CURRICULUM COMMITTEE MEETING--FRIDAY, 21 SEPTEMBER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP87-00956R000100030033-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 19, 2010
• Sequence Number: 33
• Publication Date: September 24, 1984
• Content Type: MEMO

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24 September 1984
MEMORANDUM FOR: OTE Curriculum Committee Members
Assistant Director of Training for Curriculum
Curriculum Committee Meeting--Friday, 21 September
1. presented a proposal for
an "IntelTigence issues" course tor administrative support personnel.
After full discussion, the Committee:
--supported the idea of doing this course (some
members thought that an "issues" course should also be
offered for officers) but believes that the professed
objectives of the course (a perk for secretaries and a
better understanding of intelligence issues) has not been
properly integrated.
--remanded the course for adjustment.
--suggested that engage the perspective
of an Agency officer in a position to know what the major
intelligence issues are that the prospective students need
to know about, that less emphasis be put on the "perk" aspect,
and that the course not seek to fill a full five days if it
could accomplish its objectives in less.
--asked that a revised outline be circulated to the
members for telephonic concurrence to the Chairman.
2. The Committee 11 ew-course checklist," with two
revisions. It add d "accountability" nder the section concerning
students, and it agree requirement that new courses
have their methodology considered by external instructional designers.
The principal problem is that OTE does not have a unit or enough
individuals with competence in this area. The Committee discussed OTE's
previous bad experience with instructional designers and the possibility
that external contractors could fill this role. There was consensus
that the time may have arrived for OTE to revive a unit. The Committee
agreed to pursue this at a future meeting.
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SUBJECT: Curriculum~Committee Meeting--Friday, 21 September
3. The Committee also discussed data.on how OTE's student days
were allotted by category. The discussion centered on the."obvious"
messages in the data, (e.g., the small amount of effort devoted to the
broadening and management curricula). It was agreed that data for the
Language School needed to be cranked in.
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