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USAF Personnel Professional Development School
Col Lee O. Wyatt, Director

Welcome

The USAF Personnel Professional Development School offers both in-resident and distributed learning courses to educate AF personnel. We enhance specialists in leadership, management, and competence skills through comprehensive professional education and develop supervisors according to the institutional competencies.

Overview

The USAF Personnel Professional Development School (USAF PPDS), located at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, is responsible for leadership development for the force support career field and supervisory development through professional continuing education for the Air Force. Yearly, over 5,000 students participate in the School's professional continuing education courses. Some exported courses are taught at the customer's location or in a distance learning format. The USAF PPDS is developing leaders, managers and supervisors in their core competency skills one student at a time. The school has been in existence since 1965.

The Operations and Leadership Development Division focuses on providing the most current and relevant situational awareness, professional development, and continuing education for the most visible among the broad range of leadership activities within the base-level Force Support Squadron.  This division concentrates on the educational domains and needs of key Force Support Squadron leadership positions, which include the Squadron Commander, Deputy, Operations Officer, Flight Chiefs, Mortuary, Protocol, Airmen and Family Readiness, Manpower Staff Officer, Contingency Planning and Emergency Operations.  This division fulfills the leadership, deployment operations, and professional development education requirements for the entire A1 Force Support workforce.

The Future Learning and Civilian Education Division focuses on the delivery of both in-resident and electronically blended distance learning instructional methodologies.  This division provides in-resident and distance learning education to both USAF civilian employees as well as Force Support military and civilian employees.  In addition to delivering education through multiple mediums, this division conducts research, testing and implementing new e-Blended instructional methodologies.

The Workforce Diversity and Civilian Professional Development Division synergize the delivery of key workforce and civilian education to the entire USAF.  This division educates both civilian and military Airmen on leadership, management and responsibilities to successfully begin their tenure in certain Force Support jobs.


For a current schedule of our in-resident courses, click here.

For a current schedule of our online courses, click here.

Our goal is to continue to develop a program that meets the needs of our customers, aligns with Air University and other organizations strategic plan, links learning to core competencies, promotes open communication with our customers, and manages each course effectively.


Mission

Provide world-class continuing education for the development and competence of Air Force personnel.

Vision

The USAF Personnel Professional Development School will be a school of dedicated professionals educating Air Force personnel to perform at their highest level.

Goals

Provide students with the tools to operate and successfully contribute to organizational effectiveness.
 
Provide an optimal learning environment.

Foster an environment that encourages professional and personal development.


For more information about the USAF Personnel Professional Development School call: (334) 953-3444 or (334) 953-7053.  You can visit the website through the Air Force Portal.  Ira C. Eaker Center, USAF Personnel Professional Development School.


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Last reviewed: 14 February 2013