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Foreign Service Institute


The Foreign Service Institute (FSI) is the United States federal
Foreign Service Institute
government's primary training institution for employees of the U.S. foreign
affairs community, preparing American diplomats as well as other
professionals to advance U.S. foreign affairs interests overseas and in
Washington.[2] FSI provides more than 800 courses—including over 70
foreign languages—to more than 170,000 enrollees a year from the
Department of State and more than 50 other government agencies and the
military service branches.[3] FSI is based at the National Foreign Affairs
Training Center in Arlington, Virginia.

The Institute's programs include training for the development of United


Seal of the U.S. Department of
States Foreign Service and Civil Service professionals, and for Foreign
State
Service Nationals who work at U.S. posts around the world. Ranging in
length from one day to two years, courses are designed to promote Agency overview
successful performance in each professional assignment, to ease the Formed March 13, 1947
adjustment to other countries and cultures, and to enhance the leadership Headquarters National Foreign
and management capabilities of the U.S. foreign affairs community. Other Affairs Training
courses and services help family members prepare for the demands of a Center, Arlington
mobile lifestyle and living abroad, and provide employees and their County, Virginia,
families with important information about such critical and timely topics U.S.
as emergency preparedness and cyber-security awareness, among others.
Employees 1,332 (As of
According to the Foreign Service Institute’s website, the Foreign Service December 2012)[1]
Institute is the U.S. government’s “premier foreign affairs training Annual $115 million (FY
provider...dedicated to ensuring the career-long learning opportunities budget 2012)[1]
required for success in today’s global arena. FSI promotes substantive,
Agency Daniel Bennett
regional, and linguistic expertise, leadership finesse, personal resilience
executive Smith, Director of
and innovative problem-solving. FSI serves the U.S. Department of State
FSI
and the entire U.S. government foreign affairs community as a strategic
enabler of diplomatic excellence.”[4] Parent U.S. Department of
department State
The Director of the Foreign Service Institute is equivalent in rank to an
Website state.gov/m/fsi/ (htt
Assistant Secretary of State,[5] and is appointed by the Secretary of State.
p://state.gov/m/fsi/)
The FSI Director is the Chief Learning Officer responsible for professional
training for the U.S. Department of State and federal foreign affairs
agencies.

Contents
History
Organization
See also
References
External links

History
The Foreign Service Institute was first proposed as an in-service, graduate-level training institute for State
Department employees and others in the Foreign Service. A number of different training schools and programs
preceded the Foreign Service Institute, including the Consular School of Application (1907), the Wilson Diplomatic
School (1909), the Foreign Service School (1924), the Foreign Service Officers' Training School (1931) and the Division
of Training Services (1945).

In 1946, President Truman signed legislation that enabled Secretary of State George C. Marshall to establish the
Institute on March 13, 1947. The Foreign Service Institute was initially authorized in Title VII of the Foreign Service
Act. The issuance of Departmental orders fulfilling this section of the Act were delayed by the need to first resolve
certain administrative issues. The orders were ultimately issued and, on March 13, 1947, Secretary of State George
Marshall announced the establishment of the Foreign Service Institute.[6]

In 1947, the Foreign Service Institute opened in the Mayfair Building in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of
Washington, D.C. at 2115 C Street NW, a building that was subsequently razed for the new State Department
headquarters.[7] The institute included four schools: Basic Officer Training, Advanced Officer Training, Management
and Administrative Training, and Language Training.[6] FSI then moved to leased space in Rosslyn, Virginia until
October 1993, when it relocated to its current home. In 1954, the Wriston Report criticized the resources and support
being devoted to FSI, and in the following year, FSI overhauled its curriculum, adding longer specialized training,
putting a greater emphasis on language training, and opening up courses to wives of Foreign Service Officers.[7][8]

In October 1993, FSI moved to the National Foreign Affairs Training Center in Arlington, Virginia, and remains
headquartered there today.[7][6][9]

In 2017, FSI celebrated the 70th anniversary of its founding, with the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training
releasing an e-book in honor of its anniversary.[10]

Organization
The Foreign Service Institute currently has four schools: Leadership and Management, Language Studies, Professional
and Area Studies, and Applied Information Technology, along with the Transition Center and an executive office for
administrative functions.[5][6][1]

The School of Language Studies (SLS)[11] offers instruction in more than 70 languages and proficiency testing in
over 100 languages. Enrollments may be 8–44 weeks, depending on the difficulty of the language and the individual's
proficiency objectives. The Foreign Service Institute's School of Language Studies also maintains a network of
language field schools in Taipei, Yokohama, Seoul, and other regional programs in the Middle East, North Africa, and
Asia where a further 44 weeks of instruction is offered overseas in Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Arabic.[5]
Programs and courses of study also include self-study, early morning classes and distance learning courses. FSI is a co-
creator of the speaking and reading language proficiency rating scales used throughout the U.S. government. SLS is
active within the U.S. government’s interagency community of language trainers and testers and frequently
benchmarks with external foreign affairs agencies on language instruction.

The School of Professional and Area Studies (SPAS)[12] offers training in foreign affairs specialties, such as
consular, management tradecraft, political and economic affairs, public diplomacy, curriculum and staff development,
office management, and orientation programs. It also offers guidance on the socio-cultural patterns, politics,
economics, and international relations of world regions and individual countries. SPAS provides tailored programs in
Consular, Economic and Commercial, Management, Office Management, Political, and Public Diplomacy, as well as
new-hire orientation programs and in-depth Area Studies courses. SPAS is also home to the Center for the Study of the
Conduct of Diplomacy (CSCD),[13] which examines recent diplomatic experiences in order to capture best practices
and lessons learned. CSCD produces comparative analyses which are incorporated into FSI training and used to help
prepare foreign affairs professionals at all ranks for the challenges faced at U.S. missions around the world.

The School of Applied Information Technology (SAIT)[14] is divided into four broad generalities: training to
improve the business application skills of all employees, training in the technologies employed across the Department
of State for IT professionals, IRM tradecraft courses that provide IT managers with broad IT management skills, and
training for new Information Management Specialists and Information Management Technical Specialists to prepare
them for initial and continued overseas employment with the Department.

The Leadership and Management School (LMS)[15] offers mandatory and elective leadership and management
training for supervisors and managers from entry to executive levels; roundtables and policy seminars for senior
leaders; and crisis management training overseas and at the National Foreign Affairs Training Center.[16]

The Transition Center (TC)[17] prepares employees and their family members for effectiveness in the foreign affairs
community throughout, and after, their careers. The Transition Center provides: insights and information on all
domestic and overseas posts; workshops and courses on Foreign Service life skills and security training; and training,
counseling, and other assistance for Department of State and foreign affairs employees from other agencies leaving
U.S. Government service. TC’s Center of Excellence in Foreign Affairs Resilience (CEFAR) provides consultations and
training designed to help individuals, family members, and teams perform in high-stress and high-level-threat
environments.

See also
Defense Language Institute – military counterpart for language instruction
Language education
List of language self-study programs
National Technical Information Service – US Government sales source for FSI language material.[18][19]
A-100 Class
Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training

References
1. "Inspection of the Foreign Service Institute" (https://oig.state.gov/system/files/209366.pdf) (PDF). Inspector
General of the Department of State. March 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
2. Zimmerman, Eilene (December 20, 2008). "Hiring Window Is Open at the Foreign Service" (https://www.nytimes.c
om/2008/12/21/jobs/21officers.html). New York Times. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
3. Reiser, Mindy (May 5, 2017). "Foreign Service Institute Prepares Government Workers for Global Careers" (http
s://www.washdiplomat.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15351:foreign-service-institute-prep
ares-government-workers-for-global-careers&catid=1557&Itemid=428). Washington Diplomat. Retrieved May 22,
2017.
4. "Foreign Service Institute" (https://www.state.gov/m/fsi/). U.S. Department of State. January 20, 2017. Retrieved
March 30, 2017.
5. "1 FAM 290 Foreign Service Institute (FSI)" (https://fam.state.gov/FAM/01FAM/01FAM0290.html). Foreign Affairs
Manual. U.S. Department of State. September 8, 2014. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
6. "The Battle to Create the Foreign Service Institute" (http://adst.org/2016/05/the-battle-to-create-the-foreign-service
-institute/). Association of Diplomatic Studies and Training. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
7. "Foreign Service Institute" (http://www.allgov.com/departments/department-of-state/foreign-service-institute?agen
cyid=7180). AllGov.com. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
8. " 'WRISTON REPORT' OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE" (https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/document/ci
a-rdp78-04718a000100250049-2). Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
9. "National Foreign Affairs Training Center 2017 Master Plan Update" (https://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/136234).
General Services Administration. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
10. Honley, Steven (March 5, 2017). FSI at 70: Future Forward: A History of the Foreign Service Institute. Arlington
Hall Press.
11. "1 FAM 297 School of Language Studies (FSI/SLS)" (https://fam.state.gov/FAM/01FAM/01FAM0290.html).
Foreign Affairs Manual. U.S. Department of State. December 23, 2013. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
12. "1 FAM 294 School of Area and Professional Studies (FSI/SPAS)" (https://fam.state.gov/FAM/01FAM/01FAM029
0.html). Foreign Affairs Manual. U.S. Department of State. July 13, 2011. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
13. Clark, Charles (February 3, 2016). "State Department Leaders Inaugurate New 'Lessons Learned' Center" (http://
www.govexec.com/management/2016/02/state-department-leaders-inaugurate-new-lessons-learned-center/1256
73/). Retrieved March 30, 2017.
14. "1 FAM 296 School of Applied Information Technology (FSI/SAIT)" (https://fam.state.gov/FAM/01FAM/01FAM029
0.html). Foreign Affairs Manual. U.S. Department of State. December 23, 2013. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
15. "1 FAM 295 Leadership and Management School (FSI/LMS)" (https://fam.state.gov/FAM/01FAM/01FAM0290.htm
l). Foreign Affairs Manual. U.S. Department of State. September 7, 2007. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
16. "State Dept's Leadership and Mgt School Needs Some Leadership, And It's Not Alone" (https://diplopundit.net/20
13/05/16/state-depts-leadership-and-mgt-school-needs-some-leadership-and-its-not-alone/). Diplopundit. May 16,
2013. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
17. "1 FAM 298 Transition Center (FSI/TC)" (https://fam.state.gov/FAM/01FAM/01FAM0290.html). Foreign Affairs
Manual. U.S. Department of State. December 23, 2013. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
18. "2012 National Audiovisual Center Collections" (http://www.ntis.gov/products/nac_browse.aspx). NTIS. Retrieved
August 1, 2012.
19. "Foreign Language Courses Produced by the Federal Government" (http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?view=image;
size=100;id=mdp.39015029980540;page=root;seq=3). National Audiovisual Center. 1989. pp. Introduction Letter.

External links
Foreign Service Institute (https://www.state.gov/m/fsi/)
U.S. Department of State (https://www.state.gov/)
Public Domain FSI Language Material (https://www.livelingua.com/fsi-language-courses.php)

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