Activity Directors

[updated 13Feb24]

To Be Announced August 2024:

The following Alaska Wing positions are available for all AKWG Senior Members to apply for.  For more information, or to express interest in assisting the activity directors, please email karen.padgett@akwg.cap.gov

To Alaska Wing Senior Members,

Alaska Wing Cadet Programs is soliciting applications for the following positions:

Below dates to be updated...........

• Cadet Competition Activity Director (2023 AKWG Competition scheduled for Virtual Part 1 Sat 25 Nov 2023, In-person Part 2 Sat 2 Dec 2023)
• CAC (Cadet Advisory Council) Senior Member Advisor (virtual meetings 2-3 times/month year-round)
• NEW: National Legislative Day Project Officer:
• NEW: Pacific Region Conference Attendance Coordinator: 
• Encampment Commander (2024 AKWG Encampment scheduled for 13-22 June 2024)
• Glider Flight Academy Activity Director (2024 AKWG Glider Academy tentatively scheduled for 24 May-2 June 2024)
• Powered Flight Academy (Distributed) Activity Director (need not be a pilot!) (2024 AKWG/National Powered Flight Academy takes place in instructors' and/or cadet students' home towns on their own schedule roughly 1 Mar -31 May 2024)

To apply, please email a CAP resume and cover letter to  karen.padgett@akwg.cap.gov  by 2000 hrs (8:00pm) on Saturday, August 31, 2024.

We ask that you name your attached files in the following format: LASTNAME.FI.CAPID.2024Activity.Document (ie CURRY.J.123456.2024CAC.Resume)

Additional information:

• A CAP resume and cover letter template the cadets use is available here.  Feel free to use it as a starting point: https://lakehood.cap.gov/resources
• Please reply ASAP to this email if you want more info about any of the openings.
• Please also reply to this email if you would like to assist and of the Activity Directors, and state which activities you'd like to support
• All AKWG SMs welcome to apply, even if you have not yet been actively involved in CAP Cadet Programs
• Info periodically updated here: https://akwg.cap.gov/programs/cp/activities/ads

We appreciate your interest in these phenomenal cadet activities, and we appreciate all you do for the Civil Air Patrol!

Brief Job Descriptions:

Cadet Competition Activity Director (2023 AKWG Competition scheduled for Virtual Part 1 Sat 25 Nov 2023, In-person Part 2 Sat 2 Dec 2023)

CAC (Cadet Advisory Council) Senior Member Advisor (virtual meetings 2-3 times/month year-round)

NEW: National Legislative Day Project Officer

• Solicit Cadet to apply (Ideally high school juniors planning to apply to US service academies)
• Cadet Selection Process (a Google form has been created), interviews recommended
• Cadet Notification and Travel Coordination (transportation from home to ANC/FAI/JNU airport, Alaska lodging if necessary, flights to and from Washington DC, lodging in Washington DC, transportation and meals in Washington, DC, other cadet support as needed)
• Connect cadets to National NLD team training
• Coordinate with other Pacific Region Cadet NLD teams
• Travel with cadets to Washington, DC and serve as their escort
• Arrange and attend Washington DC-area sight-seeing with the AKWG cadets

NEW: Pacific Region Conference Coordinator:

Encampment Commander (2024 AKWG Encampment scheduled for 13-22 June 2024)

Glider Flight Academy Activity Director (2024 AKWG Glider Academy tentatively scheduled for 24 May-2 June 2024)

Powered Flight Academy (Distributed) Activity Director (need not be a pilot!) (2024 AKWG/National Powered Flight Academy takes place in instructors' and/or cadet students' home towns on their own schedule roughly 1 Mar -31 May 2024)

• Coordinating with students ahead of time to make sure they were getting their pre-work done (Medicals, Student Pilot Certificates, starting on ground school/ground training, etc)
• Matching students with the instructor pilots (IPs)
• Tracking students' progress through the syllabus
• Tracking use of hours against funded hours
• Some WMIRs work (I believe IPs enter most of their own flights, though a director or assistant director who is familiar with WIMRS could help)
• Selecting the Distinguished Graduate
• Filing the final NCSA report with CAP National Headquarters.

 

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15 Sep 2023 update:

The below Activity Director positions for the 2024 Fiscal Year (Oct 2024-Sep 2023) have been filled

• Cadet Competition Activity Director (2023 AKWG Competition scheduled for Virtual Part 1 Sat 25 Nov 2023, In-person Part 2 Sat 2 Dec 2023)--Maj Ed Stickel, Cadet Commander C/Lt Col Michael Porter
• CAC (Cadet Advisory Council) Senior Member Advisor (virtual meetings 2-3 times/month year-round)--SM Advisor 2d Lt Rick Benedict, Asst SM Advisor 2d Lt Colin Pawletzki, Cadet Wing Chair: C/Maj Thomas Clifton
• Encampment Commander (2024 AKWG Encampment scheduled for 13-22 June 2024)--Lt Col Brian "Irish" Porter
• Glider Flight Academy Activity Director (2024 AKWG Glider Academy tentatively scheduled for 24 May-2 June 2024)--Lt Col Brian "Irish" Porter
• Powered Flight Academy (Distributed) Activity Director (need not be a pilot!) (2024 AKWG/National Powered Flight Academy takes place in instructors' and/or cadet students' home towns on their own schedule roughly 1 Mar -31 May 2024)--Maj Ben Padgett

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Announced August 2023:

The following Alaska Wing positions are available for all AKWG Senior Members to apply for.  For more information, or to express interest in assisting the activity directors, please email karen.padgett@akwg.cap.gov

To Alaska Wing Senior Members,

Alaska Wing Cadet Programs is soliciting applications for the following positions:

• Cadet Competition Activity Director (2023 AKWG Competition scheduled for Virtual Part 1 Sat 25 Nov 2023, In-person Part 2 Sat 2 Dec 2023)
• CAC (Cadet Advisory Council) Senior Member Advisor (virtual meetings 2-3 times/month year-round)
• Encampment Commander (2024 AKWG Encampment scheduled for 13-22 June 2024)
• Glider Flight Academy Activity Director (2024 AKWG Glider Academy tentatively scheduled for 24 May-2 June 2024)
• Powered Flight Academy (Distributed) Activity Director (need not be a pilot!) (2024 AKWG/National Powered Flight Academy takes place in instructors' and/or cadet students' home towns on their own schedule roughly 1 Mar -31 May 2024)

To apply, please email a CAP resume and cover letter to  karen.padgett@akwg.cap.gov  by 2000 hrs (8:00pm) on Thursday, August 31, 2023.

We ask that you name your attached files in the following format: LASTNAME.FI.CAPID.2024Activity.Document (ie CURRY.J.123456.2024CAC.Resume)

Additional information:

• A CAP resume and cover letter template the cadets use is available here.  Feel free to use it as a starting point: https://lakehood.cap.gov/resources
• Please reply ASAP to this email if you want more info about any of the openings.
• Please also reply to this email if you would like to assist and of the Activity Directors, and state which activities you'd like to support
• All AKWG SMs welcome to apply, even if you have not yet been actively involved in CAP Cadet Programs
• Info periodically updated here: https://akwg.cap.gov/programs/cp/activities/ads

We appreciate your interest in these phenomenal cadet activities, and we appreciate all you do for the Civil Air Patrol!

Brief Job Descriptions:

Cadet Competition Activity Director (2023 AKWG Competition scheduled for Virtual Part 1 Sat 25 Nov 2023, In-person Part 2 Sat 2 Dec 2023)

CAC (Cadet Advisory Council) Senior Member Advisor (virtual meetings 2-3 times/month year-round)

Encampment Commander (2024 AKWG Encampment scheduled for 13-22 June 2024)

Glider Flight Academy Activity Director (2024 AKWG Glider Academy tentatively scheduled for 24 May-2 June 2024)

Powered Flight Academy (Distributed) Activity Director (need not be a pilot!) (2024 AKWG/National Powered Flight Academy takes place in instructors' and/or cadet students' home towns on their own schedule roughly 1 Mar -31 May 2024)

• Coordinating with students ahead of time to make sure they were getting their pre-work done (Medicals, Student Pilot Certificates, starting on ground school/ground training, etc)
• Matching students with the instructor pilots (IPs)
• Tracking students' progress through the syllabus
• Tracking use of hours against funded hours
• Some WMIRs work (I believe IPs enter most of their own flights, though a director or assistant director who is familiar with WIMRS could help)
• Selecting the Distinguished Graduate
• Filing the final NCSA report with CAP National Headquarters.