0961 - Staff Noncommissioned Officer Academy Faculty Advisor

Summary

Marines assigned to a teaching billet or faculty position, who facilitate learning as their primary duty in a designated course approved by the appropriate general/flag officer in their chain of command, may be granted an EMOS if they meet the prerequisites and requirements outlined below.

Augmented personnel support used to supplement training (e.g., role players or demonstrator cadre) do not meet the criteria to be instructors.

Prerequisites

Must be in a full duty status.

Must have completed required PME for current grade.

Must meet Marine Corps height, weight, and body composition standards.

Must be a staff sergeant or above.

This prerequisite is waiverable by the College of Enlisted Military Education.

Requirements

Approved award of the EMOS by the College of Enlisted Military Education director.

Complete the Faculty Advisors Course (M02LAZ5) conducted at Marine Corps Base Quantico, VA.

Achieve certification as a senior faculty advisor in the College of Enlisted Military Educations Master Faculty Advisor Program.

Serve in a specified EDCOM faculty advisor designated billet identification code (BIC) billet for a period of not less than 6 months.

Must meet the prerequisites prescribed in MCO 1553.2D Marine Corps Formal School Management Policy Guidance.

Demonstrated level of proficiency and successful completion of the duties associated with this EMOS while serving in an instructor billet.

CG EDCOM will be the approving authority for all waivers where Marines are not currently assigned to fill a designated instructor billet BIC, time serving in the billet, and any other request which does not meet the requirements listed above.

POI CID

None

Duties

Collaborate with formal school staff responsible for learning design to ensure seamless transition into course implementation.

Employ MarineNet eLearning ecosystem to enable learner self-study with accountability.

Prepare for and facilitate learning during specific course lessons to achieve learning objectives and associated learning outcomes that meet service defined common or occupational learning requirements.

Cultivate and sustain open and challenging learning environments within lessons to prompt learners to engage and collaborate.

Guide lesson activities and debriefs, exploiting learning opportunities as they emerge, per approved lesson files, course learning outcomes, and local faculty qualification requirements.

Lead active learner-centered methods, using adult learning methodologies including, gallery walks, discussions, decision-forcing cases, decision games, practical applications, culminating events and wargaming opportunities among others.

Provide formative and summative assessment to students per approved rubrics to assess learning and provide learners with both qualitative and quantitative feedback while maintaining the integrity of each action.

Mentor and coach students regarding their academic progress, learning, and professional and personal development.

Continue personal and professional development through feedback collection, learning trends research, reflection, critical self-assessment, goal setting, developmental course and activity completion, and confirmed performance improvement.

Process lesson evaluation data and form recommendations to support course review boards.

Professionally contribute to review boards and working groups related to resource optimization in meeting defined service-learning requirements.

Create customized lesson plans, decision-forcing case studies, and faculty development sessions to develop professional and ethical competence among peers and students.

Provide constructive criticism to peers and subordinates on the effectiveness of their lessons.

Model and foster the Marine Corps culture of learning.

Teachers and Instructors, all other 25-3099.

Drill Instructor, 0911.

Marine Combat Instructor, 0913.

Formal School Instructor, 0951.

MAGTF Enlisted Instructor, 0981.

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