Cadet Joshua Pravel OFFICER TRAINING SCHOOL

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Cadet Joshua PravelOFFICER TRAINING SCHOOL

• Recruiting and Retention
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Overview

• RECRUITING CADETS
• Target Audience
• When to Recruit Cadets
• What Not To Say
• What To Say 
• Recruiting Material 
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• RECRUITING SENIOR MEMBERS
• Target Audience
• When to Recruit Senior 
•   Members
•  What to Say
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• KEEPING CADETS
• The Squadron Meeting
• What to Include
• Activities

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Recruiting Cadets

• MAJORITY OF NEW MEMBERS
• Middle School Students
• Home school Students
• Military Families
• Academy Candidates
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• TARGET AREAS
• Middle Schools
• Home school groups
• Military bases

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Recruiting Cadets Cont.

• WHEN TO RECRUIT CADETS
• Start of the school year
• End of the School year
• Open houses
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• WHAT NOT TO SAY
• "In CAP, we fly all the time."
• "CAP works for the Air Force"
• "CAP saves lives!"

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Recruiting Cadets Cont.

• WHAT TO SAY
• Explain what prospects will be doing on a weekly
  basis
• Advertise squadron and wing activities
• Be honest
• RECRUITING MATERIAL
• Well put together squadron videos
• Built around  
•   Squadron activities

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Recruiting Senior Members

• TARGET AUDIENCE
• Military Personnel
• Parents of Cadets
• Educators
• Pilots
• WHEN TO RECRUIT
• Squadron Meetings
• Open Houses
• During cadet recruiting

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Recruiting Senior Members cont.

• WHAT TO SAY
• They will be helping cadets
• They will be helping their child/children
• We can use your skill set

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Keeping Cadets

• "I don't know why, but I can't seem to keep any
  of my cadets."
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• THE MONOTONOUS SQUADRON
• Cadets are not promoting
• Meetings that are similar and dull
• No active recruiting
• Little cadet activity
• Low percent of attendance
• Little to no communication among staff
• Few Squadron activities

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Keeping Cadets Cont.

• THE SQUADRON MEETING
• Group Leadership Projects
• Break up dry material
• Classes should be relevant to squadron needs
• Use movie case studies to teach leadership
• Do not have too long meetings
• Recognize cadets on a quarterly basis

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Sample Meeting Schedule

• CURRY COMPOSITE SQUADRON MEETING SCHEDULEDATE 1
  Jan 2999LOCATION Office of Emergency Management
  (OEM)TIME 1800 2100MEETING Character
  Development/ Cadet Great StartUOD Battle Dress
  Uniform (BDU)
• 1800 Opening/ Overview of Meeting                
                                                   
            C/Lt Col Curry
• 1810 Character Development                      
                                            
  Chaplain (Capt) Goddard1910 GLP Its All in The
  Cards                                            
                                         C/TSgt
  Spaatz 
• 2000 Drill                                      
                                                   
                              C/CMSgt Earhart 
• 2020 Uniform Class                               
                                                   
                   C/CMSgt Earhart
• 2040 Break 
• 2150 Announcements                              
                                                  
                      C/Lt Col Curry
• 2100 Dismiss                                     
                                                   
                             Lt Col Douhet

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Keeping Cadets cont.

• SQUADRON ACTIVITIES
• You cannot rely on Wing or Group to keep your
  cadets 
• Start a Color Guard and Drill Team
• Assists in recruiting and retention
• Activities do not need to be overnight

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QUESTIONS?

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