How to Formally Establish a College Credits Program at your High School/Leadership Academy Your unique leadership program, JROTC, provides its participants a quality citizenship, character, and leadership development experience, while fostering a spirit of service learning within American communities. RTG & Associates, in partnership with Adams State University (ASU), is proud to support these unique leadership experiences with college level elective credits for academic efforts both within and outside their normal classroom. Tuition is $60 per credit hour for all ASU academic courses associated with your special leadership program. There are absolutely no additional fees or other financial commitments. Instructor Preparation - To establish a ‘Leadership Academy College Credits’ program at your high school as a JROTC Instructor, there is only one simple thing you need to do – a one-time mapping our ASU courses to your ‘leadership academy’ (JROTC Directorate provided) curriculum. From then on, it is simply a process of reporting students’ grades each semester, or at the end of their school year. Your current curriculum remains intact as you have it, with no changes! Our academic language accounts for your efforts in both the course description and general syllabus. Mapping is accomplished by comparing the ASU college-level leadership courses listed in the left hand column of the RTG & Associates JROTC Cadet Leadership Program (hyperlinked) page to your local program’s curriculum and, based on your judgment, identify which semester the material required for a course is significantly completed. Each course listed on the left side bar of the web page is linked to a course syllabus for your convenience. The academic descriptions of each course were and are based upon Directorate provided national standards and content. A notional mapping (based on our prior work with JROTC Instructors) might look like this: Year Fall Semester Spring Semester FRESHMAN SOPHOMORE JUNIOR LEAD 130 Health, Wellness, and PT LEAD 122 Personal (HSFPP) Management HGP 179 Citizenship LEAD 124 Character Education LEAD 138 Community Service Learning LEAD 136 Basic Leadership Experience (optional - add ID 179 College Option (1 credit)) SENIOR LEAD 128 American Defense Policies LEAD 132 Cultural Understanding of Leadership Optional – team with the History Department at your High School to enable your cadets to earn an additional 3 credit hours with HIST 179 - AMERICAN HISTORY AND ITS VETERANS, 1890 THROUGH TODAY. NOTE: Some courses have a (depending on the course) Community Service Learning Education Project of not less than 10 hours associated with them, inspired by you or your school district. Please see course syllabi for details. For your curriculum mapping, some courses shown above might be better placed in alternate semesters, or other courses listed on the JROTC Cadet Leadership Program web page might fit your local curriculum better. You, the local instructor, are the final arbiter of that mapping decision. Once the mapping is completed, it only requires revision if your leadership (JROTC) has significant Directorate mandated curriculum changes that do not fit the general course descriptions provided. Click here for an additional perspective. Course Grading - Course grades is in accordance with local standards and meet minimum Directorate and school district guidelines. Your leadership curriculum is presumed to meet syllabus standards for mapped 1 revised by rtg 7-1-2014 courses, and course grades are expected to match the local semester grades to which the course has been mapped (except for HIST 179 which uses different guidelines. Read pages 5 – 7 of its syllabus). Student Eligibility – eligibility is also determined by you based on the following: 1. High School (your cadets) students must have fulfilled minimum requirements of all Directorate required curricula (appropriate to grade level) at their local high school, or if home schooled as appropriate within their local program. 2. High School (your cadets) students must meet their Directorate’s program participation requirements. 3. High School (your cadets) students cannot be on any disciplinary or academic probation within either their leadership program or high school. Program Execution - The next step is to inform your students (your cadets) and their parent/guardians about your academic program by briefing them and/or sending a written communication to them. It doesn’t have to be complicated. Here’s an example only of a letter used by one of your fellow instructors: Dear Parent / or Legal Guardian, I am writing this note to let you know that your student is eligible for college credits for participating in the JROTC Leadership Academy program this past year. These special leadership credits are offered by Adams State University for participants in our leadership academic program. Students on any disciplinary or academic probation are ineligible, and they must have completed a minimum of ten hours of community service this past year to be eligible. By receiving this notice your student qualifies for these credits. To claim this opportunity, your student must register at http://leadershipcredit.info/jrotcleadership-credits/. They simply register for the ‘Current Semester & Year’ session [Note: session/year will change based on when letter is sent] and we will be providing Adams State University their grades for the following courses: Course Credits Title LEAD 124 2 Character Education and Community Service (First year, retroactive for others) LEAD 130 2 Foundations for Health, Wellness, and Physical Fitness (First year, retroactive for others) HGP 179 3 Citizenship (Second year and above) LEAD 136 3 Basic Leadership Experiences (Juniors and Seniors only) HIST 179 3 American History and its Veterans 1890 through Today (Must have completed American History, requires a 12-16 page paper) Please note that there is a cost of $60.00 per credit hour for these college credits. The HST 179 – AMERICAN HISTORY AND ITS VETERANS course also requires an additional student (enrollee) prepared research paper. The student’s topic statement requires the approval of his/her American History instructor, or one of their JROTC instructors, and can be completed over one of the coming summer, winter or spring breaks. Please feel free to contact us at (xxx) xxx-xxxx if you have questions. Sincerely, (You, the local instructor, can obviously modify this letter as fits what you have ‘mapped’ for your local program.) Acquiring the Credits A student notifies their leadership academy (JROTC) instructor that he/she wants to obtain college credit for a course or courses any time after the completion of the semester in which each course is mapped. 2 revised by rtg 7-1-2014 1. The local high school leadership (JROTC) instructor determines eligibility based on the criteria listed above. 2. The student obtains parental/guardian approval, registers online at http://www.leadershipcredit.info/jrotcleadership-credits/, and subsequently pays the required tuition for the course(s)/credits desired. 3. The Leadership Academy (JROTC) instructor submits a signed ASU - RTG GRADE REPORT for the approved and registered registrants to the ASU Instructor of Record listed at the bottom of the grade report by scanned email attachment. Please include the school-year dates on the grade report. (i.e., 1 Sep – 15 May 201X) Semester: Registration Period: Fall Spring Summer 25 July – 30 Oct 1 Nov – 30 Mar 1 April – 20 July Academic Period: 15 Aug – 10 Dec 15 Jan – 10 May 1 June – 27 July Grade Submission & Transcript Released on/about: 20 December 20 May 15 August 4. Once the student has registered, paid their tuition, and the Leadership Academy (JROTC) instructor has submitted the grade report, the participant should receive a personal ASU transcript within a couple of weeks after official posting. Official transcripts can then be ordered to be sent to any institution or organization upon request. Program Credit Limits - A Leadership Academy (JROTC) registrant can select courses appropriate to any semester he/she was in the Directorate sponsored program. There are, however, limits on the number of semester hours a student can register for: 1. No current or former (JROTC) student can register for any ASU courses while in attendance at another college/university, unless on a summer or semester break/vacation. 2. No high school student can register for more than 9 credits in any ASU Fall or Spring semester, or more than 12 credits during any Summer semester (assuming also that the student is not attending college elsewhere in that summer semester). 3. Students can always register for these credits based upon previous accomplishments in the leadership program (JROTC) with the approval of their high school leadership academy (JROTC) instructor. If the local student is enlisting or already in the Armed Services contact your Program Director below for special consideration of their previous efforts in your program. Exceptions can be made for up to 18 credits in a given semester for special cases, as long as the student is not enrolled at any other university/college. Paying the Tuition - Finally, you can help your students seek financial support to defray the tuition costs associated with these credits. Some school districts actually pay, using state authorized ‘Title One’ funds, for the academic credits earned. Others seek scholarship help from PTA groups, local community and civic organizations, local businesses, and/or sponsor fundraisers. One excellent fundraising program exists with the College Options Foundation. A great option is having local donors give school-designated taxdeductible donations to the ASU Foundation on behalf of your students. Help! If you or your students have issues or questions, please assist them as needed or contact us by email or telephone. Very Best Regards, Gene Rice Director, Air Force, Navy, & Marine Corps Programs RTG & Associates, Inc. Web Site: www.leadershipcredit.info Office: 540-300-7407 Email: [email protected] Harold Tucker Director. Army Programs RTG & Associates, Inc. Web Site: www.leadershipcredit.info Office: 501-859-6113 Email: [email protected] 3 revised by rtg 7-1-2014
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