1. Cadet Joshua Pravel OFFICER TRAINING SCHOOL
Recruiting and Retention
Cadet Joshua Pravel OFFICER TRAINING SCHOOL

2. Overview Target Audience When to Recruit Cadets What Not To Say
RECRUITING CADETS
Target Audience
When to Recruit Cadets
What Not To Say
What To Say 
Recruiting Material 
RECRUITING SENIOR MEMBERS
When to Recruit Senior 
  Members
 What to Say
KEEPING CADETS
The Squadron Meeting
What to Include
Activities

3. Recruiting Cadets MAJORITY OF NEW MEMBERS Middle School Students
Home school Students
Military Families
Academy Candidates
TARGET AREAS
Middle Schools
Home school groups
Military bases

4. Recruiting Cadets Cont.
WHEN TO RECRUIT CADETS
Start of the school year
End of the School year
Open houses
WHAT NOT TO SAY
"In CAP, we fly all the time."
"CAP works for the Air Force"
"CAP saves lives!"

5. Recruiting Cadets Cont.
WHAT TO SAY
Explain what prospects will be doing on a weekly basis
Advertise squadron and wing activities
Be honest
RECRUITING MATERIAL
Well put together squadron videos
Built around 
  Squadron activities

6. Recruiting Senior Members
TARGET AUDIENCE
Military Personnel
Parents of Cadets
Educators
Pilots
WHEN TO RECRUIT
Squadron Meetings
Open Houses
During cadet recruiting

7. Recruiting Senior Members cont.
WHAT TO SAY
They will be helping cadets
They will be helping their child/children
We can use your skill set

8. Keeping Cadets
"I don't know why, but I can't seem to keep any of my cadets."
THE MONOTONOUS SQUADRON
Cadets are not promoting
Meetings that are similar and dull
No active recruiting
Little cadet activity
Low percent of attendance
Little to no communication among staff
Few Squadron activities

9. Keeping Cadets Cont. THE SQUADRON MEETING Group Leadership Projects
Break up dry material
Classes should be relevant to squadron needs
Use movie case studies to teach leadership
Do not have too long meetings
Recognize cadets on a quarterly basis

10. Sample Meeting Schedule
CURRY COMPOSITE SQUADRON MEETING SCHEDULE DATE: 1 Jan 2999 LOCATION: Office of Emergency Management (OEM) TIME: 1800 – 2100 MEETING: Character Development/ Cadet Great Start UOD: Battle Dress Uniform (BDU)
1800 Opening/ Overview of Meeting                                                                             C/Lt Col Curry
1810 Character Development                                                                  Chaplain (Capt) Goddard 1910 GLP: It’s All in The Cards                                                                                    C/TSgt Spaatz 
2000 Drill                                                                                                                     C/CMSgt Earhart 
2020 Uniform Class                                                                                                   C/CMSgt Earhart
2040 Break 
2150 Announcements                                                                                                    C/Lt Col Curry
2100 Dismiss                                                                                                                   Lt Col Douhet

11. Keeping Cadets cont. SQUADRON ACTIVITIES
You cannot rely on Wing or Group to keep your cadets 
Start a Color Guard and Drill Team
Assists in recruiting and retention
Activities do not need to be overnight

12. QUESTIONS?