TEACHERS: CHRISTOPHER ROBERTSON MAJOR, US ARMY (Retired)
EARL SAGUCIO, MSG, US ARMY (Retired)
COURSE: Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC)
Leadership Education and Training (LET) Levels 1, 2, 3, and 4
GRADES: 9 – 12
CREDIT: One elective credit per year. Promotion to next LET level awarded upon the successful completion of all four quarters. Opportunities to earn additional ½ elective credit during annual JROTC spring and summer training courses.
PERIODS: 1, 2, 3, and 4
COURSE DESCRIPTION: The goal of the JROTC program is to motivate young people to be better citizens. The program prepares high school students for responsible leadership roles while making them aware of their rights, responsibilities, and privileges as American citizens. The program promotes graduation from high school. It is a cooperative effort on the part of the U.S. Army and the school. Although the JROTC program is NOT intended as a means to recruit potential military personnel, satisfactory completion of the program can lead to advanced placement credit in the Senior (college) ROTC Program or to advanced rank upon enlistment in the U.S. Armed Forces.
ENROLLMENT REQUIREMENTS: To be eligible for enrollment and continuance as a member of the Junior ROTC Program, each student participant must meet the following requirements:
a. Education. The student must be enrolled in and attending a full-time
regular course at an institution offering JROTC instruction or at a full-time accredited educational activity that has an agreement with the host institution (to include home schools) to allow the student to participate in JROTC.
b. Grade. The student must be in a grade above the eighth grade during the school year of
enrollment.
c. Academic Standing. The student must maintain an acceptable standard of academic
achievement and standing, as required by the JROTC program and host institution.
d. Conduct and Character. Cadets must maintain an acceptable standard of conduct. Those in leadership positions are expected to demonstrate high personal standards in order to set the example. All cadets should be honest, self-reliant, and have a sense of personal and social responsibility in performing unit and other academic assignments. They must exhibit self-discipline and respect for constituted authority through observance of laws, rules, and regulations; by prompt and regular attendance at instruction; and in their general demeanor. Cadets who fail to meet standards will be removed from leadership positions. All cadets will be screened at the end of each school year and will only be readmitted to the program with the approval of the SAI.
e. Physical Ability. The student must be able to participate in the physical education program in the school. This requirement, under the secondary school’s open enrollment policy and when desired by the Principal and SAI of the school, may be waived. However, the school will provide any special equipment or additional instructors that may be needed to instruct these students at no cost to the government. The school must also work with the instructor to ensure these students do not cause disruption to the presentation of the JROTC curriculum.
f. Screening Tests. The student will successfully complete surveys and screening tests, as may be prescribed by the school or U.S. Army Cadet Command.
Reference: Para 3-11, AR 145-2 (24 February 2000).
TEXTBOOKS: Students are assigned a Leadership Education and Training (LET) 1, 2, 3, or 4 textbook, depending on their LET level. First year cadets are LET Level 1, second year cadets are LET Level 2, etc.. Each textbook has corresponding exercises. Textbooks are normally maintained in the JROTC classroom.
CONENT STANDARDS TO BE EMPHASIZED: Performance assessment is driven by competencies, major skills or abilities needed to perform a task efficiently and effectively. Course competencies are desired outcomes stated in observable and measurable terms telling students what they will be able to do, as the result of a given learning experience. There are 84 competencies in the JROTC program (LET 1 through LET 4) numbered consecutively, allowing them to be traced and linked to competencies in other instructional units and to the desired learning outcomes throughout the entire curriculum.
Student Learning Outcomes
1. Maximize potential for success through learning and self-management
2. Develop leadership skills
3. Incorporate principles of mental and physical wellness into behaviors and decisions
4. Build effective relationships with peers, co-workers, and the community
5. Apply physical and political geography to building global awareness
6. Correlate the rights and responsibilities of citizenship to the purposes of the U.S. Government
7. Relate events in U.S. history to choices and responsibilities Americans have today
8. Characterize the role of the military and other national service organizations in building a democracy and maintaining peace in a democratic society
These program outcomes describe what JROTC cadets will know and be able to do upon successful completion of the JROTC program. They serve as a tool for summarizing and communicating the intended results of the JROTC program. The program outcomes provide the foundation for mastery of the intended proficiencies and help instructors and cadets begin and progress through the curriculum in a collective manner.
Core Abilities
1. Build your capacity for life-long learning
2. Communicate using verbal, non-verbal, visual, and written techniques
3. Take responsibility for your actions and choices
4. Do your share, as a good citizen in your school, community, county, and world
5. Treat self and others with respect and dignity
6. Apply critical thinking techniques
The JROTC core abilities describe the broad, life-long skills that every cadet needs for success in all career and life roles. They are drawn from the overall goals and values that drive the JROTC program. Core abilities are not learned in one lesson or LET level, but rather they are linked to lesson competencies in order to integrate throughout the JROTC curriculum.
Competencies
Each JROTC lesson addresses a competency, as the intended learning result. Competencies describe discipline-specific skills, knowledge, and attitudes that are measurable and observable. Performance standards (criteria and conditions) provide the specifications for assessing mastery of a competency. Cadets demonstrate they have learned competencies by applying them in the completion of assessment tasks that require them to do one or more of the following:
· Make a decision
· Perform a skill
· Perform a service
· Solve a problem
· Create a product
National Standards
The JROTC curriculum fully or partially addresses a number of the McREL academic standards:
· Citizenship
· Economics / Financial Planning
· Health
· Life Skills
· Civics
· Life Work
· Self Regulation
· U.S. History
· Language Arts
· Geography
· Thinking and Reasoning
· Working with Others
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
Supplies: Pencil and paper for class. Soft cloth/rag and brass cleaner (Brasso) to maintain cadet uniforms. Uniforms also require periodic cleaning. (NOTE: Pants, skirts, and slacks should be DRY CLEANED, if at all possible. All other supplies are furnished free of charge for use in the classroom.
Attendance / Participation: Cadets are expected to attend all mandatory scheduled training (e.g. class instruction, selected parades, and review ceremonies) unless excused via written parent/guardian request. Participation in extracurricular activities is highly encouraged but voluntary. Extra credits (merits) are awarded for participation in extracurricular activities (e.g. school and community service events).
Class Work: Class work is primarily lecture, audio/visual, subject-related exercises, and participative demonstration/application (e.g. drill and ceremonies).
Other Expectations: Students are expected to be present for instruction at prescribed times, present a neat appearance, conduct themselves in a mature manner, follow instructions given by instructors and senior peer leaders, wear the appropriate uniform in the proper manner, and complete homework assignments, as instructed. Unexcused absences, non-participation in mandatory scheduled training, swearing, rudeness, or fighting are grounds for lower grades and/or dismissal from the JROTC program. Students are responsible for making up missed assignments and/or tests. Students will NOT be allowed to make up assignments or tests given on days for which they have an unexcused absence.
GRADING POLICY: Quarterly / Semester / Year-End grades are determined in accordance with the following -
1. Grades for all JROTC classes will be based on the following point system:
GradePoint Percentage
A 100-90
B 89-80
C 79-70
D 69-60
F 59 & below
2. In order to achieve the point total listed above, the following comprise the key components of JROTC grades:
Class Participation & Peer Evaluations 20% of grade
Drill Participation & Uniform Wear 20%
Written assignments (e.g. essays, 10%
research projects, etc.)
Written exams & quizzes 20%
Merit / Demerit self-discipline evaluation 20%
Co-curricular participation (e.g. parades,
community service /school service, etc.) 10%
· NOTE: Three (3) uexcused absences from any scheduled Uniform Day (every Monday) and/or Battalion Drill (every Monday, immediately after school) will constitute a failuregrade for that quarter.
HOMEWORK POLICY: Homework is rarely assigned beyond normal review of class notes, in preparation for class participation and tests. Preparation (i.e. cleaning, ironing, and affixing relative awards/insignias) and proper wear of uniform on prescribed JROTC uniform days is considered ‘homework’ for all JROTC cadets. When assigned, written homework requirements are expected to be turned in during the next class period or as directed by the teacher. All points credited toward an assignment will be deducted if that assignment is not turned in on time.