Fort Mill School District
JROTC (Navy) Job Description
Qualifications:
- NJROTC instructor certification as required by the U.S. Naval Service Training Command
- Skills in human relations, leadership, and conflict management
- Skills in computer word processing, spreadsheets, and databases
- Skills inaccurate record-keeping and written and oral communications
- Skills in financial and property management
Reports to: School Principal
Job Goal
- Enhance the image of the military in the eyes of the community by providing a chance for success to the nation's youth.
- Conduct training so as to encourage initiative and individuality to develop natural gifts, to teach self-control, develop personal character, responsibility, and qualities of integrity, loyalty, and dedication.
- Promote the value of teamwork and individual accomplishments.
- Uphold values, principles, and self-discipline promoting positive, productive behaviors, providing a support structure that is critical in helping cadets avoid illicit activity, and living a healthy and fit lifestyle.
- Provide the opportunity for secondary school students to learn the basic elements and need for national security and their personal obligations as Americans.
Performance Responsibilities
- Maintain accurate, complete, and correct records as required by law, district policy, and administrative regulation.
- Teaching the prescribed Naval Science curriculum.
- Instructing in military drill.
- Counseling students in the NJROTC program.
- Writing/updating lesson plans for the NJROTC curriculum and other lesson preparation requirements.
- Mentoring cadets and assisting with higher education or employment opportunities and goals.
- Requisitioning all government-furnished equipment (includes uniforms, training aids, books, drill rifles, air rifles, and organizational equipment).
- Arranging for cleaning and tailoring of uniforms.
- Surveying old and worn uniforms and other government property.
- Performing simple preventive maintenance of training aids and devices.
- Inventory control of all government furnished equipment/materials.
- Ensuring proper physical security of all government furnished equipment/materials.
- Planning extracurricular activities for the NJROTC unit (including color/honor guard ceremonies, drill and rifle team competitive meets, field trips, basic leadership training, ship cruises, etc.).
- Preparing periodic reports on program administration and logistics.
- Keeping current and abreast of new developments and organizations within the Navy.
- Assessing unit progress to assure NJROTC program objectives are met.
- Attending Navy-sponsored training to keep abreast of current requirements of program management.
- Taking courses of instruction to improve teaching abilities.
- Establishing rapport with school counselors and faculty members.
- Making annual presentations of the NJROTC program to students at feeder schools for the purpose of recruiting new cadets into the program.
- Maintaining financial accounts of the operating budget.
- Preparing financial vouchers to the Navy for reimbursement of expenditures to the school, made in support of the NJROTC program.
- Establishing contact with civic groups to obtain their recognition and support of the NJROTC program.
Specific Job Requirements
- Availability to work a flexible and dynamic schedule (including weekends and evenings) as necessary to meet program commitments
- Possess and utilize excellent team-building skills
- Accept delegated responsibilities willingly
- Able to work under stress
- Demonstrate a high level of initiative in job performance
- Communicate effectively with a diverse community
Terms of Employment:
12-Month Navy contract. 240 days per school year; salary and work year to be established by the Board
Evaluation:
Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board's policy on Evaluation of Certified Personnel.