A NOTE TO LEADERSHIP BOWL TEAM MEMBERS FROM COF PRESIDENT – TERRY WILFONG:
Congratulations, you are officially the best in your class! You are among the top 40 JROTC Leadership Teams in the world...You will now compete for top honors!
We have created what we believe will be the best JLAB leadership experience ever. The 2013 JLAB Leadership Program contains three components:
1. Leadership Group Work and Project Development – products you will develop to share with other JROTC units and for which you may receive college credit,
2. JLAB Leadership Bowl – the competitive events that will result in the designation of the best Army JROTC Leadership Team in the nation, and
3. Experiential Learning – a day of fun and learning in Washington DC.
We will provide you with study references and readings to prepare you and your team for the competition and for the development of Leadership Projects. We will assign you to a Leadership Group with four other teams and a Group Facilitator. You will join your facilitator and the other teams in your Group in a virtual classroom where you will individually and collectively develop three projects over the next several months. You will put the final touches on those projects at JLAB. These projects will be graded and if your work is satisfactory, you will receive a college credit for your efforts. The best of the projects will be shared with the rest of the JROTC community.
The JLAB 2013 Leadership Bowl 2 is for the first time a true Leadership Bowl. Your team will go head-to-head with the other 39 Leadership Teams in differing leadership scenarios to include the “Leadership Gauntlet”. At the end of the day-long competition a champion will be crowned.
You will also spend a full day in Washington DC where you will be able to learn from our nations most cherished and revered monuments and memorials.
Congratulations again on being among the nation’s best. And remember that with the title comes work and responsibility, responsibility to reach back and pull forward the rest of your peers! What you accomplish at JLAB will benefit thousands of cadets everywhere. Continue to put your best step forward!
Regards,
Terry Wilfong
Before we get into the details of what to expect at JLAB 2013, look below and find your Leadership Group and Facilitator.
GROUP ASSIGNMENTS
LEADERSHIP GROUP COURAGE
Facilitator – CWO Rodney Fagan (Osborne HS, Smyrna, GA)
Christian Brothers Academy (Albany, NY)
A.C. Flora High School (Columbia, SC)
Forbush High School (East Bend, NC)
Douglas County High School (Douglasville, GA)
Florence High School (Florence, MS)
LEADERSHIP GROUP DUTY
Facilitator – LTC Kenneth Merkel (West Broward HS, Pembroke Pines, FL)
McNair Academic High School (Jersey City, NJ)
Mount Tabor High School (Winston-Salem, NC)
Parkdale High School (Riverdale, MD)
West Johnston High School (Benson, NC)
Wayne Memorial High School (Wayne, MI)
LEADERSHIP GROUP HONOR
Facilitator – MAJ Dave Weis (Roswell HS, Roswell, GA)
Francis Lewis High School (Fresh Meadows, NY)
Paul M. Dorman High School (Roebuck, SC)
Rockledge High School (Rockledge, FL)
Roswell High School (Roswell, GA)
Southeast High School (Bradenton, FL)
LEADERSHIP GROUP INTEGRITY
Facilitator – MAJ Gordon Rodell (Ida Baker HS, Lee County, FL)
Gulf Coast High School (Naples, FL)
Ida S. Baker High School (Cape Coral, FL)
Murrah High School (Jackson, MS)
Concordia Lutheran High School (Fort Wayne, IN)
Shelby Valley High School (Pikeville, KY)
LEADERSHIP GROUP LOYALTY
Facilitator – LTC Charles Coxwell (Palatka HS, Palatka, FL)
Randleman High School (Randleman, NC)
Strawberry Crest High School (Dover, FL)
Union County High School (Union, SC)
Red Bank High School (Chattanooga, TN)
Oakland High School (Murfreesboro, TN)
LEADERSHIP GROUP RESPECT
Facilitator – MAJ Stephen Muehlberg (Mustang HS, Mustang, OK)
Joliet Central High School (Joliet, IL)
Omaha South High School (Omaha, NE)
Mustang High School (Mustang, OK)
Livingston High School (Livingston, TX)
Betty H. Fairfax High School (Laveen, AZ)
LEADERSHIP GROUP MACARTHUR
Facilitator – LTC Alan Maitland (CT Johnson HS, San Antonio, TX)
Nixa High School (Nixa, MO)
JH Reagan High School (Houston, TX)
Lonoke High School (Lonoke, AR)
Riverdale High School (Murfreesboro, TN)
Claudia Taylor Johnson High School (San Antonio, TX)
LEADERSHIP GROUP MARSHALL
Facilitator – 1SG Luis Gonzalez (Sam Rayburn HS, Pasadena, TX)
James Monroe High School (North Hills, CA)
Lowell High School (San Francisco, CA)
Sam Rayburn High School (Pasadena, TX)
Waimea High School (Waimea, HI)
Western High School (Anaheim, CA)
JLAB LEADERSHIP PROGRAM OVERVIEW
As stated earlier, the JLAB 2013 Leadership Program consists of three components. Here’s what we have planned for you:
1. (Day One, June 22, 2013) the JLAB Leadership Bowl – the 40 Leadership Teams will
compete head-to-head in CPS-based competition and run the “JLAB 2013 Leadership Gauntlet” – not really a run, but a series of stations testing your leadership knowledge and skills. The top three teams that emerge from these events will compete on stage in a quiz bowl, buzz-in format to determine the 2013 Leadership Bowl Champion.
2. (Day Two, June 23, 2013) the Leadership Group Work and Project Development –
finalize and turn in the Group Projects as outlined in Task 3 below.
3. (Day Three, June 24, 2013) Experiential Learning – The final day of the JLAB 2013 Leadership Program will consist of practical learning at our national memorials and museums in Washington, DC. You will reflect on your JROTC lessons, the JLAB experience and your Leadership Group collaborative projects. Under the leadership of your coach (school SAI/AI), you will enhance your understanding and knowledge of US history, government and key historical figures by exploring our nation’s monuments and museums.
JLAB LEADERSHIP TEAM ASSIGNMENT AND PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS
So you can prepare for the competition and complete the three Leadership Group Projects (one individual and two group collective) mentioned earlier, your assignment consists of the following four tasks:
TASK 1 – Study JROTC Leadership Lessons
This task is simple and straightforward – be thoroughly knowledgeable of the JROTC curriculum lessons on and those associated with leadership. Most of these are the same lessons that you studied in preparing for competition at levels I and II. References for preparation for the Leadership Bowl include:
1. Citizenship in Action and Leadership Theory and Application- Unit 1, Chapter 2, Lesson 3, Army Reserve Component - Citizen Soldier and all of Unit 2 (excluding Chapter 5)
2. Foundations for Success - Unit 3 (excluding Chapters 9, 11 and 12)
3. Citizenship in American History and Government - Unit 6 (excluding Chapters 6, 7 and 8)
4. Winning Colors and Thinking Maps
5. CPS Student Response System – CPS will be used extensively in the JLAB Leadership Bowl. Be proficient with it!
TASK 2 – Read and Study the American Citizen-Soldier and the Principles of Leadership of General George C. Marshall and General Douglas MacArthur
This task contains three readings or study requirements. One is to study and be knowledgeable of material we will provide you on the American Citizen-Soldier. The other two are readings of the teachings of two of our nation’s greatest leaders - General George C. Marshall and General Douglas MacArthur.
1. In the next 2 to 3 weeks, we will provide you a video and a booklet with information on the Citizen-Soldier. This material, coupled with the material in your JROTC curriculum, will prepare you for the questions you will encounter in the Leadership Bowl.
2. In preparation for JLAB you were required to read Soldier, Statesman, and Peacemaker: Leadership Lessons from George C. Marshall by Jack Uldrich. In case you need to review or study it in depth, you can find General Marshall’s book on our website (www.collegeoptionsfoundation.net) at the top of the page under Competitions - click on Army JLAB/ About Leadership Bowl. Halfway down the page you can download the book.
3. And last, but certainly not least, you are to read and study the book entitled No Substitute for Victory: Lessons in Strategy and Leadership from General Douglas MacArthur by Theodore Kinni and Donna Kinni. Focus your study on Chapter 33 and Parts III and V. This book is on loan to JLAB with certain copyright restrictions, which is why it is not on our website. A PDF copy of the book will be sent to you when you complete and email the attached request form. COMPLETE THE ATTACHED REQUEST FORM AND EMAIL IT ASAP!
TASK 3 – Leadership Group and Individual Projects
You will shortly begin to plan and work on your Leadership Group Projects. Your assigned Group Facilitator will soon contact you and invite you to join the other teams in your Leadership Group in a virtual classroom. There your Group will develop three projects – one is an essay that each member of your Team will write, and two are group-collective projects. You will put the final touches on those projects at JLAB. These projects are the components of an Adams State College course entitled LEAD 120, American Veterans – Profiles in Leadership. You instructor for this course is your Facilitator, who will grade your work. If you receive a passing grade, each member of your Team will be given one college credit, at no cost to you. The LEAD 120 class/Leadership Group Projects are:
(1) Individual Project: 1-2 page, double spaced, essay analyzing individual leadership change and growth as a result of participation in JLAB. Focus questions: How has JLAB changed your leadership skill set? How will your participation in JLAB enable you to effect positive organizational change within your unit, school and community? The Leadership Skills Map may be a useful tool in assessing the areas in which you have changed or grown. If used, recommend it be completed in March and again just prior to arriving at JLAB. The essay must be substantially completed prior to arrival at JLAB and completed/submitted to the Group Facilitator on Sunday, 23 June.
(2) Group Project #1: Formulate a written, collective unit Best Practice report to impact your unit, school or community. The report will be a consolidation of best practices in a specific area from all the schools within your Leadership Group. Pictures, illustrations or videos may be used in the report. The Group must choose an area which they feel will have the overall greatest impact on JROTC programs worldwide. The report will address the who, what, when, where and how of the Best Practice, e.g., components of the function, organization (staff responsibilities, command and control), resources needed (money, people, supplies, transportation, and equipment) timeline from planning to completion, etc. The report must be substantially completed prior to arrival at JLAB. The final report must be provided to the JLAB Leadership Program Manager on Sunday, 23 June.
(3) Group Project #2: Design and publish a 3-5 minute media presentation, with narration, highlighting the life and contributions to our country of a prominent Citizen-Soldier. The focus questions are: What leadership principles or character traits enabled this Citizen-Soldier to achieve? How can these principles and traits be used to create organizational change within your JROTC battalion? The project will be produced through research in a virtual classroom environment and/or on the internet and under the supervision of your SAI/AI and your JLAB Leadership Group Facilitator. The presentation must be substantially completed prior to arrival at JLAB. The final presentation must be provided to the JLAB Leadership Program Manager on Sunday, 23 June.
A grading/scoring rubric will be provided for each project and will be posted on our website and in your classroom. The best of the individual and group products will be published and distributed to all Army JROTC units using a variety of media (Facebook, JROTC World, COF Website, JROTC Web Portal).
TASK 4 – Items to Bring to the Competition
You must coordinate with your Group Facilitator to finalize what to bring to JLAB. At this point in time, we think you should bring the following items to JLAB to complete your projects:
1) One PC-compatible computer,
2) One digital camera or video device capable of recording a 3-5 minute video,
3) One thumb drive
Good luck to you as you prepare for and partake in the leadership development experience that is JLAB. If you have any questions regarding your assignment and tasks, or on any aspect of JLAB 2013, please let me know.
Regards and best wishes,
T. E. Torbert
JLAB Leadership Program Manager
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