Colbert County High SchoolCareer Preparedness

Teacher: Mrs. Vickie GasqueRoom: 29 Business Department

Email:

Class Room Phone: (256)446-9722 Business Department

Supplies Needed: Flash Drive

Ink pen or pencil

Box of tissues or wet wipes

Fee: None

The Career Preparedness course focuses on three integrated areas of instruction–academic planning and career development, financial literacy, and technology. Course content ranges from college and career preparation to computer literacy skills to ways to manage personal finances and reduce personal risk. The area of technology is designed to be interwoven throughout course instruction. Mastery of the content standards provides a strong foundation for student acquisition of the skills, attitudes, and knowledge that enables them to achieve success in school, at work, and across the life span.

As part of preparing students to be college- and career-ready, this course also equips them with the skills needed for business and industry, continuing education, and lifelong learning. Acquisition of these skills is achieved by incorporating content and strategies that can easily allow students to meet the required 20-hour online experience as defined in the Alabama State Department of Education’s High School Distance Learning: Online/Technology Enhanced Course or Experience Guidance document. Career Preparedness is a one-credit course required for graduation.

Course Outline

  • Personal Decision Making
  • Demonstrate knowledge of a systemic approach to a decision-making process
  • Academic Planning and Career Development
  • Understand the effect of workplace behaviors
  • Analyze personal skills, interests and relate them to career opportunities.
  • Determine the correlation of personal preference, education and training to the demands of the workforce
  • Investigate the postsecondary/higher education admission process
  • Examine the employment process
  • Generate an electronic portfolio using digital tools
  • Technology Skill Applications
  • Diagnose problems with hardware, software, and advance network systems
  • Demonstrate advance technology
  • Compare functions of various systems
  • Analyze cultural, social, economic, environmental, and political effects, and trends of technology to assess emerging technologies and forecast innovations.
  • Demonstrate appropriate digital citizenship
  • Utilize an online learning-management system to engage in collaborative learning process
  • Explain specific steps that consumers can take to minimize exposure to identity theft
  • Managing Finances and Budgeting
  • Develop a plan for managing, earning, spending, saving and giving using spreadsheets, online resources or commercial software
  • Evaluate the effect of personal preferences, advertising, marketing, peer pressure and family history on consumer choices and decision making in the marketplace
  • Saving and Investing
  • Distinguish differences between the purpose of saving and the objectives associated with investing bank statements and use online financial services
  • Banking and Financial Institutions
  • Analyze various types of financial institutions
  • Demonstrate how to manage checking and savings accounts balance
  • Credit and Debt
  • Determine advantages and disadvantages of using credit
  • Examine why credit ratings and credit reports are important to consumers
  • Risk Management and Insurance
  • Determine the type of insurance associated with different types of risks
  • Develop a plan for financial security in the event of disaster

Grading Scale: Students will be graded on a scale of 0-100 for assignments. Work not turn in or attempted will receive a zero for the assignment. Students who have an excuse absence will have three days to make up work. Students who are absent when a Guest Speaker visits, will be required to do a report on the Speakers content. Criteria for the report will be given to the student.

Students who copy or allow someone to copy their work will be given a “0” for the assignment or test.

Assessment Procedures:

Student’s grades will be based on the following and each carry

  • Test Grades: Test will consist of objective written and productivity. A possible notebook grade will also count as a test grade. Test grades will be counted twice.
  • Daily Work: Students will be given daily assignments to complete. Assignments will be kept in a folder. This grade is very important.
  • Class Projects: Students will be assign class projects to work on their own or in class. This may be individual or as a team. Criteria will be given for projects.
  • Employability Skills: Job skillsconsist of dependability, neatness, professional behavior, organization and following directions.

CTOS:

  • Prepare for competitive events
  • Type documents for various groups
  • Type the program of work for FBLA
  • Design a form for the participation point system for FBLA
  • Recruit new chapters via an email campaign
  • Solicit business partners via an email campaign
  • Analyze data and prepare graphs for the school or district
  • Manage databases for various civic organizations
  • Create a FBLA database that tracks attendance, participation, and demographics
  • Deliver commerce and information technology curriculum—related content to an audience
  • Create a presentation about the CTSO to display as a kiosk for a middle school fair
  • Present a presentation on emerging trends in business technology and their effects on the business community to local businesses, civic organizations, etc.

Remember this is a business class, good ethics and skills are important.

Please remember that this is a business class and good attendance and being on time is very important for any job. If a student misses a class or is late to class, they are expected to make all work and assignments. Please do not ask to leave class to go to another teacher’s room. If you are detained by a teacher or are in the office, you will need to bring an excuse or you will be counted tardy.

As a teacher I am expected to abide by the rules and regulations of Colbert County High School Administrators and the Colbert County Board of Education.

FBLA

All students who are enrolled in Business Education Classes are eligible for membership in FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America). The sponsors are Mrs. Gasque and Mrs. Clark. The dues to join are $15.00 per year. All students are encouraged to become active members of FBLA. This organization is an active and integral part of the business department at CCHS.

Remember the Three R’s

Be RespectfulBe ResponsibleBe Resourceful

Colbert County High School Career Preparedness

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