Standards - Career & Technical Education

Explain how individuals interpret messages differently and how values, points of view, and media influence beliefs and behaviors

Apply a fundamental understanding of the ethical, legal, and privacy issues surrounding the access and use of media, including what to share and what not to share

Apply social media and digital technology etiquette when communicating with a target audience and in the business environment

Demonstrate proficiency with presentation software to create, edit, publish, and deliver professional business presentations

Manage a presentation by adjusting views, manipulating presentation features, configuring quick access toolbar, and utilizing presentation file options

Create a professional slide presentation by constructing and editing a photo album, changing slide orientation settings, adding and deleting slides, formatting slides, entering and editing text, and formatting text boxes

Apply graphic and multimedia elements to a presentation by manipulating graphic elements, images, and/or audio and video elements

Create charts and tables within a presentation and manipulate table and chart elements within the layout

Create and present a digital portfolio of products highlighting the procedures and techniques involved in effective business communication

Demonstrate communication skills needed to gain and keep employment

Research job search strategies and sources for job placement

Create an employment portfolio

Describe and demonstrate the application and interview process for employment

List the communication skills needed to maintain employment

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.

Summarize and evaluate how statistics are used in business areas.

List the advantages of using statistics to make financial business decisions.

Describe the use of technology in the management of finance.

Explain the variation of data using range, sample variance, sample standard deviation, coefficient of the variation, and Z score.

Demonstrate and explain the measure of shape of the data set using skewness, symmetry, and kurtosis.

Use functions and formulas available in statistical analysis software to process and analyze data.

Discuss strategies for selecting appropriate technology tools to solve problems.

Use a problem-solving model to analyze data, formulate a plan or strategy, determine a solution, justify the solution, and evaluate the problem-solving process.

Explain the meaning, uses, and importance of data visualization.

Explain how photographs, words, numbers, and sounds can be interpreted as data, giving examples from real-world situations.

Explain the four main types of analytics and how these work together to provide information about all facets of a company’s operations.

Describe how financial and statistical data are used in professional and personal lives.

Analyze data presented in graphic form, including histograms, scatter plots, heat maps, and box plots, to identify patterns in data and make predictions.

Interpret data presented in various data visualization models.

Describe how models highlight various aspects of data.