Description:

The Naval Sciences Instructor provides expert instruction to the Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program within Loudoun County Public Schools.

Roles and Responsibilities: The following information is intended to describe the overall nature and scope of the work being performed in relation to the position. This is not a comprehensive listing of all responsibilities or tasks; other work may be assigned when deemed appropriate:

• Introduces students to the meaning of citizenship, the elements of leadership, and the value of scholarship in attaining life goals; engenders a sound appreciation for the heritage and traditions of America, with recognition that the historically significant role of sea power will be important in America's future; develops in each cadet a growing sense of pride in his/her organization, associates, and self. These elements are pursued at the fundamental level.
• Provides ongoing instruction in leadership and discipline, Military Justice, Astronomy, International Law and the Sea, National Strategy, Sea Power and Naval Operations, Naval History: 1930 through the Nuclear Age, Naval Intelligence and National Security, Maneuvering Board, Challenges of Future Navy Research, and Electricity and Naval Electronics
• Provides ongoing instruction in leadership theory, Naval Orientation and Career Planning, Citizenship in the U.S. and Other Countries, Naval History: 1815 through 1930, Naval Ships and Shipboard Evolutions, Naval Weapons: Gunnery, Guided Missiles and Mines, Navigation Fundamentals and Rules of the Road, Small Boat Seamanship, Meteorology and Weather, and Survival Training and Orienteer.
• Provides instruction in theoretical and applied aspects of leadership, training, and evaluation of performance. Students will become aware of the techniques used to create motivation, develop goals and activities for a work group, and the proper ways to set a leadership example. Cadets will also apply these principles when dealing with younger cadets in the areas of military drill and inspections, athletic events, and in other school activities.
• Utitlizes course content to include an introduction to the NJROTC program; Introduction to Leadership, Naval Ships; Mission and Organization, The Nation, Navy and the People in American Democracy, Maritime Geography, Seapower and Challenge, Naval History through 1815, Introduction to Navigation and Time, Basic Seamanship, Oceanography, Health Education, First Aid, and Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco Abuse Prevention.
• Serves as a resource to educators, the parents and the community.
• May be required to provide support to cadets before and after-school and some weekends for community and school events

Qualifications: Below are the qualifications for this position:

• All NJROTC instructor applicants must be certified by the Navy
• NJROTC certified applicants should be highly motivated Navy, Marine Corps or Coast Guard enlisted personnel in grades E-6 through E-9
• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with students, peers, administrators, and parents
• Demonstrated skill in oral and written communications; excellent human relations skills

Physical requirements:

The following provides a brief description of physical requirements for this position:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly talking. expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly. The employee must possess normal cognitive abilities including the ability to learn, recall and apply certain practices and policies. Frequently sitting and/or remaining in a stationary position for long periods of time. Exerting up to 25 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.

FLSA Status: Exempt

Months, Days, Hours: 11 months, 217 days, 7 hours

Reports to: Principal or Assistant Principal

Salary Scale: lcps.org/compensation