Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) General requirements. This course is
recommended for students in Grades 9-12 as a corequisite course for students
participating in a coherent sequence of career and technical education courses
in the Business Management and Administration Career Cluster. This course
provides an enhancement opportunity for students to develop the additional
skills necessary to pursue industry certification. Corequisite: any course in
the Business Management and Administration Career Cluster. Recommended
corequisite: Business Information Management I or Business Information
Management II. This course must be taken concurrently with a corequisite course
from the Business Management and Administration Career Cluster and may not be
taken as a stand-alone course. Districts are encouraged to offer this lab in a
consecutive block with the corequisite course to allow students sufficient time
to master the content of both courses. Students shall be awarded one credit for
successful completion of this course.
(b) Introduction.
(1) Career and technical education
instruction provides content aligned with challenging academic standards and
relevant technical knowledge and skills for students to further their education
and succeed in current or emerging professions.
(2) The Business Management and
Administration Career Cluster focuses on careers in planning, organizing,
directing, and evaluating business functions essential to efficient and
productive business operations.
(3)
Business Lab is designed to provide students an opportunity to further enhance
skills of previously studied knowledge and skills and may be used as an
extension of Business Information Management I or Business Information
Management II; it is a recommended corequisite course, and may not be offered
as a stand-alone course. Students implement personal and interpersonal skills
to strengthen individual performance in the workplace and in society and to
make a successful transition to the workforce or postsecondary education.
Students apply technical skills to address business applications of emerging
technologies. Students develop a foundation in the economical, financial,
technological, international, social, and ethical aspects of business to become
competent consumers, employees, and entrepreneurs. Students enhance reading,
writing, computing, communication, and reasoning skills and apply them to the
business environment. Students incorporate a broad base of knowledge that
includes the legal, managerial, marketing, financial, ethical, and
international dimensions of business to make appropriate business
decisions.
(4) Students are
encouraged to participate in extended learning experiences such as career and
technical student organizations and other leadership or extracurricular
organizations.
(5) Statements that
contain the word "including" reference content that must be mastered, while
those that contain the phrase "such as" are intended as possible illustrative
samples.
(c) Knowledge
and skills.
(1) The student demonstrates
professional standards/employability skills required by business and industry.
The student is expected to:
(A) communicate
effectively with others using oral and written skills;
(B) demonstrate collaboration skills through
teamwork;
(C) demonstrate
professionalism by conducting oneself in a manner appropriate for the
profession and workplace;
(D)
demonstrate a positive, productive work ethic by performing assigned tasks as
directed;
(E) comply with all
applicable rules, laws, and regulations;
(F) demonstrate time-management skills by
prioritizing tasks, following schedules, and tending to goal-relevant
activities in a way that uses time wisely and optimizes efficiency and results;
and
(G) pursue appropriate
licensing, certification, and/or credentialing requirements relevant to the
business field.
(2) The
student develops an elevated aptitude for the essential skills listed for the
recommended corequisite course(s). The student is expected to:
(A) demonstrate deeper understanding of
related course requirements;
(B)
develop mastery of hands-on skills at an industry accepted standard;
and
(C) exhibit progress toward
achieving industry recognized documentation of specific expertise in a business
field or skill.
