Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) General requirements. This course is
recommended for students in Grades 11 and 12. The practicum course is a paid or
unpaid capstone experience for students participating in a coherent sequence of
career and technical education courses in the Marketing Career Cluster.
Recommended prerequisite: Principles of Business, Marketing, and Finance.
Corequisite: Practicum in Marketing. This course must be taken concurrently
with Practicum in Marketing and may not be taken as a stand-alone course.
Students shall be awarded one credit for successful completion of this course.
A student may repeat this course once for credit provided that the student is
experiencing different aspects of the industry and demonstrating proficiency in
additional and more advanced knowledge and skills.
(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 Marketing Career Cluster focuses on
planning, managing, and performing marketing activities to reach organizational
objectives.
(3) Extended Practicum
in Marketing is a series of dynamic activities that focus on the customer to
generate a profitable exchange. Students will gain knowledge and skills that
help them to be proficient in one or more of the marketing functional areas
associated with distribution, financing, marketing information management,
pricing, product planning, promotion, purchasing, risk management, and selling
skills. Students will integrate skills from academic subjects, information
technology, interpersonal communication, and management training to make
responsible 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 containing the phrase "such as" are intended as possible illustrative
examples.
(c) Knowledge
and skills.
(1) The student demonstrates
professional standards/employability skills as required by business and
industry. The student is expected to:
(A)
participate in a paid or unpaid, laboratory- or work-based application of
previously studied knowledge and skills related to marketing;
(B) participate in training, education, or
preparation for licensure, certification, or other relevant credentials to
prepare for employment;
(C)
demonstrate professional standards and personal qualities needed to be
employable such as self-discipline, integrity, customer service, work ethic,
adaptability with increased fluency;
(D) demonstrate use of personal information
management, email, Internet, writing and publishing, presentation, and
spreadsheet or database applications with increased fluency for relevant
projects;
(E) employ teamwork and
conflict-management skills with increased fluency to achieve collective goals;
and
(F) employ planning and
time-management skills and tools with increased fluency to enhance results and
complete work tasks.
(2)
The student applies professional communications strategies. The student is
expected to:
(A) demonstrate proper use of
written, verbal, and visual communication techniques with increased
proficiency;
(B) apply active
listening skills to obtain and clarify information;
(C) create and deliver formal and informal
presentations effectively;
(D)
analyze, interpret, and effectively communicate information; and
(E) exhibit public relations skills to
maintain internal and external customer/client satisfaction.
(3) The student implements
advanced problem-solving methods. The student is expected to:
(A) employ critical-thinking skills with
increased fluency both independently and in groups to solve problems and make
decisions;
(B) conduct technical
research to gather information necessary for decision making; and
(C) analyze elements of a problem to develop
creative and innovative solutions.
(4) The student understands and applies
proper safety and security techniques in the workplace. The student is expected
to:
(A) demonstrate understanding of and
consistently follow workplace safety rules and regulations; and
(B) adhere to technology safety and security
policies such as acceptable use policy and webpage policies.
(5) The student understands the
professional, ethical, and legal responsibilities in marketing. The student is
expected to:
(A) demonstrate a positive,
productive work ethic by performing assigned tasks as directed;
(B) apply alternative responses to workplace
situations based on personal or professional ethical
responsibilities;
(C) show
integrity by choosing the ethical course of action when making decisions;
and
(D) comply with all applicable
rules, laws, and regulations such as Occupational Safety and Health
Administration and statutes such as the Americans with Disabilities Act in a
consistent manner.
(6)
The student participates in a marketing experience. The student is expected to:
(A) conduct, document, and evaluate learning
activities in a supervised marketing experience;
(B) develop advanced technical knowledge and
skills related to the student's occupational objective;
(C) demonstrate use of information technology
tools to manage and perform work responsibilities;
(D) apply concepts and strategies needed to
communicate information about products, services, images, and ideas to achieve
a desired outcome;
(E) model
communication channels used in sales promotion;
(F) apply different components of the
marketing mix to contribute to successful marketing;
(G) apply the elements and processes of
product planning, including related product-mix strategies to meet customer
expectations;
(H) identify and
evaluate elements of an advertisement with increased fluency;
(I) demonstrate growth of technical skill
competencies;
(J) evaluate
strengths and weaknesses in technical skill proficiency; and
(K) collect representative work
samples.