The Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation (FLETA) Board is pleased to announce it granted reaccreditation status to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Basic Instructor Facilitator Training Program (BIFTP) at the April 27, 2017 meeting in Naval Station Mayport, FL.
The BIFTP is 8.5 days in length and consists of approximately 68 hours of classroom instruction, lesson preparation, and lesson presentation. There are 24 student per iteration. Students who complete the program with “Meets” on all elements are considered “certified” instructors. Certified Field Instructors must be rated once every 5 years and achieve “Meets” on all elements in order to retain their certified status. The goal of the instructor team is to engage the student in a variety of activities, exercises, conversations, and discussions that challenge the traditional way of seeing problems and applying solutions. Numerous courses in education and training principles are presented to prepare instructors to conduct quality training.
The FLETA Board is the accrediting body for all federal law enforcement training and support programs. To achieve accreditation, agencies submit to an independent review of their academy and/or program to ensure compliance with the FLETA Standards and Procedures in the areas of Program Administration, Training Staff, Training Development, Training Delivery, and Distance Learning. Accreditation is a cyclical process occurring every five years. Each year, agencies must submit annual reports in preparation for reaccreditation, which is a new and independent review of the academy/program.