Course Overview

This Army JROTC course is focused on building the higher level leadership skills required for participating and leading Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT). CERT is a Federal Emergency Management Administration program that educates individuals about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster response skills. The goal of the course is to develop well-rounded leaders who can be effective in emergency situations by using their people skills, knowledge of logistics and teamwork, sense of civic duty, as well as deep understanding of standard procedures in community emergencies. The course comprises the senior year of Army JROTC curriculum and includes greater depth and more challenging content on topics covered in previous years, such as leadership, personal growth, team building, service learning, and citizenship and government. The CERT content is new for students in their senior year. The content teaches fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, disaster psychology, potential terrorist scenarios and disaster medical operations. Classroom learning is augmented by reading, essay writing, reflective journal writing, group work, skills practice, and simulations. Over the course of the year, students will develop a capstone service learning project focused on community emergency response. The capstone is a disaster simulation service-learning project at the school.

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