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WORKPLACE BASICS I & II
Grades 9-12
1 or .5 units
Workplace Basics is one part of a three sequential unit program that can assist in providing students with the concepts
and skills required for employment. This course, in addition to two other sequential units in the Agriculture, Business,
Family and Consumer, or Industrial Technology departments, may earn advanced placement in post-secondary institutions upon
the successful completion of all three units of instruction. A number of specific competencies will be addressed in each
unit of instruction. The courses may be taken any trimester in either order. Course Content: Students will address the general
areas of leadership, job getting and job keeping skills, and entrepreneurship. First half includes: learning about yourself,
learning about and researching careers, making career decisions, applying and interviewing for jobs, what your employer expects,
succeeding on the job, personal health and safety, communicating on the job, and math and computer skills. Second half topics
to be covered include: our
SCHOOL TO WORK
Grades 11-12
.5 unit
The Student will be at work, on time, every day that the supervisor and the student have arranged to meet. (Preferably
5 days/week minimum)
1 unexcused absence Automatic C
2 unexcused absences Automatic D
3 unexcused absences Automatic F and the student may not participate in the program.
The student must keep a daily log of activities, duties, and responsibilities. Those journals are to be turned in, complete,
to the school-to-work coordinator on the first and third Friday of every month that the student is participating in the program.
This journal needs to also be signed/initialed by the supervisor. The final grade will be based upon a meeting of the supervisor
and the school-to-work coordinator. Students can register for this class for 3 trimesters in a two-year period. Students
must have three separate work experience placements each trimester they are registered for STW. We, as the employer/supervisor,
student, parents, and school, each agree to the above and understand the above and agree to work together in order to make
this work experience successful and fulfilling.
RECORDKEEPING
Grades 9-12
.5 unit
Recordkeeping classes provide a basic understanding of the procedures involved in recording personal financial transactions
as well as transactions typically undertaken by small businesses. Partial emphasis may be placed on personal banking, budgeting,
and income tax calculations; additional emphasis is usually placed on cashier and clerk procedures, inventory control for
small businesses, database management, merchandising, and payroll. Recordkeeping courses teach students the value of Recordkeeping
to the organization, operation, and control of a business.
ACCOUNTING I
Grades 10-12
1 unit
Accounting courses introduce and then expand upon the fundamental accounting procedures used in small businesses. Typically,
the first year covers the full accounting cycle, and incorporates topics such as payroll, taxes, debts, depreciation, ledger
and journal techniques, and periodic adjustments. Students apply standard auditing principles to the projects they work on
and while preparing budgets and final reports. Calculators, electronic spreadsheets, and computerized accounting programs
are used. In advanced courses, elementary principles of partnership and corporate accounting are introduced and explored,
as are the managerial uses of control systems and the accounting process.
ACCOUNTING II
Prerequisites: Accounting I Grades 11-12
1 unit
Banking and Finance courses provide students with an overview of the American monetary and banking system, types of financial
institutions, and the services and products they offer. Course content may include government regulations; checking, savings,
and money market accounts; loans; investments; and negotiable instruments. As the courses provide information about career
opportunities, students practice the varying responsibilities of personnel within the banking and finance industries.
KEYBOARDING I
Grades 9-12
.5 unit
This keyboarding course provides an introduction to the keyboard (letters, numbers, and symbols), basic machine operation
and proper keyboarding techniques. As students progress through this course, they will improve their accuracy and their speed.
This introductory course will present material/units in composition, proofreading, centering, tables, reports, and business/personal
letters with envelopes. The variety of documents will use problem-solving skills. Keyboarding I will lead into the more
advanced class of Keyboarding II.
KEYBOARDING II
Prerequisites: Keyboarding I grades 9-12
.5 unit
The student refines his or her operation of the keyboard. Effective proofreading and error correction are stressed, with
mailable copy the goal. Units covered include advanced problems in the keying of business letters, business reports, statistical
tables, communication and business forms, legal and medical typing. The course includes skill development on the computer,
the Dictaphone and language arts studies. The course stresses building proficiency at typing rough drafts, statistical material,
and script material as well as problem solving and decision-making based on prior knowledge. The goal of each student is
to improve their keyboarding skills, knowledge, and attention to detail through practice and simulated business situations/documents.
A word processing simulation is completed during the last three weeks of the course. Each student through registration fees
purchases this simulation.
Expectations: This course directs the student toward the business office by attaining consistent accuracy at a usable
office keyboarding speed and by developing proficiency encountered in an office. The goal of each student is to develop an
entry-level office keyboarding skill by the end of the course.
MICROSOFT APPLICATIONS
Grades 9-12
.5 unit
Word processing courses introduce automated document production using one or more software packages. The ability to use
a variety of software packages is critical to success in school and on the job. The student will use the software commands
and functions to create, edit, format, and manipulate documents capitalizing on the power offered by word processing software
programs. New concepts are introduced in logical progression with each chapter building on previously learned procedures.
The applications are arranged sequentially from beginning to advanced.
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