JROTC Senior Marine Instructor

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Learns and manages a MCJROTC unit and advises and coordinates with the Principal, MCJROTC Regional Director, and other agencies in ensuring that the JROTC Program is administered in accordance with Federal and State laws, regulations, and policies.
• 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 Marine Corps JROTC Program of Instruction (POI).
• Utilizes all available instructional and administrative equipment and software to include but not limited to the computers, LCD projectors, Cadet Record Manager (CRM), Turning Point Performance Systems (TPS), SMART Boards, Promethium Boards, etc.
• Counsels students in the development of leadership skills and personal growth.
• 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 Marine Corps.
• Enrolls students in JROTC and supports school officials while executing the curriculum and the integrated and co-curricular activities.
• Directs and participates in community service events with cadets, including weekend duties as applicable.
• Prepares an annual and weekly training schedule.
• Establishes and maintains at least two integrated or co-curricular teams, e.g., drill team, rifle team, raider team, academic team, cyber team.
• Supports and maintains a "Cadet-run" JROTC unit.
• Encourages all cadets who are Juniors or Seniors to pursue post-secondary education and to apply for at least one scholarship.
• 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.
• Serves as the institutional leader in managing and conducting the MCJROTC program in accordance with United States Marine Corps regulatory guidelines and school district rules, regulations, and policies.
• Submits required reports, as necessary, in accordance with MCO 1533.6E and the Marine Corps JROTC SOP.

Additional Expectations

• Frequent weekend duties as directed on co-curricular event schedules.
• Instructors may teach by expertise and preference in subject areas, rather than strictly by Leadership Education levels.
• Completes all Marine Corps JROTC Instructor certification requirements as specified in MCO 1533.6E and the Marine Corps JROTC SOP and all Georgia JROTC Instructor requirements as specified by the Georgia Professional Standards Commission (GAPSC).

Minimum Education & Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited College/University.
• Certified by the Marine Corps JROTC Director as a Marine Corps JROTC instructor.
• Service Requirement. Have active duty or reserve service in the United States Marine Corps, as a Commissioned Officer in grades W-1 through O-6.
• Category of Service Requirement. Category of service falls into one of the following six categories of service:
• (a) Be in a retired or Fleet Reserve status.
• (b) Have been approved for retirement benefits under the Temporary Early Retirement Authority (TERA) with 15 to 19 years of active-duty service in the Marine Corps.
• (c) Be a retired USMCR member.
• (d) Have been approved for retirement benefits for a medical disability.
• (e) Be an honorably discharged Marine Officer, who has served eight (8) or more years of service and must be honorably discharged five or less years from the date of application.
• (f) Be a Marine Officer currently serving in the SMCR.
• All employees hired by the school district must pass a criminal background and child abuse registry check.