JROTC
CURRICULUM 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 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
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LET/Unit Structure
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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
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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.
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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