Name
MAJ Michael Blackburn
1SG Ed Vaars
MSG Ed Beach
SFC Lenore Claymore
PGP TEAM MEMBER(S)
Grade Level/
Department/Assignment
11-12/JROTC
9/JROTC
10/JROTC
9/JROTC
Signature
A. Describe briefly the area of practice you are investigating. (Question)
How does company competition support collaboration in the JROTC environment?
B. Describe briefly how you collected the data.
We took the company competition results and using the 21st Century Skills Assessment Rubric for
Collaboration we assigned each company points for the first three categories in the rubric and totaled
the points. Using the attached table we can compare company results after each competition.
C.
21st Century Skills (Check skills that apply)
� Communication
XX Collaboration
� Knowledge Construction
� Use of ICT for Learning
� Real-World Problem-
� Self-Regulation
Solving & Innovation
Company/
Battalion
A/1
B/1
C/1
D/1
E/1
F/1
Company/
Battalion
A/2
B/2
C/2
D/2
E/2
F/2
IPE
59/2nd
77
69
54/6th
61/5th
65/4th
IPE
54
72
65/1st
71/3rd
66
48
FUNDRAISER
42
47
50
54/3rd
51/2nd
48
FUNDRAISER
37
50/6th
47
49/5th
43/1st
43/4th
SQD DRILL
47
81/3rd
57
45
59/4th
70/5th
VET
PARADE
46
58/3rd
49
33
55/4th
60/1st
SQD DRILL
50
73/1st
55
54
63/6th
45/2nd
VET
PARADE
41
46
37
51/2nd
48/5th
45/6th
CANNED
FOOD
DRIVE
35
56/4th
57/2nd
52/5th
54/6th
55
CANNED
FOOD
DRIVE
47
48
47
48
60/1st
48/3rd
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PGP TEAM MEMBER(S)
Grade Level/
Department/Assignment
11-12/JROTC
9/JROTC
10/JROTC
9/JROTC
Name
MAJ Michael Blackburn
1SG Ed Vaars
MSG Ed Beach
SFC Lenore Claymore
Signature
JROTC Competition
90
70
69
59
60
Points
81
77
80
5856
4746
42
35
50
40
47
57 57
50 49
5454
52
61 59
5554
51
45
65
70
60
55
48
IPE
FUNDRAISER
33
SQD DRILL
30
VET PARADE
20
CANNED FOOD DRIVE
10
0
A/1
B/1
C/1
D/1
E/1
F/1
Company/Battalion
JROTC Competition
80
72 73
Points
60
54
66
55
50
50
40
71
65
70
37
47
41
50
4648
47
47
63
54
49 5148
60
48
43
48
48
434545
37
IPE
FUNDRAISER
SQD DRILL
30
VET PARADE
20
CANNED FOOD DRIVE
10
0
A/2
B/2
C/2
D/2
E/2
F/2
Company/Battalion
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Name
MAJ Michael Blackburn
1SG Ed Vaars
MSG Ed Beach
SFC Lenore Claymore
PGP TEAM MEMBER(S)
Grade Level/
Department/Assignment
11-12/JROTC
9/JROTC
10/JROTC
9/JROTC
Signature
Findings:
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Instructor inconsistency in evaluating rubric points leads to variations in scores.
In general better performing companies have better leaders that collaborate with their cadets.
Performance counseling should help leaders next year.
Conclusion/Reflection:
The JROTC PGP Team decided to investigate how our internal competitions within the corps of
cadets fosters the 21st Century Learning Design “skill of collaboration.” The instructor team started with the
hypothesis that “groups of cadets, known as companies, would perform better in our program’s company
competitions if the students within those groups collaborated.” Each instructor is an advisor to four of the
twelve companies in this program. We evaluated the first five company competition events utilizing the 21st
Century Skills Rubric for Collaboration. Major Blackburn evaluated all companies for the fundraiser,
Veterans Day parade, and the community service, A Canned Food Drive, while all other instructors
evaluated their four assigned companies for IPE (Initial Promotion Exam) and squad drill competition.
Utilizing the first three categories of the collaboration rubric, a company could receive a maximum of 100
points.
Intuitively, one would believe that the company with the highest points in collaboration would be a
company that placed within the top 6 in a given event. An analysis of the data indicates that is not always the
case. Looking at the data chart with the companies that placed in the top 6 finishers for that particular event
(competition ranking is highlighted in red) the data indicates that our hypothesis may not be correct. Many
factors may influence our data collection efforts. Each instructor evaluates their companies on their
subjective view of the standard and this would account for variations in collaboration rankings. The
instructor team determined that early instruction, discussion and analysis on the use of the rubric would help
us standardize scores. Additionally, we found that companies ranking higher in the competitions have
excellent Company Commander/First Sergeant relations and their collaboration skills have an influence on
their unit results.
In conclusion, we have established a leader performance counseling system to assist us in developing
next year’s unit leaders. This study was productive in allowing us to investigate into how JROTC can
continue its mission by making better citizens and students who collaborate to successfully accomplish tasks
and unit requirements.
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