Degree Name

Doctor of Education

First Advisor

Donahoo, Saran

Abstract

This capstone was created to inspire junior fire department members to progress their personal leadership knowledge and style to share with the department and all their life touches. This culminated into the creation of a training program for company officers centering on equipping them with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to express leadership through the practical example of coaching.

The ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate) model was utilized to create a dynamic method of practical education that promotes the see one, do one, teach one premise to share the principals of leadership in daily life through practice. This program and its participants will be continually evaluated to create useable feedback to continually improve the learning process and influential outcomes of the program.

Sharing this program to create an influential movement that is repeatable by other fire departments is a secondary core desire of the program as the more leaders that are created the healthier the fire service and communities will be. This process is accomplished through providing all the resources, data, experiences, and lessons learned in combination with guidance on setting up the program, a website of resources, and guidance from experienced practitioners are provided.

Spreading leadership throughout the fire department members transfers to the community through interactions of the members in off duty capacity. This transference of leadership has the potential to significantly increase the quality of life in the community exponentially in a short amount of time through interaction.

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