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Standard 9.1 - Career and Technical Education

Strands with Cumulative Progress Indicators

By the end of Grade 12, students will:
A. Career Awareness/Preparation
  1. Re-evaluate personal interests, abilities, and skills through various measures including self assessments.
  2. Evaluate academic and career skills needed in various career clusters.
  3. Analyze factors that can impact an individual’s career.
  4. Review and update their career plan and include the plan in a portfolio.
  5. Research current advances in technology that apply to a selected occupational career cluster.
B. Employability Skills
  1. Assess personal qualities that are needed to obtain and retain a job related to career clusters.
  2. Communicate and comprehend written and verbal thoughts, ideas, directions, and information relative to educational and occupational settings.
  3. Select and utilize appropriate technology in the design and implementation of teacher-approved projects relevant to occupations and/or higher educational settings.
  4. Evaluate the following academic and career skills as they relate to home, school, community, and employment:
    • Communication
    • Punctuality
    • Time management
    • Organization
    • Decision making
    • Goal setting
    • Resources allocation
    • Fair and equitable competition
    • Safety
    • Employment application skills
    • Teamwork
  5. Demonstrate teamwork and leadership skills that include student participation in real world applications of career and technical education skills.