Army Professional Development Model

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Running head: ARMY CAREER TRACKER PROGRAM 1

Army Career Tracker and Development Leaders from the Distance
Hector Y. Villegas
Senior Leader Course 15K4O

ARMY CAREER TRACKER 2
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This paper briefs us about the Army Career Tracker (ACT) a web-based leader development tool that integrates training, assignment, military and civilian education path, related to the Soldier Career Manager Field (CMF). On this website/development tool, the Soldier can create and manage short and long-term goals using the Professional Development Model (PDM). The PDM serve as a professional …show more content…

The majority of the leader development occur in operational assignments and through a self-development. Before June 2011, the Army did not have a tool for Soldiers to improve their skill or to take the best path to their career. Self-development was an enigma, due to Soldiers did not know which the best route for their development is, and Senior Noncommissioned Officer (NCO's) established the guidance based on what they heard from other NCO but never from the source. In June 2011, the Army launched an online portal named as Army Tracker Program (ACT). "The idea here of the ACT is to support what we call the lifecycle of the Soldier.” (Jeffrey Colimon, 2011). In other words: to give a development program and development opportunities with a timetable that must be formally instituted as a soon as individual service members enter the military to ensure not only that they are military ready, but that they are also careering …show more content…

Army Training and Doctrine Command's Institute for NCO's Professional Development. This development tool allows the Soldiers to view all career-related data in one consolidated place, create Individual Development Plan (IDP), receive targeted career and training recommendations from leaders and mentors, track career information and goals, and plan career paths with professional and personal goals. Also will mix training, duty history, and give that guidance to juniors enlisted Soldiers and junior NCO's, always look for in their senior NCO's, like what broadening assignment do their need to get promoted? Moreover, those answer you can find them on ACT under Professional Development Model

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