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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY

H EADQUARTERS UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS

3000 MARINE CORPS PENTAGON

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20350-3000

NAVMC 1 553.1

C 4 69

27 OC T 2010

NAVMC 1 55 3 .1

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SYSTEMS APPROACH TO TRAINING U SER'S GUIDE,

GUIDE)

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( a) MCO 1 553.2B

( b) MCO 1 553.3A

(SHORT T ITLE:

SAT USERS

1.

P urpose.

P er r eferences ( a) a nd ( b), t his u ser's g uide e stablishes t he

p rocedures a nd b usiness r ules f or t he a pplication o f t he SAT p rocess t o

f ormal s chool c urriculum d evelopment a nd u nit t raining m anagement f or t he

o perating f orces.

T he SAT U ser's G uide h as b een p repared a s a n e xtension o f

M arine C orps T raining a nd R eadiness M anuals . D eveloped i n s upport o f

i nstructional t heory a nd t he D epartment o f D efense M IL- S TD-1 379 D ( Military

T raining P rograms), t he SAT i s t he p rimary s ource o f i nformation f or

i nstructional p rogram d evelopment a nd m anagement f or M arine C orps F ormal

L earning C enters (FLC) a nd f ormal c ourses o f i nstruction c ollocated a t o ther

m ilitary s ervice s chools.

I t i s a lso u seful i n a ssisting i n t he d evelopment

o f u nit t raining p rograms i n t he O perating F orces.

2.

S cope.

T he S ystems A pproach t o T raining, b ased o n I nst ructi onal S ystems

D evelopment ( ISD) , w as e stablished t o m anage t he p rocess o f a nalyzing,

d esigning, d eveloping, i mplementing, a nd e valuating i nstructional p rograms.

T o i llustrate t he p ro c ess o f i nstructional p rogram d evelopment f rom s tart t o

f inish, t he f ive p hases o f SAT a re p resented s equentially i n t his G uide . I n

a ctuality t hese p hases o verlap a nd a re i nterrelated, a nd s ome p rocedures o f

e ach p hase m ay b e p erformed a t v arious t imes t hroughout t he l ife o f a n

i nstructional p rogram.

T he SAT i s a d ynamic f lexible s ystem...