Mission

To provide Technology education programs that prepare students of diverse populations for an occupation upon graduation from high school. These programs will articulate with postsecondary programs.

Goals

Career Education—Students will:

• experience a diversity of cultural and economic variables as they relate to employment and equity.
• be able to recognize when courses, occupations, and/or life roles are categorized on the basis of race, sex, creed, or stereotyping rather than on the basis of skills required.
• identify and examine career paths beyond high school at post-secondary levels.
• develop an understanding and appreciation of the role of the worker in industry and society.
• demonstrate self-reliance, self-discipline, and resourcefulness in working and pursuing career goals.

Industry and Technology Literacy—Students will:

• develop attitudes and technical skills that allow them to adapt to, and cope with, an everchanging technical society.
• develop critical thinking skills, questioning skills, and decision-making skills to solve problems.
• understand the impact of technology including its organizations, techniques, tools, and skills to solve problems and extend the human potential.
• identify the processes of industry including research and development, manufacturing, testing, and marketing.

Employability—Students will:

• demonstrate appropriate general employment skills of (1) oral expression; (2) use of reference and service materials; (3) written expression; (4) problem solving techniques; and (5) occupational specific skills.
• develop the abilities, work habits, attitudes, and skills as they relate to working with tools, machines, materials, and processes.
• develop safety habits, attitudes, and learn to comply with safety regulations.
• perfect a sense of initiative, creativity, pride, and achievement in their work.
• develop leadership, job-seeking and job-getting skills, and entrepreneurial skills.
• apply mechanical, fluid, electrical, and thermal principles to specific entry level employment skills.
• understand the need for precision, accuracy, and quality in producing a product or providing a service.

Vocational Education Frameworks
Table of Contents

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• Business and Marketing Education
  • Standards, Strands, Programs
  • Flow Chart (pdf)
  • Course Content
  • Occupational Competencies (pdf)
• Family and Consumer Sciences
  • Standards, Strands, Programs
  • Flow Chart (pdf)
  • Course Content
  • Occupational Competencies (pdf)
• Technology Education
  • Standards, Strands, Programs
  • Flow Chart (pdf)
  • Course Content
  • Occupational Competencies (pdf)