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Standard 9.1
Career and Technical Education
All students will develop career awareness and planning,
employability skills and foundational knowledge necessary for
success in the workplace.
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Big Idea:
Students explore career opportunities and assess individual
aptitudes and interests to make informed decisions regarding career
and educational choices. |
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9.1
A. Career Awareness and Planning |
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Essential Questions |
Enduring Understandings |
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How
do I decide what I want to be and how do I prepare for my career?
- Why do I need a career plan? How do I communicate this information
to post-secondary institutions and employers? |
- Each job, career and profession has a
set of preparation requirements, career exploration experiences and
different opportunities for personal and professional growth and
satisfaction.
- An effective career plan is flexible, includes a variety of life
experiences, skills and education, and can save time, energy and
money. |
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Cumulative Progress
Indicators |
Comments and Examples |
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By the end of Grade 12: |
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Re-evaluate personal interests, abilities, and skills through
various measures including self assessments. |
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2.
Evaluate academic and career skills needed in various career
clusters. |
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Analyze factors that can impact an individual’s career. |
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4.
Review and update their career plan and include the plan in a
portfolio. |
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5.
Research current advances in technology that apply to a selected
occupational career cluster. |
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9.1
B. Employability Skills |
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Essential Questions |
Enduring Understandings |
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- How can we best
prepare for the workforce when we will likely change jobs multiple
times and perhaps even careers? |
- In the 21st century, people will most
likely have multiple careers and jobs.
- Personal actions today and tomorrow may have an effect on future
employment. |
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Cumulative Progress
Indicators |
Comments and Examples |
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By the end of Grade 12: |
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1. Assess personal qualities that are needed to obtain and retain a job related to
career clusters. |
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2. Communicate
and comprehend written and verbal thoughts, ideas, directions, and
information relative to educational and occupational settings |
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3. Select and utilize appropriate technology in the design and implementation of
teacher-approved projects relevant to occupations and/or higher educational
settings. |
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4. Evaluate the following academic and career skills as they relate to home,
school, community, and employment:
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Communication
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Punctuality
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Time management
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Organization
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Decision making
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Goal setting
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Resources allocation
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Fair and equitable competition
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Safety
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Employment application skills
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Teamwork
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5. Demonstrate teamwork and leadership skills that include student participation in
real world applications of career and technical education skills. |
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All students electing further
study in career and technical education will also: |
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Participate in a
structured learning experience that demonstrates interpersonal
communication, teamwork, and leadership skills |
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Participate in simulated industry assessments, when and where
appropriate. |
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3.
Prepare industry-specific technical reports/projects that
incorporate graphic aids, when and where appropriate. |
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4.
Demonstrate occupational health and safety skills related to
industry-specific activities. |
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