JROTC Curriculum Briefing

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JROTC Curriculum Briefing
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JROTC Curriculum

• Seven Units of Instruction
• Citizenship in Action
• Leadership Theory and Application
• Foundations for Success
• Wellness, Fitness, and First Aid
• Geography, Map Skills and Environmental Awareness
• Citizenship in History and Government
• Cadet Safety and Civilian Marksmanship Program
  (Optional)
• Interactive/Multi-media/Developed
• in conjunction with the latest
• research on student learning

Students can earn up to 8 hours of college credit
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CURRICULUM BACKGROUND

• JROTC curriculum first developed in 1987
  Emphasized citizenship mission
• Revised one year at a time thereafter until 2000
• In 2000 completely revised all 4 years adding
• technology and aligning by unit
• 2004 POI revised to identify mandatory core
• lessons
• Matched to standards
• Basic and Advanced presentations

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NATIONAL STANDARDS
Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning
(McRel Standards) are linked to each lesson to
show a cross-connection with the JROTC curriculum
and the standard curriculum taught in high
schools. National Standards that are addressed
are

• Life Work
• Self Regulation
• Thinking and Reasoning
• U.S. History
• Working with Others

• Citizenship Civics
• Economics
• Geography
• Health
• Language Arts
• Life Skills

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COMPETENCIES

• Address the intended learning results
• Describe discipline-specific skills, knowledge,
  and attitudes that are measurable and observable.
  
• Provide specifications for assessing mastery of a
  competency.
• Show they were learned when applied in the
  completion of assessment tasks that require one
  or more of the following
• make a decision
• perform a skill
• perform a service
• solve a problem
• create a product

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CORE ABILITIES

• Core Abilities in each lesson describe broad
• life-long skills that every cadet needs for
  success in career and life roles.

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FOUR PHASE LESSON PLAN
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STUDENT LEARNING PLANS

• Each lesson includes a Student
• Learning Plan that mirrors the
• Instructors Lesson Plan to
• Answer the questions students need to know
• Guide students through the four-phase lesson
• Help learners take responsibility for own
  learning
• Support student metacognition

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THINKING MAPS
Thinking Maps are a common visual language in
the learning community for transferring thinking
processes, integrating learning, and for
continuously assessing progress.
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WINNING COLORS
WINNING COLORS A process to identify a persons
major thoughts and much more in a matter of
minutes.
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CLASSROOM PERFORMANCE SYSTEM


The Classroom Performance System (CPS) is an easy-to-use Infra Red (IR) response system that obtains immediate feedback from every student.
Streamlines grading Allows students to take tests at their own pace Benchmarks test scores Produces immediate results Provides a non-threatening environment for total participation

• 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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FINANCIAL PLANNING

• JROTC teaches cadets how to manage money
• The High School Financial Planning Program
• National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE)
• Introduces fundamental financial concepts
• Teaches essential money management skills
• 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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College Credit!

• College Credit for Cadets
• Students can earn up to 8 college credits per
  2 credit course from University of Colorado,
  Colorado Springs
• Personal Management and Community Service LEAD
  150 (HS Financial Planning)
• Character Development and Community Service
  LEAD 151 (Winning Colors)
• Citizenship and Community Service
  LEAD 152 (You The People)
• Organizational Leadership
  LEAD 499 (Cadet Ride)

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ENTERING COLLEGE

• 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 Financing College
Award winning Financing College CD-ROM
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JROTC AWARDS
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CONCLUSION

• JROTC
• Teaches citizenship and leadership roles
• Integrates current instructional strategies
• Maximizes multi-media materials
• Employs student centered learning
• Aligns to McRel National Standards
• Offers 8 hours of cadet college credit