Transcript Presentation to IBC

Presentation to Industry Based
Certification Committee of the
Workforce Commission
Issue:
JROTC as a Career and Technical Area of
Concentration
Every JROTC program in Louisiana has been
SACS Accredited
Presented by
• Dennis T. Beaver
• Captain USNR (Ret)
• MEd, MS, CSCS
• Master Training Specialist
• Navy Representative to State Department of
Education for the “No Child Left Behind” Act
• St Amant High School
• 225-621-2537
• 504-258-4837
• beaverd @apsb.org
• www.stamantnjrotc.org
Objective of this presentation
• Convince the IBC that:
– A JROTC concentration area is viable and recognized by an
industry (U.S. military and U.S. Congress)
– Gaining industry (U.S. military) is a high demand industry
– JROTC graduates enter high wage jobs with a career ladder
– JROTC graduates who enter the military have career potential
after military service, as a result of their service
– It should create an Industry Based Certification “Pre-military
Service certification”
– It should modify the current “Louisiana Diploma Endorsements
requirements for Career and Technical to reflect the changes
recommended to support this Career Cluster
– It should recognize JROTC instructors as industry experts
capable and qualified to mentor, monitor and document Work
Based Learning hours for this career cluster
– It should approve the documentation of JROTC Unit Service
Hours as Work Based Learning hours for credit as required for a
Diploma Endorsement in the Career and Technical category
Is JROTC recognized by an
industry?
•
JROTC is recognized by the military services and the Congress:
Congress authorized, at the request of the services, that
JROTC graduates be given preferential pay upon enlistment
•
JROTC graduates enter the military TWO pay-grades higher
then non-JROTC graduates.
First year pay differential:
JROTC graduate
Non-JROTC graduate
$26,656.56
versus
$23,675.16
Second year pay differential:
JROTC graduate
Non-JROTC graduate
$26,656.56
versus
$24,833.56
Cumulative first two year advantage:
JROTC graduate = $4,804.40
Is it a high demand industry?
Absolutely, the military services recruit over 212,000
non prior service and prior service recruits each year,
95% are between the ages of 17 and 23.
Army recruits –
active duty
Reserve
Navy recruits –
active duty
Reserve
Marines recruits – active duty
Reserve
Air Force recruits – active duty
Reserve
- 80,000
- 26,500
- 45,000
- 15,000
- 11,000
- 5,500
- 21,000
- 8,000
Is it a high-wage job or does it lead to a
high-wage job with a career ladder?
The military offers to all military personnel:
1. A progressive pay scale based on time in service and promotion
2. Technical training
3. Housing
4. Subsistence
5. Health care for member and family (physical, psychological, and
dental)
6. A retirement program
7. Vacation (30 days paid leave per year)
8. Family support services
(see handouts for pay scale
9. Life insurance
and benefits list)
10. Education benefits
11. Disability insurance
12. Home loan guarantees
13. Death and burial benefits.
What technical jobs/college opportunities are
available for NJROTC graduates
U.S. Navy technical training opportunities:
a – General Seamanship Specialist
b – Ship Operations Specialist
c – Marine Engineering Technician
d – Ship Maintenance Technician
e – Cryptology Specialist
f – Communications Technician
g – Air Traffic Control Technician
h – Weapons Control Technician
i – Ordnance Technician
j – Sensor Operations Specialist
k – Aviation Maintenance/Weapons Technician
l – Aviation Ground Support Technician
m – Aviation Sensor Operations Technician
n – Music Specialist
o – Construction Technician
p – Administration Specialist
q – Logistics Specialist
r – Media Specialist
s – Master-at-arms (law enforcement)
t – Intelligence Specialist
u – Meteorology Specialist
v – Oceanography Specialist
w – Health Care Specialist
Non Military training or education:
a - Law enforcement
b - Corrections Officer
c - Four year college
d. Community College
e. Technical College
f. Anything a student wants to do or be
Does it have application outside of the
original employer (U.S. military)?
** Every military occupational specialty has
some applicability to
the non-military establishment.
** The military services quantify,
in civilian terms, the training
each member receives for accreditation
from colleges and universities around
the country, to include industry certifications
Action Requested of the Industry
Based Certification Committee
1. Approve an Industry Based Certification called:
“Pre- military Service Certification”
2. Modify the “Louisiana High School Diploma and Diploma
Endorsement Requirements”, Other Performance Indicators for Career
/Technical Endorsement
3. Approve/acknowledge the military science instructors for the
JROTC program as industry representatives responsible for the
Mentoring, monitoring and documenting of Work Based Learning
hours
4. Approve/acknowledge that JROTC service hours are Work-Based
learning experiences and in fact exceed any comparable experience
currently available to high school students
Approve an Industry Based Certification
“Pre- military Service”
In addition to the existing career cluster
“Government and Public Service, JROTC”
1. JROTC students to be required to complete the below stated
criteria,
2. The school and the JROTC instructors will document the below
stated criteria,
A. The successful completion of a minimum of 3 JROTC classes
B. A cumulative average in JROTC classes of a 2.0
C. A minimum score on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude
Battery (ASVAB) of a 45
D. Completion of 90 Work Based Learning Hours or a Senior Project
and 20 Work Based Learning Hours
Modify the “Louisiana High School Diploma and Diploma
Endorsement Requirements”, Other Performance Indicators
for Career/Technical Endorsement
Recommendation: change the current “Louisiana High School
Diploma Endorsements requirements list;
“Under Other Performance Indicators”, modify to read:
1. “BESE-approved Industry-based certification in Area of
Concentration; OR (as stated)
2. A minimum of 90 hours of work-based learning experience or senior
project with 20 hours of WBL or mentoring
Qualifications of Instructors/Teachers as
Mentors, Monitors, and Industry Experts
The Instructors are:
Retired Naval Officers, Senior Naval Science Instructors
(SNSI) 98% are college graduates, Degrees vary from
Associate of Arts to PHds. Highly Qualified by experience,
minimum of 20 years.
Retired senior enlisted (E-6 and above), Naval Science
Instructors (NSI). 42% hold Associate of Arts degrees or
higher. Highly Qualified by experience, minimum of 20
years. All NSIs will hold an Associate of Arts degree or
higher by 2001
All instructors are certified by a board of senior military
Officers and selected based on “excellence” during time of
service.
JROTC Instructors are the best and most qualified
INDUSTRY CERTIFYING agents on school campuses
JROTC Service Hours as
Work-Based Learning Experience
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The JROTC program is designed specifically to prepare cadets for the demands of
military life, the leadership, administrative, and operational management
requirements.
Each JROTC unit at the high school is organized around a mirror image active
duty unit.
The cadets are assigned all of the administrative, operational, maintenance and
logistic responsibilities that active duty personnel are, for example;
A. The Cadet Commanding Officer and Executive Officer are responsible for
all facets of unit management. They are the senior officers in a military chain
of command.
B. The Supply Officer will have 2 to 3 assistants. They will be responsible for the
maintenance, and accountability of over $100,000 in military clothing and
equipment. The Supply Officer will have in excess of an $11,000 a year new
uniform purchasing budget with which to replace worn and expired clothing.
C. The Operations Officer will develop all durations of plans, short, medium and
long range. He/she will coordinate and schedule all events. He/she will plan
and execute all logistical requirements for the unit.
D. The Training Officer will be responsible for all military related training to
include drill and individual promotions
The completion of over 90 hours of work-based training begins for JROTC cadets
during their freshman year. Each unit already has a computer program by which
these hours are tracked.