The Marine Corps maintains two Instructional Management Schools to support the training requirements of all Marine Corps formal school faculty. IMS East , located at Camp Johnson, North Carolina supports all formal schools and training centers east of the Mississippi River. These schools are chartered to provide instruction to Marines and civilians filling faculty or administrative positions in the Marine Corps training and education community. The four courses taught at IMS are modeled to meet the requirements encountered on a daily basis by formal school faculty. Incoming formal school faculty should attend the IMS course that is appropriate for their specific billet and level of responsibility.
Instruction is provided on the processes associated with evaluating and managing instruction.
The AC is appropriate for Staff Sergeants through Colonel, or civilian equivalents, and is three training days long. This course provides the skills required to succeed as a curriculum developer and includes instruction and student application in conducting a learning analysis, writing learning objectives, writing examinations, writing instructional materials and developing media. The CDC is appropriate for Sergeants through Lieutenant Colonel or civilian equivalents and is 10 training days long. The FSIC is appropriate for all personnel slated for instructional responsibilities and is nine training days long. The students must bring and present two 30-minute lessons from their school that support the lecture, demonstration, and practical application methods of instruction.