Career Preparation I

Career Preparation I provides opportunities for students to participate in a learning experience that combines classroom instruction with paid business and industry employment experiences and supports strong partnerships among school, business, and community stakeholders. The goal is to prepare students with a variety of skills for a fast-changing workplace. This instructional arrangement should be an advanced component of a student's individual program of study. Students are taught employability skills, which include job-specific skills applicable to their training station, job interview techniques, communication skills, financial and budget activities, human relations, and portfolio development. Career preparation is relevant, rigorous, supports student attainment of academic standards, and effectively prepares students for college and career success.

Career Preparation II

Career Preparation II develops essential knowledge and skills through classroom technical instruction and on-the-job training in an approved business and industry training area. Students will develop skills for lifelong learning, employability, leadership, management, work ethics, safety, and communication as a group; however, each student will have an individual training plan that will address job-specific knowledge and skills. Approved training sponsors will provide paid occupational training for a student. The training sponsor will assist the teacher in providing the necessary knowledge and skills for the student's specific career preparation.

Money Matters

Money Matters will promote financial responsibility among students by building their basic money management skills. Students will apply critical-thinking skills to analyze financial options based on current and projected economic factors. Students will gain knowledge and skills necessary to set long-term financial goals through investment, tax planning, asset allocation, risk management, retirement planning, and estate planning.

Business Information Management I

BIM 1 provides a realistic, integrated, computerized approach to word processing, spreadsheets and database applications. Students will strengthen the students’ personal and interpersonal skills to function properly in the business world. The students will learn how to create and practice business applications for future employment. Students will also become proficient in the use of computer processing and Microsoft Office Applications (Access, Excel, Outlook, Word & Power Point). Students will learn how to apply class assignments in a business environment and evaluate the importance of the assignments to the outcome of projects and real world tasks.

Business Information Management II