5 YEAR PLAN "If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.“ --Yogi Berra Former NY Yankees Baseball Player 5 YEAR PLAN PCHS JROTC 6th Brigade MAJOR Calvin A. Morris, SAI Pike County High School Brundidge, Alabama 36010

AGENDA 5 Year Plan Format Advantages of Format Student Benefits of using 5 Year Plan Modified 5 Year Plan Implementation during School Year Small Group Work with scenarios Discussion/Questions

Cadet Five Year Plan Where do you want to be in 5 years Today’ s Date Actions/Milestones Year 2 Actions/Milestones Year 3 Actions/Milestones Year 4 Actions/Milestones Year 5 Where you want to be Year 1 Goals Year 2 Goals Year 3 Goals Year 4 Goals Year 5 Goal

Advantages of Format "Without goals, and plans to reach them, Changeable Easy to modify Inexpensive Easy Boxes by year Allows student freedom/ creativity Used by all LET levels Working Document Keep throughout program Allows for reviews and updates Handwritten "Without goals, and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination." --Fitzhugh Dodson

Student Benefits Assists in Helping Students Graduate Teaches Backward planning Long Term Goal Setting Helps Freshmen Understand GPA’s College planning Used Throughout Curriculum

Examples of Goals Pass the Cadet Challenge with a score of 75% in every event or better Run the mile in 8 min Join the Latin Club Perform 20 hours of community service for the year Work with JROTC on 3 football games Wear my uniform every week Go to a technical school to become a mechanic Save $500 this year for college Save $500 towards a car from my summer job Volunteer at a Veterinary clinic for experience "There is no achievement without goals." -- Robert J. McKaine

SAMPLE – A typical Freshman Cadet Five Year Plan SAMPLE – A typical Freshman 15 AUG 16 15 AUG 12 Year 3 Actions/Milestones 3.5 GPA BN Staff Color Guard Drill Team Prep for scholarship Look into colleges Take ACT/SAT Community Service School groups National Honor Society` Year 1 Actions/Milestones 3.5 GPA Promotion Prep for the Grad Exam Color Guard Drill team Rifle Team A /B Honor s Student Community Service Year 2 Actions/Milestones PASS Grad Exam 3.4 GPA Promotion Color Guard Drill team Rifle Team Prep for ACT/SAT Student Govt Memb er Community Service Year 4 Actions/Milestones 3.7 GPA BN Commander Apply for scholarships Class leader Community service Graduate Year 5 Where you want to be Working Attending college Have a Scholarship Going to a Trade or Technical School In the Military Year 1 Goals Year 2 Goals Year 3 Goals Year 4 Goals Year 5

Cadet Five Year Plan NAME ______________ GPA:____ GPA:____ GPA: ___ Where do you want to be in 5 years YEAR ____ Year ____ Year ____ Year _____ Year _____ GPA:____ GPA:____ GPA: ___ GPA:____

Goals to Discourage Saying I can’t do it because it is too tough Practice everyday to run an 8 minute mile in 20 minutes Stop saying this is boring, life is boring get use to it Don’t get out of school suspension during the SY Specific, Positive, Achievable, SPAM GOALS Measurable

Implementation (example) Used 3 or 4 times a year Give example of trying to go to NY without a roadmap First item is date of graduation from High School Work backwards Go to College, Apply to College, Apply for Scholarships, SAT, GPA Join military, take ASVAB, score at least 85% In Cadet Challenge in all areas Brief each other in small groups, or teams

Curriculum Financial Planning Goal Setting Learning Logs- at end of year write about if they accomplished goals and how they can better achieve goals next year Career Planning Cadet Challenge Personal Skills Mapping Service Learning/Community Service Maintained in Portfolio, reviewed and updated regularly

Scenarios Break out into Groups Fill out 5 year plan based on scenario Return to Main Group and brief your scenario, thoughts on 5 year plan and any concerns or issues or questions

Questions/ Discussion “The most important thing about having goals is having one." Geoffrey F Albert

Scenario 1 Freshman, in JROTC Wants to go to college to become an engineer Struggling with algebra, good in English Parents have low income Plays football, in band, personal skills map shows high interpersonal aggression Cadet challenge score was 65%, GPA is 3.5 Wants to have a car and job to go to 4 year state school away from home.

Scenario 2 Sophomore, LET 2 Wants to be a nurse, your school has a medical academy and offers CNA certification GPA is 2.9, Has part time job, making $8 an hour Wants car this year Has no community service No understanding about college

Scenario 3 Junior LET 3 GPA 2.5, struggling with classes, bored in school, will need only 3 more classes in senior year to graduate Wants to be a mechanic Has a car and part time job Wants to stay in area, does not want to leave Working to help parents pay rent and food

Scenario 4 Sophomore Wants to join military, become Infantry GPA is 2.1, Cadet Challenge scores low, all under 45% Practice ASVAB score was 15 Overweight by 20 lbs Personal skills map revealed low abilities on time management

Scenario 5 Sophomore, GPA 4.0 Wants to go to Service Academy or ROTC scholarship, become doctor JROTC, Band, Soccer, Track and Field In IB program earning college credits No community service hours No work outside of school Cadet Challenge score is 85% in all areas except V- sit reach