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JOB DESCRIPTION

The Dayton Early College Academy (DECA) is an award-winning, high performing network of charter schools located in Dayton, Ohio. Serving grades K-12, DECA’s three campuses are singularly focused on helping children from the city of Dayton gain the skills they need to be successful in college and beyond. 

1. Put students first;
2. Demand success;
3. Invest deeply in relationships;
4. Do what’s right;
5. Prove education changes lives;
6. Find joy.

We serve students in grades K-12 in the Dayton Public School area; academic proficiency is not considered during the admissions process. Admission is first come, first served. 

• 94% of our students are African-American and 72% are economically disadvantaged;
• Over 80% of our students will be first in their family to go to college;
• DECA is committed to providing a rigorous and engaging academic curriculum;
• Our campuses foster an awareness of social justice issues; 
• Strong community partnerships are at the core of our success;
• DECA alumni graduate from college at a rate nearly 5 times the national average for first generation college students and on par with their suburban counterparts.

Successful Applicants:

• Are developing and practicing cultural competence in their teaching, teamwork, and leadership;
• Build relationships with students, families, colleagues, and community;
• Provide, seek, and act on feedback;
• Live our Core Values.

Job Summary: The JROTC (Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps) Army Instructor (AI) will assist the Senior Army Instructor (SAI) as the institutional leader in managing and conducting the JROTC program in accordance with United States Army Cadet Command (USACC) regulatory guidelines and school district rules, regulations, and policies. Assists the SAI to accomplish the instructional, operations, and administrative mission of the JROTC program. Responsible for providing classroom instruction to cadets as established within the curriculum’s program of instruction (POI) as provided by USACC and school district guidelines and policies. Adheres to APS JROTC established operating procedures relating to administration, control, and training of cadets. Assists in establishing and maintaining viable extra­curricular activities such as Color Guards, Drill Teams, Raider Teams, Rifle Teams, Orienteering Teams and Academic Teams.

Qualifications:

• Certified (or certifiable) as an Army JROTC Instructor through U.S. Army Cadet Command;
• Retired, Nation Guard, or reservist US Army Non-Commissioned Officer in the rank of Staff Sergeant through Command Sergeant Major;
• Valid Ohio teaching license/certificate or ability to obtain appropriate licensure as required;
• Must obtain an Associate's Degree withing five 950 years of employment 9if no degree held within the timeframe stated in IAW U.S Army Cadet Command Regulation 145-2;
• Effective interpersonal skills with children and adults;
• A broad range of interests and experience, with a passion for learning and youth development;
• Solid, basic knowledge in core content areas and leadership development;
• Prior relevant teaching, coaching, or youth leadership experience preferred;
• Sound classroom and corps management skills;
• Ability to improvise and problem solve;
• Experience with technology integration in the teaching and learning process;
• Effective in an interdisciplinary, teamed environment;
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative, provide leadership, define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions;
• Entrepreneurial spirit;
• An affinity for supporting students as individual learners and leaders;
• Dedication to the mission of assuring student learning and achievement, and to the mission and regulations of Army JROTC.

Duties/Essential Functions:

• Assists the Senior JROTC Army Instructor, Principal, Director of Army Instruction, and other agencies in ensuring that the JROTC Program is administered in accordance with law, regulation, and policies; assists with executing the JROTC Department functions of instruction, training, and administration.
• 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 and updated version of the JROTC Curriculum Manager and are taught as required by the approved Master Training Schedule.
• Utilizes all available instructional equipment to include but not limited to the computers, LCD projectors, Classroom Performance Systems (CPS), SMART Boards, Promethium Boards, etc.
• Conducts a public affairs effort in the local area middle and elementary schools, among school and community officials, civic groups, parent­teacher groups and other individuals or groups, designed to further the understanding of JROTC, the school and the Army.
• Enrolls students in JROTC and supports school officials while executing the curriculum and the integrated and extra-curricular activities.
• Directs and participates in community service events with cadets, including weekend duties as applicable.
• Prepares weekly training schedules.
• Establishes and maintains at least two integrated or extracurricular teams, e.g., drill team, rifle team, raider team, academic team, orienteering team.
• Requires frequent weekend duties as directed on extra­curricular event schedules.
• Supports and maintains a "Cadet­run" JROTC unit.
• Participates in the annual JROTC Cadet Leadership Challenge (JCLC) (summer leadership program) as required by USACC.
• Ensures instructors share in teaching responsibilities.
• Instructors may teach by expertise and preference in subject areas, rather than strictly by LET levels.
• Maintains accountability of all equipment, IAW AR 710­2, including items requiring formal accountability (i.e., air rifles), informal accountability (i.e., clothing) and durable items costing $5,000 or less (i.e., automation, computers, audiovisual), but still requiring property accountability.