Instructor Responsibilities
These federal laws govern how JROTC instructors must treat cadets and maintain a safe program.
What are Title 10 and Title IV regulations?
Cadets must follow these to maintain discipline and structure in JROTC
What are chain-of-command procedures?
Romantic or intimate relationships between instructors and cadets fall under this category.
What are strictly prohibited relationships?
These guidelines ensure cadet–instructor relationships remain appropriate and mission‑focused.
What are professional boundaries?
Instructors must ensure this type of environment where all cadets feel respected.
What is a safe and professional learning environment?
Reporting inappropriate instructor behavior is part of this responsibility.
What is safeguarding the program?
Instructors cannot communicate privately with cadets through these types of platforms.
What are personal social media or private messaging apps?
Instructors must avoid sharing this type of personal detail with cadets.
What is intimate or overly personal information?
Instructors must report violations of safety or misconduct under this school-related requirement.
What is mandatory reporting?
Cadets show respect for instructors by following instructions and maintaining this
What is military bearing?
Giving special privileges or gifts to one cadet violates this fairness rule
What is favoritism?
Cadets and instructors must keep interactions focused on this.
What is leadership development or JROTC instruction?
Instructors are required to keep this type of relationship with cadets to avoid favoritism.
What is an impartial, professional relationship?
Cadets must avoid behaviors that could be perceived as overly personal with instructors to maintain these.
What are professional boundaries?
Meeting a cadet outside school or JROTC events for personal reasons breaks these boundaries.
What are off‑duty interaction restrictions?
If a cadet feels uncomfortable with an instructor’s behavior, they should report it through this process.
What is the chain of command / grievance process?
Instructors cannot ask cadets to perform personal tasks because doing so violates this principle.
What is the misuse of authority?
Cadets are expected to speak up when a peer is engaged in prohibited relationships under this principle.
What is integrity?
This legal term refers to an instructor taking advantage of their position to emotionally or socially influence a cadet.
What is abuse of authority?
Maintaining boundaries protects the JROTC program’s reputation and maintains compliance with these.
What are federal, school district, and Army regulations?