Standards
New Jersey Core Content Standards - found at http://www.state.nj.us/njded/cccs/s9_career.htm
STANDARD 9.1: (CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION) ALL STUDENTS WILL DEVELOP CAREER AWARENESS AND PLANNING, EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS, AND FOUNDATIONAL KNOWLEDGE NECESSARY FOR SUCCESS IN THE WORKPLACE.
Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 12, students will:
A. Career Awareness/Preparation
1. Re-evaluate personal interests, abilities, and skills through various measures including self assessments.
2. Evaluate academic and career skills needed in various career clusters.
3. Analyze factors that can impact an individual’s career.
4. Review and update their career plan and include the plan in a portfolio.
5. Research current advances in technology that apply to a selected occupational career cluster.
B. Employability Skills
1. Assess personal qualities that are needed to obtain and retain a job related to career clusters.
2. Communicate and comprehend written and verbal thoughts, ideas, directions, and information relative to educational and occupational settings.
3. Select and utilize appropriate technology in the design and implementation of teacher-approved projects relevant to occupations and/or higher educational settings.
4. Evaluate the following academic and career skills as they relate to home, school, community, and employment:
Communication
Punctuality
Time management
Organization
Decision making
Goal setting
Resources allocation
Fair and equitable competition
Safety
Employment application skills
Teamwork
5. Demonstrate teamwork and leadership skills that include student participation in real world applications of career and technical education skills.
This project also meets
National Career Development Guidelines:
- Awareness of the benefits of educational achievement
- Awareness of the relationship between work and learning
- Development of skills to understand and use career information
- Awareness of the career planning process