1. Study Group #5 Harmonizing the dynamics of military leadership and civilian faculty in language programs

2. Typical setup Military leadership / civilian teachers
Civilian leadership / military students
Permanent staff / contractors
Former military as a teachers
“Foreign language training is mostly civilian competency”
Ms. Gesche Susanna Sutter

3. Findings A lot of countries recognized disharmony
The problem exists at different scales
Cultural differences are not that strong as it was in the past

4. Solutions Teacher training Training the military leadership Initial
Continuous
Civilians in military exercises
Training to the faculty by military personnel
Tools: (conferences, information doc’s, workshops….)
Training the military leadership

5. Solutions cont. Team working
Experienced/ young teacher
Military personnel to be assistants to teachers
Teams of civilian teacher / military SME
QA programs reflecting all mentioned approaches

6. Questions