Yeager Middle School
8th Grade Career ManagementCourse Syllabus
Mrs. Davina Williams, Teacher
(770) 651-5682
Course Name:
Career Management
Course Description:
The goal of this course is to promote essential knowledge, skills and attitudes students need to make key decisions about career options, high school curricular offerings relating to a pathway of their choice, as well as, postsecondary and workforce opportunities. Instructional focus will address interpersonal skills, management skills, employability skills, self-awareness, educational and career planning.
In this course, middle school students will increase student awareness of resources available to support educational and career planning. Students will develop a personalized individual Peach State Pathways: Education and Career Plan, explore management skills, and investigate employability skills.
Course Objectives and CTAE Performance Standards:
MSCM8-1: Students will develop and demonstrate positive interpersonal skills.
MSCM8-2: Students will develop management skills that lead to academic and career success.
MSCM8-3: Students will examine and demonstrate an understanding of employability skills to enhance career success.
MSCM8-4: Students will personalize a self-selected Pathway that meets educational and career goals.
Grading Policy: Based on a scale of 100, student grades will be weighted as follows:
Tests/Quizzes-40%, Class Work-50% (includes projects & participation) and Homework-10%. Extra help provided before school on Tuesdays & Thursdays from 7:30-8:00 by appointment!
Students can also receive extra credit when they dress for success on 1 specific day! Three days of extra credit will excuse 1 zero assignment, (not used for projects, quizzes, or test). No jeans, tennis shoes, hoodies, t-shirts, shorts and varied type boots for dress up days. This is optional and only if you have it!!!
Students are also expected to complete a Power Point Presentation by the end of the 9 weeks.
Grading Scale: Schedule “A” or “B” week:
A = 100 - 90 8:30- 8:35 HOMEROOM
B = 89 – 80 8:35- 9:25 1st or 7th (8th grade)
C = 79 - 71 9:28- 10:18 2nd or 6th (7th grade)
D = 70 10:21- 11:11 3rd or 5th (7th grade)
F = 69 and below 11:14- 12:50 4th & lunch (planning)
12:53- 1:43 5th or 3rd (8th grade
1:47- 2:37 6th or 2nd (6th grade)
2:40- 3:30 7th or 1st (6th grade)
Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns that you may have about your child’s academic and social progress. Please view your child’s agenda daily, as I will use it to communicate with you. I will also contact you via phone calls, progress reports and notes. Together, we can make this a great year for you and your child!
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This syllabus is a homework grade and will need to be signed and returned within a week.
Donations of the follow items to the classroom will be greatly appreciated, and students may receive extra credit for bring them in.
(Clorox wipes, tissue, hand sanitizer, copy paper, glue, color markers and magazines)