)

j. Assessment Plan: (See Appendix A). Assessment of this lesson is based on class participation

only.

8. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT:None.

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9. RISK ASSESSMENT/RISK CONTROL MEASURES:None.

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Appendix AAssessment Plan

1. Part of student performance for the completing the International Military Student Preparatory Course

is assessed in this lesson through the following:

Class Participation 100%

Daily AAR & Journal P/F

2. Class participation standards and guidelines:

A Exceeded Standard. Consistent participation during class discussions, class practical

exercises, and briefings which are thought provoking, relevant, clear, logical, and is a major

contributor to student and group learning.B Meets Standard. Participation is appropriate, relevant, clear, accurate, logical, and

contributes to class learning.

C Below Standard. Borderline participation which is appropriate, rarely relevant, often

unclear, often inaccurate, illogical, and contributes very little to group learning.

U Unsatisfactory. Participation which is clearly inappropriate, irrelevant, unclear, inaccurate,

and often inhibits student and group learning.

Class Participation (Individual) Class participation in this lesson will form a part of the overall 75%class participation grade for IMSPC.Instructors assess each students demonstrated understanding of the

course material and his or her ability to develop and deliver cogent arguments or relevant insights from

course material in a clear and concise fashion. Students demonstrate their knowledge, skill, and ability

through the quality and focus of their discussion comments and questions, their preparation for class, theirability to reason critically and to think creatively, their performance during practical exercises and case

studies, and contributions to group work. Class participation is assessed during this lesson. Specifically

for this lesson, instructors focus on three field grade leader behaviors. Students will be expected to

demonstrate proficiency in: 2.4.2 Understand situations, find causes, arrive at justifiable conclusions,

make good judgments, learn from experience, be adaptable 2.4.3 View problems from several

perspectives. 2.5.1 Challenges bias of self and subordinates while developing new ideas and approaches.

See CGSC Form 1009C.

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ASSESSING CLASSROOM PARTICIPATION

CGSC STANDARD:Balances the attainment of individual and group goals.

RADE: (CGSOC) GRADE: (CAS3)

A

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B

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NMI

INSTRUCTOR COMMENTS:

Leader Behaviors

2.4.2 Understand situations, find causes, arrive at justifiable conclusions, make good judgments, learn

from experience, be adaptable

2.4.3 View problems from several perspectives.

2.5.1 Challenges bias of self and subordinates while developing new ideas and approaches

STUDENT COMMENTS:

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PARTICIPANT: DATE:

Assessment of

(check one):

ASSIGNMENT/COURSE TITLE:

Classroom Participation/P910 Day 1 Small Group Development

Single

activity

Course

or

multiple

activitie

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INSTRUCTOR/DEPARTMENT:

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Assignment

ELO B.04

Action: Demonstrate awareness of the US Armed Forces

Condition: As a CGSOC Student International Military Student and member of a staff group; living within the US

military, local, national and IMS communities; given concrete experiences; the community cultural and social

environment; handouts; references and readings; practical exercises, group dialogues, and discussions.

Standard: Awareness will include:

9. Recognition of mission of the US Armed Services.

10. Recognition of US Army command structure.

11. Recognition of US Army concepts for utilization in CGSOC.

12. Recognition of historical events that led to current US structure.

13. Description of the United States Army officer acquisition process.

14. Description of the United States Army officer professional education system.

15. Explanation of the United States Army officer evaluation system.

16. Description of the United States Army promotion system.

Learning Level: Affective: Responding


Quantitative Assessment (Activity)

low high

Qualitative Assessment (Results)

Your behavior:

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competitive collaborative

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Your reasoning:

Elements of

Reasoning

5

4

3

2

1

high

low

P

urpose

Q

uestion

Po

intofView

As

sumptions

In

formation

C

oncepts

Co

nclusions

Con

sequences

IntellectualStandards

5

4

3

2

1

high

low

Clarity

Accuracy

Precision

Relevance

Depth

Breadth

Logic

Significance

Elements of Reasoning and Intellectual Standards adapted from Richard Paul, Center for Critical Thinking.

Performance = Activity + Results

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COGNITIVE LEVEL ATTAINED

(Higher levels include

characteristics of lower levels.)

EVALUATION (Judging o

weighing by building and

using criteria and standards

SYNTHESIS (Integrating

parts into a new whole.)

ANALYSIS (Breaking

material down into

component parts to

determine structures and

relationships.)

APPLICATION (Use of

knowledge to solveproblems.)

COMPREHENSION(Understanding of the

material.)

KNOWLEDGE (Recall of

specific information.)

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Appendix BInterview Schedule

TIME Grp 1 Grp 2 Grp 3 Grp 4 Grp 5 Grp 6

Classroom XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX

0835-0850 USMA ROTC OCS DAC WO NCO

0851-0906 ROTC OCS DAC WO NCO USMA

0907-0922 OCS DAC WO NCO USMA ROTC

0922-0932 BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK

0932-0947 DAC WO NCO USMA ROTC OCS

0948-1003 WO NCO USMA ROTC OCS DAC

1004-1019 NCO USMA ROTC OCS DAC WONote: Five minutes between interviews for interviewee movement from room to ro

SPECIFIC ROOM LOCATIONS MUST BE ADDED PRIOR TO THE LESSON

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