(a) General requirements. This course is recommended
for students in Grades 9-12 as a corequisite course for students participating
in a coherent sequence of career and technical education courses in
the Business Management and Administration Career Cluster. This course
provides an enhancement opportunity for students to develop the additional
skills necessary to pursue industry certification. Corequisite: any
course in the Business Management and Administration Career Cluster.
Recommended corequisite: Business Information Management I or Business
Information Management II. This course must be taken concurrently
with a corequisite course from the Business Management and Administration
Career Cluster and may not be taken as a stand-alone course. Districts
are encouraged to offer this lab in a consecutive block with the corequisite
course to allow students sufficient time to master the content of
both courses. Students shall be awarded one credit for successful
completion of this course.
(b) Introduction.
(1) Career and technical education instruction provides
content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical
knowledge and skills for students to further their education and succeed
in current or emerging professions.
(2) The Business Management and Administration Career
Cluster focuses on careers in planning, organizing, directing, and
evaluating business functions essential to efficient and productive
business operations.
(3) Business Lab is designed to provide students an
opportunity to further enhance skills of previously studied knowledge
and skills and may be used as an extension of Business Information
Management I or Business Information Management II; it is a recommended
corequisite course, and may not be offered as a stand-alone course.
Students implement personal and interpersonal skills to strengthen
individual performance in the workplace and in society and to make
a successful transition to the workforce or postsecondary education.
Students apply technical skills to address business applications of
emerging technologies. Students develop a foundation in the economical,
financial, technological, international, social, and ethical aspects
of business to become competent consumers, employees, and entrepreneurs.
Students enhance reading, writing, computing, communication, and reasoning
skills and apply them to the business environment. Students incorporate
a broad base of knowledge that includes the legal, managerial, marketing,
financial, ethical, and international dimensions of business to make
appropriate business decisions.
(4) Students are encouraged to participate in extended
learning experiences such as career and technical student organizations
and other leadership or extracurricular organizations.
(5) Statements that contain the word "including" reference
content that must be mastered, while those that contain the phrase
"such as" are intended as possible illustrative samples.
(c) Knowledge and skills.
(1) The student demonstrates professional standards/employability
skills required by business and industry. The student is expected
to:
(A) communicate effectively with others using oral
and written skills;
(B) demonstrate collaboration skills through teamwork;
(C) demonstrate professionalism by conducting oneself
in a manner appropriate for the profession and workplace;
(D) demonstrate a positive, productive work ethic by
performing assigned tasks as directed;
(E) comply with all applicable rules, laws, and regulations;
(F) demonstrate time-management skills by prioritizing
tasks, following schedules, and tending to goal-relevant activities
in a way that uses time wisely and optimizes efficiency and results;
and
(G) pursue appropriate licensing, certification, and/or
credentialing requirements relevant to the business field.
(2) The student develops an elevated aptitude for the
essential skills listed for the recommended corequisite course(s).
The student is expected to:
(A) demonstrate deeper understanding of related course
requirements;
(B) develop mastery of hands-on skills at an industry
accepted standard; and
(C) exhibit progress toward achieving industry recognized
documentation of specific expertise in a business field or skill.
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