5 YEAR PLANPCHS JROTC 6th Brigade

MAJOR Calvin A. Morris, SAI Pike County High School

Brundidge, Alabama 36010

"If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.“

--Yogi Berra Former NY Yankees

Baseball Player

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

Year 1Actions/

Milestones

Year 2Actions/

Milestones

Year 3Actions/

Milestones

Year 4Actions/

Milestones

Year 5Where you want to be

Today’ s Date Where do you want to be in 5 years

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, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination." --Fitzhugh Dodson

Student Benefits

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

Cadet Five Year Plan

SAMPLE – A typical Freshman

Year 1Actions/Milestones

1. 3.5 GPA2. Promotion3. Prep for

the Grad Exam

4. Color Guard

5. Drill team6. Rifle Team7. A /B

Honor s Student

8. Community Service

Year 2Actions/Milestones

1. PASS Grad Exam

2. 3.4 GPA3. Promotion4. Color

Guard5. Drill team6. Rifle Team7. Prep for

ACT/SAT8. Student

Govt Memb er

9. Community Service

Year 3Actions/Milestones

1. 3.5 GPA2. BN Staff3. Color

Guard4. Drill Team5. Prep for

scholarship

6. Look into colleges

7. Take ACT/SAT

8. Community Service

9. School groups

10. National Honor Society`

Year 4Actions/Milestones

1. 3.7 GPA2. BN

Commander

3. Apply for scholarships

4. Class leader

5. Community service

6. Graduate

Year 5Where you want to be

1. Working2. Attending

college3. Have a

Scholarship

4. Going to a Trade or Technical School

5. In the Military

15 AUG 12 15 AUG 16

Year 1 Goals Year 2 Goals Year 3 Goals Year 4 Goals Year 5

Cadet Five Year Plan

YEAR ____ Year ____ Year ____ Year _____ Year _____

Where do you want to be in 5 years

NAME ______________

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

SPAM GOALS

Specific, Positive, Achievable,

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

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

Questions/ Discussion

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

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