Award

The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) provides an elite undergraduate educational program that integrates academic, military, and athletic programs to develop leaders of character, motivated to lead the Air Force in service to our nation. By the time cadets graduate and are commissioned as second lieutenants they are expected to acquire a combination of knowledge, skills, and responsibilities for leadership. However, USAFA leadership has identified a need to discover opportunities to improve cadet leadership development. To meet this need we will develop Cadet Outcomes Development and Evaluation (CODE), leveraging our commercial Performance1 platform and extend the tools we have developed for Pararescue Jumpers and Combat Rescue Officers (PJ/CROs). CODE will meet USAFAs needs by providing cadets with a tool to: (1) visualize their leadership and character strengths development journey across their 4-year mission at the Academy; (2) track their leadership and character strengths development activities through a leadership portfolio; (3) collaborate with supervisors to plan future leadership and character strengths development activities; (4) view feedback received directly related to leadership proficiencies; and (5) record personal reflections about their own development. Additionally, supervisors will be able to evaluate cadets leadership activities through rubrics provided in CODE.