UPDATES TO THE NAVY ENLISTED LEADER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM:
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This NAVADMIN provides clarification on Enlisted Leader Development (ELD) courses of instruction, the associated requirements for completion by Naval Leadership and Ethics Command (NLEC) trained Fleet facilitators and announces Command Enlisted Leader Development public site as well as the associated shift to Enterprise Navy Training Reservation System (ENTRS), Corporate Enterprise Training Activity Resource Systems (CETARS), and Catalog of Navy Training Courses (CANTRAC) for all NLEC commands; including San Diego and Dam Neck course advertisement, and student control functions. Student control and course advertisement functions for fleet facilitated courses will use the ELD Flank Speed SharePoint site via the ELD public website. These requirements will be incorporated into future revisions of references (a) through (c). 2. While overall responsibility for ELD rests with the unit commanding officer, the executive officer in conjunction with the command master chief/senior enlisted leader will plan, track, and ensure all Sailor's ELD requirements are met prior to the 2025 deadline. It is highly recommended that an E-7 or above is assigned as a command ELD coordinator to assist command leadership with tracking and planning. In line with reference (d), beginning in the calendar year 2025, ELD completion will be a prerequisite to take the Navy-wide advancement exam for E-6 and E-7 as well as a requirement to be eligible for selection to E-8 commencing with the Fiscal Year 2026 Selection Board. It is imperative that command leadership send the right personnel at the right time to ELD courses to ensure personnel eligible for advancement have attended the appropriate ELD course leading up to the 2025 deadline. ELD courses for E-4s will still be available, but is not yet a requirement for eligibility for advancement. 3. ELD Courses of Instruction. The Foundational Leader Development Course is for Sailors in paygrades E-3 and E-4. The Intermediate Leader Development Course (ILDC) is for Sailors in paygrade E-5. The Advanced Leader Development Course (ALDC) is for Sailors in paygrade E-6. The Chief Petty Officer Leader Development Course (CPO-LDC) is for Sailors in the paygrade of E-7. All courses are meant to be attended once a Sailor is wearing the applicable rank and cannot be completed prior to being frocked or advanced. CPO-LDC is not the replacement for the CPO Selectee Leadership Course ("Teaching to the Creed") and will not be conducted as part of CPO Initiation. Sub-paragraphs 3a through 3e provide clarification on ELD program deployment. a. ELD courses of instruction may only be taught by properly qualified CPOs. The Command Navy Leader Development Facilitator (C-NLDF) certification course is for CPOs, senior chief petty officers (SCPO), and master chief petty officers (MCPO) and certifies them to facilitate Foundational Leader Development Course (FLDC), ILDC, and ALDC to the Fleet. Only SCPOs or MCPOs who have completed C-NLDF may attend the CPO Command Navy Leader Development Facilitator Certification Course (CPO C-NLDF). CPO C-NLDF is a separate course from C-NLDF, which certifies SCPOs and MCPOs to facilitate CPO-LDC. b. Course Length. ELD courses are formal courses of instruction and will not be shortened, edited, or otherwise altered. FLDC and ILDC are both 3-day courses of instruction. ALDC is a 4-day course of instruction. CPO- LDC is a 5-day course of instruction. The curriculum for all course lines is designed to be 8 hours of facilitation and instructional time per day. Requests to deviate from this schedule will be sent through NLEC points of contact listed in paragraph 7. c. Class Size. FLDC, ILDC, ALDC, and CPO-LDC classes will have a minimum of 8 students and a maximum of 20. NLEC-led virtual FLDC, ILDC, and ALDC courses have a minimum class size of 8 and a maximum of 16. The C-NLDF and CPO C-NLDF courses are offered exclusively in person and are only hosted by NLEC staff with a minimum class size of 8 and a maximum of 12 students. d. Coalition Approach. ELD is designed around the concept of a shared effort across the Navy's CPO Mess. NLEC is responsible to conduct 25 percent and Dam Neck schoolhouses. Qualified ELD course facilitators throughout the Fleet are intended to pick up 75 percent of the Fleet's needs via command- hosted classes. ELD courses are best facilitated by CPOs outside of a student's chain of command to enable a diversity of thoughts and ideas on difficult topics. e. Other Considerations. Only current NLEC staff facilitators are authorized to facilitate virtual FLDC, ILDC, and ALDC classes. The CPO-LDC course is not offered virtually. A minimum of two qualified facilitators is required to conduct all ELD courses whether at NLEC or a local command. Only NLEC personnel qualified as a Master Navy Leader Development Facilitator are authorized to qualify other personnel to facilitate ELD courses. 4. Migration to CETARS, CANTRAC, and ENTRS. NLEC San Diego and Dam Neck have successfully migrated to CETARS, ENTRS, and CANTRAC as the primary means to create and advertise ELD classes, control quotas, approve student reservations, and convene and graduate classes via CETARS. Student reservations for NLEC San Diego and Dam Neck hosted classes will be completed by individual command training departments using ENTRS. Command training officers and training departments are advised to include the student's e-mail and first CPO in the chain of command's e-mail when creating reservations for notifications of class seat approvals or changes. ELD course schedules will be posted in CANTRAC and separated by career development programs (CDP) for NLEC San Diego and Dam Neck. Training departments will ensure reservations are being made for the correct CDP location. Course completion for NLEC- hosted ELD courses will automatically populate into a Sailor's electronic training jacket. 5. The MyNavy Portal quick link for ELD will no longer be utilized. The ELD public site is the primary website for ELD information, course descriptions, and enrollment. Fleet facilitators hosting ELD classes will continue to use the ELD Sharepoint via ELD's public site by clicking on the enrollment tab at the following link: https://www.netc.navy.mil/ELD/. Student reservations for non-NLEC hosted classes will be made using the ELD sharepoint via ELD's public website. It is imperative that Sailors add the first CPO in their chain of command on the application form. It is also imperative that upon course completion, Sailors take either their graduation certificate or class roster back to the command's training department to have their training logged in the Fleet Training Management and Planning System (FLTMPS). Fleet- hosted ELD classes do not automatically populate in the member's electronic training jacket and must be loaded via FLTMPS. 6. Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Course Equivalency. Special Warfare Operator (SO) and Special Boat Operator (SB) Sailors in paygrade E-6 must complete the NSW leading petty officer (LPO), or Naval Special Warfare Development Group (NSWDG) LPO courses in lieu of ALDC. Further, SO and SB Sailors in paygrade E-7 must complete the NSW platoon leader or NSWDG team leader courses in lieu of the CPO-LDC course. 7. Points of Contact: a. ELD Program Manager. AVCM Steven Rush, NLEC Newport, RI at (401)841-3347/DSN 312-841-3347, or via e-mail at steven.a.rush.mil@us.navy.mil. b. NLEC San Diego, CA. CMDCM Chad Lunsford at (619)-556-8417, or via e-mail at chad.l.lunsford.mil@us.navy.mil. c. NLEC Dam Neck, VA. CMDCM Katie Coleman at (757)-492-6161, or via e-mail at kathryn.p.coleman.mil@us.navy.mil and BMCM Rob Bergmann at (757)-492-8622, or via e-mail at robert.c.bergmann.mil@us.navy.mil. 8. This NAVADMIN will remain in effect until superseded or canceled. 9. Released by Vice Admiral Richard J. Cheeseman, Jr., N1.// BT #0001 NNNN CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED//