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DSO-PE MARCUS SMITH
NW Division Public Education Goals, Mission and Strategies.
Public Education (PE) train and certifies instructors, and organizes and presents
classes on boating for the public. PE also participates with Member Training in training
US Coast Guard and Coast Guard Auxiliary personnel. A person certified in the USCG
Aux PE program is qualified to teach all branches of U.S. Military personnel.
PE’s main objective is in support of the U.S. Coast Guard’s mission to improve
recreational boating safety. Recreational boating safety is a main focus of the U.S.
Coast Guard Auxiliary as a whole, as identified by the U.S. Coast Guard Commandant.
Your role as an educator in the USCG Auxiliary is crucial to mission success.
Mission
The mission of Auxiliary Public Education is to reduce recreational boater fatalities,
personal injury, and property damage by delivering high-quality boating safety
instruction to the American public. The Auxiliary Training Directorate provides
continually updated and relevant training, resources, and courses for the Coast Guard
Auxiliary instructors and members who in turn, deliver exceptional boating safety course
content utilizing state-of-the-art instructional modalities.
Vision
United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Public Education Directorate– needs to be the best
trained, most valued maritime volunteer boating education organization in the world,
along with its partners in the Districts, continuing to bring to the market innovative new
products and sharing best practices and techniques with the American Public and our
colleagues in the maritime arena.
Strategy
Develop and/or maintain up-to-date and effective educational materials Focus on the segment of the boating public most at risk Increase flotilla-taught basic boating safety education by 10% annually
Provide and promote ongoing quality instructor development
Use of appropriate technological resources
Adopt e-learning as a viable way to reach boaters;
Utilize e-learning to challenge and grow our instructor corps
Partner with outside organizations, when applicable, to further boating education
Team up with the experience and expertise of other National Directorates to provide top-quality programs and courses
Develop a National Database Repository for Safe Boating Education Data
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