Hypothesis Change is the only constant Heraclitus Greek

Hypothesis • Change is the only constant. – Heraclitus, Greek philosopher, c. 500 b. c. • Dennis R. Schrader

Homeland Security Higher Education Challenge • How do we: – Use our degree programs to create a uniform national pool of HLS Professionals? – Produce a generation of Team Oriented Leaders? – Develop leaders with competencies that can broker intergovernmental and private sector resources?

Positive Achievements: • • Doctrine improvements like NRF and NDRF Evolving approach to national level exercises National Guard Dual Status Commanders Regional Catastrophic Grant Program

Pending and Persistent issues/needs: • Design for Exercise Outcomes; HSEEP rigidity • Inability to prepare for leadership during unexpected scenarios e. g. Gulf Oil Spill, Katrina • Lack of clarity in HS education and career path planning • Lack of systems engineering support to state and local jurisdictions to develop capabilities • Lack of frameworks for integration of private sector assets into the HSE

Leadership and Team Building Degree Value and Relevance • Future Leaders should have experience in multiple disciplines and domains during their formative years • Career Path Development – Domestic Preparedness Journal - 2009 – Career Planning Map – Identified 22 Foundational Disciplines

Leadership and Team Building Career Planning Map Year 0 -10 Discipline Specific Assignments Community Activities Leadership Development Professional/Operational Supervisor Middle Manager Program Manager Technology developer Associate degree Bachelor degree Advanced degree Discipline specific professional association Basic leadership training and development 11 -20 Public-Private Sector Senior Management Professional Association Advanced leadership development Interdisciplinary policy panels and boards 21 -30 Executive leadership Senior Subject matter expert Appointed positions-Federal, state, and local 30 plus Senior Executive and Policy roles and cabinet level appointments National Professional Association Leadership Interdisciplinary Consensus Panels Executive leadership development National Security Professional Development Advanced degree Internships Doctrine-NRF-NIMS National Policy studies Language training Advanced History and geography Professional certifications Initial Security clearance and information security training Reserve or Guard participation Continuing Education courses War college Naval Postgraduate School Professional certifications Top Secret clearance Continuing Education courses National Board service Continuing Education courses Complex policy advisors

Leadership and Team Building Shaping Public Policy • Develop competencies in public policy processes and analysis • Recognize Homeland Security Policy issues in context of national public policy agenda • Diagnose and navigate situations • State and Local Public Policy capacity – Dom. Prep. com regional study

Governance and Resources Key Educational Focus • HSE Resources are built into an intergovernmental distributed network • Achieve Resource efficiency • Bridge intergovernmental cultures to achieve mutual resource collaboration • Introduce systems thinking into the curriculum – Peter Senge

Systems Engineering Competency

Sources: • Kotter, John P. , Leading Change, Harvard Business s Review, 1995 • Schrader, Dennis R. , HLS & EM: Blueprinting the Future, Domestic Preparedness Journal, 21 October 2009 • French, Michael R. , D. B. A, Schrader, Dennis R. , P. E. ; Federally Sponsored, Not-for-Profit Research and Development Centers: Evolving Regional Roles to Engineer State and Local Emergency Preparedness Capabilities, American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), Conference Paper, April 2010 • Senge, Peter, the 5 th Discipline

Discussion Dennis R. Schrader Adjunct Professor Integrated Homeland Security Management dschrader@towson. edu 443 -472 -5871