CONCEPT

Military experience

Semester schools only

Fulltime program - 4 days/wk.

Treated as adults not as students

CURRICULUM

400 hrs. long

-basic military training

a) drill map using hygiene

b) law weapons history (safety important)

c) basic military subjects

d) first aid fitness fieldcraft

-in and out of classroom program

EQUIVALENCY

2 or 3 credits

Usually 1 Phys Ed.

2 Career exploration/guidance also Geography and History

WEEKLY ROUTINE

-Monday-in school Tues-Friday 5.75 hrs. on course 9:30am-3:15pm

-Occasional week night or weekend training sessions

-One full week (24 hr. days).

INSTRUCTION

-Trained instructors - journals/assignments

-Monitoring - PO checks & testing

-Assessment folders

ENTRY CRITERIA

-Canadian Citizen (L1) -medically fit -men 17 years of age

-Grade 10 Eng. & Math - belong to a unit

TIMINGS

-Co-ordination Sept./Oct.-Sign up Oct./Dec.

-Processing Oct./Feb.-Course Feb./June

LOGISTICS

-Liabilities - covered by Crown not W.C.B.

-Pay-1/2 day pay at site

-Transportation-between school & students to base - after base pays for movement of students

-Lunch costs supplied by base training

ISSUES TO DEAL WITH

-Processing of students into program

-Equipment-must be issued before starting program

-Code of service discipline-subject to military law

SUCCESS FACTORS

-Champion in military

-Run a trial program

-Make it flexible

-Keep lines of communication open