Teacher

The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) serves approximately 37,000 students in 100+ schools. Over the past several years, the Greater Cleveland community has united behind the collective goal of ensuring every child in Cleveland attends a high-quality school and every neighborhood has a multitude of great schools from which families can choose. The Cleveland Plan defines CMSD's approach to the reinvention of public education and holds our community accountable for the success of Cleveland's schoolchildren. The Cleveland Plan is supported by Ohio House Bill 525, which provides much-needed flexibility and autonomy for the district and its schools. Our schools have autonomy over human and financial resources in exchange for accountability for performance. The principal has primary responsibility and accountability for establishing his or her school as a high-quality, high-expectations academic center with a focus on personalized instruction, professional support for teachers, and school-wide practices that lead to measurable results.

The Cleveland Metropolitan School District has developed standards of excellence that the district applies to all parts of the organization inclusive of schools, principals, school leadership teams, networks, and central office. Alignment between Standards of Excellence (SoE) and the district's Theory of Action helps ensure that principals are able to focus on scholar achievement and that central office supports are timely and effective. In our pursuit of a more fair, just, and good system of education, we want each of our learners, both each of our scholars and each of their educators, to be individually and collectively presented with academically/intellectually complex tasks that are worthy of their productive struggle and allow them authentic opportunities to demonstrate their work and their learning of academic content and transferable skills in a joyful and adventurous environment.

The Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (Air Force JROTC) is a course of instruction taught for academic credit in high schools by retired officers (Senior Air Force Instructor) and non-commissioned officers Air Force Instructor). The Senior Air Force Instructor is responsible to the Air Force, and the Cleveland Metropolitan School District for all aspects of the operation of the Air Force JROTC unit. The responsibilities include overseeing and assuming responsibility for the Army JROTC program at the assigned location; reporting to the school administrator and the U.S. Army Cadet Command (USACC); directly supervising the Army Instructor (AI); conducting the Army JROTC program in accordance with applicable laws and adhering to all USACC regulations and policies; preparing an annual operational plan; developing a schedule for the year reflecting school activities and Army JROTC objectives and activities; including cadets in the planning; organizing cadets and resources toward objectives; performing administrative tasks; maintaining student records; providing enrollment and other student reports as specified by USACC Command; meeting school administrative requirements; carrying out logistics tasks, preparing requisitions; maintaining arms and supply operations in accordance with Army security requirements and other regulations; recruiting new students, marketing the Army JROTC program; conducting a public relations program in the school and community; teaching Army JROTC cadets; achieving the curricular requirements and learning standards of the program, attaining and improving proficiency in all military and other subjects taught; continuously improving Army JROTC instruction by staying abreast of new and alternative instructional and motivational techniques; recommending changes to the curriculum; counseling students on their academic performance and as members of the Corps of Cadets; assisting interested students in applying for Senior ROTC scholarships and completing service academy applications; accomplishing required school tasks; participating in staff meetings, school committees and student activities, performing tasks required of all other teachers in the school; planning, organizing and conducting extracurricular activities, such as color guard, orienteering, marksmanship, drill teams, adventure training, and Army JROTC community service activities; conducting risk assessment for all activities; observing and enforcing all Army and school safety guidelines; developing professional qualifications, participating in recurring instructor conferences and other professional development opportunities, meeting any continuing education requirements of the state or school district; preparing the unit for official visits and formal inspections; coordinating summer camp attendance by cadets, attending camp, conducting training and other activities as prescribed by the camp commander; providing an outstanding personal example of professional, social and personal behavior and appearance for cadets, colleagues and the community; performing other duties as assigned.

Job Qualifications include having a Bachelors degree or higher from an accredited university; being Army JROTC certified through the Army JROTC USACC, meeting the administrative requirements of the certification process, having a satisfactory interview, and being determined by USACC Command to meet the criteria outlined above; being retired from the Army with at least 20 years of active duty; served last year of active duty as an officer; having been retired for 3 years or less, or be retired National Guard/Reserves who meet the National Defense Authorization Act requirements for retired Guard and Reserve members; receiving pay in the grades of E-6 through O-6; having no court martial, civil convictions, or lost time; meeting the retention medical fitness standards and weight standards of the USACC; having an excellent record of military performance; having the mentality, personality, appearance and bearing to represent the Army well in the civilian community; having drill experience is preferred; being able to train a drill team for competitions and various ceremonies such as Color Guard and Annual Inspection; being able to teach the curriculum as prescribed by Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Program; having a special commitment to helping urban students succeed; having good moral character, instructional ability and being able to challenge, motivate, and influence young people in a positive manner; having willingness to spend the additional time needed to effectively meet the challenges, objectives, and purposed of the school; having ability to be a hard worker dedicated to human growth and development; being able to conduct Drill practice during for the number of days per week and times out side of normal school hours as required.