COL (RET) Thomas Parker, Senior Army Instructor, Woodbridge High School

JROTC Department

Senior Army Instructor - Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC)- Leadership; Civics; Geography and Global Awareness; Physical Fitness; Life Skills; Health and Wellness; Language Arts; and US History

Email: thomas.parker@woodbridge.k12.nj.us

Twitter: @WHSJROTCCOL

Current Teaching Assignments:

Full Year 2022 - 2023

Block 1: B- LET 3: Google Classroom code- dqmfjon 

Block 1: A- LET 4: Google Classroom code-oaygapz zlr7adg

Block 2: B- LET 2: Google Classroom code-w7ewdos 

Block 2: A- LET 3: Google Classroom code-2oomzco




Google Classroom codes are for use by students currently enrolled in that course.

ABOUT JROTC

The JROTC curriculum, which fully or partially addresses a number of national academic standards - to include Common Core State Standards (CCSS) - includes course work on leadership, civics, geography and global awareness, health, and wellness, language arts, life skills, and U.S. history. The curriculum is based on the principles of performance-based, learner-centered education and promotes development of core abilities: capacity for life-long learning, communication, responsibility for actions and choices, good citizenship, respectful treatment of others, and critical thinking techniques.

More important than "what" is learned in JROTC is "how" it is learned. Every classroom is equipped with leading edge technologies to teach, assess, and report student progress. Teachers are trained to utilize a range of technologies and develop social/emotional skills, support academic content through gaming and simulations, and promote the role of social media. Thus, students engage in meaningful, purposeful activities that lead them to demonstrate success through a portfolio of accomplishments.

Every learning experience in the curriculum addresses Core Abilities, Program Outcomes, and Course Competencies; building on their developing skills and abilities, which are critical to success in high school and post-secondary career.

Core Abilities

Core Abilities describe the broad, life-long skills that every Cadet needs for success in future life and career endeavors. The core abilities are a result of the goals and values that drive the JROTC program and are built upon the program’s four years through integrating various lesson competencies and skills throughout the JROTC curriculum. The Core Abilities are:

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:


WOODBRIDGE HS-OPEN HOUSE