Job Title:  Junior JROTC Army Instructor

Reports to:  Senior Army Instructor (SAI) or Principal

Wage Category:  Exempt

Contract Days:  240 days 

Function

A Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC) Army Instructor (AI) helps the Senior Army Instructor (SAI) mange the JROTC program. They teach cadets the JROTC curriculum, assist with extracurricular activities, and maintain good relations with the school community

Qualification

• Associate's degree required; must obtain a bachelor's degree within the timeframe states in the IAW U.S. Army Cadet Command Regulation 145.2
• Certified by the U.S. Army cadet Command as a JROTC Instructor
• Retired U.S. Army Non-Commissioned Officer in the rank of Sergeant First Class through Command Sergeant Major
• Maintain physical and appearance standards set by the U.S. Army
• Physically qualified to participate in military drill and military activities/ ceremonies
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as district administration may find appropriate and acceptable

Performance Responsibilities

• Assists the Senior JROTC Army Instructor, Principal, Director of Army Instruction, and other agencies in ensuring that the JROTC Program is administered in accordance with law, regulation, and policies; assists with executing the JROTC Department functions of instruction, training, and administration
• Maintains good relations with school authorities, faculty, and the student body; maintains current regulations, policies, and procedures and maintains contact with parents of all cadets experiencing academic or behavioral problems
• Ensures all JROTC classes are conducted utilizing the lesson plans contained in the current and updated version of the JROTC Curriculum Manager and are taught as required by the approved Master Training Schedule
• Utilizes all available instructional equipment to include but not limited to the computers, LCD projectors, Classroom Performance Systems (CPS), SMART Boards, Promethium Boards, etc.
• Conducts a public affairs effort in the local area middle and elementary schools, among school and community officials, civic groups, parent-teacher groups and other individuals or groups, designed to further the understanding of JROTC, the school and the Army
• Enrolls students in JROTC and supports school officials while executing the curriculum and the integrated and extracurricular activities
• Directs and participates in community service events with cadets, including weekend duties as applicable
• Prepares weekly training schedules
• Establishes and maintains at least two integrated or extracurricular teams, e.g., drill team, rifle team, raider team, academic team, orienteering team
• Requires frequent weekend duties as directed on extra-curricular event schedules
• Supports and maintains a "Cadet-run" JROTC unit
• Participates in the annual JROTC Cadet Leadership Challenge (JCLC) (summer leadership program) as required by USACC
• Ensures instructors share in teaching responsibilities
• Instructors may teach by expertise and preference in subject areas
• Maintains accountability of equipment, including items requiring formal accountability (i.e., air rifles, clothing, and equipment)
• Encourages all cadets who are Juniors or Seniors to pursue post-secondary education and to apply for at least one scholarship
• Completes all Army Instructor certification requirements
• Ensures that JROTC unit areas are neat and orderly: current chain of command photos, Cadet creed, core abilities and mission statement are present and all sensitive items are secured
• Submits required reports, as necessary, in accordance with the required reports listing
• Required to have prompt, regular attendance in-person and be available to work on-site, in-person during regular business hours
• Performs other duties as assigned by an appropriate administrator or their representative.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. Must exhibit manual dexterity to enter data into a computer; to see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids; hear and understand speech at normal workplace levels, outdoors and on the telephone; speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in normal workplaces, outdoors and on the telephone; physical agility to lift up to 40 pounds.

Salary Scale - Minimum Instructor Pay (MIP) + $10,000 local supplement

Last Updated

9/24