Building a Framework for Learning

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Building a Framework for Learning
Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC)
Leadership Education Training (LET) A
Leadership and Character Development Program
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Program Overview
Measures of Effectiveness SY 06-07
Senior Cadets 25,056
Senior Cadets 22,262
286,000
281,000
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JROTC Units
ALASKA 7
NH 2
5 ME
9 WA
VT 3
3 ND
3 MT
5 OR
6 MN
MA 12
23 NY
1 ID
5 WI
5 SD
RI 3
44 MI
2 WY
28 PA
CT 5
4 IA
44 IL
NJ 21
22 OH
8 NE
13 NV
21 IN
56 VA
DE 4
18 WV
5 UT
MD 24
9 KS
32 MO
21 CO
55 KY
91 CA

DC 11
117 NC
83 SC
73 TN
19 OK
24 AR
23 AZ
DODDS
14 NM
78 AL
94 GA
49 MS
Germany 10
65 LA
184 TX
Hawaii 17
Korea 2
139 FL
Am. Samoa 6
Japan 2
Guam 3
Italy 1
North Marianas 5

Virgin Islands 3
NDCC units 25
Puerto Rico 4
Under Subscribed States

Nov 07
Over Subscribed
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Title 10, US Code Sec. 539 2033 DOD
Instruction 1203.15 Army Regulation 145-2 Cadet
Command Reg. 145-2 School Army Contract

• What we dont do
• Require a service
• obligation
• Recruit for the Armed
• Forces
• Conduct combat skills
• training

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Instructors 3992 employed 1932 certified
(unemployed) 144 vacant positions
Instructor Pay Paid on Active Duty Retired
Pay Difference
The School and the Army Split
the Difference the school pays the instructor
40K and the Army reimburses the school 20K
(Reservists can be hired but do not receive
retired pay until they are 62)
Certified by the Army
80K 40K 40K
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Information Technology (provided by JROTC)

• JROTC Classroom Automation Equipment
• Computer (one per instructor/one per classroom)
• LCD Projector
• Screen
• Multifunction Unit (copier, printer, scanner,
  FAX)
• Digital Camera
• 32 TV
• DVD Player
• Walk and Talk Smart-board
• Classroom Performance System (CPS)

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Leveraged Contributions

• Staff training and travel for curriculum
  specialists and HQ staff
• Experienced, trained, qualified instructors
• Instructor Certification process and management
• 15 hours a week of routine Adjunct Faculty work
  associated with JROTC activities are without
  compensation
• Trips and Scholarships for cadets
• Support from the service/other services
• Web portal and Unit management software support
• Other military and civic organizations

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JROTC Established in Law

• National Defense Act 1916 Presented military
  instruction to Officers at colleges and
  universities (ROTC). Organized JROTC at all
  other public or private educational institutions
• The ROTC Revitalization Act of 1964 Directs
  military departments establish JROTC at qualified
  secondary schools
• U.S. Code, Title 10, Section 2031 Outlines
  Junior Reserves Officers Training Corps for all
  services. Instill in students in U.S. secondary
  educational institutions the values of
  citizenship, service to the U.S. and personal
  responsibility and a sense of accomplishment
• The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)
  2007 Recognizes JROTC Instructors as qualified
  to teach JROTC and embedded subjects such as
  health and physical education upon completion of
  the Army Certification Process

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SACS and CITA Accreditation

• the implementation of a comprehensive quality
  of educational delivery system for students,
  including enrollment, newly developed curriculum,
  lesson plans, counseling, and evaluation.
• As a result, the Army can be trusted by the
  public to provide a quality service consistent
  with its advertised promise
• a comprehensive educational model that ensures
  student successThe Army is commended for its use
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• technology, especially in the classrooms
  utilized for instruction
• shedding most of its early military content
  while citizenship, communications, leadership,
  life skills evolved as the core of the program
• improved student-centered curriculum introduced
  in every JROTC classroomwhich reinforces
  competencies taught in other academic
  subjectsand includes learning styles, multiple
  intelligences, critical thinking strategies,
  reflectionall utilized to build a quality
  educational program
• work to get courses accepted as requirements or
  required electives

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Instructor Certification Training
DL courses Evaluated by the University of
Colorado at Colorado Springs Rio Salado toward
teacher licensure, graduate, or undergraduate
credit 3 Cont Am Ed/Dynamic Teaching 3
Classroom Management 3 Educational Psychology 3
Secondary Methods 3 Learning and the Brain

• Continuing Education - Shared Responsibility
• Four Step Plan
• JROTC Instructor Training
• Initial Qualification
• Distance Learning Course 15 hours of college
  credit
• Certification Course 3 hours
  of college credit
• Recurring Training Seminars
• (30 Additional College Credits Possible)
• Individual Continuing Education/ Distance
  Learning
• School Staff Development

48 Hours Total College Credits Available
600 instructors will attend resident training
annually 1200 will receive training to sustain
certification
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Distance Learning Courses
The JROTC Distance Learning courses are designed
to provide all instructors with an overview of
the latest research into effective practices and
classroom strategies.
EDU 105 Contemporary American Education/Dynamic
Teaching This course provides Junior ROTC
instructors with an overview of the strategies
used in the classroom for teaching students. It
reviews both the Quantum Learning and Brain
Compatible Learning DVD-ROMS. It is a compilation
of all of the educational components of the basic
DL course. The course refers to a book, Schools
that Work, by Robert Marzano but the book is not
necessary unless the course is being completed
for college credit through UCCS.
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Distance Learning Courses
Z EDU 106 Secondary Methods   This course
discusses how to teach effectively in today's
secondary schools. It develops an understanding
of various learning modes, learning styles,
multiple intelligence's, questioning techniques,
and other instructional strategies to engage
students and be effective in today's secondary
school classroom. The course demonstrates how to
use effective lesson plan design as well as
various assessment techniques. It also
demonstrates strategies for ongoing professional
development for teachers.
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Distance Learning Courses
Z EDU 107 Learning and the Brain   This course
describes the roles, functions, processes, and
physical makeup of the brain and how it can be
leveraged for optimal learning. It defines the
structure of the brain, how it functions, and how
to enhance student cognition and development of
academic skills. The course will also provide the
JROTC instructor with tools to help the student
understand short and long term memory, identify
factors that influence students ability to
remember, and understand higher level thinking
and effective problem solving.
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Distance Learning Courses
Z EDU 108 Educational Psychology This course
explains the cognitive, linguistic, personal,
social, and moral development of individuals as
well as individual and group differences. The
course also describes behaviorist and social
cognitive views of learning, intrinsic and
extrinsic motivation, and informal and formal
assessments.
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Distance Learning Courses
Z EDU 109 Classroom Management This course will
provide Junior ROTC instructors with the
information needed to focus on the core
principles and practices of classroom management.
This course blends a humanistic, competency-based
approach with an applied, research-based,
behavior management approach to provide
instructors with the best current thinking on
effective classroom management.
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Program of Instruction

•   Course LET 1 LET 2 LET 3 LET 4 TOTAL
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•  Unit 1-Citizenship in Action 18   2  6 26
•  Unit 2-Leadership Theory App 18   12 10 40
•  Unit 3-Foundations for Success 30   36 16 82
•  Unit 4-Wellness/Fitness/Frst Aid  28     28
•  Unit 5-Geography, Map Skills   2    2
•  Unit 6-Citizenship/History/Govt  36 16   52
• Leadership Application 20 20 20 20 80
•  Cadet Challenge  10 10 10 10 40
•  Service Learning/Cty Service 10 10 10 10 40
•  Administration/Testing/Inspections 24 24 24 24 96
  
•  Additional Teaching Leadership
  Hours 0 0 0 34 34
• State JROTC Elective Hours 50 50 50 50 200
• TOTAL HOURS  180 180 180 180 720

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Curriculum Supported by Robust and Engaging
Content

• You the People/We the People
• NEFE Financial Management and Financing College
• Winning Colors
• Service Learning Lions Quest Skills for Action
• Success Profiler

• Thinking Maps
• Interactive/Multi-media/Developed in conjunction
  with the latest research on student learning
• Hardbound texts (Pearsons Publishing)
• Learning Styles and Emotional Intelligence
  Assessments
• SAT/ACT Prep and Preparing for College

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Research Based

• JROTC Curriculum Developers engage in continuous
  research and classroom evaluation and
  assessment/are members of the Association of
  Supervision Curriculum Development, attend the
  annual conference.
• Development heavily based on Robert Marzanos
  research. Curriculum includes only
  subjects/programs essential for students to know
  in order to succeed in school and in life.
• Use subject matter experts to implement
  instruction, training, and evaluation (student
  learning, lesson plan, multi-media development,
  games and simulations, SAT/ACT/test prep,
  web-based/live competitions, etc.).
• Surveys developed by RAND Corporation and
  leveraged curriculum support by the Center for
  Enhanced Performance at West Point

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JROTC Student Learning Plans are derived from the
4-Phase JROTC Lesson Plans.
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Student Learning Plans

• Answer the questions students need to know
• Guide students through the four-phase lesson
• Help students take responsibility for own
  learning
• Support student metacognition (self- management
  of learning)

Student Learning plan
Why is this important? What will I learn to
do? How will I know that Im succeeding? What
knowledge and skills will I learn along the
way? How will I learn to do it? How will I show
that I have learned?
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Test Preparation

• March2Success
• An on-line, test preparation course that will
  provide help with taking standardized tests, and
  improves Math and English skills.

http//www.march2success.com
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Entering and Financing College
Award winning Financing College CD-ROM
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The Success Profiler

• The Success Profiler is a systematic,
  research- based assessment and skill-building
  system designed for the following purposes

• Purpose
• Learn how to manage anger
• Adapt to change
• Develop leadership skills
• Enhance ability to learn
• Promote sensitivity diversity
• Build teamwork skills
• Prevent violent behavior

• Profile
• Anger Management Profile
• The Change Profile
• The Leadership Profile
• The Learning Profile
• The Sensitivity Profile
• The Team Profile
• The Violence Prevention Profile

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Classroom Performance System

• Stronger accountability for results
• Reduces workload while it
• captures achievement data and
• helps meet accountability goals
• Includes parents and students in
• the educational process

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CPS in Use!
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CPS Games
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CPS Games
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Land Navigation
This is for Cadets!
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Citizens On Patrol (C.O.P)
This is for Cadets!
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Government in Action
Facilitator Tool
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JROTC Integrated Curricular Activities
Adopt-a-School Program All JROTC units involved
in a mentorship program with middle and/or
elementary schools annually Service Learning All
JROTC units are involved in quality
service-learning and community service
projects Presidents Physical Fitness
Program/Cadet Challenge All Cadets strive to earn
certificates. They also compete in teams within
their unit and as a larger team among JROTC
programs
Leadership
Academic
JROTC Cadet Leadership Challenge (JCLC)
Drill
Raider (Competitive Physical Fitness Skills)
Marksmanship
Orienteering
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2022 Strategy

• The purpose is to continue to build JROTC as a
  premier 21st Century Learning Program which
  includes
• Foundationally solid curriculum with increasingly
  effective components that entice students to
  participate in class and that help cadets to
  learn in less time with greater retention
• Knowledgeable, skilled staff and cadre who know
  how to develop communities of learning and, as a
  team, take ALL cadets to higher levels of
  achievement than ever imagined
• Robust competition and evaluation program that
  embraces academics, leadership, and citizenship
  principles
• JROTC is a continually evolving and growing
  program
• JROTC cannot be matched as a win-win for
  students, parents, the school district, and the
  taxpayers

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JROTC
Leadership Character Student Success!