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.

Discuss and demonstrate ways to value diversity.

Describe characteristics and behaviors of a successful leader.

Compare and contrast various leadership styles, including their effects on colleagues and organizations.

Describe how various leadership styles fit into an organization.

Explain how effective, qualified leadership contributes to the success of organizations.

Identify and describe the roles of individuals at various levels of management.

Explain how the functions of management, including planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling, affect the work environment.

Explain the importance of having a clear vision, creating a mission statement, and establishing goals for an organization.

Explain how stakeholders’ expectations and other factors can influence the vision, mission, and goals of an organization.

Explain how to communicate vision, mission, and goals to the organization’s stakeholders.

Identify and describe steps involved in leading an organization to fulfill its stated mission.

Explain the concept of time management and the importance of using effective time management techniques.

Identify distractions and examine strategies for reducing them.

Clarify and prioritize tasks to meet goals.

Identify planning strategies to complete work effectively.

Explain the importance of diversity and inclusion within organizations.

Describe ways to attract and recruit a diverse workforce.

Describe ways to develop and retain a diverse workforce.

Describe ways to provide equal employment opportunities to all segments of the population.

Identify and discuss ways to overcome personal biases and stereotypes within an organization.

Identify situations in which discrimination exists.

Describe the consequences of discrimination for individuals, the company, and society.

Explain how federal laws protect against discrimination.

Apply conflict management strategies to resolve workplace disputes.

Describe possible conflict in the workplace and its sources.

Describe how diverse cultural perspectives impact conflict and attempts to manage it.

Analyze the ethical responsibility of stakeholders and leaders in an organization.

Gather and share information on ethics from policy and procedure manuals of several businesses.

Describe how stakeholders can influence ethical decision-making.

Demonstrate how to monitor projects and take corrective action.