AS- III Syllabus

Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFJROTC)

AS-200 Course Syllabus

Aerospace Science II- The Science of Flight, A Gateway to Horizons:

Communications, Awareness and Leadership

Academic Year 2018-2019

Instructors: SMSgt Andrew Hooker

Aerospace Science Instructor

• Textbook: Leadership Education II, Communication, Awareness, and Leadership/ The Science of Flight, A Gateway to New Horizons;

• Course Descriptions: Instruction covers communicating effectively, understanding groups and teams, preparing for leadership, solving conflicts and problems, and personal development. A science course designed to acquaint the student with the aerospace environment, the human requirements of flight, principles of aircraft flight, and principles of navigation.

• Chapters Covered:

• • Aerospace Science

    • Chapter 3: Lessons1-2, Chapter 4: Lessons 1-5

  • Leadership Education

    • Chapter 4: Lesson 1-3, Chapter 6: Lesson 1-3 Chapter 7 Lessons 1-3

• Uniform Days:

  • Monday or Tuesday

• Grades:

Grades for this course shall be based upon the following:

• Assessments = 50% (Tests, Quizzes, Uniform Inspections, proper wear of the uniform, program attitude, class participation, group interaction and participation during physical fitness training days essays, projects, presentations, journals)

• Class work = 40% (Leadership Lab, Military bearing, attendance, military courtesies, program attitude, class participation, group interaction and participation during physical fitness training days)

• Home work = 10% (Assignments given for completion outside of class for practice or preparation for instruction, i.e., written assignments, portfolios)

• Late Assignments

• Work that is turned in late (without an extension being granted) will receive an 10% reduction in grade for the first day it is late and a 10% reduction for everyday thereafter to a minimum grade of a 50% for work turned in within 1 week of the due date.

• Health & Wellness

  • Wednesday are Physical Training (PT) days

  • 50% of this day’s grade is wearing the issued PT uniform

• Grading Policy:

Regular class attendance, good conduct, punctuality and class preparation are important elements of this class. Our grading policy is as follows:

90 - 100 = A

80 - 89 = B

70 - 79 = C

60 - 69 = D

59 and below = E

• Student is afforded ONE opportunity to improve a score on an assessment. Homework and classwork are not eligible for reassessment. (Per 5121.3) Reteaching/reassessment may occur during class or outside class time.

• Once the graded assessment is returned, the student has

up to 5 school days to request reteaching and reassessment by contacting the teacher directly or email

• Returning Student Work

  • All student work will be graded and returned to students within 10 school days, with the exception of large assessments such as tests or projects. Students will be provided with a timeline if an assignment will take longer than ten days to grade.

  • Students can retrieve their assignments from_CMSgt McCullum___

  • Late work will be graded within two weeks, and not immediately upon submission.

• Good Faith Efforts

  • Teachers shall assign a minimum grade of 50% to assignments or assessments for which the student completed the entire assignment and made a good faith effort. Good faith effort is evidenced by the student displaying Administrative Procedure 5121.3 3 Prince George’s County Public Schools persistence, striving for accuracy, time on task, and/or trying an alternative method to solve a problem (which may not be accurate). It is also a display of thinking as a student works to sort through ideas, apply context or figure out how to solve problems. If a student does no work on an assignment, the teacher shall assign a grade of zero.

E: Mail: Andrew.hooker@pgcps.org Appoint’s: Call 301-636-8000 ext 8-1043