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 the nature and scope of personal finance, including how personal finance concepts fit into key life events or stages.

Research and share information from a variety of sources to explain the importance of personal financial planning.

Specify how monetary and non-monetary assets can contribute to net worth.

Describe personal spending behavior that contributes to building wealth.

Explain how charitable giving fits into a spending plan.

Describe practices that assist individuals and families to achieve and maintain financial security.

Explain how goals, decision-making, and planning affect personal financial choices and behaviors.

Create a plan to reach a specific financial goal.

Explain personal values that affect financial choices.

Explain the advantages of designing and following a personal financial plan.

Compare and contrast retirement and estate planning options available to individuals and families.

Explain how certifications may expand employment opportunities and positively impact earnings.

Describe the opportunity costs of developing human capital by taking courses to prepare for employment in careers that are in high demand with high income potential.

Gather information from several sources when planning to purchase a product.

Explain what information is most helpful in choosing which product to buy.

Outline the purposes and features of consumer protection laws, agencies, and sources of assistance, including identity protection and credit regulations.

Explain ways to avoid identity theft, fraud, financial scams, and schemes designed to defraud consumers.

Discuss the financial and emotional costs of recovering from identity theft or fraud.

Describe possible responses to excessive debt collection practices.

Locate and share credible sources of up-to-date information about consumer rights and responsibilities.

Investigate and report on sources of assistance for resolving consumer disputes.

Demonstrate procedures for filing formal consumer complaints.

Outline steps to resolve identity theft problems as recommended by the Federal Trade Commission and financial institutions.

List entities that have a right to request certain personal financial data.

Investigate and report on consumer safeguards for mobile and online banking.

Describe factors that impact consumer purchasing decisions throughout the lifespan.

Explain how limitations on financial resources affect the choices people make.

Explain how consumers can benefit from conducting a cost-benefit analysis before making a financial decision.

Analyze the influence of peer pressure and emotions on purchasing decisions.