Posted: 11/29/2012 4:10:26 AM EDT
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Has anyone here been an AFJROTC instructor? I just got accepted as an instructor and wanted to know how you liked it. How was the pay? Did you work a lot of hours? I know a lot about it from the recruiter perspective, but on a day to day basis I could use some insight.
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| Hopefully, a current JROTC instructor will be in here soon for current, accurate info. In the mean time, I was the SW AFROTC Region Superintendent for 5 years. We inspected Senior units and visited lots of Junior units across the nation and here's what I recall. Schools are required to make up the different between active duty pay and retirement pay. But, the salary was often equal to that of normal teacher's pay and exceeded the minimum legal requirement. It was common for the instructors to receive seniority credit for education and experience. Varies from state to state and school to school. After duty work, especially for the NCO, was common and depended on the size of the unit, number of instructor's assigned, and how involved the cadet's were in communitity activities, especially drill team and flag details. Lot's of after hours, weekend bus driving required in very active units. The NCO usually did more of this than the officer as is normal on active duty. Depended on the relationship between the officer and the NCO/NCOs. Check the JROTC website for units nearby yours and make contact with you local counter parts and/or go visit a unit near by if you're still on active duty. |
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loved AF JROTC in HS.
BEST THING i EVER DID HOURS ARE LIKE TEACHERS, They will want you to assistant coach. teach drill & ceromony. one of the best things I did was start a drill unit senior year of spec ed students who could barley follow orders in a classroom, but in a month were walking in good formations it impressed the heck out of everyone, got several of us (not me) college scholarships too.stay away from the girls that will end you quick. |
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I was in AFJROTC in high school, as a student though and obviously not as an instructor. It seemed like it was what you made it from my unit. We had two Lt. Cols and one Tech Sgt.
One of the Lt. Cols didnt really go above and beyond besides teaching his classes, he was always there for the students if we needed him but he was more of a disciplinary kind of guy. The other Lt. Col on the other hand was one of the best gentlemen ive had the privilege to meet. He has gotten countless of kids into college who wouldnt of had a chance by guiding them through scholarship programs and grants. He was always willing to meet with you whenever to work on letters or applications and got a lot of us sent to Boys State and different leadership camps throughout the year and summer. He also got a lot of guys into the academy, some of them werent even in ROTC all for years or even at all, but he was there for the students. I can say it seemed like all 3 of my instructors really enjoyed their job, I hope you realize the potential you have in your hands. You can make a HUGE impact on these kids lives. I saw kids go through our program turn from hoodlums to college students in ROTC programs. Hope this helps! sorry its kind of a ramble |