West Point Leadership Program Final Exam Sgt. Jack Hines and Lt. George Vanderhule

1. West Point Leadership ProgramFinal ExamSgt. Jack Hines andLt. George Vanderhule

2. Project • Incorporating the West Point Leadership Theories Into The Austin Police Department’s Sergeants Academy

3. Areas of Interest • Prior To 2000, APD Provided No Formal Leadership Training To First Line Supervisors. • Newly promoted Sergeants Historically Learned To Be Leaders Through Trial And Error. • APD Is Experiencing Rapid Growth, Resulting In An Inexperienced Patrol & Supervisory Force.

4. Areas of Interest (continued) • Promotion To Sergeant Is Based Solely Upon An Annual Competitive Civil Service Exam. • Sgts. Eligibility List Is Established In Rank Order, Using Test Score and Longevity. The Eligibility List Lasts For 12 Months From The Exam Date. • All Promotions to Sgt. Are Made In Rank Order From The Existing Eligibility List.

5. Areas of Interest (continued) • 1997 City Audit Criticized APD For Failing To Provide Management Or Leadership Training. • Under Existing Paradigm, Selected Individual Managers Attended Specialized Management Schools. Information Acquired was Not Systematically Shared With Other Managers.

6. Areas of Interest (continued) • Responding To Audit, In 1999 APD Created and Implemented a 5 Week Sergeants’ Academy. • Top 35 Candidates From Sgts. Eligibility List Are Required To Attend the Sergeants’ Academy. • Current Sergeants Academy Only Teaches The Mechanical Process of First Line Supervision.

7. Areas of Interest (continued) • T.C.L.E.O.S.E. Requires 20 Hours Of State Mandated Training For New Supervisors. • Chief Knee Requires All Sergeants Academy Students To Also Complete T.C.L.E.O.S.E. Basic Instructors Course. • During Instructors Course Students Must Prepare And Present 2 Class Presentations.

8. Areas of Interest (continued) • Currently, Student Class Presentation Can Be On Any Topic. • Governor’s Center For Management And Development Taught 40 Hour Segment in Sergeants Academy. • Segment Taught By Governor’s Center For Management Was Poorly Received By Students.

9. Areas of Interest (continued) • Existing Sergeants Academy Does Not Teach Principles And Theories of Leadership. • Existing Sergeants Academy Does Not Teach Supervisors How To Direct Subordinates Activities Towards the Organizations Goals And Objectives.

10. Areas of Interest (continued) • Though APD Is Committed To “Community Policing”, The Current Sergeants Academy Does Not Include “District Representative Training For Supervisors”.

11. Analyze • Which West Point Leadership Theories Apply? • ALL OF THEM!!!

12. Analysis (continued) • Adult Development Theory. • Attribution Theory. • Leaders Problem Solving Model. • Equity Theory. • Expectancy Theory. • Motivation Through Consequences.

13. Analyze (continued) • Job Redesign. • Groups As Open Systems. • Socialization. • Group Development. • Cohesion. • Group Decision Making.

14. Analyze (continued) • Stress Management and Counseling Skills. • Bases Of Power. • Vertical Dyad Linkage. • Situational Leadership • Transformational Leadership. • Conflict Mediation.

15. Response (Take Action Plan) • Introduce Into the Sergeants Academy Curriculum the West Point Leadership Theories. • Replace Existing Governor’s Center For Management 40 hour Module With An Overview Of WPL Theories. • WPL Theories 40 Hours Module To Be Taught During First Week.

16. Response (Take Action Plan)continued • Identify WPL Theory Instructors For The Sergeants Academy From Current Leadership Academy Class Students. • Assist Instructors In Developing For The Sergeants Academy Condensed WPL Theory Lesson Plans, Course Guide, and Study Material.

17. WPL Theories 40 Hour Module Day 1 • Adult Development Theory • Leader Problem Solving Model • Equity Theory • Expectancy Theory • Motivating Through Consequences • Job Redesign

18. WPL Theories 40 Hour ModuleDay 2 • Groups As Open Systems • Socialization • Group Development • Cohesion • Group Decision Making • Bases Of Power • Vertical Dyad Linkage

19. WPL Theories 40 Hour ModuleDay 3 • Situational Leadership • Transformational Leadership • Stress Management and Counseling • Conflict Mediation

20. WPL Theories 40 Hour ModuleDay 4 • District Representatives For Supervisors Training • New Course Developed by District Reps • Needed if Sgts. are to direct their shifts community policing efforts

21. Response (Take Action Plan)continued • Incorporate West Point Leadership Theories Into T.C.L.E.O.S.E. Basic Instructors School • Require Students to incorporate WPL Theories into each of their 2 student presentation. • Reinforces WPL Theories through practical application

22. Respond (Take Action Plan)continued • Incorporate WPL Theories Into Other Existing Sergeants Academy Topics, such as: • Discipline Issues • Internal Affairs • FTO Counseling • Incident Command • Cultural Diversity

23. Respond (Take Action Plan)continued • Family Violence • Employee Rights • Sexual Harassment • Ethics • Supervisor/Employee Interaction • Role Identification For Sergeants

24. Assess • Questionnaire To Students Prior To Sergeants Academy Determining Previous Exposure To Leadership Training. • Students Complete “Instructors Critique” rating instructors effectiveness, knowledge, and understanding of topic presented.

25. Assess (continued) • Course Evaluation By Students Upon Completion of Sergeants Academy Assessing Students’ perception of WPL Theories Applicability To Job Of First-Line Supervisors.

26. Assess (continued) • 6 Month Follow-up Questionnaire To Newly Promoted Sergeants • 1 Year Follow-up Questionnaire To Newly Promoted Sergeants • At both 6 months and 1 Year After Promotion, Questionnaire To Lieutenants Assessing Sergeant’s Performance and Leadership Style

27. Implementation • There is no additional expense involved in incorporating WPL Theories into the Sergeant Academy • WPL Theories will be incorporated into the next Sergeants Academy • The Next Sergeants Academy will begin November 27, 2000

28. West Point Leadership ProgramFinal ExamSgt. Jack Hines andLt. George Vanderhule