The Virgin Islands CPM Program is designed around seven (7) core competency areas which are set by the National Certified Public Manager® Consortium, the accrediting body of all CPM programs:

1. Personal and Organizational Integrity

• • Increasing awareness, building skills and modeling behaviors related to identifying potential ethical problems and conflicts of interest; appropriate workplace behavior; and legal and policy compliance. 

2. Managing Work

• • Meeting organizational goals through effective planning, prioritizing, organizing and aligning human, financial, material and information resources. Empowering others by delegating clear job expectations; providing meaningful feedback and coaching; creating a motivational environment and measuring performance. Monitoring workloads and documenting performance. Dealing effectively with performance problems. 

3. Leading People

• • Inspiring others to positive action through a clear vision; promotes a diverse workforce. Encouraging and facilitating cooperation, pride, trust and group identity; fostering commitment and team spirit. Articulating a vision, ideas and facts in a clear and organized way; effectively managing emotions and impulses.

4. Developing Self

• • Demonstrating commitment to continuous learning, self-awareness and individual performance planning through feedback, study and analysis.

5. Systemic Integration

• • Approaching planning, decision-making and implementation from an enterprise perspective; understanding internal and external relationships that impact the organization.

6. Public Service Focus

• • Delivering superior services to the public and internal and external recipients; including customer/client identification, expectations, needs and developing and implementing paradigms, processes and procedures that exude positive spirit and climate; demonstrating agency and personal commitment to quality service.

7. Change Leadership

• • Acting as a change agent; initiating and supporting change within the organization by implementing strategies to help others adapt to changes in the work environment, including personal reactions to change; emphasizing and fostering creativity and innovation; being proactive.

Requirements for Certification

The Virgin Islands CPM Program is a rigorous program of study.  The Program consists of three phases, totaling 300 hours (usually over a 14-month period).  Participants must complete all three phases to be certified:

• • PHASE I: SUPERVISION
    Focuses on supervisory training and assessment of managerial skills; it concludes with a written project.

• • PHASE II: MANAGEMENT
    Participants must complete various management courses as well as a take-home review demonstrating what they have learned.

• • PHASE III: SENIOR MANAGEMENT
    Brings together training from the previous phases in case studies, a simulation, leadership seminar, and an applied project (Capstone Project).  The applied project is typically a real-world problem faced in the CPM participant’s agency that would benefit from a systematic application of the principles taught in the classroom.

CPM Courses

Level of Instruction
CPM instruction is at the college graduate level.  Candidates for the “CPM” designation are required to demonstrate above average skills in many areas including oral and written communication, critical thinking, and strategic thinking.

Instructors
CPM courses are taught by UVI faculty and qualified practitioners in their areas of competence.    

Class Schedules & Course Descriptions
Individuals selected to participate in the VI CPM Program attend classes for three (3) consecutive days each month, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

• • VI CPM Course Descriptions (click here to view on UVI's website under "Classes")

Location
CPM classes are held in-person on St. Thomas and St. Croix at the University of the Virgin Islands.

Why Should You Consider the VI CPM Program for Yourself?

• Enhance your management, administrative, technical, analytical, and communication skills.
• Broaden your intergovernmental network.
• Increase your personal awareness and effectiveness.
• Evaluate and implement innovative solutions.
• Become a leader in promotion of quality in public services.
• Take advantage of competency based learning that you can take back to work with you the next day and apply.
• Participate in a program with the highest standards, with quality control and with a record of continuity.
• Join the territory-wide and national cadres of professional public managers, learning from and with representatives of other agencies.
• Develop valuable skills that can prepare you to move to the next level in your career and increase your visibility in your organization.

Why Should You Consider the VI CPM Program for Your  Employees?

• CPM participants bring their classroom energy and learning back to the office.
• Implement nationally recognized process improvement theory and practice endorsed in industry and government.
• Take this opportunity to focus on a long term agency project.
• Champion a capstone project that improves effectiveness, efficiency or saves money.
• Take advantage of your employees’ improved management skills and delegate new assignments.
• Develop your talented employees and help them take the next step in their careers.
• Use this program as part of a manager and supervisor development and mentoring plan.
• Use in succession planning to fill upcoming vacancies.

PROGRAM FEE

Government & Non-Profit: $3,500

• • USVI Local Government (including Executive Branch, Autonomous/Semi-Autonomous Agencies, Legislative Branch (central staff only), and Judicial Branch): The Program Fee will be covered in full for 2023-2024 VI CPM Colleague Group participants who are employed full-time with the Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands and apply (and are accepted) for the current VI CPM Program under their official position with the Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands, on the condition that these participants sign the applicable GVI Continued Service Agreement. For the VI Legislative Branch, this applies only to central staff employees and not to individuals employed with the office of a senator.
  • Federal Government, VI Legislative Branch (senate offices), & Non-Profit: For payment arrangements, contact the University of the Virgin Islands' Center for Excellence in Leadership and Learning (UVI CELL): cpm@uvi.edu | (340) 692-4112 or (340) 693-1101.

Private Sector: $4,200

• • For payment arrangements, contact the University of the Virgin Islands' Center for Excellence in Leadership and Learning (UVI CELL): cpm@uvi.edu | (340) 692-4112 or (340) 693-1101.

Contact Our Team for More Information

For application-specific questions, please contact Division of Personnel's CPM team:

• Strategy and Organizational Development Unit | training@dop.vi.gov | (340) 774-8588, ext. 5134 or 5129

For Program-specific questions, please contact the University of the Virgin Islands' CPM team:

• UVI's Center for Excellence in Leadership and Learning (UVI CELL) | cpm@uvi.edu | (340) 692-4112 or (340) 693-1101