Approved For Release 2008/12/19 : CIA-RDP96-00289R000200020017-8 Hees a See © Dita bjea i go. @ PROPOSED CONTENT OF THE DATP INTRODUCTION TO CIA (2 WEEKS) DIRECTORATE OF ADMINISTRATION OVERVIEW (1 WEEK) OPERATIONS ORIENTATION - (3 WEEKS) DDS&T ORIENTATION (2 WEEKS) DDI ORIENTATION (2 WEEKS) DDA OFFICE ORIENTATION AND BRIEFING . (8 WEEKS) a (proposed schedule attached) pee RETURN TO SPONSORING OFFICE FOR FURTHER SPECIALTY TRAINING LENGTH OF COURSE APPROXIMATELY FIVE MONTHS E ILLEGIB IF IT IS DEEMED APPROPRIATE, A 4/6 WEEK INTERIM ASSIGNMENT MAY BE ADDED TO THE ABOVE SCHEDULE, WHICH WILL LENGTHEN THE OVER-ALL COURSE TO APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS. Approved For Release 2008/12/19 : CIA-RDP96-00289R000200020017-8
Approved For Release 2008/12/19 - Cla- RDP96- 00289R000200020017- 8 t : OTR 77-7484 ' 24 June 1977 MEMORANDUM FOR: Chairman, Executive Advisory Group VIA: a Deputy Director for Administration VIA: Comptroller FROM: Harry E. Fitzwater Director of Training SUBJECT: - Career Training Program (CTP) REFERENCE: | Minutes of the 29 April 1977 Executive Advisory Group Meeting 1. The attached paper is in response to Paragraph 3 of reference. “2. Note is taken of the tentative revision of the Directorate of Administration training of young professionals within the context of the revised CTP proposal. 25X1 3. The size of the revised Career Training Program is contingent upon the allocation of approximately trainee slots to the Program. In response to the Office of Training Program Call, the Office of the Comptroller has _ tentatively reduced the number of trainee slots to for FY 1979; this action would seriously jeopardize the continuance of the CT Program. ote Cae _ 25X1" - ILLEGIB : yr ELF Attachmen_.. a ij - Revised Career ‘Training Program 2 ~ Proposed’ Content of Revised CTP ILLEGIB fete rye TEAS Sree agi al Approved For Release 2008/12/19 - CIA-RDP96-00289R000200020017-8 “25x1.
= coast Approved, For Release 2008/12/19 « CIA-RDP96-00289R000200020017-8 oe ee ees © Gai y pebhast ca @ ! REVISED CAREER TRAINING PROGRAM (U/AIUO) 29X1 1. The present Career Training Program (CTP) can be adapted, through adjustments to the current . 25X11 Program to changing Agency requirements. 2.. The adjustments to the Program are based on the following assumptions: a. DDO participation will continue for the short ° term on the basis of externally recruited ©. 25x11. trainees for FY 1978 and FY 1979. - b. DDI requirements will remain at approximately the current level. c. The DDA and DDS&T will utilize the CTP as the prime means of accomplishing in-depth orientation to the Agency for a modest number of carefully selected junior professionals. d. The CTP will remain small and highly selective and will continue to supplement, but not replace, direct . hiring. Candidates will normally be between 23 and 33 > years of age, with exceptions made on a case-by-case . basis.” 2. 20X11. 3. The revised Program will be structured according to the following ‘considerations: ne , - a. Objective The Program will provide outstanding young mL professionals~-whether recruited externally or internally-- - - with a sdlid understanding of how. the Agency works and interacts with _the Intelligence ‘Community. . ae b. Means The Program will give in-depth orientation by means of training courses and on-the- -job work assignments. . This approach presumes participation by and introduction to all directorates during the "classroom" part of the cycle.. It requires the directorates! full and willing participation during the work asSignment phase as well. 25X1 cena as rss es “4 Ps ‘t age isan 5 preps. 2 ‘ Approved For Release 2008/12/19 : CIA- RDP96-00289R000200020017-8
Approved For Release 2008/12/19 : CIA-RDP96-00289R000200020017- 8 The amount of skills, interpersonal and conceptual training, apart from: the Operations Course for DDO trainees, will be limited. Interim on-the-job assign- ments will be tailored to maximize both the trainees’ orientation to appropriate directorates and the benefits to the participating offices. Cc. Selection Final selection of DDO and DDI trainees will continue to be made by CTP consultation with directorate representatives. Selectees for these two directorates : will consist primarily of external candidates. DDA and DDS§T trainees will consist primarily of internal candidates who will be nominated to the Program by the directorates. 1 - Selection in all cases will require a judgment by the Chief, CIP, that the young professional has the potential to become a senior manager in his field within the Agency and is capable of becoming an intel- ligence officer with the scope and breadth of capability implied in that term. Internal candidates will be selected from the directorates' nominees who have served in the Agency a sufficient time to have developed a commitment to a career in their respective career services. ‘The inclusion into CTP of qualified minority applicants will remain a top priority. d. - Frequency, Duration, Size Two programs a year will be run starting in January and June of each year. Training for the DDO- - bound CTs will continue to be approximately a year in length; the program for DDI, DDA, and DDS&T trainees will be approximately ‘nine months. Individual classes will consist of approxi- mately| —s— candidates for each directorate and will total ‘approximately per Class. ~ ; Approved For Release 2008/12/19 : CIA-RDP96-00289R000200020017-8
Approved For Release 2008/12/19 : CIA-RDP96-00289R000200020017-8 3ryée Pry Ne we n” al Uiil eae a a a ee ae) e. Content The formal training portion of the current Program will be adjusted to add orientation devoted to the functions of the DDA and DDS§T. The increased overview encompassing information about all the directorates will provide the necessary Familiarity to the whole Agency to all trainees. The revised CTP will continue to incorporate | two interim assignments to provide on-the-job training which will be characterized by flexibility and adapta- tion to the needs and prospective career path of each trainee. ; Each interim assignment will last approximately 12 weeks and will be interspersed among the formal .- _ courses. Traditionally, DDO- and DDI-bound trainees serve an interim in each of these directorates; this pattern will continue. DDA- and DDS§T-bound officers will have their interim assignments tailored to their needs and will be assigned intra-directorate and/or inter-directorate interims as appropriate The CTP will coordinate the DDA interim assignments with. the proposed Administrative Directorate Training Program (ADTP) to provide in-depth DDA office orientation and _ training. For DDA-bound CTs who do not need in-depth DDA training, regular on-the-job assignments in or out of the directorate will be arranged. The interims of DDS§&T candidates will be handled in a fashion similar to DDA-bound CTs in order to attain the widest possible exposure to DDS&T func- © tions within the competence of the young officer to both produce and learn while working outside his "home" component. CTP will coordinate these assignments with the DDS&T ‘trdining officer to insure that the optimum assignment is arranged. - ot - A summary of ‘the content of the Program is attached. o£. Administration . 7 “ The CTP staff will continue to administer the Program during the selection, formal training, and interim assignment phases. 3 rm 3 Approved For Release 2008/12/19 - CIA. RDP96- 00289R000200020017- 8
, Approved For Release 2008/12/19 : CIA-RDP96-00289R000200020017-8 WU LEE adak t Depending on the number of slots allocated to the CT Program, OTR is prepared to enter on duty external candidates as contract employees. positions would suffice to handle the anticipated DDO and DDI trainees, plus the few externals who may e DDA and DDS&T. An anticipated equal number of internal candidates would remain on irectorate rolls while in the Progran. "-25xX1 25X1 -- 4 - wesigerve mye ag Approved For Release 2008/12/19 : CIA-RDP96-00289R000200020017-8