Career Investigation
Students will be expected to develop an understanding of the various and multifaceted career opportunities available to them and the knowledge, skills, and educational requirements for those opportunities.
Goals of the Course
- To apply professional communications strategies.
- To understand and examine problem-solving methods.
- To discover and investigate different career field clusters.
- To apply safety regulations.
- To develop leadership regulations.
- To apply ethical decision making and understands and complies with laws in the workplace.
- To develop employability characteristics.
- To apply technical skills for efficiency.
Classroom Rules and Procedures
- All policies in the STUDENT HANDBOOK will be followed. (Ex: No cell phones, IPODs or any electronic devices must be seen when the sign for no electronics is displayed.) Violations will be a warning, removal of phone from student until the end of class, phone call home and removal of phone until the end of the day.
- Use all equipment appropriately; keep settings the same, log off, and keep workstation area clean.
- Respect your classmates, yourself, and teacher at all times.
- Students are encouraged but not required to purchase storage device such as flash drive or small external hard drive for their work.
Grading Policies
The following grading percentages will serve as a basis for the grades for this class:
Tests/Projects
45 %
Daily Assignments/Quizzes
55 %
Make-Up/Late Work
If absent it is your responsibility to see that make-up work is completed during a designated tutorial time or allotted class time. Late assignments will have a 10 point reduction for each day up to 3 days. After 3 days the grade for late work will be a zero.
Tutorials: (Please give me advanced notice if you plan to attend a tutorial session)
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday from 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Monday, Tuesday, & Thursday from 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM (Also available by appointment)