Commandant Training (BCTA/Winter BCTA, ACTA, & CLS and BNCOC)
Commandant Training
Objectives
The objectives of the California Cadet Corps professional development program are in consonance with the six California Standards for the Teaching Profession (CSTPs). Specifically, training programs are designed for commandant personnel to:
- Engage and support cadets in their learning (CSTP 1)
- Create and maintain effective environments for cadets to learn (CSTP 2)
- Understand and organize subject matter for cadet learning (CSTP 3)
- Plan instruction and design learning experiences for all cadets (CSTP 4)
- Assess cadet learning (CSTP 5)
- Develop as a professional educator (CSTP 6)
Basic Commandant Training Academy (BCTA/Winter BCTA)
| Dates | Circular | Schedule |
|---|---|---|
| January 15-22, 2020 | TBD | Winter BCTA RSVP Application |
Basic Non-Commissioned Officer Course
| DATES | CIRCULAR | SCHEDULE |
|---|---|---|
| January 18-21, 2019 | WARNO: 10-1920-003 | BNCOC Sign-Up Form |
California Cadet Corps Commandants learn the basics of how to run or support the Cadet Corps program in a school or brigade. Basic Non-Commissioned Officer Course (BNCOC) provides the knowledge, skills, and opportunity for an individual to fulfill requirements in obtaining promotion to next level/rank in the Cadet Corps program.
Advanced Commandant Training Academy (ACTA)
| Dates | Circular | Schedule |
|---|---|---|
| TBD | TBD | TBD |
The Advanced Commandant Training Academy (ACTA) will consist of not less than 40 hours of instruction of required knowledge at the brigade and state levels. It may be conducted as a resident course, but rarely has enough students to field a class. It is generally an online (distributed learning) course. The focus of ACTA is senior management facets of the Cadet Corps program, with service on a brigade support staff or the CACC HQ Staff establishing the practical basis for the course. Graduates understand how a brigade supports and oversees its units, and how the California Cadet Corps functions as an organization, and are able to contribute to those missions. The current course has 35 online sub-courses, with a mix of reading, writing assignments, practical exercises, and quizzes.
Commandant Leadership School (CLS)
| Dates | Circular | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Online | NA | CLS Online Course |
CLS is the Cadet Corps equivalent of Officer Candidate School (OCS). It is required for all commandant personnel who have no commission-producing equivalent training from federal or state (OCS, ROTC, Academy) and are appointed as officers. It is required prior to any promotion with the commissioned officer system and is not grandfathered (many CACC officers had OCS waived in the past; to be promoted now, they must complete CLS). It is a two phased course. With Phase 1 being distributed learning (on-line) and Phase 2 being resident training.
Phase 1: An online course, consists of the following classes:
- Staff Organization
- Personnel Management
- Communicate by Radio
- Counseling & Mentoring
- Army Writing
- Briefing
- CACC Commandant Regulations
- CACC Cadet Regulations
- Property Management
- Cultural Awareness
- Composite Risk Management
- CACC Command Policy
- Review of Drill & Ceremonies
- Battalion & Brigade Level Review Ceremonies
- Training Management System
- Team Development
- Inspections
- Conducting an After-Action Review
- Develop a Physical Fitness Program
- Heritage of the CACC
- Role of the NCO/Officer and Warrant Officer
- The Operations Order (CACC) and Planning Process
- CNG/Military Department Organization
- CACC Leadership Doctrine
- Ethics and Ethical Decision Making
- Customs & Courtesies