PWS_LE_400_Current_June_29_2016.doc

Performance Work Statement

For

Leadership Education: Principles of Management June, 2016

1.0. Introduction: The Academic Affairs Directorate of the Jeanne M. Holm Center for Officer Accessions and Citizen Development (Holm Center/DE) is the executive agent for Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFJROTC) curriculum. Holm Center/DE supports the AFJROTC mission of developing “…citizens of character dedicated to serving their nation and community”. Additionally, the objectives of AFJROTC are to educate and train high school cadets in citizenship; promote community service; instill responsibility, character, and self-discipline; and provide instruction in air and space fundamentals.

1.1. Background: Holm Center/DE is in the process of replacing its current Leadership Education: Principles of Management course with a revised course that will reflect today’s educational environment. This new course is to present similar material now found in the existing course, but is to be updated to include the latest information and teaching philosophies, bringing it into the 21st century. The replacement course will be a fourth year leadership education course in the high school sequence of leadership education courses, supplanting the existing course now in use. The purpose of this project is to update and enhance content now found in the existing book and to incorporate 21st century skills, teaching, and learning. A further purpose is to incorporate as much interactive learning as possible into the new course and to inject “practical” hands-on exercises in management principles, Air Force-related activities into the courseware to excite students about leadership development/character development via 21st Century initiative teaching and learning methods, an initiative endorsed by the US Department of Education. This new course will provide the student with the latest information in Principles of Management: is the fourth-year Leadership Education Course for AFJROTC. This course provides exposure to the fundamentals of management. This fourth-year course is taught to cadets who have normally been in the program for at least three years, have assumed leadership roles in the cadet corps, and are usually managing all aspects of the cadet corps activities. This revised course contains many leadership topics that will provide cadets with some necessary skills to put into practice during the learning process. The Leadership Education: Principles of Management course includes:

1.1.1. Introduction to Management: Learning the fundamentals of basic management, who managers are and where they work and what management is and what managers do, management in the marketplace, skills and competencies successful managers possess, the importance the marketplace puts on managers, why management is worth studying and how management relates to other disciplines.

1.1.2. The Historical Roots of Contemporary Management Practice: Understanding management approaches through learning about the human resources approach, the quantitative approach and management approaches today.

1.1.3. The Management Environment: Exploring management and economy, the global market place, and management and technology, management and society, what society expects from organizations and managers, entrepreneurship, the workforce and labor, and issues that contingent workers create for managers.

1.1.4. Foundations of Planning: Learning Planning basics, what planning is, planning in uncertain environments, types of plans, management by objectives, establishing goals and developing plans, approaches to establishing goals, developing plans, and contemporary issues in planning.

1.1.5. Foundations of Decision Making: Understanding the foundations of decision making, the decision making process, what defines a decision problem, the rational model for decision making, modifications of the rational model, decision-making challenges, the contingency approach to decision making, decision-making styles, making decisions in groups and culture and decision making.

1.1.6. Organizing: Learning about managing change, stress, and innovation, managers and change, forces for change, two views of the change process, employee resistance to change, change and the organization, change and stress, how to stimulate innovation, managing yourself-stress and time management, handling personal stress, time management, and time management and meetings.

1.1.7. Leading: Comprehending foundations of individual and group behavior, behavior and personality, explaining and predicting behavior, personality theories, managers and group behavior, perception, how people learn, and foundations of group behavior.

1.1.8. Work Teams: Understanding work teams, the popularity of work teams, types of work teams, characteristics of high-performance work teams, managing teams, turning individuals into team players, and contemporary team issues.

1.1.9. Communication Skills and Challenges: Learning about communication skills and challenges, the communication process, communication and information technology, developing interpersonal skills, listening and feedback skills, delegation skills, managing conflict, negotiation skills, and writing skills.

1.1.10. Leadership and Trust: Comprehend leadership and trust, leadership theory, managers versus leaders, trait theories of leadership, behavioral theories of leadership, contingency theories of leadership, and emerging approaches to leadership, leadership issues, leadership today, and building trust: the essence of leadership, effective coaching and mentoring, defining coaching and mentoring, goal setting, giving feedback, and developing protégés.

1.2. The current AFJROTC Leadership Education: Principles of Management textbook course number is (V-7401T) published by Pearson, 2007. The basic topics found in the current courses are to be retained for the replacement course. The proposed table of contents for the new course is found at Table of Contents iii-ix. The content to be included in the Instructor Guide (IG) is to be presented in the same order as content found in the student textbooks.

1.3. SCOPE: This Performance Work Statement (PWS) defines the effort required for the design, development, delivery, and evaluation of curriculum materials for the revised Air Force Junior ROTC course entitled Leadership Education: Principles of Management. The material shall consist of digital and hard copies of:

1.3.1. Student Textbook with electronic version of the textbook (in PDF) bound to the inside back cover of the hard copy textbook, design a compatible Electronic Publication/Enhanced Electronic Publication (EPUB/E2Book);

1.3.2. Instructor Guide (IG) (containing Lesson Plans for all lessons included in the Student Textbook, with accompanying PowerPoint slides embedded into the lesson plans adjacent to suggested script for instructor use and an answer key for the end-of-chapter “Checkpoint Questions” found in the text), plus corresponding CD/DVD bound inside the back cover of the hard copy IG containing all IG material cited herein to be included in the IG plus the current Software formatted files, currently being Turning Point Technology for the Next Generation Technology (NXT) clickers (containing the PowerPoint slide files for each lesson, an instructor’s test bank with answer key files providing answers to the test bank items/questions found on the CD/DVD, lesson questions, and vocabulary questions), instructions and handouts/resource information/presentation slides/etc., for teachers needed to support any interactive in-class or student-centered learning activities called for by the lessons, plus any video files needed for each lesson (files on the CD/DVD will be in Word and PDF formats for the text files, PowerPoint format for the slides [using Microsoft Office Suite programs (MS Office 2003 or later) for all text and PowerPoint files], and any appropriate video file formats);

1.3.3. Companion Website. Video files to be used in conjunction with other materials for teaching lessons may be included in a CD/DVD organized such that teachers can easily locate each video file intended for use for a particular lesson or such videos may be embedded into the electronic lesson plan files on the CD/DVD. This PWS includes the associated curriculum format and content, project management, and product planning requirements;

1.3.4. Electronic Publication/Enhanced Electronic Publication (EPUB/E2Book) The difference between the publications is in the amount and complexity of the media used to enhance the product and in hosting requirements. These publications require rapid response development, Electronic Publication/Enhanced Electronic Publication (EPUB/E2Book) - A logical document entity consisting of a set of interrelated resources in a single package, Distributable Objects - Components of an EPUB Publication that can be reused in other contexts. A Distributable Object can be a complete EPUB Content Document (e.g., a chapter of a book), a section of such a document (e.g., an exercise or a promotional excerpt), a media resource, often referred to as a widget (e.g., a video or interactive feature), or a combination of such resources that are not necessarily contiguous within the parent EPUB Publication but are intended to be able to be distributed as a unit. Analysis Products - Reports and other documentation. Data in these products are used to define the current situation and requirements, and to make decisions on what products are needed and how to design them.

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DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT

2.1. General: The materials shall consist of hard copy books and CD/DVDs containing masters of Student Textbooks, Instructor Guides, interactive companion website and other media as described above in paragraph 1.3. The Student Textbook is to be written to the 8th grade reading level, using the Flesch-Kincaid system, and contain no more than 500 pages (preferably less). The contractor must provide “free” access to the companion web site that will provide information, interactive activities, games, simulations, quizzes, and other educational activity tools as well as updates to the curriculum on a regular basis so that JROTC teachers or students may download any of these newly developed items or course content.

2.1.1. All material shall incorporate the framework for the 21st Century Learning initiative to embed 21st century skills. Appendix V provides terms for 21st century teaching and learning. The material shall also be fully technically integrated and compatible with the utilized software used by HQ AFJROTC SOFTWARE, an interactive, infra-red technology learner paced response pad system, with SOFTWARE questions provided in test item banks, imbedded in presentation slides at appropriate places and used in the employment of classroom activities.

2.1.2. The contractor must design a course that is performance-based in that it is founded on clearly defined observable and measurable student outcomes (evidence of student learning) which are achieved through classroom learning experiences. They must create the lesson plans using AFJROTC 21st Century hybrid lesson plan format that incorporates the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy and Worldwide Instructional Design System (WIDS) producing outcome-based curriculum. The learning experiences must be interactive and learner centered where cadets take an active role in the learning “phases.” The learning phases will reveal students’ existing knowledge and misconceptions of key concepts; explore, experiment, process, reflect, and apply knowledge; and model or perform the desired behavior based on clear conditions and standards. The course must contain multiple assessment methods to capture cadet progress and learning outcomes (e.g. traditional, HQ AFJROTC utilized SOFTWARE, and performance-based systems). The assessment tasks must serve as tools for verifying and documenting that cadets have mastered the intended learning objectives and outcomes. Assessment tasks will provide feedback to cadets and instructors that guide classroom instruction and improve cadet performance. Questioning strategies (such as reflection) to maximize learning, engagement, critical thinking and other higher order thinking skills must be included. The course must also incorporate higher order thinking skills and activities designed to engage and broaden the student’s minds and tap into their natural curiosity about the Leadership Education: Principles of Management enabling them to sharpen their thinking skills.

2.1.3. Lessons must be designed with no more than 20% of instructional time dedicated to lecture and at least 80% of the time spent participating in classroom interactivity. The preferred organization of instruction will include student read-ahead essays in the textbook followed by classes that consist mostly of activities, simulations, educational games, and other hands-on classroom activities used as the primary learning medium—at least four activities minimum per lesson, which must include one technology activity. Activities must support clearly observable and measureable lesson objectives / student outcomes. Student lesson preparation time is not to exceed 45 minutes. Instructions for the in-class activities are to be contained in the respective lesson plans in the IG, with any video clips, handouts, resource information, presentation slides, maps, etc. to support these activities to be included on the CD/DVD, filed in the appropriate lesson folder and clearly marked by lesson title and activity name or other identification so the resources needed are easily found by the teacher. Thus, the teacher can find instructions for each activity in the appropriate lesson plan (hard copy and electronic), with references in the lesson plan to the appropriate lesson plan folder on the CD/DVD to locate the resources needed to conduct the activity, and linked to the appropriate content and activities located in the online companion website. The Holm Center goal is to develop a course that includes a small textbook, accompanied by a larger IG that contains all the necessary items to support very short class lectures, with the visual aids and other support items needed to facilitate group interaction to meet lesson objectives located on the instructor CD/DVD. In addition, the IG must list national standards addressed for each lesson within the Lesson Plan. It must incorporate a teaching strategy in each lesson that states exactly what the instructor needs to do to prepare to teach the lesson. It must incorporate 21st Century teaching and learning methods as identified by “The Partnership for 21st Century Skills”. The lesson outline must consist of four phases: inquire, gather, process, and apply. Each chapter must also include a project or problem for Project-Based Learning (PBL). An AFJROTC lesson plan is attached to this document at Appendix IV.

If the IG exceeds 750 pages, the IG will be separated into two volumes. In this case, Volume I will contain the first lesson plans in the IG CD/DVD and have the words “Volume I: Lesson Plans” on its cover. Volume II will have the words “Volume II: Lesson Plans” on its cover and will contain the remaining lesson plans. The answers to “Checkpoint Questions” end-of-chapter questions are to be found immediately following each applicable lesson plan lecture section, to allow the instructor’s material to track with student reading assignments, by lesson. The Instructor’s Test Bank and Vocabulary Question files are to be included only electronically on the IG CD. The test banks are to contain at least 40 questions/test items per lesson for each, using a variety of test item types. Lesson questions, vocabulary questions, test items, and PowerPoint slides are to be constructed so they are compatible with the TURNING POINT CLOUD SOFTWARE that we currently are using. JROTC instructors will be allowed to use all electronic files provided as needed for classroom instruction/preparation and may download, post, print, etc. the electronic files as needed to facilitate the instruction and evaluation required to teach the course. Instructors will be allowed, and are expected, to modify/personalize any files included with this course to add their creativity and personal style to slides, script, etc. to enhance the teaching of the materials, and will be allowed to download, copy, alter or otherwise manipulate the test bank files to create their own exams, in-class study or homework assignments via hard copy or electronic form. The contractor must provide lesson assessment items in a stand-alone digital format (e.g. Word) and permission granted to post textbook on password protected high school website.

2.1.4. 21st Century Skills and Learning focuses on active engagement of students through hands-on learning via in-class activities, problem solving, collaboration, small and large group learning concepts, videos and other experiences (See Appendix V for more examples). Thus, each lesson must contain at least four activities relating the content for the respective lesson incorporating 21st century skills to include creativity and innovation, critical thinking and problem solving, and communication and collaboration. Video segments, PowerPoint slides, handouts and other resources needed for such activity are to be included on the instructor’s CD/DVD, filed under the appropriate lesson plan folder, for instructor use in facilitating the interactive process. Handouts and other resources needed for the classes are to be included electronically in the IG CD/DVD files to provide instructors with a professional means of making copies for students to use in the classroom or in home assignments. Video segments included must be embedded into the lesson plan slides or provided via separate file on the CD/DVD, clearly identified by its applicable lesson plan. The preferred approach is to embed video segments into the appropriate PowerPoint slide presentation to support each in-class activity. Any PowerPoint slides designed for use in interactive instruction are to be embedded into the lesson plans PowerPoint slide presentation or else located in the lesson folder on the IG CD/DVD. The contractor shall acquire all copyright releases needed for any embedded videos. A wide variety of in-class activities designed and included in the IG for each lesson is preferred over an extensive textbook.

2.1.5. All materials in the Student Textbook, Instructor Guide and online companion website are to be organized via identically aligned chapters, lessons, numbering system, and titled accordingly (e.g., Chapter 1: Introduction to Management, Lesson 1: Management Basics, Lesson 2: Management in the Marketplace) within the curriculum components. The contractor shall research and gain approval for the publications and use of all copyrighted material used in the textbook, instructor guide, CD/DVDs, EPubs, and online companion website.

2.1.6. The contractor shall develop the materials using Instructional System Development and complete in the following order:

2.1.6.1. Course outcomes, lesson learning outcomes, and learning objectives;

2.1.6.2. Student Textbook including CD/DVD bound to the textbook;

2.1.6.3. IG including Lesson Plans and SOFTWARE compatible files (PowerPoint slides with video files, lesson questions, vocabulary questions, and instructor’s test bank) including the CD/DVD bound to the instructor guide;

2.1.6.4. Provide a Companion Website; and

2.1.6.5. EPubs.

2.1.6.6. The contractor shall list the lesson objectives and samples of behavior, in accordance with Instructional System Development procedures, at the beginning of each lesson plan in the IG.

2.1.7. Any intellectual property contributed by the contractor for these books and any copyrighted material incorporated from outside sources into these materials shall become the sole property of the US government in accordance with FAR 27.201-2(a)(1), 52.227-1, 27.201-2(b), 52.227-2, 27.409(b)(1), 52.227-14 DFARS 227.7105-2(a) and DFARS 252.227-7021 and shall be used with full government purpose rights, including rights to reproduce the material as needed for internal Department of Defense use within AFJROTC classes and to post any material content on AFJROTC’s Web Intensive New Game System (WINGS) or web portal password-protected websites to facilitate local instruction.

2.1.8. National Education Standards: AFJROTC is required to benchmark its curriculum to a generally accepted set of national standards for educational content, and to publish the same. The government’s preference is that the contractor use the Mid-Continent Research for Educational and learning (McREL) and National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS-S) standards in developing objectives for the course and the objectives used must lead to course content that covers these national standards. The benchmark correlations between national standards, lesson objectives and student outcomes will also be presented at the end of the instructor guide.

2.1.9. Provide services for interactive digital publications and supporting products to include:

2.1.9.1. Electronic Publication/Enhanced Electronic Publication (EPUB/E2Book) - A logical document entity consisting of a set of interrelated resources in a single package.

2.1.9.2. Distributable Objects - Components of an EPUB Publication that can be reused in other contexts. A Distributable Object can be a complete EPUB Content Document (e.g., a chapter of a book), a section of such a document (e.g., an exercise or a promotional excerpt), a media resource, often referred to as a widget (e.g., a video or interactive feature), or a combination of such resources that are not necessarily contiguous within the parent EPUB Publication but are intended to be able to be distributed as a unit.

2.1.9.3. Analysis Products - Reports and other documentation. Data in these products are used to define the current situation and requirements, and to make decisions on what products are needed and how to design them.

2.1.9.4. Scope: The contractor shall design and develop interactive digital publications. These publications are defined as EPUB3 enhanced and E2Books. The difference between the publications is in the amount and complexity of the media used to enhance the product and in hosting requirements. These publications require rapid response development.

2.2. Curriculum Materials: Curriculum materials shall consist of the components described in paragraph 1.3 above.

2.2.1. Topics similar to those included in the current AFJROTC Leadership Education: Principles of Management course is to be used. Appendix II indicates the topics desired for the new course.

2.2.2. Holm Center/DE will provide any updates and changes to the contractor during the Post Award Conference.

2.2.3. The contactor shall meet or exceed AFJROTC Formatting Standards (Appendix III).

2.3. Content Development

2.3.1. All Leadership Education: Principles of Management content will be developed by a team consisting of the contractor, any sub-contractors, and Holm Center/DE personnel to ensure that all facets of the curriculum are properly addressed.

2.3.2. The content should essentially follow the proposed table of contents at Appendix II, but may be altered to allow for information required by the PWS to be added or additional sections created accommodating any extra information. The basic purpose for this course is to introduce high school students to the study of principles of management.

2.3.3. Unspecified Content: Holm Center/DE reserves the right to add content from government sources to the Student Textbook. If this happens, the contractor shall correlate and integrate this material into the textbook, IG and related CD/DVDs. Holm Center/DE will provide the contractor this material during the Post Award Conference and during the development of the project.

2.4. Deliverables

2.4.1. The contractor shall provide the following prior to providing the final deliverables:

2.4.1.1. Final review CD/DVD containing all content for the Student Textbook (in PDF) must be accomplished first before proceeding to developing the Instructor Guide;

2.4.1.2. Final review hard copy Student Textbook;

2.4.1.3. Final review hard copy Instructor Guide, including Lesson Plans for all lessons included in the Student Textbook with accompanying PowerPoint slides embedded into the lesson plans adjacent to suggested script for instructor use, in-class activity resources as described in paragraphs above;

2.4.1.4. Final Review CD/DVD for the IG, including all IG material cited herein to be included in the IG plus the PowerPoint slide files for each lesson [all presentations and graphics provided using Microsoft Office Suite programs (MS Office 2003 or later)], the Instructor’s Test Bank and Answer Key files providing answers to the test bank questions/items found on the CD/DVD, plus any video files needed for each lesson [files on the CD/DVD will be in Word and PDF formats for the text files, PowerPoint format for the slides (using Microsoft Office Suite programs [MS Office 2003 or later] for all text and PowerPoint files), and any appropriate video file formats];

2.4.1.5. “One-off” proof hard copy of Student Textbook;

2.4.1.6. “One-off” proof hard copy of Instructor Guide (including all items listed above for the hard copy IG);

2.4.1.7. Companion website;

2.4.1.8. “One-off” proof EPUBS of textbook.

2.4.2. The contractor shall provide the following final deliverables:

2.4.2.1. Hard copy Student Textbook with electronic version in CD/DVD format (in PDF and MS Office 2003 or later format) bound to text’s inside back cover;

2.4.2.2. Hard copy Instructor Guide (with Lesson Plans, including all components listed above with electronic version as described above in CD/DVD format bound to the IG’s inside back cover). The hard copy IG will be in two volumes if the IG exceeds 750 pages in length. In this case, Volume I will contain the first lesson plans and the accompanying IG CD/DVD and have the words “Volume I: Lesson Plans” on its cover. Volume II will have the words “Volume II: Lesson Plans” on its cover and will contain the remaining lesson plans plus the answers to “Checkpoint Questions” end-of-chapter questions. The Instructor’s Test Bank files are to be contained only on the IG CD/DVD and is to contain at least 40 questions/test items per lesson, using a variety of test item types;

2.4.2.3. Master digital electronic files of all textbook, instructor guide and any supplementary materials (all digital media will be provided on CD-ROM, DVD, or USB drive) to include: Student Textbook CD/DVD and Instructor Guide CD/DVD with all IG material cited herein [files on the textbook CD/DVD will be in PDF and MS Office 2003 or later format and Instructor Guide CD/DVD will be in Word and PDF formats for the text files, PowerPoint format for the slides (using Microsoft Office Suite programs [MS Office 2003 or later] for all text and PowerPoint files), and any appropriate video file formats], with government purpose rights for all copyrighted materials included, and government purpose rights to post electronic content from the electronic files on school, unit or AFJROTC program manager WINGS or web portal password-protected websites to facilitate local instruction at AFJROTC sites. Provide services for interactive digital publications and supporting products to include: Electronic Publication/Enhanced Electronic Publication (EPUB/E2Book);

2.4.2.4. One-off proof IG CD/DVD;

2.4.2.5. Provide services for interactive digital publications and supporting products to include: Electronic Publication/Enhanced Electronic Publication (EPUB/E2Book) - A logical document entity consisting of a set of interrelated resources in a single package. Distributable Objects - Components of an EPUB Publication that can be reused in other contexts. A Distributable Object can be a complete EPUB Content Document (e.g., a chapter of a book), a section of such a document (e.g., an exercise or a promotional excerpt), a media resource, often referred to as a widget (e.g., a video or interactive feature), or a combination of such resources that are not necessarily contiguous within the parent EPUB Publication but are intended to be able to be distributed as a unit. Analysis Products - Reports and other documentation. Data in these products are used to define the current situation and requirements, and to make decisions on what products are needed and how to design them.

2.4.2.6. Scope: The contractor shall design and develop interactive digital publications as described The difference between the publications is in the amount and complexity of the media used to enhance the product and in hosting requirements. These publications require rapid response development.

2.4.2.7. Companion website

3. SERVICE SUMMARY

4.

GOVERNMENT PROVIDED PROPERTY AND SERVICES

4.1. The final content of all curriculum materials shall be subject to the approval, disapproval, and acceptance of Jeanne M. Holm Center for Officer Accessions and Citizen Development (Holm Center)

5. GENERAL INFORMATION

5.1. Conferences and Reviews: The following conferences and reviews shall be conducted at appropriate points during the program. These meetings shall be held via conference call or at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. This includes the Post Award Conference and Requirements Review.

5.1.1. Post Award Conference/Requirements Review: At the Post Award Conference (kick-off meeting), the contractor shall introduce key personnel to include the project manager (individual dedicated to the project, not the sales representative) and subject matter experts (SME), and present the program management and planning information, including operating procedures, methodologies, and the master schedule. The master schedule shall include program milestones, conferences, reviews, development milestones, and product deliveries.

5.1.2. The requirements review shall include collaborative discussions between the Government and contractor about contractor’s subject matter, technical expertise, curriculum materials development, and documentation requirements. The government shall approve all major milestones. Additional reviews shall be conducted a minimum of every other month via conference call or face-to-face.

5.2. Reviews by the Government: The contactor shall provide the government realistic turnaround deadlines. These shall be determined at the Post Award Conference.

5.2.1. The materials shall be made available by the contractor via secure web site or other electronic means of reviewing. As each chapter or lesson is developed the material shall be displayed chapter-by-chapter or lesson-by-lesson. Textbook completed first before starting IG’s, doing so decreases mistakes when editing lesson plans.

5.2.2. SMEs and instructors shall have access to the contractor’s secure web site each time a review is required of a completed chapter in final format.

5.2.3. Once the completed lesson is approved by the government in final format, the contractor shall use that approved version for the hard copy and the CD/DVD of the Student Textbook and the hard copy Instructor Guide, its CD/DVD and approved EPUB.

5.2.4. Whenever a 100% review is required of curriculum materials, the contractor shall give the Government two weeks to perform the review. This will provide adequate time to generate required changes to the materials each time a review is required of the final materials.

5.2.5. Holm Center/DE shall be provided a “one-off” copy (aka “Blue-Line”) or applicable proof of the final components, as outlined above before going to mass printing for a final review of the hard copy.

5.3. Contractor Manpower Reporting Application (eCMRA): The contractor is required to report all contractor labor hours (including subcontractor labor hours) required for performance of all services provided under this contract for the (title of requirement) via a secure data collection site. The contractor is required to completely fill in all required data fields at http://www.ecmra.mil.

Reporting inputs will be for the labor executed during the period of performance for each Government fiscal year (FY), which runs 1 October through 30 September. While inputs may be reported any time during the FY, all data shall be reported no later than 31 October* of each calendar year. Contractors may direct questions to the CMRA help desk.”

*Reporting Period: Contractors are required to input data by 31 October of each year.

Uses and Safeguarding of Information: Information from the secure web site is considered to be proprietary in nature when the contract number and contractor identity are associated with the direct labor hours and direct labor dollars. At no time will any data be released to the public with the contractor name and contract number associated with the data.

User Manuals: Data for Air Force service requirements must be input at the Air Force CMRA link. However, user manuals for government personnel and contractors are available at the Army CMRA link at http://www.ecmra.mil/.

5.4. REQUIRED POSTERS.

Please utilize the following website to access and download as appropriate EEO posters, Service Contract posters, and disability posters required in accordance with 52.222-26, 52.222-41, and 52.222-36 respectively. http://www.dol.gov/osbp/sbrefa/poster/main.htm

5.5. REQUIRED INSURANCE

Reference FAR clause 52.228-5 entitled “Insurance...” the Contractor shall, at its own expense, procure and thereafter maintain the following kinds of insurance with respect to performance under the contract.

a.

Workmen’s Compensation and Employers Liability Insurance as required by law except that if this contract is to be performed in a State which does not require or permit private insurance, then compliance with the statutory or administrative requirements in any such State will be satisfactory. The required Workmen’s Compensation insurance shall extend to cover employer’s liability for accidental bodily injury or death and for occupational disease with a minimum liability limit of $100,000.

b.

General Liability Insurance. Bodily injury liability insurance, in the minimum limits of $500,000 per occurrence shall be required on the comprehensive form of the policy.

c.

Automobile Liability Insurance. The insurance shall be required on the comprehensive form of policy and shall provide bodily and property damage liability covering the operation of all automobiles used in connection with the performance of the contract. At least the minimum limits of $200,000 per person and $500,000, per occurrence for bodily injury and $20,000 per occurrence for property damage shall be required. This insurance shall cover the operation of automobiles by Contractor employees and authorized Government employees and third parties.

6. MILESTONES: The contractor shall coordinate its major milestones/timelines with the Government for planning purposes. This shall include completion of the chapters when developed, the final CD/DVDs and hard copies ready for publication of curriculum materials, and final 100% read of the “one-off proof” of the final hard copy and CDs/DVDs.

7. TIMELINE: All requested components for this curriculum shall be developed, edited, approved, printed, and shipped to Holm Center/DE by close of business on 30 Sep 2013.

8. QUANTITIES

8.1. The following quantities required by this contract are:

8.1.1. Student Textbooks, including CD bound to the textbook, 60,000 copies.

8.1.2. Instructor Guides, included all components stipulated above, hard copy and CD/DVDs bound to the IG, 1200 copies.

8.1.3. Interactive companion website, 1.

8.1.4. EPUB, 1.

9. SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR UNCLASSIFIED SERVICES ONLY CONTRACTS

9.1. Contractor Notification Responsibilities: The contractor shall notify the contracting office within 30 days before on-base performance of the service. The notification shall include:

a. Name, address, and telephone number of contractor representatives.

b. The contract number and contracting agency.

c. The reason for the service (i.e., work to be performed).

d. The location(s) of service performance and future performance, if known.

e. The date service performance begins.

9.2. Reporting Requirements: The contractor shall comply with AFI 71-101, Volume-1, Criminal Investigations, and Volume-2, Protective Service Matters, requirements. Contractor personnel shall report to 42d Security Forces Information Protection Office, any information or circumstances of which they are aware may pose a threat to the security of DoD personnel, contractor personnel, resources, and classified or unclassified defense information. Contractor employees shall be briefed by their immediate supervisor upon initial on-base assignment and as required thereafter.

9.3. Physical Security: Areas controlled by contractor employees shall comply with base operations plans/instructions for FPCON procedures, Random Antiterrorism Measures (RAMS) and local search/identification requirements. The contractor shall safeguard all government property, including controlled forms, provided for contractor use. At the close of each work period, government training equipment, ground aerospace vehicles, facilities, support equipment, and other valuable materials shall be secured.

9.4. Internal Operating Instructions: The contractor will adhere to the Air Force activity operating instructions (OI) for internal circulation control, protection of resources, and to regulate entry into Air Force controlled areas during normal, simulated, and actual emergency operations.

9.5. Traffic Laws: The contractor and their employees shall comply with base traffic regulations; personnel in violation may be issued a Central Violations Bureau Form 1805 traffic ticket.

9.6. Cellular Phone Operation Policy: The use of cellular phones while operating a motorized vehicle is prohibited on Maxwell-Gunter. Although discouraged, drivers are authorized to use devices, i.e. ear bud or ear boom, which allows their cellular phone to be operated hands-free. The device must not cover both ears. This policy applies to everyone driving on Maxwell AFB and Gunter Annex. Personnel in violation may be issued a Central Violations Bureau Form 1805 traffic ticket.

9.7. Installation Access Requirements: As prescribed by the AFFARS 5352.242-9000, Contractor access to Air Force installations, AFI 31-218, Motor Vehicle Traffic Supervision, and AFMAN 31-113, Installation Perimeter Access Control.

The contractor shall obtain base identification for all contractor personnel who make frequent visits to or perform work on the Air Force installation(s) cited in the contract. Contractor personnel are required to wear or prominently display installation identification badges or contractor-furnished identification badges while visiting or performing work on the installation.

The contractor shall submit a written request on company letterhead to the contracting officer listing the following: contract number, location of work site, start and stop dates, and names of contractor employees needing access to the base. Government ID card holders may not use their credentials to sponsor an individual onto the base to perform work that’s been contracted to an official contractor.

All commercial vehicles will be directed to Gate 3 (Kelly St) or Gate 4 (Congressman Dickenson for Gunter) for processing through the Commercial Vehicle Inspection (CVI) Area, when operational. During non-duty hours and holidays, commercial vehicle inspections will be conducted at Gate 1 (Maxwell Blvd) or Gate 4 only. Inspection members will conduct thorough inspections of the interior and exterior of the vehicle for items prohibited from the installation such as explosive devices, weapons and ammunition, drugs, and open or closed alcohol containers.

Random Installation Entry/Exit Checks: Entry/exit vehicle checks are conducted by order of the 42 ABW Commander. These checks are conducted for the purpose of safeguarding the base and protecting government property by discovering and seizing stolen property, classified information and contraband. Refusal to submit to an installation (entry/exit) vehicle check may result in the loss of base driving privileges, revocation of base registration, or debarment action.

9.8. Internal Operating Instructions: The contractor will adhere to the Air Force activity operating instructions (OI) for internal circulation control, protection of resources, and to regulate entry into Air Force controlled areas during normal, simulated, and actual emergency operations.

9.9. Firearms and Ammunition: Transporting weapons or ammunition, concealed or otherwise, IS NOT permitted by any non-law enforcement personnel on Maxwell AFB/Gunter Annex at any time regardless of state issued concealed weapons/LEOSA permits. Violations may result in criminal prosecution under the applicable federal laws.

9.10. Illegal Weapons. The below weapons are considered illegal, unless

Specifically authorized by competent authority, and are prohibited on Maxwell AFB/Gunter Annex. Violations may result in criminal prosecution under the applicable federal laws.

a. Switchblade knives or knives with any type of automatic blade release.

b. An incendiary/explosive weapon (e.g., grenades, flash bangs).

c. Fireworks

d. Homemade mortars, aka "tennis ball launchers" or similar devices.

e. Any device designated, made, or adapted to muffle the report of a firearm.

APPENDICES

APPENDIX I

Relevant Government Publications

APPENDIX II

Proposed Table of Contents

APPENDIX III

AFJROTC Formatting Standards

APPENDIX IV

AFJROTC Hybrid Lesson Plan

APPENDIX V

Terms for 21st Century Teaching and Learning

APPENDIX I

Relevant Government Publications

APPENDIX II - Proposed Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction to Management

Managers and Management Lesson 1 Management Basics

· Who Managers Are and Where They Work

· What Management Is and What Managers Do Lesson 1 Review Lesson 2 Management in the Marketplace

· Skills and Competencies Successful

Managers Posses

· The Importance the Marketplace Puts on Managers

· Why Management is Worth Studying

· How Management Relates to Other Disciplines

Lesson 2 Review

Chapter 2: The Historical Roots of Contemporary Management Practice

Lesson 1 Management Theories

· Management Before the Modern Era

· Classical Contributions to Modern Management

Lesson 1 Review Lesson 2 Management Approaches

· The Human Resources Approach

· The Quantitative Approach

· Management Approaches Today

Lesson 2 Review

Chapter 3: The Management Environment

Lesson 1 Management and the Economy

· Management and the Changing Economy

· The Global Marketplace

· Management and Technology

Lesson 1 Review Lesson 2

Management and Society

· What Society Expects From Organizations and Managers

· The Workforce and Labor

· Issues That Contingent Workers Create for Managers

Lesson 2 Review

Chapter 4: Planning

Lesson 1

Foundations of Planning, Planning Basics

· What Planning Is

· Planning in Uncertain Environments

· Types of Plans

· Management by Objectives

Lesson 1 Review Lesson 2

Establishing Goals and Developing Plans

· Approaches to Establishing Goals

· Developing Plans

· Contemporary Issues in Planning

Lesson 2 Review

Chapter 5: Foundations of Decision Making

Lesson 1 The Decision Making Process

· What Defines a Decision Problem

· The Rational Model for Decision Making

· Modifications of the Rational Model Lesson 1 Review Lesson 2

Decision-Making Challenges

· The Contingency Approach to Decision Making

· Decision-Making Styles

· Making Decisions in a Group

· Culture and Decision Making

Lesson 2 Review

Chapter 6: Organizing

Lesson 1

Managing Change, Stress, and Innovation

Managers and Change

· Forces for Change

· Two Views of the Change Process

· Employee Resistance to Change Lesson 1 Review Lesson 2 Change and Organization

· Changing the Organization

· Change and Stress

· How to Stimulate Innovation

Lesson 2 Review

Lesson 3

Managing Yourself-Stress and Time Management

· Handling Personal Stress

· Time Management

· Time Management and Meetings

Lesson 3 Review

Chapter 7: Leading

Lesson 1

Foundations of Individual and Group Behavior

Behavior and Personality

· Explaining and Predicting Behavior

· Personality Theories

Lesson 1 Review Lesson 2 Managers and Group Behavior

· Perception

· How People Learn

· Foundations of Group Behavior

Lesson 2 Review

Chapter 8: Understanding Work Teams

Lesson 1 Work Teams

· The Popularity of Work Teams

· Types of Work Teams

· Characteristics of High-Performance Work Teams

Lesson 1 Review Lesson 2 Managing Teams

· Turning Individuals Into Team Players

· Contemporary Team Issues

Lesson 2 Review

Chapter 9: Communication and Interpersonal Skills

Lesson 1

Communication Skills and Challenges

· The Communication Process

· Communication and Information Technology

Lesson 1 Review Lesson 2

Developing Interpersonal Skill

· Listening and Feedback Skills

· Delegation Skills

· Managing Conflict

· Negotiation Skills

· Writing Evaluations

Lesson 2 Review

Chapter 10: Leadership and Trust

Lesson 1

Leadership Theory

· Managers Versus Leaders

· Trait Theories of Leadership

· Behavioral Theories of Leadership

· Contingency Theories of Leadership

· Emerging Approaches to Leadership

Lesson 1 Review Lesson 2 Leadership Issues

· Leadership Today

· Building Trust: The Essence of Leadership

Lesson 2 Review

Lesson 3

Effective Coaching and Mentoring

· Defining Coaching and Mentoring

· Goal Setting

· Giving Feedback

· Developing Protégés

Lesson 3 Review

APPENDIX III - AFJROTC Formatting Standards

1. Student Textbook including corresponding Student Textbook CD/DVD:

1.1. Format:

· Shall be entitled Leadership Education: Principles of Management

· Font size shall be 13 point

· Cover shall be custom designed with military art for Air Force JROTC

· Cover shall be of hard back, thick stock, with colored glossy finish, perfect bound

· Cover shall be four color (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black)

· Cover shall contain the Air University logo (files to be furnished by the Air Force) and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) Council on Accreditation and School Improvement (CASI) and SACS’ parent organization, AdvanceED emblems

· Flyleaf shall contain the Air Force JROTC shield as well as the statement “Custom Edition for the United States Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFJROTC)”

· Paper type shall be #45 Scholarly Matte

· Interior print and graphics shall be printed in four colors (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black)

· Page count should be no more than 500, consisting of concise essays for each lesson to introduce the subject, so that in-class activity guided by materials provided in the IG can be used to teach the detail needed for students to meet lesson objectives

· Shall contain a title/cover page, preface, copyright page, table of contents and associated page numbers, glossary (with definitions) and associated page numbers, and index of topics and associated page numbers

· Each lesson shall include lesson objectives, vocabulary words and “Quick Write” features at the beginning and “Checkpoint Questions” at the end. “Checkpoint Questions” will consist of review items for each lesson. “Quick Write” is a feature common to AFJROTC courses that presents a short writing assignment related to the lesson that may be used as homework or an in-class assignment.

· Each chapter review will include a summary, review questions and key terms/phrases

· Student Textbook and Instructor Guide shall correlate with each other sequentially, on a , Chapter-by-Chapter, Lesson-by-Lesson basis

· Graphics shall have a short narrative associated with each illustration

· Student Textbook CD/DVD (in PDF and MS Office 2003 or later format) shall be attached to the book’s inside back cover,…