The NWSC is a NATO approved course and addresses the following NATO training requirement:

• Prepare written documents IAW NATO conventions 

The NWSC is listed in eTOC under ETE-LA-36738

Course Description

The NATO Writing Strategies Course is a fully online course for newly-appointed or future staff officers with a current STANAG 6001 writing level of 2+ or 3.  The course is designed to develop their work-related writing skills and to familiarize them with strategies for producing written documents and correspondence IAW NATO conventions.  The four-week/35-hour course includes online synchronous sessions of 1.5 hours twice per week and asynchronous assignments of approximately 4-6 hours. In addition, 1 hour per week of online conferencing is scheduled to provide participants with individualized feedback on their writing. In the four weeks, participants will write a summary, a formal e-mail, a point paper, an executive summary, and an integrative-skills opinion paragraph.  The final week culminates in a portfolio assessment of their work.

The self-paced online English Language Training Enhancement Course2 (ELTEC2) is an important component and included in pre-course assignments.  Participants work with authentic NATO documents as well as their own job-related written material to refine their writing through tailored lessons, peer-interaction, and continuous feedback.

Final Learning Outcome

• Develop participants’ work-related writing skills
• Familiarize them with strategies for producing NATO-specific writing 

Learning Objectives

• Produce clear, concise and well-organized writing 
• Demonstrate STANAG 6001 Level 3 (professional) writing proficiency 
• Implement standard NATO conventions in written documents and correspondence 
• Apply the principles of the writing process 

Develop editing skills (self-editing and peer-editing)

Duration: 4 weeks

Eligibility:  Newly-appointed or future staff officers with a current STANAG 6001 writing level of 2+ or 3 who have a job performance requirement to write NATO documents.  The course is limited to 8 participants.

Registration Process:  12 weeks before the start of the course, invitations will be issued to appropriate Points of Contact.  Applications from qualified candidates will be accepted on a first come, first served basis.

Email: BILC [at] marshallcenter.org (BILC[at]marshallcenter[dot]org)