Los Angeles Fire Department Leadership and Sciences Academy

The Los Angeles Fire Department Leadership Academy provides a skill set that builds upon the foundation which is necessary for successful leaders. Our program utilizes case study methods anchored in multiple theoretical domains.

The Leadership Academy is an intensive graduate level course. The foundation for the Leadership program was adapted at the United States Military Academy at West Point and has been adapted to the leadership concerns of the fire service today. ____________________________________________________________________

INSTRUCTORS:  The  agencies  and  organizations  of  our  instructors  include:    FBI,  Homeland  Security,  USC  Football,  Command  Staff  of  the  LAPD,  Command  Staff  of  the  LAFD,  PhD’s,  Active  Shooter  Experts,  NFL  Football,  US  Military   and  Human  and  Sex  Trafficking   National  Leader.  It  is  this  collaboration  which  provides  our  students  with  a  wide  range  of  leadership  topics  and  challenges  facing  the  21st  Century  Leader.      

EDUCATION:    Participants  will  explore  28  behavioral  science  theories  and  apply  them  to  a  “Leader  Problem  Solving  Model.”  They  will  also  be  exposed  to  challenging  classroom  integration.      

Course  work  includes  extensive  reading,  student  journals,  written  exams  and  a  20  page  term  paper.  Team  building  and  interpersonal  dynamics  are  invaluable  and  serve  as  the  cornerstone  of  the  Leadership  Academy.  Various  tenets  of  leadership  and  their  associated  theoretical  domains  bring  to  life  the  mantle  that  leadership  carries.  

COLLEGE  CREDITS:      Participants  can  obtain  12  undergraduate  or  6  post  graduate  units  through the   University of LaVerne.

The  program  will  be  presented  over  136  hours,  by  meeting  one  week  per  month  over  a  4 month  period.      

WHERE:    The  Frank  Hotchkin  Memorial  Training  Center,  1700  Stadium  Way, Room No. 200,  Los  Angeles,  CA    90012.  

COST:    At  the  present  time  there  is  no  cost  to  attend  the  LAFD  Leadership  Academy.  

REGISTRATION:    Please go to LAFDLA.com to submit your completed application along with a letter or recommendation from your Chief or Supervisor. LAFD applicants must submit an application along with a recommendation from your immediate Supervisor.

QUESTIONS:     Craig   Poulson,   Captain   I,   In-Service  Training  Section  at  (213) 893-9838   or  lafdla@lacity.org.

Fire  Chief  Ralph  Terrazas  Los  Angeles  Fire  Department  

Opal  Singleton,  President  and  CEO  of  Million  Kids  -­‐  a  public  benefit  nonprofit  that  fights  human  and  sex  trafficking  

A  Clear  Direction  for  the  21st Century  Leader