Comprehensive Career Education Core Program

1. Career/Technical Education Career/Technical Courses of Study Curriculum Core Orientation

2. Career/Technical Education What is the CURRICULUM CORE ?

3. Curriculum Core

4. Curriculum Core • It is a career awareness course that introduces students to the basic principles for launching individuals into career paths.

5. Curriculum Core • Mastery of these content standards are required for a student to be considered a program completer. • Essential knowledge of: • Foundational job seeking skills • Workplace issues. • Exploration of career options. • Identify workplace issues in the workforce.

6. Curriculum Core • Course Structure • Integrated into the CT program(traditional delivery). • Stand alone half credit course. • On-line course (coming soon). • Supplementary activity guide will be furnished.

7. Curriculum Core • Student Organization • Tied to the student’s career objective and applicable student organization. • Leadership activities are inclusive. • Enhances classroom instruction. • Guides student in career preparation.

8. Curriculum Core • Three Main Content Standard Headings: • Life Applications • Workplace Applications • Project Development

9. Life Applications • Technological Advancement • Government • Business • Industry • Environment

10. Life Applications • Assess the use of technology in different career fields • Examples: • Medicine • Industry • Information • Business • Agriculture

11. Life Applications • Apply knowledge and skills through student organization activities to enhance personal and professional growth • Employability skills • Community service activities • School activities • Conferences and workshops

12. Life Applications • Student organization continued: • Competitive career event activities • Leadership activities • Examples: • Conducting a meeting • Presenting workshops • Providing public relations • Developing parliamentary procedure skills

13. Life Applications • Student organization continued: • Teambuilding activities • Identifying appropriate leadership styles • Working productively with others • Completing a team task • Professional/civic responsibility • Examples: • Volunteering • Affiliating with an organization • Etiquette

14. Life Applications • Demonstrate skills for managing finances • Personal • Budgeting • Banking • Preparing income tax • Planning retirement

15. Life Applications • Managing finances continued: • Business • Business plan • Payroll • Taxes • Financial statements

16. Life Applications • Demonstrate effective communication skills • Writing • Examples: • Technical • Business • Note taking • Speaking • Examples: • Presentations • occupational terminology

17. Life Applications • Communication skills continued: • Listening • Reading • Examples: • Functional • Textual • Recreational • Non-Verbal • Computer literacy

18. Life Applications • Apply mathematical/scientific concepts for solving problems. • Reading a scale/ruler • Standard • Metric • Performing basic computations • Using weights/measures • Reading charts/diagrams

19. Workplace Applications • Determine factors to be considered in developing an effective career plan. • Self-assessment • Interests • Aptitude • Values • Career pathway • Goal setting • Short-term goals • Long-term goals

20. Workplace Applications • Developing an effective career plan continued: • Career research • Earnings • Working conditions • Entry requirements • Government, business, and industry • Education outlook • Nontraditional careers • Location • Advancement

21. Workplace Applications • Developing an effective career plan continued: • Career Plan • Training • Skill development/certification

22. Workplace Applications • Demonstrate procedures for obtaining employment. • Job search • Examples: • Internet • Newspaper • Employment office • Résumé • Letter of application/cover letter • Job application

23. Workplace Applications • Obtaining employment continued: • Interview process • Example: mock interviews • Follow-up thank you letter • Employment acceptance • Example: negotiating salary/benefits

24. Workplace Applications • Analyze factors related to entrepreneurial opportunities. • Examples: • Risks • Rewards • Business climate • Obtaining finances

25. Workplace Applications • Describe related employer/personnel issues. • Employer hiring practices • Examples: • Drug test • Pre-employment test • Background check • Fingerprinting • Employer forms • Examples: • Work permit • W4

26. Workplace Applications • Employer/personnel issues continued: • Employer policies • Example: company handbook • Fringe benefits • Examples: • Sick leave • Vacation • Insurance • Labor laws • Examples: • Discrimination • Harassment • Child labor

27. Workplace Applications • Employer/personnel issues continued: • OSHA guidelines • Examples: • Business • Industrial • Medical • Personal • Labor organizations • Employment termination • Examples: • Letter of resignation • Severance package

28. Workplace Applications • Apply safe and healthy standards to the workplace. • Safe work procedures • Hazardous or unhealthy work conditions • Proper tools, dress, and equipment • Emergency procedures • Examples: • Evacuation routes • Fire extinguishers • Accident reporting

29. Workplace Applications • Safe and healthy standards continued: • Work area maintenance • Examples: • Cleaning • Organizing • Taking preventive steps • Hazardous substance/materials • Examples: • Storage • Handling • Disposing

30. Workplace Applications • Safe and healthy standards continued: • Safety rules and regulations • Examples: • OSHA • Company

31. Workplace Applications • Assess appropriate professional behavior for the workplace. • Following rules and regulations • Exhibiting positive behavior • Examples: • Conflict resolution • Courtesy • Respect • Dependability • Pride • Initiative

32. Workplace Applications • Appropriate professional behavior continued: • Complying with company dress code • Demonstrating appropriate personal hygiene • Complying with business/organizational expectations • Identifying effective employer/employee relations • Practicing teamwork

33. Workplace Applications • Analyze proper workplace ethics. • Examples: • Chain of command • Cost effectiveness • Time management • Assertiveness • Willingness to learn • Attendance • Ethical reasoning • Responsibility for decisions and actions • Diversity

34. Project Development • Utilize problem-solving skills in a workplace setting. • Identifying the problem • Clarifying purposes and goals • Identifying solutions and their impact • Employing reasoning skills • Evaluating options • Establishing priorities • Assessing employer/employee responsibilities

35. CORE CURRICULUM • Questions? • Comments? • For further information go to: www.alsde.edu Sections, Career Technical/Adult & Community Education, Courses of Study