| Career Cluster Electives (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
| Workforce Essentials |
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1.) Explain how to research and select career opportunities.
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| Career Cluster Electives (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
| Workforce Essentials |
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2.) Compare the relationship between educational achievement and career planning.
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| Career Cluster Electives (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
| Workforce Essentials |
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3.) Demonstrate how to locate, evaluate, and interpret career information for a specific career.
• Identifying educational requirements for a specific career
• Utilizing career resources, ladders, and webs
• Explaining advantages and disadvantages of self-employment
• Recognizing employment trends
• Analyzing the impact of population, climate, and geographic location on occupational opportunities
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| Career Cluster Electives (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
| Workforce Essentials |
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4.) Determine personal responsibility for making educational and career choices.
Examples: demographics, local resources, professional training, formulating career plans, retraining and upgrading skills, exploring school and community resources, comparing education and job opportunities
• Examining the effect of work on lifestyles
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| Career Cluster Electives (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
| Workforce Essentials |
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5.) Apply skills needed for seeking, obtaining, maintaining, and changing jobs, including preparing a résumé, completing job applications, participating in a job interview, and dressing and grooming for the workplace.
• Accessing detailed information about job openings and opportunities
Examples: skills required for a full or part-time job; working conditions, benefits, and opportunities for change
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| Career Cluster Electives (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
| Workforce Essentials |
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6.) Explain the importance of effective communication skills in the workplace.
Examples: listening strategies, oral and written communications, proper business etiquette, informal presentations and discussions, proficiency in speaking standard English
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| Career Cluster Electives (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
| Workforce Essentials |
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7.) Demonstrate mathematical computation skills in the workplace.
Examples: costs and time; ratios and percentages; tables, charts, and graphs; distance, weight, area, and volume
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| Career Cluster Electives (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
| Workforce Essentials |
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8.) Identify ethical and unethical behavior and actions in the workplace.
• Describing legal issues affecting business, including affirmative action; sexual harassment; local, state, and federal laws; and workplace regulations, including the Occupation, Safety, and Health Administration (OSHA), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA); and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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| Career Cluster Electives (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
| Workforce Essentials |
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9.) Explain leadership skills and practices.
• Identifying appropriate leadership styles
• Discussing effects of communication in various settings
Examples: pairs, small groups, teams, large groups
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| Career Cluster Electives (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
| Workforce Essentials |
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10.) Apply leadership skills though participation in career and technical student organization (CTSO) activities.
Examples: setting goals; conducting meetings; participating in conferences, workshops, competitions, and civic and community service activities
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| Career Cluster Electives (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
| Workforce Essentials |
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11.) Identify behaviors that promote effective teamwork.
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| Career Cluster Electives (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
| Workforce Essentials |
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12.) Determine uses, capabilities, and limitations of technological tools for achieving personal and workplace needs.
• Utilizing common tools, equipment, machines, and materials required for a selected job
• Assessing results of investigations related to uses and limitations of technological tools
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| Career Cluster Electives (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
| Workforce Essentials |
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13.) Interpret a company's vision and mission statements, goals, and objectives with regard to a specific career objective or pathway.
• Describing products and services offered by a specific company
• Identifying rights and responsibilities of employees and employers
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| Career Cluster Electives (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
| Workforce Essentials |
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14.) Evaluate opportunities to obtain business and industry-recognized work-readiness credentials.
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| Career Cluster Electives (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
| Workforce Essentials |
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15.) Explain economic principles and concepts fundamental to entrepreneurship.
Examples: goods and services, supply and demand, private enterprise, cost-profit indicators, trends
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| Career Cluster Electives (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
| Workforce Essentials |
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16.) Differentiate among types of employment documents and records.
Examples: tax documentation, contract information, personal income, worker's compensation, social security, pay procedures, deductions, net pay, fringe benefits, electronic fund transfers
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| Career Cluster Electives (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
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17.) Formulate a workplace safety plan.
Examples: preventing illness or injuries, communicating safety information, identifying hazards, performing basic first aid, identifying safe work attire
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| Career Cluster Electives (2009) |
| Grade(s): 9 - 12 |
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18.) Describe how worker safety regulations protect employees and employers.
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