What is your speciality track and how much time is spent with cadets? (If that is not your field.)
Just asking, not trying to stir up any poop, but you have to be rude, please move on.
And if you want to add what you do now, feel free!
Cheers!
My Specialties are:
Cadet Programs - Master: I spend several hours a month working with cadets (20-30).
Logistics - Master: I spend about an hour a month with cadets doing logistics type things.
Professional Development - Master: I spend about 2 hours a month mentoring cadet programs officers, teaching TLC, etc.
Finance - Technician: Lumping in fundraising, about 1 hour a month.
Character Development - Technician: Four hours per year.
Recruiting and Retention - Technician: Four hours per month.
Here is a poll.
http://captalk.net/index.php?topic=1616.msg24880#msg24880 (http://captalk.net/index.php?topic=1616.msg24880#msg24880)
Quote from: RogueLeader on November 02, 2011, 06:44:07 PM
Here is a poll.
http://captalk.net/index.php?topic=1616.msg24880#msg24880 (http://captalk.net/index.php?topic=1616.msg24880#msg24880)
Indeed, it is a poll, but lacking and of course, it gets off track as a lot of threads do... :)
Active Tracks:
Personnel: Senior
Admin: Tech
Time with cadets: Hardly any.
Inactive Track:
Cadet Programs: Tech ( Former Composite Sq Commander: 2-4 hours per week with Midgets Cadets )
Cadet Programs- Tech
Emergency Services- Tech
about 99% of my time is spent with cadets in one form or another.
Pretty much my only CAP capacity that doesn't involve cadets, it seems, is when I'm on an aircrew.
Senior Comms, Senior Cadet Programs. 99% of my time was cadet activities before I got too sick to make meetings regularly. Even though I thought that Ground Teams was where the fun would be ( and indeed I did have fun on ground teams!) Cadet Programs is the happiest place in CAP!
Major Lord
Cadet Programs - Senior
IG - Tech
IT - Tech
50% of my time at the Sq level is with cadets.
I'm curious, what brought up the question & what are you trying to find out with the information you gather?
As for myself:
CADET PROGRAMS, SENIOR; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, MASTER; EMERGENCY SERVICES, MASTER
Previously enrolled in the Organizational Excellence track, no rating, and no track any longer.
I spend all of my time at NESA working with cadet and senior member trainees side-by-side. The rest of the year varies depending on what I choose to involve myself in with local units.
Me:
Professional Development - Senior
Safety - Senior
Personnel - Technician
Communications - in training
Not much time with cadets - I have a Wing job, and I'm in a senior flight. I do see cadets monthly at a squadron where I do the monthlt safety education. And I have a Cadet Safety Officer I'm supposed to mentor now.
Cadet Programs: Senior (former DCP/DEWG) 20-30 hrs/month
Health Service: Technician (HSO/DEWG) 4-5 hrs/month
Aerospace: Technician
Safety: Technician
Prof Dev: no rating yet
Cadet Programs: Master
Emergency Services: Technician
Communications: Technician
During my active time in CAP I always said my focus was 51% cadets and 49% ES, but cadet programs always took priority. I used ES (specifically ground operations) as a venue to facilitate cadet upbringing and leadership training. As long as I was around as a CC, DCC and Ground Branch Director (GOD in the old days) I would put cadets in key positions and often times have cadets run complete ground teams. Planning, OPORDs, execution, logistics, you name it. I even had higher ranking and mature cadets teaching at MER SAR College one year, which was highly frowned upon, but ultimately successful.
Today, I have very little to do with CAP other than recently talking to the local Squadron CC to discuss my potential involvement as a fill-in for activities or meetings.
Logistics: Tech (Senior next month)
ES: Tech
PD:None (Tech next month)
Master of Disaster >:D
The only time I really "work" with cadets is doing ground team things (which is maybe 20% of my CAP time). The rest of the time I am doing decidedly "senior" things - logistics, PD program management, oversight, paperwork, screwing something up (I'm really good at that one!), etc.
One thing I see a lot (at least in my squadron) is that seniors (especially the parents) seem have the idea that cadets are the end all of CAP and everything revolves around them. As a former cadet, I think that the Cadet Program is very important and does good work; however, there are two other missions and mountains of other "stuff" that don't directly involve cadets. Based on your original question, I kind of wonder if that's not where you're at. This explanation might not make total sense - I know exactly how I "feel" about the situation but not how to describe it in best detail.
Quote from: Ed Bos on November 03, 2011, 06:14:31 AM
I'm curious, what brought up the question & what are you trying to find out with the information you gather?
I send it to MI-5 in London :) No ulterior motives, just curious and with some luck it will remain informational and fun, not negative.
Quote from: Hardshell Clam on November 03, 2011, 02:43:45 PM
Quote from: Ed Bos on November 03, 2011, 06:14:31 AM
I'm curious, what brought up the question & what are you trying to find out with the information you gather?
I send it to MI-5 in London :) No ulterior motives, just curious and with some luck it will remain informational and fun, not negative.
What's your specialty? I'll show you mine if you show me yours >:D.
"What's your specialty? I'll show you mine if you show me yours >:D."
You are right, I forgot to post that info: IG at wing where I specialize in investigations. I have some contact with cadets in passing only.
PAO-Tech
ESO-90& to tech
I spend about 50% of my time working with cadets.
Quote from: Hardshell Clam on November 03, 2011, 03:51:57 PM
"What's your specialty? I'll show you mine if you show me yours >:D."
You are right, I forgot to post that info: IG at wing where I specialize in investigations. I have some contact with cadets in passing only.
Very cool. You must have been around awhile to be doing wing IG stuff - my wing IG is a bird colonel. How many years of political BS did it take you to land that gig? >:D
Quote from: Spaceman3750 on November 03, 2011, 04:47:46 PM
Quote from: Hardshell Clam on November 03, 2011, 03:51:57 PM
"What's your specialty? I'll show you mine if you show me yours >:D."
You are right, I forgot to post that info: IG at wing where I specialize in investigations. I have some contact with cadets in passing only.
Very cool. You must have been around awhile to be doing wing IG stuff - my wing IG is a bird colonel. How many years of political BS did it take you to land that gig? >:D
It doesn't take a bunch of CAP expierence to be a good IG. Just takes a person willing to do the job.
or be in the political in-crowd
Quote from: Spaceman3750 on November 03, 2011, 04:47:46 PM
Very cool. You must have been around awhile to be doing wing IG stuff - my wing IG is a bird colonel. How many years of political BS did it take you to land that gig? >:D
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Retired fed, was asked to join just for the position.
Quote from: Grumpy on November 03, 2011, 10:31:41 PM
or be in the political in-crowd
That I have never been, just have a job that involved checking into fraud, waste & abuse on a professional level.
Cadet Programs - Master
Safety- Tech
I spend 100% of my time with/around/dealing with cadets and CP.
Edit: Ok 90% CP, 10% politics
Quote from: Hardshell Clam on November 03, 2011, 10:33:51 PMRetired fed, was asked to join just for the position.
Must have been a hell of a fed to get asked straight to wing. They didn't even make you stick around a squadron for a couple of years? So how long have you been at it then - I have an SUI coming up, any words of experience?
Quote from: Hardshell Clam on November 03, 2011, 10:39:31 PM
Quote from: Grumpy on November 03, 2011, 10:31:41 PM
or be in the political in-crowd
That I have never been, just have a job that involved checking into fraud, waste & abuse on a professional level.
Fraud, waste, and abuse in CAP? You must be as lonely as the Maytag repairman.....
Major Lord
"Fraud, waste, and abuse in CAP? You must be as lonely as the Maytag repairman....."
Major Lord
One can always hope:)