The Core Abilities are:

• Apply critical thinking techniques

• Build your capacity for life-long learning

• Communicate using verbal, non-verbal, visual, and written techniques

• Do your share as a good citizen in your school, community, country, and the world

• Take responsibility for your actions and choices

• Treat self and others with respect

Program Outcomes

Program outcomes describe what JROTC Cadets will know and be able to do upon successful completion of the JROTC program. These outcomes also provide documentation for growth and development of the student and program for re-accreditation purposes, school visitors, parents, and the community. As Cadets complete each LET, their journey toward program outcomes will occur; each program outcome is linked to every LET lesson in the curriculum. Evidence of learning can be witnessed through a Cadet’s Portfolio, which will showcase continued development of program outcomes. The JROTC Program Outcomes are:

• Act with integrity and personal accountability as you lead others to succeed in a diverse and global workforce

• Engage in civic and social concerns in the community, government, and society

• Graduate prepared to succeed in post-secondary options and career pathways

• Make decisions that promote positive social, emotional, and physical health

• Value the role of the military and other service organizations

Course Competencies

Competencies describe discipline-specific measurable and observable skills, knowledge, and attitudes. They are targeted in each lesson of the curriculum. Performance standards (criteria and conditions) provide the specifications for assessing mastery of a competency. Cadets show they have learned competencies by applying them in the completion of assessment tasks that require them to do one or more of the following:

• Make a decision

• Perform a skill

• Perform a service

• Solve a problem

• Create a product