1. 5 YEAR PLAN "If you don't know where you are going,
you might wind up someplace else.“ --Yogi Berra
Former NY Yankees
Baseball Player
5 YEAR PLAN
PCHS JROTC 6th Brigade
MAJOR Calvin A. Morris, SAI
Pike County High School
Brundidge, Alabama 36010

2. AGENDA 5 Year Plan Format Advantages of Format
Student Benefits of using 5 Year Plan
Modified 5 Year Plan
Implementation during School Year
Small Group Work with scenarios
Discussion/Questions

4. Cadet Five Year Plan Where do you want to be in 5 years Today’ s Date
Actions/Milestones
Year 2
Actions/Milestones
Year 3
Actions/Milestones
Year 4
Actions/Milestones
Year 5
Where you want to be
Year 1 Goals
Year 2 Goals
Year 3 Goals
Year 4 Goals
Year 5 Goal

5. Advantages of Format "Without goals, and plans to reach them,
Changeable
Easy to modify
Inexpensive
Easy
Boxes by year
Allows student freedom/ creativity
Used by all LET levels
Working Document
Keep throughout program
Allows for reviews and updates
Handwritten
"Without goals, and plans to reach them,
you are like a ship that has set sail with
no destination." --Fitzhugh Dodson

6. Student Benefits Assists in Helping Students Graduate
Teaches Backward planning
Long Term Goal Setting
Helps Freshmen Understand GPA’s
College planning
Used Throughout Curriculum

7. Examples of Goals
Pass the Cadet Challenge with a score of 75% in every
event or better
Run the mile in 8 min
Join the Latin Club
Perform 20 hours of community service for the year
Work with JROTC on 3 football games
Wear my uniform every week
Go to a technical school to become a mechanic
Save $500 this year for college
Save $500 towards a car from my summer job
Volunteer at a Veterinary clinic for experience
"There is no achievement without goals." -- Robert J. McKaine

8. SAMPLE – A typical Freshman
Cadet Five Year Plan
SAMPLE – A typical Freshman
15 AUG 16
15 AUG 12
Year 3
Actions/Milestones
3.5 GPA
BN Staff
Color Guard
Drill Team
Prep for scholarship
Look into colleges
Take ACT/SAT
Community Service
School groups
National Honor Society`
Year 1
Actions/Milestones
3.5 GPA
Promotion
Prep for the Grad Exam
Color Guard
Drill team
Rifle Team
A /B Honor s Student
Community Service
Year 2
Actions/Milestones
PASS Grad Exam
3.4 GPA
Promotion
Color Guard
Drill team
Rifle Team
Prep for ACT/SAT
Student Govt Memb er
Community Service
Year 4
Actions/Milestones
3.7 GPA
BN Commander
Apply for scholarships
Class leader
Community service
Graduate
Year 5
Where you want to be
Working
Attending college
Have a Scholarship
Going to a Trade or Technical School
In the Military
Year 1 Goals
Year 2 Goals
Year 3 Goals
Year 4 Goals
Year 5

9. Cadet Five Year Plan NAME ______________ GPA:____ GPA:____ GPA: ___
Where do you want to be in 5 years
YEAR ____
Year ____
Year ____
Year _____
Year _____
GPA:____
GPA:____
GPA: ___
GPA:____

10. Goals to Discourage Saying I can’t do it because it is too tough
Practice everyday to run an 8 minute mile in 20 minutes
Stop saying this is boring, life is boring get use to it
Don’t get out of school suspension during the SY
Specific, Positive, Achievable,
SPAM GOALS
Measurable

11. Implementation (example)
Used 3 or 4 times a year
Give example of trying to go to NY without a roadmap
First item is date of graduation from High School
Work backwards
Go to College, Apply to College, Apply for
Scholarships, SAT, GPA
Join military, take ASVAB, score at least %
In Cadet Challenge in all areas
Brief each other in small groups,
or teams

12. Curriculum Financial Planning Goal Setting
Learning Logs- at end of year write about if they accomplished goals and how they can better achieve goals next year
Career Planning
Cadet Challenge
Personal Skills Mapping
Service Learning/Community Service
Maintained in Portfolio, reviewed and updated regularly

13. Scenarios Break out into Groups Fill out 5 year plan based on scenario
Return to Main Group and brief your scenario, thoughts on 5 year plan and any concerns or issues or questions

14. Questions/ Discussion
“The most important thing about
having goals is having one."
Geoffrey F Albert

15. Scenario 1 Freshman, in JROTC
Wants to go to college to become an engineer
Struggling with algebra, good in English
Parents have low income
Plays football, in band, personal skills map shows high interpersonal aggression
Cadet challenge score was 65%,
GPA is 3.5
Wants to have a car and job to go to 4 year state school away from home.

16. Scenario 2 Sophomore, LET 2
Wants to be a nurse, your school has a medical academy and offers CNA certification
GPA is 2.9,
Has part time job, making $8 an hour
Wants car this year
Has no community service
No understanding about college

17. Scenario 3
Junior LET 3
GPA 2.5, struggling with classes, bored in school, will need only 3 more classes in senior year to graduate
Wants to be a mechanic
Has a car and part time job
Wants to stay in area, does not want to leave
Working to help parents pay rent and food

18. Scenario 4 Sophomore Wants to join military, become Infantry
GPA is 2.1, Cadet Challenge scores low, all under 45%
Practice ASVAB score was 15
Overweight by 20 lbs
Personal skills map revealed low abilities on time management

19. Scenario 5 Sophomore, GPA 4.0
Wants to go to Service Academy or ROTC scholarship, become doctor
JROTC, Band, Soccer, Track and Field
In IB program earning college credits
No community service hours
No work outside of school
Cadet Challenge score is 85% in all areas except V- sit reach