Building a Framework for Learning JROTC Leadership Education

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Building a Framework for Learning
JROTC Leadership Education and Training (Leadershi
p, Character, and Student Success)
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Agenda

• Project Partnership for all
  Students Success (PASS)
• Program Overview
• Challenges
• Curriculum Manager
• Our Goal
• Conclusion

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Take Aways

• Awareness of the State of Cadet Command
• A deeper knowledge of why we do what we do
• Confidence in the direction of the curriculum
• A mental framework for curriculum design
  efforts
• Clarity about the role of the JROTC instructor
• Why JROTC is successful

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Partnership for All Student Success (PASS)

• Six states (Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Kansas,
  Mississippi, Nebraska) will participate in the
  pilot
• Eligible Local Education Agencies (LEA) select
  one high school and the high schools feeder
  middle schools to participate in Project PASS
• High schools must have an attrition rate of at
  least 30 and currently be in School Improvement,
  Corrective Action, or Restructuring
• Students at these schools will self-select into
  the program through a school-based application
  process
• Students may begin participating in middle school
  and remain in Project PASS through their high
  school careers

States/Schools/Students
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JROTC Overview
JROTC Goals
Measures of Effectiveness SY 08-09

• Promote citizenship
• Develop leadership critical/creative thinking
• Teach to Communicate effectively
• Improve physical fitness
• Provide incentive to live drug-free
• Strengthen positive self-motivation
• Provide global awareness to include a historical
  perspective of military service
• Train to work as a team member
• Inspire to graduate from High School, attend
  institutions of higher learning, and pursue
  meaningful careers particularly in the areas of
  science, technology, engineering, mathematics

JROTC Curriculum

• Citizenship in Action, Leadership Theory and
  Application
• Foundations for Success in Wellness, Fitness,
  and First Aid
• Geography, Map Skills and Environmental
  Awareness
• Citizenship in American History and Government
• Cadet Safety and Civilian Marksmanship Program
  (Optional)
• Integrated Curricular Activities

286,000 High School Cadets 1645 JROTC Units 31
NDCC Units

• National Competitions
• JROTC Leadership Symposium Academic Bowl
  (JLAB)
• Air Rifle (Army Championship and All-Service)
• Precision Drill (Regional Army JROTC,
  All-Service National)
• Physical Fitness

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Quantitative Justification

• In Maryland, 9.18 of HS students are enrolled in
  Army JROTC.
• JROTC Cadets were awarded 4,092,460 in
  scholarship money.
• JROTC Cadets and Instructors performed 47,352
  hours of community service.

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Challenges

• Re-location to Fort Knox
• Brigade Realignment
• Expansion
• Budget/Funding
• Uniforms
• Credit Licensure
• Continued Accreditation
• Technology
• Actual Curriculum Use
• Training Support
• JROTC Branding
• Crisis in Education
• Your Weapon Military Academic Achievement
  Technology

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U.S. Education On-Going Challenge

• For the last two decades the graduation rate has
  remained relatively stable
• Overall 70
• African American 56
• Hispanic 52

Which means each year 3.5 million youth ages 16
to 25 are not enrolled in school and do not have
a high school diploma!
Information adapted from Information Paper, LTC
Buck, ATAL-AM, U.S. Army 1 Education Working
Paper No. 8. Public High School Graduation and
College Readiness Rates 1991-2002, by Jay P.
Greene and Marcus A. Winters, Manhattan Institute
for Policy Research, February, 2005. Accessed on
the Internet at http//www.manhattan-institute.org
/html/ewp_08.htm, 29 Nov 07. 1 The Silent
Epidemic Perspectives of High School Dropouts,
By John M. Bridgeland, John J. DiIulio, Jr. and
Karen Burke Morison, Civic Enterprises in
Association with Peter D. Hart Research
Associates March, 2006 page, 1.
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U.S. Student Perspective
Information adapted from Information Paper, LTC
Buck, ATAL-AM, U.S. Army 1 The Silent
Epidemic Perspectives of High School Dropouts,
By John M. Bridgeland, John J. DiIulio, Jr. and
Karen Burke Morison, Civic Enterprises in
Association with Peter D. Hart Research
Associates March, 2006 page, 1.
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The Goal

• Work on the Challenges
• ..but keep the Goal in mind
• So what is the Goal?
• To Win the War

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Your New Weapon

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The Time to Improve is Now

• The moment to attack, is more important than all
  others.
• Recognizing and acting at that moment is key.
• Action is hesitations enemy.
• Among military leaders there is an adage that a
  70 percent solution acted on immediately is
  always better than a perfect solution acted on
  later.

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We Have Reached the 70 Solution

• with a team effort!!

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The Future (5 Years)
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The Instructional Designers
Nancy Hite Project Lead and Sr ISD
Caryn Small ISD
LaDonna Haynes-Cottrell ISD
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The Programmers
Husam Saoudi Lead Software Developer
Janice Donovan Web DL Developer
Teresa Hahn Software Developer
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The Graphic Artists
Carl Early Video Editor and 3D Animator
Emily Knick Video Editor and 3D Animator
Chris Toon Video Editor and 3D Animator
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Narrator
QA
Jennifer Willis Narrator for Cadet DL
John Williams Lead QA and Analyst/Programmer
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eInstruction

SAIC
Janet Sankar ISD/Training Developer
Sonny Bynum Magic Man
Steve Huff, Ph.D Director of Federal Accounts
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WIDS Team
Leah Osborn
Hal Zenisek
Kim Vosicky