Courses Taught:

Career Preparedness

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Course Information (from the Alabama Course of Study):

Career Preparedness is a required one- credit elective for the Alabama High School diploma. Our program goal, as well as the State goal, for Career and Technical Education is to empower students with work-readiness skills necessary for success in the twenty-first century. Career empowered students are productive citizens who are prepared with knowledge and skills for post-secondary education or employment. The Career and Technical Education classroom provides all students with the opportunity to combine academics with high-caliber learning experiences.

Course Description (from the Alabama Course of Study):

The Career Preparedness course focuses on three integrated areas of instruction-academic planning and career development, financial literacy, and technology. Course content rages from college and career preparation to computer literacy skills to ways to manage personal finances and reduce personal risk. The area of technology is designed to be interwoven throughout course instruction. Mastery of the content standards provides a strong foundation for student acquisition of the skills, attitudes, and knowledge that enables them to achieve success in school, at work, and across the lifespan.

Course Objectives: The goals for this course are for students to:

Demonstrate knowledge of personal decision making.

Create academic plans and develop career opportunity skills.

Demonstrate knowledge of technology skills.

Develop plans for managing finances including budgeting, saving and investing, use of credit, and risk management.


Course Outline: The course outline includes the following major content:

Personal Decision Making

Academic Planning and Career Development

Technology Skill Applications

Managing Finances and Budgeting

Saving and Investing

Banking and Financial Institutions

Credit and Debt

Risk Management and Insurance