JROTCCURRICULUM REVISION 2015-16

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 CHANGESLET / 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 STRUCTUREWhen 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

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