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Orientation & Membership: Cadet Great Start

Orientation & Membership: Cadet Great Start. Training Leaders of Cadets - Seminar M1. Overview. Three approaches for orientating new cadets What do prospective cadets need? What is “Cadet Great Start?” Managing the membership process. 1. Three ways to welcome newcomers.

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Orientation & Membership: Cadet Great Start

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  1. Orientation & Membership: Cadet Great Start Training Leaders of Cadets - Seminar M1

  2. Overview • Three approaches for orientating new cadets • What do prospective cadets need? • What is “Cadet Great Start?” • Managing the membership process

  3. 1. Three ways to welcome newcomers • Trickle-inCadets enter CAP at any time • Basic Cadet TrainingWing trains cadets over a weekend • Pipeline • Cadets enter at certain times when the unit is prepared to receive them • What are the pros and cons of each?

  4. 2. From kid to Cadet Airman • What does it take to transform a prospective cadet into a Cadet Airman? • What do newcomers need not just to “get by” but to succeed?

  5. 3. “Cadet Great Start” • Begins with an open house • Includes a parents’ briefing • Offers hands-on activities that teach Curry topics • Uses ranking cadets as instructors • Transforms prospects into Airmen in 5 weeks • Concludes with an O-Flight CRITICAL NEED!

  6. 3. “Cadet Great Start” Schedule

  7. 4. Management Issues • Membership Process • Cadet Uniform Program • New Cadet Kit • Best Practices

  8. Conclusion • Cadet Great Start is the standard way to orientate new cadets. • Focuses squadron on newcomers’ needs • Pipeline lets new cadets support one another • Lots of hands-on training • Quick but well-deserved promotion • O-Flight as reward and motivator CRITICAL NEED! • capmembers.com/greatstart

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