Standards - Career & Technical Education

Incorporate safety procedures in handling, operating, and maintaining tools and machinery; handling materials; utilizing personal protective equipment; maintaining a safe work area; and handling hazardous materials and forces.

Demonstrate effective workplace and employability skills, including communication, awareness of diversity, positive work ethic, problem-solving, time management, and teamwork.

Explore the range of careers available in the field and investigate their educational requirements, and demonstrate job-seeking skills including resume-writing and interviewing.

Advocate and practice safe, legal, responsible, and ethical use of information and technology tools specific to the industry pathway.

Participate in a Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) to increase knowledge and skills and to enhance leadership and teamwork.

Participate in a work-based learning continuum.

Utilize a systematic decision-making process which considers opportunity costs and trade-offs to make academic, career, and financial decisions.

Research and report on the positive and negative effects of various workplace behaviors.

Identify inappropriate workplace behaviors, including violence and harassment, and procedures for reporting and addressing such behaviors.

Analyze personal skills, interests, and abilities and relate them to career opportunities.

Participate in assessments that identify personal areas of interest and aptitude, and utilize results to develop a high school educational plan.

Research and share information about individual career options from the 16 National Career Clusters, including specific job descriptions, requirements, salaries, and employment outlooks.

Match personal preference, education, and training to demands of particular jobs.

Select a personal career goal based upon results of interest and aptitude assessments.

Investigate employee benefits and incentives related to identified career choices.

Calculate net pay from a given gross salary by subtracting required and optional deductions.

Utilize database features including merging, sorting, filtering, and formulas to analyze data regarding the effects of career choice on lifestyle, including how interests, ability, and educational achievement relate to the attainment of personal, social, educational, and career goals.

Investigate and present information on the postsecondary admissions process, including means of paying for higher education.

a. Complete admission, scholarship, and financial aid applications for postsecondary education.

Complete steps of the employment process, including searching for a job, filling out a job application, writing a resume, demonstrating interview skills, and completing required employment forms.

Gather and present information concerning online resources for finding employment, including professional networking.

Generate an electronic portfolio using digital tools.

Diagnose problems for hardware, software, and advanced network systems and identify possible solutions for common technology issues.

Use digital tools, including multimedia, to create, review, and revise authentic products.

Utilize advanced features of word processing, including outlining, developing forms, tracking changes, hyperlinking, and mail merging.

Utilize spreadsheet features, including formulas, functions, sorting, filtering, charts, and graphs.

Create presentations using effective communication skills and advanced features of multimedia, including photo, video, and audio editing.

Demonstrate how to compress, convert, secure, import, export, share, and back up files and transfer data among applications.

Demonstrate how to set up, conduct, attend, and participate in virtual meetings and conferences.

Research and report on the functions and types of the most common computer and mobile device operating systems.

Analyze the effects of current technologies on culture, society, economy, environment, and politics and predict possible future innovations.

Demonstrate proficiency in the use of emerging technology resources, including electronic communications.

Demonstrate appropriate digital citizenship through safe, ethical, and legal use of technology systems and digital content.

Explain consequences of inappropriate, illegal, and unethical use of technology systems and digital content.

Gather, evaluate, and share information about copyright laws and policies regarding ownership and use of digital content.