JROTC CURRICULUM REVISION

WHY CHANGE Continuous Improvement Foundation for Accreditation 4 Courses (LET Units) to support ALL new Program Outcomes (2013) every year Courses support Leadership Effectiveness Training and NOT the current Unit Textbook Supports a developmental learning approach Necessary, new relevant content Focus on core competencies and allows for time to enhance learning through flexibility – whether for time and/or additional lessons

CONSISTENT ‘CHAPTERS’ IN EACH LET UNIT  JROTC Foundations (LET Unit 1)  Leadership Development (LET Units 2, 3, 4 & electives)  Personal Growth (LET Units 1, 2, 3, 4 & electives)  Team Building - Drill (LET Units 1, 2, 3, 4 & electives)  Health & Fitness (LET Units 1, 2, 3, 4 & electives)  Service Learning (LET Units 1, 2, 3, 4)  Decision Making (LET Units 1, 3 & electives)  First Aid (LET Unit 2 & electives)  Citizenship (LET Units 2, 4 & electives)

CHAPTERS SUPPORT CADET DEVELOPMENT  Chapters group lessons based on level of learning  Chapters can be assessed with a project each year  Chapters assessments demonstrate evidence of learning – great for portfolios  Chapters can build a case for credit…i.e. Leadership Course, Health & Fitness Course, etc.

UNIT 1 = LET 1 CURRICULUM  27 Core Lessons (reduction from original 33)  22 lessons with new content/activity revision  Avg 30% hardbound text needs revision (reflects 2012, 2015 revisions)  E-text creation for all lessons  Allows for Unit LET or other course configuration for additional text publication

UNIT 2 = LET 2 CURRICULUM  27 Core Lessons (reduction from original 33)  22 lessons with new content/activity revision  5 brand new lessons (no hardbound text support)  Builds on LET Unit 1 lessons  50% hardbound text needs revision (reflects 2012, 2015 revisions)  E-text creation for all lessons  Allows for Unit LET or other course configuration for additional text publication

UNIT 3 = LET 3 CURRICULUM  23 Core Lessons (reduction from original 33 core lessons)  20 lessons with new content/activity revision  3 brand new lessons (no hardbound text support)  Unit LET 3 lessons and chapters build on Unit LET 1 and 2 lessons  50% hardbound text needs revision (reflects 2012, 2015 curriculum revision)  Allows for Unit LET or other course configuration for additional text publication

UNIT 4 = LET 4 CURRICULUM  24 Core Lessons (reduction from original 33 core lessons)  16 lessons with new content/activity revision  7 brand new lessons (no hardbound text support)  Unit LET 4 lessons and chapters build on Unit LETs 1, 2, and 3 lessons  65% hardbound text needs revision (reflects 2012, 2015 curriculum revision)  Allows for Unit LET or other course configuration for additional text publication

RECOMMENDED INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN CHANGES LET / Unit Structure Support a progressive Year 1 – 4 or LET 1-4 curriculum structure Lessons in Chapters can be grouped together to serve as one course. For example: Health & Fitness; Citizenship/Government; Leadership Development Revise 74 Unit LET 1- 4 lessons Revise outcomes for learning and assessment based on SME input Develop new learning activities and materials to support revised outcomes Revise all lesson materials including: SLP, LP, PAT, PPT, Clicker Questions Create (or revise) electronic text versions for each lesson Develop module assessment tasks as evidence of module mastery

RECOMMENDED INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY CHANGES LET/Unit Structure Suggested by SMEs Allow for development of courses by module name Unit texts do not support new program outcomes Can develop project-based assessments for module levels to support evidence of mastery at each LET level  CM V3 database Correlate with new Unit-Chapter-Lesson structure New Lesson List Easy conversion if start with new CM V3 database Archive CM V2 database and add feature in Report Manager to run reports on old database so no data loss.

CM V3 CURRICULUM STRUCTURE When the CM V1 was first developed it only had the 7 Units of the LET Curriculum (based on 2012 / 2015 Curriculum). The other curriculums were added in CM V2 (2011). There are now 4 “Curriculums” on the CM: ACT, SAT, CSA, and LET. Unit = LETs Unit 1 = LET 1 Unit 2 = LET 2 Unit 3 = LET 3 Unit 4 = LET 4 Unit 5 = Electives

CM QUESTION DATABASE Instructors will located test questions by the Module and Lesson Name. The New Question ID would be Module, Lesson Number, Question # for example: MJF-L1-Q1 would indicate: Module JROTC Foundations Lesson 1 Question 1

NEW PPT DESIGN LESSON TITLE SLIDE The top banner would be same color on ALL slides, only the Chapter Image on the top left would change There would be no footer area thus allowing more space on the slide for the content

NEW PPT DESIGN QUESTION SLIDE The 4-Phase Icon and Text would be consolidated and placed on the top right of the slide

SAMPLE CHAPTER PPT BANNERS

DECISIONS TO MAKE  Revise Taxonomy and CM database to support NEW LET Units  Unit 1 deliverables by spring 2015  Elective lessons Minor revisions Are categorized into chapters to support additional content or time needed for ‘course’ requirements  Textbooks LET Unit 1 – 4 Text only E-text - govt owned, easily revised, cost effective printing