5 year plan pchs jrotc 6 th brigade major calvin a. morris, sai pike county high school brundidge,...
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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
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