JROTC Curriculum

Army JROTC Curriculum

The Army JROTC curriculum, which fully or partially addresses a number of national academic standards - including Common Core State Standards (CCSS) - includes coursework on leadership, civics, geography and global awareness, health, and wellness, language arts, life skills, and U.S. history. The curriculum is based on the principles of performance-based, learner-centered education and promotes the development of core abilities: capacity for life-long learning, communication, responsibility for actions and choices, good citizenship, respectful treatment of others, and critical thinking techniques.

More important than "what" is learned in JROTC is "how" it is learned. Every classroom is equipped with leading-edge technologies to teach, assess, and report student progress. Teachers are trained to utilize a range of technologies and develop social/emotional skills, support academic content through gaming and simulations, and promote the role of social media. Thus, students engage in meaningful, purposeful activities that lead them to demonstrate success through a portfolio of accomplishments.

Every learning experience in the curriculum addresses Core Abilities, Program Outcomes, and Course Competencies; building on their developing skills and abilities, which are critical to success in high school and post-secondary career.

Core Abilities

Core Abilities describe the broad, life-long skills that every Cadet needs for success in future life and career endeavors. The core abilities are a result of the goals and values that drive the JROTC program and are built upon the program’s four years by integrating various lesson competencies and skills throughout the JROTC curriculum. The Core Abilities are:

Apply critical thinking techniques
Build your capacity for life-long learning
Communicate using verbal, non-verbal, visual, and written techniques
Do your share as a good citizen in your school, community, country, and the world
Take responsibility for your actions and choices
Treat self and others with respect

Program Outcomes

Program outcomes describe what JROTC Cadets will know and be able to do upon successful completion of the JROTC program. These outcomes also provide documentation for growth and development of the student and program for re-accreditation purposes, school visitors, parents, and the community. As Cadets complete each LET, their journey toward program outcomes will occur; each program outcome is linked to every LET lesson in the curriculum. Evidence of learning can be witnessed through a Cadet’s Portfolio, which will showcase continued development of program outcomes. The JROTC Program Outcomes are:

Act with integrity and personal accountability as you lead others to succeed in a diverse and global workforce
Engage in civic and social concerns in the community, government, and society
Graduate prepared to succeed in post-secondary options and career pathways
Make decisions that promote positive social, emotional, and physical health
Value the role of the military and other service organizations

Course Competencies

Competencies describe discipline-specific measurable and observable skills, knowledge, and attitudes. They are targeted in each lesson of the curriculum. Performance standards (criteria and conditions) provide the specifications for assessing mastery of a competency. Cadets show 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

Leadership Education and Training (LET) 1

The mission of Leadership Education and Training (LET) is to motivate young people to be better citizens. To accomplish this purpose, the text discusses citizenship, leadership, and a number of other courses designed to help the cadets succeed in high school and after graduation. Cadets wear uniforms every day. The LET 1 Level consists of: Foundations of Army JROTC, Being A Leader, Leadership Skills, Know Yourself-Socrates, Learning to Learn, Study Skills, Communication Skills, and Conflict Resolution. Extracurricular activities include Color Guard, Drill team, and Rifle team competition, and participation in local community events.

INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS EARNED:

Is-100.B: Introduction to Incident to Command System, ICS-100

Leadership Education and Training (LET) 2

The second year of Leadership Education and Training is split into units including Techniques of Communication, Leadership, Cadet Challenge, Leadership Lab, First Aid, Map Reading, History, Your American Citizenship, Career Opportunities, and Role of the U.S. Army. The wearing of the uniform and extracurricular activities are the same as for LET I.

INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS EARNED:

IS-200.C: Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response, ICS-200

Leadership Education and Training (LET) 3

The third year of Leadership Education and Training provides additional leadership situations. In this year students will not only be more involved as teachers and leaders within the cadet battalion, but they will also do more independent studies in the areas of communication, leader, first aid, history, map reading, career opportunities, and technology awareness. The wearing of the uniform and the extracurricular activities are the same as for LET I.

Leadership Education and Training (LET) 4

The fourth-year Cadets are responsible for the daily Cadet administration and perform as commanders and staff officers. They act as assistant instructors in some subject areas for other JROTC classes. They continue to develop their leadership skills and plan special unit events such as the military ball and the annual awards banquet as well as several Leadership camps.

INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS EARNED:

Lean Six Sigma White and Green Belt

Community Emergency Response Team

DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSE:

Public Management 2000 Austin Peay State University

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