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What is ces?


	Civilian Education System

Transformation of the Army begins with educating the Army’s leaders. The Civilian Education System (CES) is a new progressive and sequential leader development program that provides enhanced leader development and education opportunities for Army civilians throughout their careers. Army civilians will become multi-skilled leaders civilian leaders of the 21st Century who personify the warrior ethos in all aspects, from war-fighting support to statesmanship, to business management. The CES leader development program includes four courses that replace the previous inventory of legacy courses offered for Army Civilians--Foundation, Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced.

Leader Development


	Army Training & Leader Development Model

Leader development is the deliberate, continuous, sequential, and progressive process; grounded in Army values that develop civilians into competent and confident leaders capable of decisive action. Leader development is achieved through the lifelong synthesis of the knowledge, skills, and experiences gained through institutional training and education, operational (on-the-job) experiences, and self-development. Managers and supervisors play a key role in leader development that ideally produces tactically and technically competent, confident, and agile leaders who act with boldness and initiative in dynamic, complex situations to execute the organization’s goals and mission.

CES provides the Army Civilian Corps self-development and institutional training (leader development) opportunities to develop leadership attributes through distance learning (DL) and resident training. CES includes the Action Officer Development Course (AODC), Supervisory Development Course (SDC), Management Development Course (MDC), Foundation Course (FC), Basic Course (BC), Intermediate Course (IC), Advanced Course (AC) and Senior Service College (SSC).

funding

Most permanent Army civilians are centrally funded. Military members; term and temporary employees; and non-Department of the Army employees, for example, are funded through their own organizations.

Eligibility

Subject to satisfaction of the prerequisites and eligibility requirements for the individual courses, Army civilian employees eligible for the CES courses include, but are not limited to the following:

Appropriated Fund
Non-Appropriated Fund
Working Capital Fund
Civil Works
Federal Wage System
Local National Employees
Reserve (OMAR) and National Guard Civilians
Term and temporary employees

Course Credit

Applying for CES Equivalency Credit

Constructive credit may be granted to individuals in lieu of CES course attendance based on previous training with other services, academic training, or supervisory experiences by providing the following documentation:

Equivalent credit is granted to individuals in lieu of CES course attendance for completion of Army civilian legacy and military courses identified in the CES matrix.
Individuals requesting equivalency credit must submit a course certificate, training form or copy of ATRRS training record electronically to HQDA G-3/5/7, Civilian Leader Development (CLD).

Applying for CES Constructive Credit

Course credit may be granted for education/training by providing the following documentation:

For education/training received through private industry training programs, another military department, federal agency, or through university study, submit a transcript, certificate, or letter from an institution verifying course completion and date of completion must be submitted. Also required is a course description or syllabus to include, as a minimum, course objectives.
For work experiences inside the Federal government and outside (private industry), a resume and job description(s) documenting 5 or more years of leading, supervising and/or managing employees at the appropriate level must be submitted.

Requests must include a memorandum signed by your supervisor, along with supporting documentation.

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